Acquisition Balance Sheet Lean Management 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok. but that’s our firm’s money on your balance sheet. We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior. otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less).
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. Teten: For a large corporate, what are the advantages and disadvantages of a dedicated fund (possibly with external investors) vs. a 100% on-balance sheet investor? Mari has been a serial intrapreneur for a large part of her career.
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David Teten
DECEMBER 16, 2015
The reason is that the real value of the board deck is not (ironically) for the board; it’s for management to track their own performance. So I want to see that management is using a dashboard every day, not just for board meetings. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). Users/Customers. Customer Lifetime Value (CLTV).
Steve Blank
MAY 29, 2019
Lean LaunchPad class developed for Stanford. Other classes were on how to prep for VC pitches or develop the five year income statements, balance sheets and cash flows or read case studies. And the Lean LaunchPad class I developed at Stanford was the first such class. Worth a read. Mission-Driven Entrepreneurship.
Steve Blank
MARCH 4, 2014
20 th century Management Tools for Execution In the 20 th century business schools and consulting firms developed an amazing management stack to assist companies to execute. These tools brought clarity to corporate strategy, product line extension strategies, and made product management a repeatable process. StageGate Process.
Up and Running
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Here’s what they discovered: They found firms that quickly institute formal mechanisms such as operation budgets, cash budgets, and financial monitoring systems (tools that measure profitability, customer acquisition costs, variance from actual budget, and so forth) had higher growth rates in terms of revenues and headcount.
Agile VC
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
This seems like a no-brainer but Ballmer and the MSFT board might lean towards a less risky path. Microsoft doesn’t need the cash… despite limited growth and paying a substantial dividend, MSFT still generates good cashflow and has >$70B on it’s balance sheet. Want names?
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