Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 24, 2021

In the book, I brought in 50 business leaders to advise you on how to grow your business from your basic idea through to your eventual exit and summarized it into a step-by-step framework. Step 6: Exit the business. At some point, you will have some kind of exit. We learned that over time the balance of content had shifted.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

This class of investors is more diversified across categories plus is investing personal money and therefore feels the hit in assets declines first. My time horizon for investing is 7-10 years so today’s economy doesn’t affect my exit prices BUT I need to be sure the companies I invest in reach the promised land.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2023

The capital commitments represent a significant increase from the firm’s previous venture and growth funds and demonstrate continued support from limited partners of Greycroft’s model of investing in startups across the entire venture lifecycle from seed to exit. “We

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

billion and saw a couple of fascinating exits: Stripe-Paystack and WorldRemit-Sendwave. A handful of local acquisitions and a monumental exit. Funke Opeke is one of the very few founders to have come this far: running an African tech company to the point of exit. It wasn’t a bad year, though. African startups nearly raised $1.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Having a high number of strategic contacts, extensive industry experience or a backsheet of successful exits could be your secret ingredients. Can you help founders from launch to exit? And how could you help them exit? Focus instead on what makes you unique, credible and relevant. What size fund do you want to launch?

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StartupNation

JULY 29, 2021

Can you see an exit strategy? If you answered “no” to any of the question categories above, perhaps you’re sensing that buying a business is not your path to fulfillment. Is a smooth transmission of business information assured? You’ll want some time with the owners to transfer knowledge and ensure an efficient takeover.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

To give TechCrunch+ readers a better understanding of what education investors are looking for today, seven leading venture capitalists in the category answered a series of questions about the sector’s future. We believe that category expertise is particularly important at the seed and Series A stages. Edtech activity feels quieter.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 16, 2021

How are you seeing startups manage changes in user engagement as more people exit pandemic lockdowns and adjust their daily lives? As we exit the pandemic, I expect that we’ll see a natural and obvious spike in some consumer activity that will roll up to midsized businesses and enterprises.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

HUSSLUP claims that approximately 65% of its current membership self-identifies as diverse in at least one of the following categories: gender, race and LGBTQ+. However, once the app exits beta, the company wants to eventually invite students and recent graduates who are still looking to break into the industry.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

One of the firm’s most notable exits is Spotify. We’re keeping an incredibly open mind for the next generation of founders to define totally new categories as well,” she added. Northzone’s new fund focuses on some of the same things its previous funds were, like targeting Europe and the East Coast of the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Previously, we introduced the concept of flexible VC : structures that allow founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit and ownership optionality. We list here all the active flexible VCs we have identified, broken into these categories: Revenue-based. Compensation-based. Blended-return streams.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

With his seventh studio album “Subconsciously,” he became the first African act to win an award in the Best Dance/Electronic Album category. This April, Black Coffee, the famed South African DJ and record producer whose real name is Nkosinathi Maphumulo, made history at the Grammys.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

For founders and investors curious about an emerging category, these sessions are a chance to cross-pollinate. Startup Battlefield alumni include more than 900 companies — such as Vurb, Dropbox, Mint, Yammer, and many more — with over 121 successful exits (IPOs or acquisitions) and a whopping $9.7 billion raised in funding.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 24, 2023

Walking down the aisle of some of the largest hardware retailers in the world, our category of goods is confusing, noisy, and stale, and consumers’ and associates’ education in these categories is very low. Between 5 and 10 years, we believe the business can achieve a billion-dollar status and plan to exit at an agreed point.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

So excluding any upfront cash, your cash compensation, which is normally paid out when that startup exits (typically three to 12 years from the present) equals: # companies you source. * (% of companies the VC invests in). * (average VC check size). * (average multiple generated, minus 1). * (your percentage of the carry pool, typically 2.5%-10%

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 24, 2024

The firm guides clients through their growth and funding cycles, offering customized counsel on day-to-day legal matters and advice on everything from formation to funding to exit. About Thompson Hine LLP.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

You asked me for some categories? The exit value is what drives it all. It’s just different in different economic environments, it’s never shut, so to speak. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Use discount code TWITTERSPACES to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

However, the massive capital pool controlled by high-net worth investors is only now gaining greater access to the category through a platform such as OurCrowd. Not only does it create an exit path for our companies, but it enables people who have a personal brand and track record to create a single-company financial sponsor.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

These tasks can be divided into three categories: Hypotheses validation Getting key stakeholders Concept or invention ownership. Y combinator and 500 startups are the top accelerators based on successful exits, and their acceptance rate ranges from 1-3%. Purpose of Pre-seed funding. Hypotheses Validation. Crowdfunding.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 23, 2023

