Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. million in revenue three years later is, “So effing what?”

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Startup Revenue Technical Review Flash 418

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 22, 2016

One of my company CEO’s recently described his rule for acquisition success, and it resonated with me as a great goal for planning during acquisition exercises. This CEO states that he has made it work twice when acquiring companies, and that is enough for him to make it his rule for all future acquisitions.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

But an increase in traffic doesn’t necessarily mean an increase in sales, profits, or customer loyalty. . Focusing on the entire customer journey—not just acquisition—and improving each step along the way ensures that customers continue to buy from you, now and in the future. And customer acquisition is getting only more expensive.

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Customer SMS Retention Acquisition 132

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Another alternative is to build one yourself, starting with a few formulas to extrapolate early revenues and expenses into the five-year projections normally requested by banks and investors. The manual calculations to translate market assumptions into costs, volumes, expenses and net return are massive.

Conversion Ratio 368

Conversion Ratio Startup Business Model eCommerce 368

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, Let’s take your revenue line. Let’s start with how much value you think you’ll create for your customer if they use your product in terms of hours saved, costs avoided, extra sales, better conversion rates or whatever. portfolios.

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Business Plan AJAX Venture Capital Technical Review 334

Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Think of them like this: If you have a critical sales milestone your company needs to meet by the end of the year, KPIs should deliver incremental evidence that you’re either headed in the right direction, or you’re not. . Sales KPIs. Revenue and wins by type: compare revenue and wins among existing and new businesses.

Founder 71

Founder Retention Metrics Technical Review 71

Up and Running

JULY 22, 2014

Sales forecast. It’s a table that lists all of your revenue streams and all of your expenses—typically for a three-month period—and lists at the very bottom the total amount of net profit or loss. A typical profit and loss statement should include: your revenue (also called sales), followed by. Balance sheet.

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Balance Sheet Forecast Equity .Net 148

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

DocuSign combines both to fuel its sales funnel. Where lead generation casts a wide net, ABM uses a spear to target and catch the best fish. It flips the traditional sales funnel on its head, ditching the one-size-fits-all approach to marketing in favor of a land-and-expand approach. Snowflake achieved over 300% growth with ABM.

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Lead Generation Marketing Sales Cycle Campaign 94

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

There are two reasons to raise money: You have a killer idea that is only partially validated, that you think can get to $50M+ of revenue in 5 years with 80%+ gross margins (if margins are lower, you need a lot more revenue)and you need money to get to product-market fit, or. Not all startups need outside investment to grow.

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Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

Up and Running

JULY 15, 2015

50% of B2B companies find it difficult to attribute marketing activity directly to revenue results. If your business works on long term or repeat customers, marketing should be based on the long term value of the client and not just the first sale. Acquisition Cost of a New Customer. Do you feel the same way? Cost Per Lead.

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Marketing Social Media Campaign Acquisition 60

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2020

Another alternative is to build one yourself, starting with a few formulas to extrapolate early revenues and expenses into the five-year projections normally requested by banks and investors. The manual calculations to translate market assumptions into costs, volumes, expenses and net return are massive.

Conversion Ratio 308

Conversion Ratio Startup Business Model eCommerce 308

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

billion in ad revenue in 2020. But you can also accumulate significant exposure and revenue through an organic YouTube strategy. Given that most users abandon apps within 30 days post-installation, high downloads don’t lead to high audience retention, satisfaction, or revenue. Revenue metrics. YouTube generated $19.77

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Analytics Metrics Channel Video 134

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

This is final installment of a 3-part series covering my acquisition of HitTail. Could you talk a bit about the diligence you did during the acquisition? Due diligence is the most important part of the process because it dictates whether you should move forward with the acquisition, and at what price. Photo by psiaki.

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Acquisition Software Review Technical Review NDA 53

Up and Running

APRIL 5, 2021

By 1997, the pop-up plague had spread to sites across the net, including Geocities, AOL, and The New York Times. The biggest pro, and probably the only one you will care about, is that pop-ups are one of the best lead acquisition tools out there. The evidence shows that they still work.

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Customer Lead Generation Flash Conversion 96

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In consumer packaged goods, the benchmark for a “highly successful” product launch is no easy feat: $50 million in first-year sales. Successful demand generation campaigns break down silos between marketing and sales. Seed your launch campaign with advance sales. While those acquisition efforts worked well, not all do.

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Product Campaign Acquisition Social Media 110

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

They’ve grown from nothing to >$2B in revenue in 30 months time, making the company among the fastest growing businesses in the histroy of the world. How They Make Money: Groupon keeps a share of the coupon value (typically 40-50%) as its net revenue (1). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 23, 2013

Marketo filed for IPO with impressive 80% year-over-year growth in 2012, with almost $60m in revenue. of revenue, force-feeding sales pipelines with an unprofitable product. I know the argument: The pay-back period on sales, marketing, and up-start costs is long, but there’s a profitable result at the end of the tunnel.

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Business Model .Net Revenue IPO 335

David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The most common financial metrics ffVC asks companies to compare vs. budget are: Gross Revenue. Net Income (Loss). Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR). Sales Pipeline. Conversion to Sales %. Net MRR Churn %. Average Revenue Per Account. So how do you do it?

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Metrics Analytics Balance Sheet .Net 60

Up and Running

MARCH 9, 2022

Everyday business events such as expansion projects, acquisitions, low cash on hand, increased fixed expenses, increased borrowing, and even an increase in sales can be signs that it’s time to reevaluate your business risk. Contribution margin ratio = contribution margin / sales. Financial leverage = operating income/net income.

