Danny Moore is an entrepreneur turned investor who founded Lough Shore Investments after successfully growing and selling his company Wombat. He discusses his background growing up in Northern Ireland and founding Wombat in 2004, growing it through organic growth and acquisitions to $40 million in revenue before it was acquired by NYSE in 2008. Moore then discusses his investment firm, Lough Shore Investments, which focuses on partnering with high-potential management teams and helping them grow their companies internationally with the goal of exits or IPOs. He provides advice to founders around consistent growth, cash management, proving traction, and being realistic about projections.
Danny Moore is an entrepreneur turned investor who founded Lough Shore Investments after successfully growing and selling his previous company, Wombat. Some key points:
- Wombat grew rapidly under Moore's leadership from $500k in billings to $40m, while remaining consistently profitable. It was acquired by NYSE in 2008.
- Moore emphasizes the importance of consistent, base-hit growth through strong customer focus and retention. Small improvements can lead to large returns over time through compounding.
- Lough Shore aims to partner with high-potential management teams, helping local companies expand internationally and raise capital through exit or IPO.
- Moore advises founders to focus on traction,
Danny Moore is an entrepreneur and investor from Northern Ireland. He founded Lough Shore Investments after successfully growing and selling his previous company, Wombat, which was acquired by NYSE. Lough Shore aims to invest in and partner with high potential management teams to help them build great businesses and exit or IPO within 10 years. Moore discusses his background and experience with Wombat, the Northern Ireland business landscape, and provides advice to founders about fundraising, growth, and patience.
Danny Moore is an entrepreneur and investor who founded Lough Shore Investments after successfully growing and selling his previous company, Wombat. He discusses his background and experience growing Wombat from a small startup into a $40 million business that was acquired by NYSE in 2008. Moore then talks about his goals with Lough Shore Investments, which is to invest in and help grow 10 high potential companies to exits or IPOs by 2025 through a partnership approach focused on management skills, international expansion, and helping companies access funding. He provides advice to founders about having a clear angle, managing growth consistently through small gains, and being transparent with investors.
The document outlines Danny Moore's 7 core pillars of entrepreneurship: 1) Be brave and take risks, 2) Build a strong team, 3) Ensure there is money to be made, 4) Always be closing deals, 5) Communicate a compelling vision, 6) Understand the power of compound growth, and 7) Achieve consistent, incremental successes. The pillars emphasize the importance of bravery, team-building, profitability, deal-making, vision, long-term growth strategies, and steady execution for entrepreneurial success.
Have you ever considered becoming an Angel Investor? Wondered why people join angel groups as opposed to going it alone? Then this session is for you.
Join MLA Chair and Angel Investor Gerard Buckley as he leads a session that will answer the following:
What is Angel Investing?
Why would someone be an Angel Investor?
Who are Angel Investors?
What types of companies do Angels invest in?
What is Maple Leaf Angels and what are the benefits of joining?
This document provides advice for new angel investors. It recommends adopting a "barbell strategy" of maintaining a diversified portfolio with most funds in safe investments and a small percentage in highly risky startup investments. It also advises building a large portfolio of 20-50 startup investments to balance risk, focusing on deals that could provide "power-law returns" of 100x gains. The document emphasizes the importance of developing expertise, reputation, and brand to attract high-quality founders and deals.
Basics on the startup process, raising capital, and thinking about valuation, especially for first-time entrepreneurs. Read my article at VentureBeat for details on this slide deck:
http://venturebeat.com/2016/09/05/startup-fundraising-101-revisited/
In our push to uncover more insight within the Extel database. The attached provides interesting reading from our 2017 survey and some comparisons to 2007. How times have changed.
Danny Moore is an entrepreneur turned investor who founded Lough Shore Investments after successfully growing and selling his previous company, Wombat. Some key points:
- Wombat grew rapidly under Moore's leadership from $500k in billings to $40m, while remaining consistently profitable. It was acquired by NYSE in 2008.
- Moore emphasizes the importance of consistent, base-hit growth through strong customer focus and retention. Small improvements can lead to large returns over time through compounding.
- Lough Shore aims to partner with high-potential management teams, helping local companies expand internationally and raise capital through exit or IPO.
- Moore advises founders to focus on traction,
Danny Moore is an entrepreneur and investor from Northern Ireland. He founded Lough Shore Investments after successfully growing and selling his previous company, Wombat, which was acquired by NYSE. Lough Shore aims to invest in and partner with high potential management teams to help them build great businesses and exit or IPO within 10 years. Moore discusses his background and experience with Wombat, the Northern Ireland business landscape, and provides advice to founders about fundraising, growth, and patience.
