5 Secrets to Sales
As a new startup, you will find yourself doing some form of sales around the clock. Selling investors or bank officers, selling potential strategic partners or key employees, selling customers and clients. Sales is king in the new economy. You success will be determined by your ability to generate revenue and sell, not just your […]
Big Data Report – $4.9 Billion Invested Across 523 Deals Since 2008
Big Data investment has been gaining momentum seeing nearly $5 billion of funding over the last five years. 2012 was the biggest year of deals and saw YoY growth of 19.5% over 2011. The graph below highlights the five-year financing trend to Big Data companies. In addition to the acceleration in financing activity, big data […]
Investor Activity – 2012 Summary
Private equity fundraising improved in 2012, with the amount of aggregate capital raised by closed funds increasing from $312bn in 2011 to $327bn in 2012, an encouraging sign for the industry. However, the number of funds closed fell from 911 funds in 2011 to 761, indicating limited partnerships (LPs) are now often placing more capital with fewer […]
3 Main Components of Financial Projections
Successful entrepreneurs not only have visions in their minds, they also translate their abstract visions into concrete financial projections. Financial projections enable entrepreneurs to set targets for their goals, control costs and predict problems. Balance sheet, profit-loss statement, and cash flow statement are the 3 main parts of financial projections and should be included in […]
The Habits of Self-Made Billionaires (Infographic)
If becoming one of the world’s richest people were easy, we’d all be doing it. Unfortunately, that is not the case, becoming a self-made billionaire involves taking an enormous amount of risk. Of the 100 richest people according to data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, 36 were born to humble households and 18 have no […]
VC Update: Q1 2013 Activity Report – $6.9B Invested Across 841 Deals
Q3 2012 saw 835 deals take place, the highest number since the dot com boom. Q4 held relatively flat (834 deals) and Q1’13 saw a slight uptick leading to a new multi-year high on deals. Funding also climbed on a sequential basis. Relative to Q1’12, funding was up 17%. Overall, Q1 2013 saw $6.9 billion […]
M&A Update: Medical Device Valuation Multiples Decline in 2013
Since 2011, 252 private medical device companies have been acquired. M&A deals levels. In the trailing four quarters (Q2’12 to Q1’13), there have been 132 private medical device companies acquired versus 97 in the prior four quarters (Q2’11 to Q1’12) highlighting 36% growth YoY. Almost 9% of the private medial device M&A exits have seen […]
Pitch Deck for Angels and VCs
The single most important thing that the VC is going to be investing in is YOU! Your pitch deck presentation is simply a visual tool to help you deliver your message. It is paramount that the audience is solely drawn to you, and that your deck merely contains short bullet points, headlines and images that […]
