Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Startups that are searching for a business model need to keep score differently than large companies that are executing a known business model. Yet most entrepreneurs and their VC’s make startups use financial models and spreadsheets that actually hinder their success. Here’s why. Managing the Business.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Each of these metrics is central to your business success. Balance Sheet. Balance sheets show your company’s liabilities, assets, and amounts held by shareholders. . The following are standard terms you find in a balance sheet and what they mean. . Liabilities : This is money your company owes.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

In the last few years we’ve recognized that a startup is not a smaller version of a large company. We’re now learning that companies are not larger versions of startups. But paradoxically, in spite of all their seemingly endless resources, innovation inside of an existing company is much harder than inside a startup.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

The reality is, the vast majority of real startups are driven by people who know their market from experience and who are ready to bet the farm on it! ” Students and newbies need market research, while the vast majority of real startups are driven by people who know their market from experience and are ready to bet the farm on it.

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Elevator Pitch Startup Balance Sheet Forecast 60

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 11, 2020

Also, the Execution chapter will cover your marketing and sales plan, marketing operations, milestones and metrics. . Balance sheet . ? Pro Tip: Lean Startup Format. To explain or start your business quickly, you can consider a Lean startup business plan format. Positioning statement. Advertising. ?

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Business Plan Balance Sheet Lean Forecast 264

Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2015

Would you want your bank to invest your checking account balance in a startup? As I explained above, banks do lend money to startups. See Also Small Business Owners, Start Tracking Your Financial Metrics. In their defense, it would be against banking law if they did. Banks are dealing with depositors’ money. I wouldn’t.

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Balance Sheet SBA Covenant Technical Review 60

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

A financial plan with a Sales Forecast, Profit & Loss , Cash Flow Forecast , and Balance Sheet. Performance tracking to compare ACTUAL financial results with your planned financials and other key metrics. You also want to think about some other metrics to forecast, and then measure against actual results.

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Lean Small Business Forecast Technical Review 83

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

Datavore is a New York startup which is working to improve on the functionality of existing tools like Microsoft Excel by creating a visual display of the calculations comprising complex analyses such as a financial model. This is especially important for companies that carry inventory on their balance sheet.

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Balance Sheet Software Review Forecast Acquisition 60

Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2016

Disruptive innovations are coming from startups – Telsa for automobiles, Uber for taxis, Airbnb for hotel rentals, Netflix for video rentals and Facebook for media. As a consequence, corporations used metrics like return on net assets (RONA), return on capital deployed, and internal rate of return (IRR) to measure efficiency.

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Architecture IRR Balance Sheet Liquidity Event 227

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Financial summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Milestones and metrics that you’ll need to hit to be viable. Milestones and metrics. For metrics , decide which numbers to check regularly to track your company’s health. Do they self-pay or use insurance? Be specific.

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Business Plan Technical Review Exit Strategy Oregon 72

David Teten

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

(This is the second of three blog posts on financial models for startups. We started with a sanitized version of a financial model I had developed for startups I have run. This is designed to be a simple end-to-end financial model for an early-stage startup. Projecting cash flows for a startup is a guessing game.

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Balance Sheet Startup Equity Valuation 154

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early 1900’s. The combination of Venture Capital and technology startups is only about 50 years old. Here’s how.

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Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 296

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early 1900’s. The combination of Venture Capital and technology startups is only about 50 years old. Here’s how.

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Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 268

Steve Blank

MAY 14, 2012

magazine is publishing a 12-part series of excerpts from The Startup Owner’s Manual , the new step-by-step “how to” guide for startups. Financial progress is tracked using metrics like income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow. Confusing traditional job titles with a startup’s needs.

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Balance Sheet Business Model Customer Development Metrics 335

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

We now understand the distinction between startups – who search for a business model – versus existing companies – that execute a business plan. Learning how to keep track of inventory and cash flow and creating an income statement and a balance sheet are great skills to learn for managing existing businesses.

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Lean Cleveland Balance Sheet Ohio 289

Up and Running

MAY 30, 2022

And it’s not just for startups. An often overlooked purpose of a business plan is as a tool to define success metrics. This includes financial statements such as your profit and loss, cash flow, balance sheet, and sales forecast. Combine this with inflexibility and you have a recipe for disaster.

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Business Plan Balance Sheet Revenue Metrics 150

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Investors, particularly those investing in early-stage startups, want to understand your vision. You’ll need a sales forecast, expense budget , cash flow forecast , profit and loss, and balance sheet. If you have historical results, you should plan on sharing those too as well as any other key metrics about your business.

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Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Exit Strategy 138

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2016

Good examples of startup focus before success include Google with their search engine, Facebook with friends networking, and Apple with personal computers. I’ll paraphrase several of the key elements here in the context of entrepreneurs and startups: An overriding sense of urgency and passion. Well-articulated goals and metrics.

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Balance Sheet Metrics Entrepreneur Engineer 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Good examples of startup focus before success include Google with their search engine, Facebook with friends networking, and Apple with personal computers. I’ll paraphrase several of the key elements here in the context of entrepreneurs and startups: An overriding sense of urgency and passion. Well-articulated goals and metrics.

