Navigating Startup Exits
Whenever a startup decides to conduct an exit, investors may want to understand the impact on their original investment. The method by which a startup conducts…
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Understanding Customer Acquisition Cost
Trying to grow a startup without tracking costs can be difficult, especially when a startup has limited cash. Instead, startups should consider managing their customer acquisition…
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Evaluating a Startup’s Use of Funds
When investing in startups, understanding how the startup plans to use the money from the funding round is an important component of due diligence. An investor…
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Technical Due Diligence for Non-Technical Investors
How Investors Without a Technical Background Can Complete Due Diligence on Technology Startups For non-technical investors, it can be difficult to independently evaluate whether a heavily…
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What to Look for in Investment Updates
After making an investment in a startup, an investor might be wondering “now what?” How can they track how a company they’ve invested in is doing…
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Early-Stage and Late-Stage Companies
As startups are getting older, staying private longer, and people speculate if the definition of a startup needs to change, does the line between an early-stage…
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Assessing Customer Retention Metrics
One of the first challenges for a startup is acquiring customers. Once customers have been acquired, a new challenge emerges: retaining them. For investors, understanding how…
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The Growth of Supply Chain and Logistics Tech
As global commerce becomes more and more interconnected, the supply chain and logistics technology industry is helping enable the efficient movement of products from factories to…
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Understanding Startup Revenue Models
There are many ways for a startup to make money. A core strategic decision, the business model and revenue model a startup chooses to utilize can…
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