Danny Moore is an entrepreneur and investor who founded Lough Shore Investments after successfully growing and selling his previous company, Wombat. He discusses his background and experience growing Wombat from a small startup into a $40 million business that was acquired by NYSE in 2008. Moore then talks about his goals with Lough Shore Investments, which is to invest in and help grow 10 high potential companies to exits or IPOs by 2025 through a partnership approach focused on management skills, international expansion, and helping companies access funding. He provides advice to founders about having a clear angle, managing growth consistently through small gains, and being transparent with investors.
The document outlines Danny Moore's 7 core pillars of entrepreneurship: 1) Be brave and take risks, 2) Build a strong team, 3) Ensure there is money to be made, 4) Always be closing deals, 5) Communicate a compelling vision, 6) Understand the power of compound growth, and 7) Achieve consistent, incremental successes. The pillars emphasize the importance of bravery, team-building, profitability, deal-making, vision, long-term growth strategies, and steady execution for entrepreneurial success.
Have you ever considered becoming an Angel Investor? Wondered why people join angel groups as opposed to going it alone? Then this session is for you.
Join MLA Chair and Angel Investor Gerard Buckley as he leads a session that will answer the following:
What is Angel Investing?
Why would someone be an Angel Investor?
Who are Angel Investors?
What types of companies do Angels invest in?
What is Maple Leaf Angels and what are the benefits of joining?
This document provides advice for new angel investors. It recommends adopting a "barbell strategy" of maintaining a diversified portfolio with most funds in safe investments and a small percentage in highly risky startup investments. It also advises building a large portfolio of 20-50 startup investments to balance risk, focusing on deals that could provide "power-law returns" of 100x gains. The document emphasizes the importance of developing expertise, reputation, and brand to attract high-quality founders and deals.
Basics on the startup process, raising capital, and thinking about valuation, especially for first-time entrepreneurs. Read my article at VentureBeat for details on this slide deck:
http://venturebeat.com/2016/09/05/startup-fundraising-101-revisited/
In our push to uncover more insight within the Extel database. The attached provides interesting reading from our 2017 survey and some comparisons to 2007. How times have changed.
Maximise the value of your business - Business SuccessionCraig West
Business Succession and Exit planning - found out how to maximise the value of your business with our 21 step process, fund your retirement and make sure your business continues !
As presented @ Betahaus Sofia. It is very much based on the original seed fundraising presentation of Steve Schlafman (http://www.slideshare.net/schlaf/raising-a-seed-round), the best I've seen on the subject.
Angel 101 - The Fundamentals of Angel Investing. Is Angel Investing right for you. This is a presentation given by Gerard Buckley to a group of Angel Investors at Maple Leaf Angels a Toronto based angel group
The document discusses early stage investing and provides tips. It emphasizes that investing is a process, not random, and involves following signals, diversifying portfolios for risk mitigation, and focusing on information asymmetry and valuation. Traction is more important than intellectual property with platforms driving changes. Wall Street and others already use data and analytics techniques that angels can also apply.
The Wealthfront Equity Plan (Stanford Graduate School of Business 2017)Adam Nash
These are the slides from my guest lecture at the Stanford Graduate School of Business on February 17, 2017 in the People Operations: From Startup to Scaleup class.
The document discusses various strategies for acquisitions and partnerships. It begins by outlining considerations for different types of deals such as gives/gets, exit options, control, risks, and compliance issues. It then provides an example process for evaluating acquisition opportunities based on landscape analysis, strategic alignment, assessing the target company, and projecting value expansion as part of the combined business. Metrics for evaluating deals such as accretion, profit margins, IRR, and payback periods are also summarized. Finally, it outlines approaches for integrating acquired processes while preserving existing capabilities and achieving revenue growth.
Introduction to Business Angel Investing'Tomi Davies
This presentation is Based on the book “Angel Investing - The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing In Startups” by David S. Rose @davidsrose CEO of Gust and Founder of New York Angels angelinvesting.com
It is for a Masterclass designed for practising and potential business angels who want to understand the basics of angel investing. It is a comprehensive guide that walks students through every step of the way to becoming a successful angel investor.
The class exposes students to fundamental strategies and specific tools required to take full advantage of this rapidly growing asset class, from building your reputation as a smart investor, to negotiating fair deals and adding value to your portfolio of companies through to helping them implement smart exit strategies.
Raising Money for Your Startup: Why Fundraising is a Literary Process, Not Fi...Tearsheet
Given to a group of startup entrepreneurs at a local accelerator, this presentation is intended to provide a different -- maybe, contrarian -- viewpoint on the fundraising process.
