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WGL42: Tallat Mahmood with Shawn Sudershan Chhabra Tallat Mahmood is founder of The Smart Business Plan Academy, his flagship online course on building powerful business plans for small and medium-sized businesses to help them grow and raise capital. Tallat has worked for over 10 years as a small and medium-sized business advisor and investor, and in this period has helped dozens of businesses raise hundreds of millions of dollars for growth. He has also worked as an investor and sat on Boards of companies.       http://wgl.fm/ http://mediaauthorityshawnchhabra.com/ http://shawnchhabra.com/ http://shawnchhabra.com/

WGL42: Tallat Mahmood with Shawn Sudershan Chhabra Tallat Mahmood is founder of <a href="http://thesmartbusinessplanacademy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Smart Business Plan Academy</a>, his flagship online course on building powerful business plans for small and medium-sized businesses to help them grow and raise capital. Tallat has worked for over 10 years as a small and medium-sized business advisor and investor, and in this period has helped dozens of businesses raise hundreds of millions of dollars for growth. He has also worked as an investor and sat on Boards of companies.   <a href="http://wgl.fm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://wgl.fm/</a> <a href="http://mediaauthorityshawnchhabra.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mediaauthorityshawnchhabra.com/</a> <a href="http://shawnchhabra.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://shawnchhabra.com/</a> <a href="http://shawnchhabra.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://shawnchhabra.com/</a>

WGL42: Tallat Mahmood with Shawn Sudershan Chhabra

When is the best time to start thinking about your business' exit? 5 years ahead of time? 10 years? Our guest on today's episode, Tallat Mahmood, explains when to start planning and how to do so most effectively.For the last 12 years Tallat has been working with small and medium-sized businesses to raise millions of capital for growth and has helped with mergers and acquisitions transactions for exits. And he shares what he's learned from those experiences including the essential elements in a business plan to raise capital and sell your business plus the biggest mistakes he sees companies make when creating a business plan.Listen to this episode and discover:- What is the best time to think about selling?- What creates the greatest value for a potential owner?- What types of companies are best suited to which types of exits?- How to make accurate financial assumptions if you're just starting out.- What is the sensitivity analysis approach and how should you use it?- And so much more…Episode OverviewIn the dozen years he's worked with various companies that are ready to sell the biggest mistake he has seen is they aren't as ready to sell as they think they are. In fact most companies are grossly underprepared.To avoid that same fate Tallat encourages you to begin with the end in mind - consider your exit strategy from day one. Doing so will help you be prepared to sell of course, but it will also help you grow your business most effectively between now and the day you sell.If your business is already underway create a business plan or update your existing one. Tallat says it's a must for any business to put together a business plan. And there are certain elements he considers necessary in that plan.The first is your product or service. In this section of the plan you must explain the demand for your product or service, the need it fulfills and the pain points of your customer. If you do something better than the competition highlight that here.The next section is the target market. Who is yours? Identify them and be specific; then discuss the size of your market, the future of it, how it will grow, who else competes in that market space, how strong they are and how quickly this particular market is going to grow (so you can show the growth potential of your business along with it).Next is sales and marketing. Explain how you're going to reach your target market, how you'll sell to them and get in front of them. Detail how you will reach your first 1,000 customers and how they will reach out on your behalf to generate your next 1,000 customers. This should be strategic and thorough.You'll also want to have a section for your financials including metrics to show you are on course and your forecast for the future (i.e. what you expect your business will do in the next few years in terms of cash, balance sheet, etc.). You'll also need to explain your assumptions here, so give conservative, aggressive and mid-range projections with explanations within each.Tallat also shares what to include in the team management section (and why it's so critical for selling your company to any investor), the types of exits available for different businesses and other key factors investors look at when evaluating your company. His expertise on this episode is plentiful, get ready to learn and then apply it in your business today to grow your revenue!Discover more: http://www.growmyrevenue.com/podcast/tallat-mahmood/

