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Writing A Startup Investor Update

Austin Startup

Team morale is high, we are exceeding the [REDACTED] KPI by several months, burn went up faster than expected, and product development is ticking along well except for one hiccup. Attached please find last month’s balance sheet and P&L. Hopefully, it is helpful. Dear Shareholder, Happy Monday from Austin! REDACTED]?—?Starting

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9 Deadliest Start-up Sins

Steve Blank

———– Whether your venture is a new pizza parlor or the hottest new software product, beware: These nine flawed assumptions are toxic. These founders specify, design, and build a fully featured product using classic product development methods without ever leaving their building.

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How to Write a Convincing Business Plan for Investors

Up and Running

When you put together a business plan, you have to spend time thinking about things like your target market , your sales, and marketing strategy , the problem you solve for your customers, and who your key competitors are. Product/market fit and traction. Marketing & Sales Plan. Investors want more than just an idea.

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The 7 Key Metrics Every Business Owner Should Monitor

Up and Running

In your company’s financial statements, accounts payable will show up on your balance sheet as a liability. Accounts receivable is money that is owed to you by your customers for products or services that you’ve sold. It’s important to track this metric so that you can manage your cash flow. Give me the details.

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Is Employee Cynicism Killing Your Culture? Ten Strategic Ways To Re-Configure It Around Trust.

YoungUpstarts

Oh, and Northwestern Mutual has been in business for over 157 years and is worth $25 billion in sales. First, there’s the external trust between an organization and its customers: Will a company stand behind its products? They’ve found a meaning in selling insurance that goes much, much deeper than balance sheets and profits.

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Is Employee Cynicism Killing Your Culture?  Ten Strategic Ways to Re-Configure It Around Trust

YoungUpstarts

Oh, and Northwestern Mutual has been in business for over 157 years and is worth $25 billion in sales. First, there’s the external trust between an organization and its customers: Will a company stand behind its products? They’ve found a meaning in selling insurance that goes much, much deeper than balance sheets and profits.

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Why Companies are Not Startups

Steve Blank

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. A business model guides an organization to create and deliver products/service and make money from it.

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