Instead of learning finance next time you pitch an angel or VC, consider instead learning how to better tell stories.
The Ultimate Investor Pitch Deck TemplateCrowdfunder
Great startups don’t fund themselves. Raising money from investors requires a great pitch, even for experienced founders with significant traction in their startup.
There’s a formula for pitching your startup that has helped startup founders raise millions.
In short, this formula involves crafting a larger story / narrative, while speaking directly to what investors are looking for and need to know about you, your company, your market, and your plan.
Kauffman Foundation Report: Poor Long-Term Returns from Venture CapitalPhilipp Klöckner
A recent report by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation raises serious questions about the degree to which venture capital deserves emulation.
The report, provocatively titled “We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us”, summarizes its findings thus:
Limited Partners (LPs) — foundations, endowments, and state pension funds — invest too much capital in underperforming venture capital funds on frequently misaligned terms. Our research suggests that investors like us succumb time and again to narrative fallacies, a well-studied behavioral finance bias.
The document discusses the rise of angel investors and how the venture capital industry is changing. It notes that startups are gaining leverage through cheaper access to capital from incubators, accelerators, and angel investors. Standardized documents and terms are becoming more common in angel investments. Predictions are made that more angel investors will enter the market, some startups may exploit investors, and some companies may skip venture capital funding altogether.
Have a great idea, but not sure how to get funding to turn it into a business? This presentation highlights the many ways to find funding and focuses on the pros & cons of using venture capital to launch.
Angel investing is a great way to participate in the growing trend of entrepreneurship. Responsible investing is very important for the health of your portfolio and for your relationships with founders. Don't invest without understanding a few simple things. Equity investments are long term relationships. Investors must do their part to be good investment partners.
So what works in seed funding and how to improve it fast?
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This document provides tips for entrepreneurs on negotiating venture capital term sheets. It discusses 10 key areas entrepreneurs should focus on: [1] Board composition and control, [2] valuation, [3] option pools, [4] vesting, [5] liquidation and anti-dilution, [6] protective provisions, [7] expiration and non-disclosure, [8] legal counsel, [9] new deal terms, and [10] tax considerations like 83(b) elections. The overall message is that entrepreneurs should prioritize maintaining control of their board and company over short-term valuation gains, and be wary of unfavorable deal terms that investors may try to insert.
How to pitch wow to investors list, 28 may 2013Steve Austin
The document is a presentation by Steve Austin on pitching startups to investors. It provides tips on creating compelling pitches through 20-second and 60-second elevator pitches. It explains that investors primarily care about the founding team and their ability to succeed. The presentation also outlines the typical stages of funding and investor concerns around risk. Key points investors look for include market size, competition, business model, financial projections and exit strategy. The presentation aims to help entrepreneurs understand what investors need to hear to effectively pitch their startup idea.
Lets Get Real About Angel Investing - RVC Angel Capital Summit Keynote by Set...Seth Levine
Keynote at RVC Angel Capital Summit (Syndication 2.0) "Let's Get Real About Angel Investing" by Seth Levine, Managing Director of Foundry Group in Boulder, CO.
Managing startup equity (Equity For Startups)Kesava Reddy
Among the more important decisions that an entrepreneur makes is that of raising capital. Many choices have to be made in this context: Debt versus Equity. Own funds versus Funding from outside investors and so on. These choices have long term implications for the entrepreneur as well as the start-up. Equity funding is essential for the growth of a startup. Apart from providing critical funding equity investors also often bring added value by way of connections and strategic advice.
At the same time raising equity capital means sharing control and sharing wealth with the investors in the firm. Allowing investors to engage with the management of the startup calls for a certain degree of compatibility between the investor and the management of the enterprise. Absence of such compatibility can lead to unhappy relationships between the investor and the management team.
All things considered, managing the equity of a start-up is among the most critical decisions that an entrepreneur needs to make. It involves many trade-offs on the entrepreneurial journey. Which makes Managing the Equity of A Start Up a challenge. What does dilution of equity mean? How does the arithmetic of dilution work? How does an entrepreneur decide on when to raise equity? And how much of equity to raise?
The document discusses the story of iProperty and how it grew from $15 million to $600 million in value over 4 years. It outlines key strategies iProperty used, including choosing the right markets, having a clear strategic path focused on driving value, structuring the business appropriately, developing the right high-performance culture, encouraging entrepreneurship, increasing efficiency, innovating, and getting the product mix right. It also discusses how iProperty maximized the value created by executing on these strategies, being transparent as a public company, building trust and reputation over time, and delivering on its promises.
