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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

Over a period of years, every GE senior manager would learn the Lean Startup, and GE would be the showcase for how modern companies use entrepreneurial management to transform culture and drive long-term growth. They then buy stock in these public companies and attempt to convince management to increase the price of the shares.

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How to Run Your Company Based on Metrics: What, Why, How, Who, and When

David Teten

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. The most common financial metrics ffVC asks companies to compare vs. budget are: Gross Revenue.

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How One Startup Managed Its Investment Cash Flow

ReadWriteStart

While the company is now profitable and its seven founders are getting paid salaries, that wasn't always the case. We got a chance to look deep into the company's balance sheet and see exactly how it managed its cash flow over the past five years. The tale offers insights for all kinds of entrepreneuers.

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Stretch Your Startup Budget Further: 5 Strategies For Frugal Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

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. Every new employee you take on adds to your company’s liabilities: salary, benefits, office space, equipment.

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How to Make Sense of your Small Business Financial Statements

Up and Running

No doubt you refer to your income statement and your bank account for the basics, but the truth is most businesses ignore the most powerful financial tools in the accounting arsenal: the balance sheet and the cash flow statement. The Balance Sheet. An income statement is usually prepared monthly, quarterly or annually.

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Tips for Writing a Successful Business Plan for a Daycare Center

Up and Running

Like it or not, this will likely affect your revenue and enrollment, especially if you are offering part-time care. Next, you want to list organization and management of your daycare center. List an advisory board if you have one, list all employee salaries, incentives, referral bonuses for recruiting, and all such details.

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Should Startups Care About Profitability?

Both Sides of the Table

If you hire 6 senior sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business 6 months. If you don’t have a strong balance sheet and can’t hire more people that’s fine — but understand this may lead to slower growth.