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Endgame

As a business owner, you're familiar with the challenges and complexities that come with steering your company day-to-day. But have you considered the transformative power of picturing your endgame?

This simple yet strategic action is more than just setting a goal; it's about creating a clear roadmap for your entrepreneurial journey. It becomes a guiding star for your business, simplifying decision-making.

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It's About Time

It can be tempting to try to time the sale of your business to coincide with a peak in the economy. However, it's impossible to know when that moment will hit.

Design your business exit and discover the best time to sell.

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The Owner's Metric

While you can't buy happiness, you can buy personal freedom. It comes from building enough wealth that work becomes a choice.

What's the fastest way to attain the feeling of true freedom?

Focus on the one number you need to be truly free – the ultimate Owner's Metric.

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Inside the Mind of an Acquirer

Like bungee jumping, getting married, or hiking the Grand Canyon, selling your business is something you're likely only going to do once in your life. There's no practice tee and no batting cage, so it's worth doing a little planning beforehand.

In this eBook, you'll get inside the mind of an acquirer to understand what potential buyers of your business are looking for.

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Monkey Mind

Building a successful business is more than just a path to financial independence; it's a deeply personal journey filled with emotional highs and lows.

These aspects of entrepreneurship are as crucial as managing the business itself. Discover practical advice on how to manage your emotional journey of entrepreneurship.


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The 4 Degrees of Delegation

How would you rate your ability to delegate?

If you're like most business owners, you probably give yourself a decent grade. However, if you're constantly finding yourself disappointed in people on your team, the problem may be less about them and more about your ability to delegate effectively.


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Setting Up Your Startup for Success: Advice from a Venture Capital Investor

By Joseph de Leon

Don't be better, be distinct.

When starting a new business, there is genuine merit in being cheaper, faster or first. It's a proven path to breaking into a market.

Ask TBM: What's Next for GCash After Becoming the Philippines' First $5B Unicorn

By The Business Manual

"Now that Globe has breached this $5 billion valuation on its march to a 2025 IPO [initial public offering] in the US, it gives local founders and international investors the inspiration, permission and attention to do it again and again."

Our perspective on GCash being worth $5bn was just published in an exclusive interview with
The Business Manual.

Will the COVID Financial Crisis kill Asia's Startups?
By Joseph de Leon
What the hell is happening now? What happens next? What will it take to survive & thrive?
The Seedstars Asia Angels 8 Qs
By Joseph de Leon
8 Questions Angels should ask Founders

Lean Canvas Plus β aka FAT CANVAS

Project Name
Date
Version
Problem
Top 3 Problems
Key activities you measure
Solution
Top 3 Features
Key Metrics
Key activities you measure
Unique Value Proposition
Single, clear, compelling message that states why you are different and worth paying attention
High Level Concept
High Level Concept
Unfair Advantage
What do you have that can't be easily copied or bought
Channels
Path to customers
Customer Segments
Target customers
Early Adopters
Characteristics of your ideal customers/ clients
Cost Structure
High Level Concept
Hosting
Distribution costs
People, etc.
Revenue Streams
Revenue Model
Revenue
Life Time Value
Gross Margin
Ecosystem
Social/Cultural
Are you riding a wave or a fad?
Competitors/ Influencers
Who else is making the market grow?
Legal/ Regulatory
Will it be stopped or supported?
PRODUCT
MARKET
MOMENT & MOMENTUM
Source: Adapted by Joseph de Leon (jdl@bulletday.com)
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the 7Ms of Fundraising

Market

Is the problem worth solving?

Size - Is the opportunity worthwhile?

Appeal - Is it within reach? Growing?

Moment - Why Now?

MATH

Is the price right?

Amount - Is it enough? Too much?

Target - How far will the funds go?

Runway - What if they don't get it?

MATCH

Are you right for each other??

Fit - Do you qualify their criteria?

FOMO - Who else is coming in?

Value-Add - Are we good for each other?

METRICS

How well does the rubber meet the road?

Financial
  • Revenue ' Profitability
  • CAC/LTV
  • Burn Rate ' Cap Table
Strategic
  • Traction - Customers & Community (+NPS)
  • Factions - Partnerships
  • Attractions - Tangible, Technical, Intellectual
MANAGEMENT

Are you the best people to do it?

Insight - Do you see something special?

Character - Do we like and trust you?

Execution - Any proof you can deliver?

MODEL

Have you built a strategic moat?

Product-Market Fit - Will it sell?

Unit Economics - Will it make money?

Business Structure - Can they scale?

MESSAGE

Are your invitations impactful?

Narrative - What's your story?

Narrator - Who's telling it?

Numbers - Do the facts match?

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