On Oct 15, 2018, Digital Currency Group hosted its fourth annual Founders Summit - a "Sun Valley style" conference that brought together over 125 of the world's leading blockchain and bitcoin entrepreneurs. Hosted at the Ritz Carlton in Lake Tahoe, attendees participated in three days of exclusive, off-the-record networking, dialogue sessions, presentations and panels. As we have done in previous DCG Summits (before the event was private to the public), we are sharing our opening remarks, which were presented by DCG's founder and CEO, Barry Silbert, our VP of Investments, Travis Scher, and Director of Development, Casey Taylor.
Maximise the value of your business - Business SuccessionCraig West
Business Succession and Exit planning - found out how to maximise the value of your business with our 21 step process, fund your retirement and make sure your business continues !
As presented @ Betahaus Sofia. It is very much based on the original seed fundraising presentation of Steve Schlafman (http://www.slideshare.net/schlaf/raising-a-seed-round), the best I've seen on the subject.
Angel 101 - The Fundamentals of Angel Investing. Is Angel Investing right for you. This is a presentation given by Gerard Buckley to a group of Angel Investors at Maple Leaf Angels a Toronto based angel group
The document discusses early stage investing and provides tips. It emphasizes that investing is a process, not random, and involves following signals, diversifying portfolios for risk mitigation, and focusing on information asymmetry and valuation. Traction is more important than intellectual property with platforms driving changes. Wall Street and others already use data and analytics techniques that angels can also apply.
The Wealthfront Equity Plan (Stanford Graduate School of Business 2017)Adam Nash
These are the slides from my guest lecture at the Stanford Graduate School of Business on February 17, 2017 in the People Operations: From Startup to Scaleup class.
The document discusses various strategies for acquisitions and partnerships. It begins by outlining considerations for different types of deals such as gives/gets, exit options, control, risks, and compliance issues. It then provides an example process for evaluating acquisition opportunities based on landscape analysis, strategic alignment, assessing the target company, and projecting value expansion as part of the combined business. Metrics for evaluating deals such as accretion, profit margins, IRR, and payback periods are also summarized. Finally, it outlines approaches for integrating acquired processes while preserving existing capabilities and achieving revenue growth.
Introduction to Business Angel Investing'Tomi Davies
This presentation is Based on the book “Angel Investing - The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing In Startups” by David S. Rose @davidsrose CEO of Gust and Founder of New York Angels angelinvesting.com
It is for a Masterclass designed for practising and potential business angels who want to understand the basics of angel investing. It is a comprehensive guide that walks students through every step of the way to becoming a successful angel investor.
The class exposes students to fundamental strategies and specific tools required to take full advantage of this rapidly growing asset class, from building your reputation as a smart investor, to negotiating fair deals and adding value to your portfolio of companies through to helping them implement smart exit strategies.
Raising Money for Your Startup: Why Fundraising is a Literary Process, Not Fi...Tearsheet
Given to a group of startup entrepreneurs at a local accelerator, this presentation is intended to provide a different -- maybe, contrarian -- viewpoint on the fundraising process.
Instead of learning finance next time you pitch an angel or VC, consider instead learning how to better tell stories.
The Ultimate Investor Pitch Deck TemplateCrowdfunder
Great startups don’t fund themselves. Raising money from investors requires a great pitch, even for experienced founders with significant traction in their startup.
There’s a formula for pitching your startup that has helped startup founders raise millions.
In short, this formula involves crafting a larger story / narrative, while speaking directly to what investors are looking for and need to know about you, your company, your market, and your plan.
Kauffman Foundation Report: Poor Long-Term Returns from Venture CapitalPhilipp Klöckner
A recent report by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation raises serious questions about the degree to which venture capital deserves emulation.
The report, provocatively titled “We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us”, summarizes its findings thus:
Limited Partners (LPs) — foundations, endowments, and state pension funds — invest too much capital in underperforming venture capital funds on frequently misaligned terms. Our research suggests that investors like us succumb time and again to narrative fallacies, a well-studied behavioral finance bias.
The document discusses the rise of angel investors and how the venture capital industry is changing. It notes that startups are gaining leverage through cheaper access to capital from incubators, accelerators, and angel investors. Standardized documents and terms are becoming more common in angel investments. Predictions are made that more angel investors will enter the market, some startups may exploit investors, and some companies may skip venture capital funding altogether.
Have a great idea, but not sure how to get funding to turn it into a business? This presentation highlights the many ways to find funding and focuses on the pros & cons of using venture capital to launch.
Angel investing is a great way to participate in the growing trend of entrepreneurship. Responsible investing is very important for the health of your portfolio and for your relationships with founders. Don't invest without understanding a few simple things. Equity investments are long term relationships. Investors must do their part to be good investment partners.
