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. Components of this section include: Your marketing and sales plan. Be specific.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The most common financial metrics ffVC asks companies to compare vs. budget are: Gross Revenue. Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR). Sales Pipeline. Conversion to Sales %. Average Revenue Per Account. From there, if there are issues, the team digs into the root cause: is the sales team just not booking enough sales?

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

We kicked in 2020 with outstanding sales. Our business was experiencing record sales, yet, I was out of cash, out of line of credit, and I still had a loan on the business, along with payroll to meet, invoices to pay, etc. million in sales, 2 showrooms, and 18 employees. Fast forward to 2020 .

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

You don’t have to hire as many sales people because much can be sold online. Staying “lean&# is not an option. You invest low amounts of capital and the company gets to IPO (96-99) or trade sale (05-08) without raising too much capital and certainly not on punishing terms. Price MUST be in a certain range.

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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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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 13, 2018

But when it’s imperative that you watch every penny, you need to have a plan in place to stave off lifestyle inflation and keep the lion’s share of your cash flow directed where it matters most: your business’s balance sheet. Sure, you’ll recover some of that burden through increased productivity and higher sales.

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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. Bringing in revenue is the hardest part of any business. Even if you produce a wonderful product, if you don’t connect with customers and actually make the sale, it doesn’t work.

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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. Sales will come back. Markets cycle.

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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. Others like to focus on the numbers first, so they start with a sales forecast or spending budget. Sales Plan. Revenue/Sales Forecast.

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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. 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.

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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. But if you’re writing a plan as an internal guide for strategic growth, you should consider a lighter version— a Lean Plan. Marketing and sales plan. Your problem and solution. Operations.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

forward sales with some as high as 12x sales. Collectively we chose growth and the market was rewarding high growth rates over any other factor so we felt that we ought to bring in an experienced CEO who had taken companies public, who had led large, international sales organizations and who was poised to take Invoca to the next level.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

But while universities are developing online content they are not fundamentally disrupting leaning because the method of delivery is not a new business model. The numerator (return) encourages more sales, which is fine. ” No royalty paid until there is revenue. “Online education is truly going to kill us.”

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

This year, Martin Cove Brewing Company will gross $520,000 in sales. For Falling Sky, that includes a strategic decision to focus on location sales instead of wider distribution. Within any model, there are things breweries can focus on to stand out and increase revenue. I’m not a big second-guesser. Metrics: Know your numbers.

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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. Now you’re going to move into your revenue model. Okay, so now your revenue model, so this is—. Are you landing a big sale? How much is going to sales?

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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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