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. Or maybe you will want to extend your practice’s hours of operation. Your operations plan.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Operations should focus relentlessly on the latter.”. Sales Pipeline. Conversion to Sales %. Steve Cody, CEO of The Better Software Company* observed, “To drive the growth numbers that we need and reinforce our culture, we keep our key sales metrics up on three live monitors in the office. Users/Customers. App downloads.

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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.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

A consequence of using these corporate finance metrics like RONA and IRR is that it ‘s a lot easier to get these numbers to look great by 1) outsourcing everything, 2) getting assets off the balance sheet and 3) only investing in things that pay off fast. It needs the tools and processes pioneered in Lean Startups.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 19, 2020

They’re still seeing strong sales pipeline (although this is concentrated in deals later in the pipeline – be careful that you’re watching top of funnel metrics as well). Many companies had been leaning into growth – and spending at a very rapid rate to support that. Stress test your operating plan.

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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.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

For a small business; generally you have to increase sales to find economies of scale in your other costs. To increase sales; hire people. Even if you produce a wonderful product, if you don’t connect with customers and actually make the sale, it doesn’t work. Andrew Ivey, FoodX Accelerator. Monica Jain, Fish 2.0.

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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. Marketing and sales plan. Operations. Your problem and solution. Financial plan.

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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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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

Carl was also worldwide head of stores at Home Depot when Hurricane Katrina hit, running sales out of the backs of trucks and accepting IOUs for payment. 13:58) Advice for companies who think it's too late to start looking for new ways to operate, including some examples from Austin, Texas. (15:55) You're usually your own worst critic.

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Up and Running

MAY 14, 2015

Business plans go by many names: Strategic plans, operational plans, internal plans, and many others. 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. Feasibility plans, internal plans, operations plan, annual plans, and strategic plans.

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Up and Running

JULY 24, 2017

For example, with an existing company, that information might be as simple as adding recent annual sales or number of employees to the basic company information in the first bullet here. For a startup, it might be a brief description of aspirations, such as a sales goal for the next year or three years from now.

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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. Tailor your marketing and sales plan to attract more people like your ideal customer.

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Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2020

Your sales have plunged, or worse, your business is now closed during the shutdown. Specifically, if you have an ongoing sales forecast , and expense budgets linked to that forecast, then you have instant visibility for making quick adjustments to sudden change. . What your sales numbers look like in a crisis.

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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

MAY 15, 2019

While Dan heads up operations, his brother Stephen is head brewer, and their team also includes directors of finance and brand, respectively. This year, Martin Cove Brewing Company will gross $520,000 in sales. The more complex the operating structure of a business , the more information and time required.”. Watch your finances.

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Up and Running

MARCH 17, 2020

The one page business plan is a simplified version of traditional operational plans that focuses on the core aspects of your business. There’s really not a lot of difference between a single-page business plan, a Lean Business Plan, and a good executive summary. . You can always share broader financial information if requested.

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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.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Personal balance sheets are still stretched: The problem in the US starts & ends with “consumerism” that was fueled by artificially high real estate prices, which drove up spending and the stock market. The housing market is not recovered : Sales in existing homes in the US fell 27.2% I doubt they will ever catch up.&#.

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