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). Now let’s cover those nuances I mentioned.

Churn Rate 288

Churn Rate .Net Metrics Hosting 288

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

For example, if you have an eCommerce website , you’ll want to measure unique visitors, referrals, bounce rate, and similar. If you’re running a subscription business , you’ll want to track churn rate, monthly recurring revenue, lifetime value, and so on. This is a business’s short-term debt that must be paid.

Metrics 60

Metrics Burn Rate .Net Churn Rate 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

A detailed financial model that shows your anticipated revenue, costs and profits (Income Statement) as well as your balance sheet and cashflow statements. For starters you have to realize that fund-raising is a sales process. A brochure is an easy out for you in the sales process without being rude. It felt like heresy.

Cap Table 336

Cap Table Due Diligence Forecast Churn Rate 336

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Marketing and Sales Plan. What marketing and sales tactics will you be using? Highlight the key aspects of your financial plan, ideally with a chart that shows your planned sales, expenses, and profitability. Marketing and Sales Plan. Who are you selling to? Read more ». How are you going to reach your target market?

Business Plan 163

Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Marketing and sales plan. The target market section of your subscription box business plan identifies which subset of people you will focus your marketing and sales plan on. Creating a buyer persona puts you in the customer’s shoes to guide marketing and sales decisions. Marketing and sales plan. Operations.

Business Plan 63

Business Plan Curation Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 63

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

You should have a good solid executive summary, you should have full financials, and that means a projected balance sheet, P&L and cash flow. Are you landing a big sale? If you say in year one I’m going to do one hundred thousand in sales or, a million in sales or whatever it might be. This is what we track.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60