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Equity .Net Balance Sheet Operations 136

Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

By focusing on reducing human touches and automating the sales and recruitment process, Angelichio and the Judge Group are able to minimize the cost associated with hiring additional internal staff while meeting their market demand in record time! The truth is economies change, revenues change, and sometimes things just happen.

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CPA Software Review LLC Technical Review 76

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Before raising your B round, you’ll need to be able to show how you can scale sales and marketing and that you are starting to really understand your business. It’s even better to be net negative (expansion dollars > churn dollars). Customer churn: Churn should ideally be under 1% per month.

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Acquisition Distribution Metrics Retention 150

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

If you want your brand reputation to soar, it’s time to step away from acquisitions and pour focus into your eCommerce customer retention strategy. While these acquisition tactics draw one-time consumers in, without an effective post-funnel plan, you’ll be repeating this process over and over again. Don’t just take our word for it.

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Retention eCommerce Customer Artificial Inteligence 132

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Since 2015, her company, Barney, has guided over 150 media, marketing & tech companies through acquisitions. 10:25] Are you seeing anybody selling parts of their companies rather than an entire acquisition? [11:19] Look, if you work in sales, wanna learn how to sell or just peek at the latest sales news.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Cofounder Valuation 79

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

It’s misleadingly precise to have two digits to the right of the decimal in a CAC/LTV multiple for year 3 of your forecast (“Customer Acquisition Cost”/”LifeTime Value of Customer”). A model that shows X% growth over time with no embedded correlation to sales/marketing is a huge red flag. 15) Bridge historical and projected data.

Balance Sheet 60

Balance Sheet Software Review Forecast Acquisition 60

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2014

to measure the sales ramp; marketing productivity of Cloud businesses. This metric measures the ratio of the annualized additional recurring revenue generated by your sales and marketing investments. The simple formula is based on traditional GAAP financials, available for public companies. This is a rough approximation.

Cost 97

Cost Acquisition Customer .Net 97

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 6, 2013

The cost to earn a dollar of MRR What does it cost a SaaS company to add $1 of new monthly recurring revenue? Marketing and Sales costs, plus the fully-loaded salaries of the folks in those divisions, including commissions and everything. Thus, MRR = R / N, where R is your total revenue, and N is your total number of customers.

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Metrics Business Model .Net Revenue 270

Up and Running

MAY 8, 2018

To my surprise, the first sale came just days after launch, followed by five more within a few weeks. To be precise, sales in the initial period amounted to $146.09 (five sales at $27, one at $12) and total expenses amounted to—$363.34. That’s a net profit of -$217.25 (WTF!). My first paying customer.

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Sales Revenue Conversion Acquisition 71

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

If you like this, go see his Shockwave Innovations blog ) Anyone that has taken an accounting class or learned basic business financials knows the interaction between key elements of a P&L (revenue, cost, expense) and a balance sheet (assets, liabilities, equity). The nuance comes in deciding what to include in sales and marketing costs.

Churn Rate 288

Churn Rate .Net Metrics Hosting 288

View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

Acquisitions are happening more and more, while companies like PillPack, Actifio, CarGurus, OnShape, Acquia, Applause, and others continue to march forward. SMBs account for 54% of all US sales. SMBs represent 55% of jobs and 66% of all net new jobs since the 1970s. The number of SMBs in the US has increased 49% since 1982.

Social Media 185

Social Media B2B North America Media 185

Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

Sales teams are commission-based, executive compensation is based on EPS, revenue and margin, business units on revenue and margin contribution, etc. Finance The goals for public companies are driven primarily by financial Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). What Does this Mean?

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IRR Startup Business Model Agile 335

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The subscription box industry is growing rapidly thanks to a steady revenue model and tapping into people’s love for surprises. Marketing and sales plan. Financial summary : Project your revenue for the first few years. Creating a buyer persona puts you in the customer’s shoes to guide marketing and sales decisions.

Business Plan 63

Business Plan Curation Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 63

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

There’s been ample coverage in the popular press of course highlighting everything from the company’s revenue growth, lack of profitability, and the well-publicized fact that founder/CEO Jack Dorsey is also CEO of Twitter so would theoretically be running two public companies simultaneously. Revenue Composition. Starbucks Deal.

IPO 165

IPO .Net Revenue Acquisition 165

Austin Startup

AUGUST 29, 2017

That goes for any industry, location or product; from enterprise SaaS in my home town of Austin, to live music ticket sales in Virginia, to B2C services in Seattle. Instead, you’re likely spending your time thinking about new customer acquisition (increase in volume) or you are thinking about optimizing salary or production costs.

Differentiation 54

Differentiation Virginia .Net B2C 54

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Will his digital presence measurably affect sales of his newest book What Unites Us ? What seems to be the best way to create customers and revenue may result in a business model that is out of vogue with the investment world and shortchanges you on enterprise valuation. What is your Customer Acquisition Cost?

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Nevada Silicon Valley 48

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 24, 2020

However, eCommerce is really coming into its own as of late, and most experts agree that the eCommerce sector will experience huge increases in growth , sales, and users throughout the following decade. You basically take the overall revenue from your business (i.e. Business’s net trend for the past few years/months.

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eCommerce Valuation B2C Revenue 91

Up and Running

JULY 31, 2014

What is it about your business that made you think you’re going to make it this much in sales and yet somehow you didn’t achieve that. This means you need to set goals in sales and expenses. We really encourage you to think about your sales lines in terms of those big major categories. So think about sales goals.

Software Review 74

Software Review Sales Acquisition Small Business 74

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 senior sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business 6 months. The Nature of Revenue Matters Of course revenue alone won’t tell you enough.

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Stock Options Startup Dilution Venture Capital 227