So what works in seed funding and how to improve it fast?
Sign up for more our content:
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This document provides tips for entrepreneurs on negotiating venture capital term sheets. It discusses 10 key areas entrepreneurs should focus on: [1] Board composition and control, [2] valuation, [3] option pools, [4] vesting, [5] liquidation and anti-dilution, [6] protective provisions, [7] expiration and non-disclosure, [8] legal counsel, [9] new deal terms, and [10] tax considerations like 83(b) elections. The overall message is that entrepreneurs should prioritize maintaining control of their board and company over short-term valuation gains, and be wary of unfavorable deal terms that investors may try to insert.
How to pitch wow to investors list, 28 may 2013Steve Austin
The document is a presentation by Steve Austin on pitching startups to investors. It provides tips on creating compelling pitches through 20-second and 60-second elevator pitches. It explains that investors primarily care about the founding team and their ability to succeed. The presentation also outlines the typical stages of funding and investor concerns around risk. Key points investors look for include market size, competition, business model, financial projections and exit strategy. The presentation aims to help entrepreneurs understand what investors need to hear to effectively pitch their startup idea.
Lets Get Real About Angel Investing - RVC Angel Capital Summit Keynote by Set...Seth Levine
Keynote at RVC Angel Capital Summit (Syndication 2.0) "Let's Get Real About Angel Investing" by Seth Levine, Managing Director of Foundry Group in Boulder, CO.
Managing startup equity (Equity For Startups)Kesava Reddy
Among the more important decisions that an entrepreneur makes is that of raising capital. Many choices have to be made in this context: Debt versus Equity. Own funds versus Funding from outside investors and so on. These choices have long term implications for the entrepreneur as well as the start-up. Equity funding is essential for the growth of a startup. Apart from providing critical funding equity investors also often bring added value by way of connections and strategic advice.
At the same time raising equity capital means sharing control and sharing wealth with the investors in the firm. Allowing investors to engage with the management of the startup calls for a certain degree of compatibility between the investor and the management of the enterprise. Absence of such compatibility can lead to unhappy relationships between the investor and the management team.
All things considered, managing the equity of a start-up is among the most critical decisions that an entrepreneur needs to make. It involves many trade-offs on the entrepreneurial journey. Which makes Managing the Equity of A Start Up a challenge. What does dilution of equity mean? How does the arithmetic of dilution work? How does an entrepreneur decide on when to raise equity? And how much of equity to raise?
The document discusses the story of iProperty and how it grew from $15 million to $600 million in value over 4 years. It outlines key strategies iProperty used, including choosing the right markets, having a clear strategic path focused on driving value, structuring the business appropriately, developing the right high-performance culture, encouraging entrepreneurship, increasing efficiency, innovating, and getting the product mix right. It also discusses how iProperty maximized the value created by executing on these strategies, being transparent as a public company, building trust and reputation over time, and delivering on its promises.
On Oct 15, 2018, Digital Currency Group hosted its fourth annual Founders Summit - a "Sun Valley style" conference that brought together over 125 of the world's leading blockchain and bitcoin entrepreneurs. Hosted at the Ritz Carlton in Lake Tahoe, attendees participated in three days of exclusive, off-the-record networking, dialogue sessions, presentations and panels. As we have done in previous DCG Summits (before the event was private to the public), we are sharing our opening remarks, which were presented by DCG's founder and CEO, Barry Silbert, our VP of Investments, Travis Scher, and Director of Development, Casey Taylor.
Nuvolab Seminar for Accelmed 2014: Going Global - Small Business Big WorldNuvolab
The webinar on "Going Global" will tackle the topic of internationalization in the context of Start-ups and SMEs.
After an introduction on general definitions and frameworks, there will be a focus on the main motivations behind the internationalization decisions.
In particular, questions as why and why not internationalizing and when to do it will be answered and some practical advice on how to and who may
help with internationalization processes will be discussed.
Leaderonomics SME CEO Conference 2017 - Growing & Scaling your Business to Gr...Roshan Thiran
These are the slides presented by Roshan Thiran, CEO of Leaderonomics at the SME CEO Conference 2017. He shares 4 constraints that are affecting your business and need to be addressed to grow and scale your business. For more information on the Leadership Dojo programme, which Roshan personally programme manages, email info@leaderonomics.com
To follow Roshan on Twitter (@lepaker) and Facebook, go to: www.facebook.com/roshanthiran.leaderonomics
Finance Fast and Furious for Australian SMEsTim Richardson
Applying the lessons of the modern European finance team to Australian SMEs, to help businesses become more focused on opportunities and gain the agility to respond quickly and effectively.