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Balance Sheet Metrics Entrepreneur Engineer 120

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2015

private companies grow so quickly that their metrics catch up with their valuations. keep your burn rate under control relative to your balance sheet (ie how much cash you have) and your income statement (how much cash you’re burning). public stocks go up and privates can grow into IPOs; or. start raising early.

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Balance Sheet Valuation Burn Rate Stock 150

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. The buyer is shopping for equity in startups and the seller is looking for cash in exchange for equity and shared governing control of his or her company.

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Cap Table Due Diligence Forecast Churn Rate 336

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 21, 2017

Revenue multiples, profit multiples, premium over the previous financing — these are metrics used by sellers to help determine a minimum acceptable price. In terms of acquisition, they ask more specifically: “How can we trade balance sheet assets (cash, equity) in exchange for executing our strategy better?”.

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Balance Sheet Vertical Acquisition Revenue 242

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Some will demonstrate strategically justifiable metrics and have fantastic ‘up round’ exits; others may see liquidation preferences kick in which will negatively impact founders and employees; others may fulfill the adage “IPO is the new down round” , which has been the case for more than half of the public companies on our list. “We

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Liquidation Preference Burn Rate Balance Sheet .Net 70

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2017

I wrote about this in my book Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors. On the other hand, with a few exceptions (hyper-growth cases or ones where you are focusing on specific metrics), daily financing reporting is not helpful either, as is it overly burdensome on the company.

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Balance Sheet Metrics SEC Distribution 70

VC Adventure

MARCH 19, 2020

I had a few things on my mind related to the startup environment right now as it relates to Covid-19 and the massive market disruption that we’re in the middle of. With that, here are some general observations on the market as well as a few things specific to startup companies (relevant across stages).

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Balance Sheet Portfolio Stock Early Stage 69

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 12, 2011

Tie the P&L forecast to the Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement and generate snapshots of what the Financial Statements will look like each year for the next 5 years. Feeling overwhelmed, Dick emailed his friend Josh, the CEO of an early-stage startup in Boulder, to see how they figured out all of this stuff.

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Balance Sheet Forecast Cap Table Early Stage 136

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Customer acquisition cost (CAC) is an important metric for any ecommerce business. According to Startup Talky , here are some average CACs by industry. To measure and compare your CAC over time, create a simple cost sheet to track sales and marketing spending. But remember, CAC isn’t solely a marketing metric.

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Acquisition eCommerce Cost Customer 22

The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

As part of our Female Founder series , The Startup Magazine caught up with Claudia Freed, CEO of the Wheaton Illinois-based nonprofit EALgreen. The post Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen appeared first on The Startup Magazine. As an immigrant student from Argentina, Ms.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the startup, it's time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven't changed since the early 1900's. The combination of Venture Capital and technology startups is only about 50 years old. Here's how.

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Silicon Valley Balance Sheet Metrics Early Stage 117

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

There’s an increased focus on key metrics – especially those core metrics that drive the spend/growth curve such as LTV/CAC and months to pay back CAC. Hopefully you took the opportunity in the past few quarters to shore up your balance sheet. But they do, and they are right now. Valuations are Down.

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Balance Sheet Valuation Metrics B2B 48

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Milestones and Metrics. Milestones and Metrics. While the Milestones and Metrics chapter of your business plan may not be long, it’s critical that you take the time to look forward and schedule the next critical steps for your business. Balance Sheet. Read more ». Marketing and Sales Plan. Read more ».

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Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Startup costs. Your startup costs will include acquiring your initial inventory, or the products you plan to include in the first edition of your box service. The key for startup costs is to decide what you can’t live without from day one. Key metrics. Milestones. MRR (monthly recurring revenue). Financial plan.

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Business Plan Curation Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 63

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

OH in South Park, San Francisco (or on Zoom from Big Sky, Montana): “OMG, crazy – that firm just paid 100x revenue to invest in [insert hot startup here] – what could they be thinking?” A multiple is a company value divided by a metric.

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Valuation Balance Sheet Cofounder Forecast 36

Up and Running

APRIL 13, 2021

If you’re planning for a startup business, coordinate the bookkeeping categories with the forecasting categories. We recommend tracking and managing plan vs. actual for all of your business financials, including not just sales but the cost of sales, expenses, profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow.

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Forecast Matching Balance Sheet Software Review 147

Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2018

Every business has long-term and short-term goals, sales targets, and expense budgets—a business plan encompasses all of those things and is as useful to a startup trying to raise funds as it is to a 10-year-old business that’s looking to grow. Startup businesses. to profitability. Existing businesses. External business plan (a.k.a

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Business Plan Technical Review Lean Forecast 119

Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Consider this example: Pleasant Acres Real Estate, LLC (PARE) is a startup company located in El Paso, Texas. Financial Summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Milestones and metrics that you’ll need to hit to be viable. Milestones and metrics. Be specific.

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El Paso Business Plan Technical Review Forecast 61

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In part one of this brewery startup guide, we’ll look at planning, location, equipment, and relationships. No matter its size or age, every brewery was once a startup. Dan Hughes offers this advice for fellow startup breweries: 1. In part two, we’ll discuss finances, insurance, and regulations for breweries.

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