When is the best time to start thinking about your business' exit? 5 years ahead of time? 10 years? Our guest on today's episode, Tallat Mahmood, explains when to start planning and how to do so most effectively. For the last 12 years Tallat has been working with small and medium-sized businesses to raise millions of capital for growth and has helped with mergers and acquisitions transactions for exits. And he shares what he's learned from those experiences including the essential elements in a business plan to raise capital and sell your business plus the biggest mistakes he sees companies make when creating a business plan. Listen to this episode and discover: - What is the best time to think about selling? - What creates the greatest value for a potential owner? - What types of companies are best suited to which types of exits? - How to make accurate financial assumptions if you're just starting out. - What is the sensitivity analysis approach and how should you use it? - And so much more… Episode Overview In the dozen years he's worked with various companies that are ready to sell the biggest mistake he has seen is they aren't as ready to sell as they think they are. In fact most companies are grossly underprepared. To avoid that same fate Tallat encourages you to begin with the end in mind - consider your exit strategy from day one. Doing so will help you be prepared to sell of course, but it will also help you grow your business most effectively between now and the day you sell. If your business is already underway create a business plan or update your existing one. Tallat says it's a must for any business to put together a business plan. And there are certain elements he considers necessary in that plan. The first is your product or service. In this section of the plan you must explain the demand for your product or service, the need it fulfills and the pain points of your customer. If you do something better than the competition highlight that here. The next section is the target market. Who is yours? Identify them and be specific; then discuss the size of your market, the future of it, how it will grow, who else competes in that market space, how strong they are and how quickly this particular market is going to grow (so you can show the growth potential of your business along with it). Next is sales and marketing. Explain how you're going to reach your target market, how you'll sell to them and get in front of them. Detail how you will reach your first 1,000 customers and how they will reach out on your behalf to generate your next 1,000 customers. This should be strategic and thorough. You'll also want to have a section for your financials including metrics to show you are on course and your forecast for the future (i.e. what you expect your business will do in the next few years in terms of cash, balance sheet, etc.). You'll also need to explain your assumptions here, so give conservative, aggressive and mid-range projections with explanations within each. Tallat also shares what to include in the team management section (and why it's so critical for selling your company to any investor), the types of exits available for different businesses and other key factors investors look at when evaluating your company. His expertise on this episode is plentiful, get ready to learn and then apply it in your business today to grow your revenue! Discover more: <a href="http://www.growmyrevenue.com/podcast/tallat-mahmood/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.growmyrevenue.com/podcast/tallat-mahmood/</a>

024 Tallat Mahmood | How to Prepare Your Exit Strategy

Tallat Mahmood's work has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Bplans, TechCrunch, and he is a mentor for MassChallenge, one of the world's largest business accelerators. Find out more about him on The Nice Guys today.   A business plan does not have to be an onerous and lengthy piece of work. Also, it is not an irrelevant exercise and can help your business immensely IF executed correctly. Many entrepreneurs struggle with the same things with an business plan; how to make it relevant, how not to spend months and months on it, how to use it in their business, how to use it for funding, how to structure it properly. Tallat has a step by step system to validating, structuring and pitching your business plan (either to your team or banks and investors) in order for you to be able to manage your business better. Here's more about Tallat:   - He started out as an Aerospace Engineer.        - He has advised companies for 12 years as a corporate financier and as an investor.        - His advisory business, SkyPanther Capital has advised numerous companies globally on how to fund, grow, and exit their businesses.        Here's what we learned today about writing great business plans:        - It should address 2 questions- 1) What is the opportunity and 2) How are you mitigating against the risks.        - It should be based on what's happening in your business right now.  - Base your plan on already having the money you are looking for.  - Fundraising is a different skill set from building a business. Tallat's flagship online course The Smart Business Plan Academy can help your business build strong business plans in quick time to help them with internal strategy or fundraising.  - Download "7 Proven steps to being fundable in 30 days" free tips to get you started at www.thesmartbusinessplanacademy.com  - His business advisory website SkyPanther Capital, at www.skypanthercapital.com where I personally advise businesses on all matters relating to business growth, fundraising, and exits.  - Reach Tallat Mahmood at tallat@fundingyourtechstartup.com   A few good Men- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FnO3igOkOk   Never underestimate the power of Nice. 

Tallat Mahmood's work has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Bplans, TechCrunch, and he is a mentor for MassChallenge, one of the world's largest business accelerators. Find out more about him on The Nice Guys today. A business plan does not have to be an onerous and lengthy piece of work. Also, it is not an irrelevant exercise and can help your business immensely IF executed correctly. Many entrepreneurs struggle with the same things with an business plan; how to make it relevant, how not to spend months and months on it, how to use it in their business, how to use it for funding, how to structure it properly. Tallat has a step by step system to validating, structuring and pitching your business plan (either to your team or banks and investors) in order for you to be able to manage your business better. Here's more about Tallat: - He started out as an Aerospace Engineer.      - He has advised companies for 12 years as a corporate financier and as an investor.      - His advisory business, SkyPanther Capital has advised numerous companies globally on how to fund, grow, and exit their businesses.      Here's what we learned today about writing great business plans:      - It should address 2 questions- 1) What is the opportunity and 2) How are you mitigating against the risks.      - It should be based on what's happening in your business right now. - Base your plan on already having the money you are looking for. - Fundraising is a different skill set from building a business. Tallat's flagship online course The Smart Business Plan Academy can help your business build strong business plans in quick time to help them with internal strategy or fundraising. - Download "7 Proven steps to being fundable in 30 days" free tips to get you started at <a href="http://www.thesmartbusinessplanacademy.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thesmartbusinessplanacademy.com</a> - His business advisory website SkyPanther Capital, at <a href="http://www.skypanthercapital.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.skypanthercapital.com</a> where I personally advise businesses on all matters relating to business growth, fundraising, and exits. - Reach Tallat Mahmood at tallat@fundingyourtechstartup.com A few good Men- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FnO3igOkOk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FnO3igOkOk</a> Never underestimate the power of Nice.

93: Use your business plan to raise funds and find investors, Tallat Mahmood can show you how