From Bootstrapping to Venture Rounds: A Startup Case StudyRoger Ehrenberg
The document provides an overview of the different stages of startup funding: bootstrapping, angel rounds, seed rounds, and venture rounds. It discusses the characteristics of each stage, when they typically occur, the typical amount of funding, and the tradeoffs involved. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the company's goals before taking external capital and performing diligence on potential investors. The case study describes funding the ad tech company The Trade Desk in 2009 when the industry was considered crowded and venture appetite was low. It prompts evaluating whether one would invest in the company based on the presented information and environment.
Effective Communication with Angel InvestorsRemound
Effective communication is critical for private equity relationships. The entrepreneur must understand the investor's criteria including how much money is needed, intended use of funds, expected return and timeline. The communication should achieve shared understanding and help people think in new ways to act effectively. An entrepreneur needs to know what stage of development they are in and who typically invests at that stage.
Yagna Entrepreneur Success Services LLP aims to help small and medium businesses in India improve their order fulfillment and processes using Theory of Constraints techniques. They will identify areas for focus, design changes, and help implement them for SMB clients. Yagna will initially attract clients through workshops and case studies then implement low-risk solutions while deriving fees from increased client value. Their goal is to partner with SMBs to help them achieve growth, stability, and increased profits over 3-5 years through this approach.
Jakarta Venture Night: Building Great Companies and IndustryShinichi Takamiya
Shinichi Takamiya, a principal at Globis Capital Partners, gave a presentation on building great companies and industries. He discussed defining the business domain by considering the vision, capabilities, and market attractiveness. He also covered business models and profit strategies, emphasizing the importance of evolving the growth strategy through different stages from startup to later growth. The presentation provided an overview of strategic considerations for entrepreneurs in developing successful companies.
This document describes a society called BOH Bettor Society that aims to help retail investors trade the market better by providing them access to comprehensive research, market commentary, trading ideas, and expertise that institutional investors typically have access to but retail investors do not. It outlines some of the disadvantages retail investors face compared to institutional portfolio managers. The society offers various solutions and services to narrow this information gap for retail investors, including trade ideas, real-time commentary, black box trading, seminars, crowd-sourcing expertise, and quant strategies. It provides details on the society's team, plans, clients, and claims to have had a good track record in 2015 by outperforming the market with its buy calls and underperforming with
1. Scaale is a venture resource group that applies global context to companies through sales, capital, and talent. It has over 200 professionals with 30 years of experience helping companies with IPOs, M&A, fundraising, and international growth.
2. The document discusses listing a company on the Spanish MAB (Alternative Investment Market) as an efficient way to gain visibility, funding, and an exit compared to other options like venture capital or traditional banking. Some benefits highlighted are lower costs, the potential for growth in Spain and Latin America, and a proven track record.
3. Managing a company listed on the MAB from the US is possible
#CU12: Making not-for-profits profitable - John Peacock at Connecting Up 2012Connecting Up
Charities, community groups and associations cannot distribute dividends to members, but the term not-for-profit is actually a misnomer. John's session will cover the various ways an entity that wishes to make profits and build up reserves should approach this goal.
Independent consultants working togetherBryan Cassady
Fast Bridge is a consulting network focused on helping companies with business startups, international expansion, and go-to-market strategies. It has a network of academics, entrepreneurs, and business experts. Fast Bridge differentiates itself by focusing on business execution, working with senior consultants, and linking payments to business results. Its goals are to help partners sell more consulting days and make the process easier through collaboration. Fast Bridge recruits experienced consultants and aims to sell 2000 consulting days in 2012-2013. It plans to generate leads and sales through various marketing activities and standard products while encouraging partners to work together.
AdvHanlon-401k-or-403b-brochure - Copy.pptxAl Bruce
This document provides information about Hanlon Retirement Solutions, an actively managed 401(k) or 403(b) account option. Some key points:
- Hanlon Investment Management offers six model portfolios ranging from conservative to aggressive based on an investor's risk tolerance and time horizon.
- The models utilize tactical and strategic asset allocation across equities and fixed income to provide growth while reducing volatility.
- Enrolling involves completing a profile questionnaire to determine the appropriate model. Accounts are then monitored daily and adjustments made as needed.
