Thank you for putting this together. I've been teaching myself as I go, but it is very helpful to get the full picture. I am trying to get a firm understanding of precisely what stage I am at because even though we are just starting out and haven't officially raised any funds yet, we are much more polished than just an idea. We have very deep and sophisticated business plan with clear plans to profitability and scaling. In fact, our plan is goes well beyond what you would expect even from a Series B funding round. Basically, our business represents an ideal investment scenario because we have multiple pathways to achieve major profitability in a very short time. A lot of time was spent on the business plan to ensure it was as robust as possible and had the highest fidelity plan for real success. Couple this with an unassailable competitive advantage due to a proprietary theoretical framework that powers all of our technologies that we own and developed for ourselves. No one else on the planet will be able to duplicate our tech and the strength is orders of magnitude stronger than anything else on the market. I need some guidance to navigate this properly so we can maximize our opportunity. Please let me know if you have time to discuss.
Very helpful! While I’m trying to grow my new product organically, it’s good to know exactly how different levels of funding line up with product and company maturity.
Excellent post! For someone like me who has done a 'reverse career journey' - going from large corporates to scale-ups and startups, what comes to mind is that there might be an opportunity for newer ventures to start thinking early about what will be required in future growth stages and then build & solve for such challenges from the outset in order to scale faster.
I'm not a B2C Founder or Investor BUT I suspect from Day 1 and the cost of acquisition per consumer has to be so small the brand and value prop is doing so much of the work. Jonathan writes brilliantly about brands - check him out - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathankeeling?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app
Thank you for putting this together. I've been teaching myself as I go, but it is very helpful to get the full picture. I am trying to get a firm understanding of precisely what stage I am at because even though we are just starting out and haven't officially raised any funds yet, we are much more polished than just an idea. We have very deep and sophisticated business plan with clear plans to profitability and scaling. In fact, our plan is goes well beyond what you would expect even from a Series B funding round. Basically, our business represents an ideal investment scenario because we have multiple pathways to achieve major profitability in a very short time. A lot of time was spent on the business plan to ensure it was as robust as possible and had the highest fidelity plan for real success. Couple this with an unassailable competitive advantage due to a proprietary theoretical framework that powers all of our technologies that we own and developed for ourselves. No one else on the planet will be able to duplicate our tech and the strength is orders of magnitude stronger than anything else on the market. I need some guidance to navigate this properly so we can maximize our opportunity. Please let me know if you have time to discuss.
I really enjoyed this and how it’s broken down all parts. Thanks for taking the time to do so :)
My pleasure ⭐ glad you like it 🌞
Very helpful! While I’m trying to grow my new product organically, it’s good to know exactly how different levels of funding line up with product and company maturity.
All the best with your venture ✨
Excellent post! For someone like me who has done a 'reverse career journey' - going from large corporates to scale-ups and startups, what comes to mind is that there might be an opportunity for newer ventures to start thinking early about what will be required in future growth stages and then build & solve for such challenges from the outset in order to scale faster.
I use a start up version of the 3 Horizon Model. 70%, 20% & 10% of a resources split between the 1st, 2nd & 3rd horizon
Do insightful!
This is great, thanks so much Chris. At what stage does a solid brand and its positioning become important, especially for B2C?
See my reply above re JK ✨