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Timing your exit – Don’t ride it over the top.
Dave’s note: For the second time, we invite Basil Peters, author of “Early Exits,” back as our guest – to provide more of his insight into the “when” to exit by selling your business. In future weeks, we’ll add the … Continue reading
Flippers vs Keepers–At times earnings don’t matter
Dave’s note: We are privileged this week to host a post by Arthur Lipper, a well-respected member of the international financial community since 1954. He has served as advisor to and member of numerous financial exchanges, and was the founder and … Continue reading
Nothing commands a higher multiple than hope!
Dave’s note: Guest author, David Steakley returns to explain his theory of exit valuations. It’s a short but excellent read… By David Steakley You may recall that earlier in this series, I explained the definition of an inciting incident, using … Continue reading
Premature scaling kills businesses.
Venture capitalists sometimes make an error in directing their portfolio company CEOs to push resources to the limit and scale the business to immense size quickly, all to seize market share. The logic in this is simple: once a company … Continue reading
Posted in Growth!, Protecting the business
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The Berkus Method: Valuing an Early Stage Investment.
The Berkus Method was updated in November, 2016, and is available here… For those of us who’ve invested in early stage companies, especially technology startups, we have confronted a universal problem. There are many ways to project the value of … Continue reading
Posted in Ignition! Starting up, Raising money
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Money comes smart or dumb. Find smart.
This statement could be considered controversial. We have previously made the case that professional investors demand more in the form of restrictive covenants and lower valuations. Now we explore the other side of that coin. Professional investors usually bring “smart … Continue reading
Outside investors want liquidity, not love.
Taking in angel or venture money requires a setting of an entrepreneur’s expectations that may come as a shock at least at first. From the moment such an investor looks seriously at your company, the investor or VC partner is … Continue reading
Posted in Raising money
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Raising money for your business: What are the options?
This post will be perhaps a bit longer than usual, but certainly of great interest for those with interest in or have need for more capital… This stage is critical to many businesses and a passing option to others, depending … Continue reading
Posted in Growth!, Raising money
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The Berkus Method – Valuing the Early Stage Investment.
For those of us who’ve invested in early stage companies, especially technology start-ups, we have confronted a universal problem. There are many ways to project the value of a company for purposes of pricing an investment, but all rely … Continue reading
Posted in Raising money
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