- Communications include quarterly reports and newsletters to keep investors informed about their portfolio and market events. Fees are deducted quarterly based on the custodian's schedule
Building a Successful Money Management BusinessCale Smith
This document provides an overview of Cale Smith's presentation on building a successful money management business from the ground up. Cale is the founder of Islamorada Investment Management, a value investing firm with two funds. He discusses the stages of growing a one-man firm, focusing initially on putting up good numbers and serving investors. Cale also outlines his approach of creating "Spoke Funds", which are more transparent and affordable alternatives to traditional mutual funds and hedge funds. The presentation covers best practices and key tools for operations, compliance, marketing and growing assets in a sustainable way.
The document provides an agenda for a presentation on financial projections. It introduces the two speakers, Alicia Amaral and Heather Onsto, and their relevant experience. It then outlines the objectives of the presentation, which are to: 1) Force discipline and objectivity through a methodical approach, 2) Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the company's business model, and 3) Provide answers to "what if" scenarios. The document continues by addressing some common concerns and questions around building financial projections, emphasizing the importance of logical, consistent assumptions and tying projections to the company's growth drivers and key metrics.
This document provides a strategic analysis of a cosmetics company. It includes a corporate snapshot that outlines the company's executive management team and marketing, supply chain, and packaging operations. A PESTLER analysis identifies political, economic, social, technological, legal, environmental, and regulatory factors impacting the company. Competitive and financial analyses are also included. Strategic recommendations propose improving cost of goods sold (COGS) and selling, general and administrative (SG&A) accounting, and pursuing vertical integration through acquisition of complementary businesses.
The Vigo Programme is a new type of acceleration program in Finland designed to complement the existing innovation ecosystem. It selects independent accelerator companies to provide support, experience, and financing to high-potential Finnish startups. The key objectives are to help promising startups grow into successful companies, ensure early funding, increase company value, and attract venture capital investments. Selected accelerators invest both money and time into portfolio companies over an 18-24 month period. The program has supported over 40 companies so far, raising over 60 million Euros in funding. Excellent early results include a successful exit and hundreds of new jobs created.
Collaborative Overview and Case Study ResultsBillFotsch
The document describes a company called Collaborative Company that aims to inspire great business performance through collaboration. It summarizes the company's mission to increase value for shareholders, employees, and customers. It then provides examples of successful collaborations with various companies that increased profits and production. The document outlines Collaborative Company's services, which include performance management support, sales/marketing support, and strategic planning to help clients improve results through collaboration.
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In a tight labour market, job-seekers gain bargaining power and leverage it into greater job quality—at least, that’s the conventional wisdom.
Michael, LMIC Economist, presented findings that reveal a weakened relationship between labour market tightness and job quality indicators following the pandemic. Labour market tightness coincided with growth in real wages for only a portion of workers: those in low-wage jobs requiring little education. Several factors—including labour market composition, worker and employer behaviour, and labour market practices—have contributed to the absence of worker benefits. These will be investigated further in future work.
Falcon stands out as a top-tier P2P Invoice Discounting platform in India, bridging esteemed blue-chip companies and eager investors. Our goal is to transform the investment landscape in India by establishing a comprehensive destination for borrowers and investors with diverse profiles and needs, all while minimizing risk. What sets Falcon apart is the elimination of intermediaries such as commercial banks and depository institutions, allowing investors to enjoy higher yields.
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Stunning art in the small multiples format brings out the spatiotemporal nature of societal transitions, against backdrop issues such as energy, housing, waste, farmland and forest. In each frame we see hopeful and frightful interplays between spending and saving. Problems emerge when one of the two parts of the existential anaglyph rapidly shrinks like Arctic ice, as factors cross thresholds. Ecological wealth and intergenerational equity areFour at stake. Not enough spending could mean economic stress, social unrest and political conflict. Not enough saving and there will be climate breakdown and ‘bankruptcy’. So where does speculative design start and the gambling and betting end? Behind each fabular frame is a four ratio problem. Each ratio reflects the level of sacrifice and self-restraint a society is willing to accept, against promises of prosperity and freedom. Some values seem to stabilise a frame while others cause collapse. Get the ratios right and we can have it all. Get them wrong and things get more desperate.
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2. Overview
• Background and the Wombat story.
• Fundraising.
• Lough Shore:
• The big idea and where we fit in.
• Experience, comments, lessons learned.
• Questions.
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3. A little background…
• From Glenavy, Co. Antrim.
• Studied Queen’s University, Belfast.
• Joined First Derivatives Plc in January
2001, with a focus on New York from early
2002.
• Joined Wombat as the second FTE in Jan
2004, based in New York.
• Wombat was acquired by NYSE in 2008.
• Became COO of NYSE Technologies
through to April 2010.
• Founded Lough Shore Investments in
November 2010.
• Won first Oscar in 2012.
