YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

Tightly defined budgets, small teams, and offices in “the cloud” may seem like a weakness, but these are also these are the attributes that can drive us to success through being “lean and mean;” more efficient and more maneuverable. It is the assets not listed on balance sheets that can often drive the biggest growth.

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Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2015

One exception to the rule is that the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) has programs that guarantee some portion of startup costs for new businesses so banks can lend them money with the government, reducing the banks’ risk. See Also Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

A Lean Business Plan might be a better fit if you simply need to think through all the different aspects of your business. A Lean Plan will be shorter, and it lends itself to quick revisions, but both types follow the same general outline. They tend to be lengthier and more detailed. Do they self-pay or use insurance? Be specific.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

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? A lot of venture investing is done on the balance sheet, meaning there is no dedicated fund and investing is done more opportunistically.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

He acknowledged the importance of the growing seed fund movement in creating a new wave of cost-effective innovation. Staying “lean&# is not an option. I just don’t like too much competition armed with large balance sheets funded on speculation and hoping purely for user numbers.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2016

It’s a lot easier to get these numbers to look great by outsourcing everything, getting assets off the balance sheet and only investing in things that pay off fast. On the low-end, they undercut cost structures, resulting in customer migration. These resulting business models made them look incredibly profitable.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). Lean Analytics recommends this set of metrics for some of the major categories of startups: Create a management dashboard. Paul took on this initiative after realizing how alarmingly little a P&L and Balance Sheet alone can tell you about what’s really happening at a startup.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

We use the lean planning methodology to figure this out. How easy is it to acquire a customer, and how much will it cost? How much money and effort will it cost to deliver value? Estimate your startup costs. Balance sheet. Test your business idea and do market research*. Define your ideal customer.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

These groups are adapting or adopting the practices of startups and accelerators – disruption and innovation rather than direct competition, customer development versus more product features, agility and speed versus lowest cost. It needs the tools and processes pioneered in Lean Startups. Innovation is chaotic, messy and uncertain.

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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. Be compliant.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

If you run a food businesses you know the Squeeze: continuous pressure on price alongside heavy costs for both raw ingredients and labor. But producing a high quality product at a reasonable cost with room for profit is a never-ending challenge. I think more important to focus on revenue than simply cutting costs. Everyone eats.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 19, 2020

Many companies had been leaning into growth – and spending at a very rapid rate to support that. You should be adjusting costs now, full stop. I’m sorry to say this, but the reality is that you should be cutting costs more rather than less right now. Prioritize cash preservation over growth. More, not less.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2017

If you don’t have a specific immediate need to show a formal business plan to a banker or investor, then you are probably better off doing just a lean business plan , for your internal use only. You may also want to include your balance sheet, your sales forecast, business ratios, and a break-even analysis. Executive Summary.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2014

Value means the stock is priced modestly compared to the strength of its balance sheet and cash flow. If you cut 1 percent in cost or time, that’s not much. They use lean teams. Two factors determine a value stock, he explains. One is an attractive price. The other is the quality of the company. They are always learning.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And the truth is that's yesterday and you don't really have the ability to change what you did yesterday, but what you do have the ability today, is to lean into this. If you lean in and understand this is a brilliant time to play offense. You're usually your own worst critic. Carl Liebert : Yeah. And you're touching on.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

But if you’re writing a plan as an internal guide for strategic growth, you should consider a lighter version— a Lean Plan. A Lean Plan can also serve as an initial plan that helps you think through all the aspects of starting your business. For example, the men’s hair product box might cost $39.95 Your problem and solution.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2018

Most of us need just a Lean Business Plan, for internal use, with just bullet point lists and important projections. Good businesses always keep their Lean Plan up to date. The lean business plan is great news because it makes the planning process much less daunting. More on that in the section on the Lean Plan.

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Up and Running

MAY 14, 2015

Lately, I’ve been focusing on lean business plans. In this article I will cover: The lean business plan that every business ought to have. The lean business plan. All businesses can use a lean plan to manage strategy, tactics, dates, deadlines, activities, and cash flow. See Also An Overview of Lean Business Planning.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

If you want to put together a strategic plan to map out your business’s growth potential, you might consider a Lean Business Plan. But know that a Lean Plan shares all of the same components of a traditional business plan—it’s just shorter. Pricing : Design your pricing so that will cover your costs and match the market rate.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2019

We just finished the 8 th annual Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford. So in 2011, with support from the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (the entrepreneurship center in the Stanford Engineering School), we created a new capstone entrepreneurship class – the Lean LaunchPad. It’s the same, but different. I-Corps @ NIH ).

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Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2020

Having good projections connects the dots between sales, costs, and expenses to provide you with a holistic picture of your financials. Instead, start with the quick and easy lean business plan , to help you map out your business and financing activities over the next few months. Building your balance sheet.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Obviously that barrier has been brought down with low-cost ability to capture, stream and distribute content over the Internet. But while universities are developing online content they are not fundamentally disrupting leaning because the method of delivery is not a new business model. “Online education is truly going to kill us.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

We had grown into a more reasonable burn rate so raising capital meant we would have many years of cash on the balance sheet. The company has rediscovered frugality and knows the value of a strong balance sheet. We targeted $20 million in a raise and ended up pulling in $30 million. Great companies get financed.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Even if you’re not seeking funding, it’s still a really good idea to create a Lean Business Plan that you can use to help navigate your business as challenges and opportunities arise. Cash must be available to cover costs and offset delays. Estimate brewery startup costs. Start with estimating your startup costs.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

The opportunity cost of the money I have not made on crypto is insane because I first was talking about crypto in 2011 as I’ve been in financial services for a long time. People talk about businesses that are obviously lending businesses as if they take no balance sheet risk or have no credit exposure. That scares me.

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Up and Running

MARCH 17, 2020

There’s really not a lot of difference between a single-page business plan, a Lean Business Plan, and a good executive summary. . A Lean Plan can be slightly longer but still uses summaries and bullet points, while a traditional executive summary can extend to two or three pages—and it will usually use full sentences rather than bullets.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

The company had a wild year, from the initial crisis management that came in the form of restructuring the company and refunding millions of dollars off their own balance sheet, to lobbying Congress, to provide support to hosts, [and] launching initiatives to provide housing for frontline healthcare workers. It cost us nothing.

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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. This includes again another acronym I’m going to share, CAC, the cost to acquire a customer, the customer acquisition cost. I don’t know what it’s going to cost.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

The company had a wild year, from the initial crisis management that came in the form of restructuring the company and refunding millions of dollars off their own balance sheet, to lobbying Congress, to provide support to hosts, [and] launching initiatives to provide housing for frontline healthcare workers. It cost us nothing.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Yes, I studied Ricardo’s theory of Comparative Advantage in college that says that lower-skilled jobs should move to countries with lower labor costs, but Andy Grove’s point about loss of skills in manufacturing leading to a decline in innovation in the next technology wave is both real and troubling.

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