Looking back: while podcasts as a category continued to accelerate after we sold (likely a result of Spotify and their aggressive investments) and at times I questioned if we sold too early, I’m now confident that the decision to sell was the right one.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Guidepoint services 6 major categories of clients globally, across several industries. Thoughts on likely exit (IPO, strategic buyer). To ensure mutual compatibility, your goals and incentives should be aligned with that of the private equity or VC fund, as well as the timeline for realizing them and exit strategy.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

In our previous essay, we introduced the concept of Flexible VC : structures which allow founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit and ownership optionality. We list here all of the active Flexible VCs we have identified, broken into these categories: revenue-based; compensation-based; and blended return streams.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 26, 2021

Ripple products are currently available in over 20,000 retail stores across the US, where the company has captured ultra-high value customers and driven category expansion of plant-based milk products. Zoom is now worth $100 billion and Scheinman has seen five of his investments exit as unicorns.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2023

There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann Stripe eyes exit, reportedly tried raising at a lower valuation The big news in fintech this week revolved around payments giant Stripe. Check it out here.

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OurCrowd

MAY 23, 2021

Portfolio exit: Cisco acquires Kenna Security. The World Economic Forum says SqUID’s technological power and its ability to climb and work within existing infrastructures puts it in a unique category of its own: an “Autonomous Climbing Robot.” Startup of the Week: BionicHIVE’s robot warehouse. CytoReason: Pfizer’s secret Israeli sauce.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

Dr. Joel Palathinkal , CEO of Sutton Capital , observes that scouts usually fall into one of three categories: . Clearvision Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps other entrepreneurs build category leading companies. Scouts are typically paid a percentage of carry on investments they source. The Part-Time Practitioner.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

In our previous essay, we introduced the concept of Flexible VC : structures which allow founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit and ownership optionality. We list here all of the active Flexible VCs we have identified, broken into these categories: revenue-based; compensation-based; and blended return streams.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 4, 2021

boom, a startup is born… And if you take a long view of their [founders] career, they’re missing out on the depth of things, experience, and authenticity of experience that I think informs the most interesting category-defining companies out there.” Leading accelerators based on exits?—? link] only US investors selected.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

TechCrunch: But some startup groups and entrepreneurs have said the definition is too restrictive — including criticising the exclusion of serial entrepreneurs after, I think, three exits, which they argue means it’s punishing the most experienced/determined or even the best entrepreneurs. What do you say to that kind of push back?

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

It's like partnering with people who go on create categories or redefine them in business that move the world forward. What I mean by capital risk is, when the company gets bigger, will it be able to attract investment or an exit in the market it’s in? And so that's our primary motivation and reason for being.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

Startups are defined by velocity and growth, learning and adapting faster than your competitors on the path to dominance in your chosen category. By contrast, venture capital is a craft that defies both speed and scale. Funds are deployed over years, and managed to maturity in decade-long cycles.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

Its success or failure could dictate the pace of fintech exits and fintech startup valuations in general, so we have to care about it. To that end, we should anticipate additional healthcare exits worth more than $1 billion in the near term. Fintech venture capital activity has been hot lately, which makes the Flywire IPO interesting.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

The ripples will be felt throughout media, affecting how news is distributed through social media, what startups can use bigger platforms to grow, what the exit options are for small talent acquisitions and the fragmentation already occurring. This pattern will emerge in other categories. Second, the rise of synthetic media.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

In a four-part series that dropped this week, Extra Crunch analyzes this “foundational new category of market” that began as a hobbyist’s sneaker price chart. LG’s exit from the smartphone market comes as no surprise. LG’s exit from the smartphone market comes as no surprise. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

We will fund businesses that meet our criteria in categories we like such as health and wellness, consumerization of healthcare, food and beverage, beauty, and other consumer and techsumer areas. The Miami tech ecosystem is smaller than in the Bay Area or New York and arguably less intense, with fewer exits so far of which to speak.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

In edtech, those who have successfully done exits, have done so at low amounts ($200 million-$300 million). For us, we are seeking larger exits. replace existing products that are aging, low performance) or a new category. is a great example of a new category we invested in early on.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 6, 2021

Hear from: Claire Tomkins , PhD, founder and CEO of Future Family, startup veteran who was formerly an Investment Bank advisor and director of Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room accelerator, who will speak on the category potential and her startup’s disruptive solution. If they have a big exit, it benefits those who need help.

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