Splinter Business Stories - Start-Up 101 with Greg Shepard: From idea to business exit

Apr 28 2020 51 mins

This is the second Episode of Splinter Business Stories with angel investor and entrepreneur Greg Shepard.

Probably this is the most insightful conversation in the entire show. If you always wanted to realize your idea, plan investment, and learn about the "backstage" of start-ups and finance, you are at the right place here and now.

Together with Greg, we follow a typical start-up journey, following all the hustles and bustles, bumps and falls, we pass through the main Start-up problems, we talk about failing stages and ways to overcome them. We discuss when it worth retaining your business and when it's better to exit and think about something new, we discuss some tricks to hook investors and reveal the places to look for investors.

In this episode:

- Start-Up fails. Statistics or continuous process misunderstanding?

- North Star

- Starting with the end in mind: how to plan your business exit properly

- Start-Up destiny: acquisition or lifestyle company?

- Investment lesson #1: Plan on paying back

- IPO: yesterday, today and tomorrow

- Private Equity World: Lessons, changes and current situation

- Investment betting strategy: horse or jockey?

- When partnership becomes an acquisition

- Hook and Barb: how to make sure you will get acquired?

- Angel Investor or Venture Firm: dilemma or obvious choice?

- Where does smart money live?

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Special thanks to Greg Shepard for coming to this show for the second time and sharing the practical knowledge. It's always a pleasure to meet a real ace who knows his craft and who is not afraid of sharing his knowledge.

For the investment, partnership and event booking, please visit: https://www.gregoryshepard.com/

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