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4. Wombat – key facts
• Massive compound organic growth, circa $500k billings in 12 months
before I joined in Q4 2003, business unit circa $40m in 12 months to
Sept 30th 2008.
• Quarterly cash positive Q1 2005 through to exit (Q4 2007). Over 12
months runway on the balance sheet on exit.
• Combative penetrate and up-sell “base-hit” driven business model.
Only a handful of the more than dozen competitors in the sector in
2003 were still around in 2008.
• Maximum deal size (total product value) per customer circa $400k in
2003, $5m in 2008.
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6. Wombat & Belfast
• New York first, Belfast second. The company’s center of heart was
always out and out Wall Street (office in 25 Broad, across the road
from the exchange).
• Engine room was out and out Belfast, 70% of the global team were
sourced through the Belfast office.
• Average age across the company globally on exit – 26 ½!
• Four major Invest NI investments, culminating in its biggest ever ICT
deal in 2009, £10m to secure 550 jobs from NYSE Euronext.
• Virtuous circle continues: CME, Cowen Group, First Derivatives in
Belfast, Lough Shore Capital.
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7. The Dream Team, March 2008
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8. Fundraising - Wombat
• The million dollar secret: the best way to fund a technology business is by selling stuff
to customers with strong margins!
• Merrill Lynch made a circa $3.5m strategic investment in Q4 2005, got returned $55m
in Q1 2008.
• Best deal we ever did, doubled the exit value in my estimation,
• Used the cash to bolster the balance sheet, then buy Harco.
• Auction to sell the company started out as a fundraising round for an MBO. We were
working with twelve suitors through 2007, eight bid in round one.
• The $200m secret; VCs or acquirers will see your projections nine months before a
deal closes; hitting the numbers needs to be in the DNA. You disappoint, you die.
• Invest NI was a great partner – has to be said.
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9. Lough Shore Investments
❝ Our mission is to invest in high potential management teams and
partner with them to build great businesses. Our goal is to bring ten
great companies to exit or IPO by 2025 ❞
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10. Lough Shore – Big idea
• Create an outward focused seed investor, specializing in taking local
companies to the US market and raising international capital through
to IPO. Platinum player in a small market.
• Develop strong links in local funding community to help these
companies fully leverage all the assets available.
• Partnership approach, strong focus on developing management
teams and working with them to grow the business with a focus on
investablity.
• Really strong focus on skills, ecosystem and go to market, both
here and in the US.
• Partner with government to address the management skills gap.
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11. Partnering with Management
The Essence of Running a Business
Face time with Building a
Product and International
customers and Doing Deals Team and
Engineering Expansion
partners Leadership
Always Be Selling / Always Be Closing
The Boring Stuff
Finance and PR and
Legal Go To Market
Admin Marketing
Management
Logistics Governance M&A
Process
Need To Be Doing This Really Well
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12. Strategic planning, execution and tracking using the 8QP
8QP Heatmap shows progress at a glance
❝The 8QP has been a
fantastic tool for helping
me step back and take a
real strategic view on
the direction of the
company❞
Jonathan
Chesney, WorldDesk
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13. Advice to founders
• Manage the business, if you don’t need the money they’ll be knocking on your door.
Patience and consistency with careful cash management.
• Major on proof of traction. The best stories are based around revenue acceleration.
The founding team has already got the business up and running, but need to augment
the balance sheet and invest to scale sales / delivery (inc. globally).
• Be honest and transparent. There isn’t a serious angel investor or VC out there who
hasn’t got sold a pup (or a litter of pups). Many have been on the receiving end of fraud
and other vicious practices. They are cautious and rightly so!
• Be realistic about growth projections and valuation. Take outside advice. Many
eleventh hour collapses stem from investor unease about either the valuation or the
integrity of the founders.
• Seed investing in particular is about partnership.
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14. Compounding = Patience
Einstein considered Buffet’s life story “The
compound interest “the snowball”.
most powerful force in
the universe”.
• To make it big in the medium term, entrepreneurs need to understand the power of
compound growth (including how it relates to building a balance sheet).
• It is a concept that’s fundamental to growing a customer base, cash flow, team,
balance sheet, & retaining equity.
• Small changes in level of debt, revenue growth, margin, return on equity, have
massive impacts on how a business scales in the medium term.
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15. Mr Consistency
• Get the small calls right and grind out the
results, consistently. Day after day, week
after week, year after year.
• It’s all about base hits and RBIs (i.e. take
the base hits and the home runs will
come). Or, as they say in Ireland, take
your points and the goals will come!
• The concept of the “flywheel” is key,
aggregating hundreds of small wins to
build sustainable momentum – Jim
Collins
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