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How To Evaluate Your Company’s Value

YoungUpstarts

Liabilities are anything that the company owes, often coming with the word “payable,” and may include items such debt owed to creditors and salaries due to employees. Look at Revenues. Use previous years’ revenue figures to get an idea of how much revenue your business is likely to generate in the coming fiscal year.

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SayAhh’s Revenue Projections

Feld Thoughts

While Jane was building SayAhh’s revenue projections , Dick focused his attention on building the expense side of the projections. It is simple in that it forecasts how much cash will be coming in the door (revenues + equity financing + debt financing) and then subtracts from that amount how much cash is expected to be going out the door.

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Sayahh’s Financial Statements For August 2011

Feld Thoughts

Today, we’ll look at the impact of the expenses to date on the P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement. Since SayAhh is in the pre-launch development stage, the company doesn’t have any revenue yet. This results in a gross margin of $0, where gross margin is revenue – cost of goods sold.

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

Steve Blank

With refrains of “unlock hidden value” and “increase shareholder value,” and powered by over $120 billion in assets , activist investors like Trian look for companies like GE (or Procter and Gamble) that have a share price which is underperforming relative to its peers (or those with large amounts of cash on their balance sheets).

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5 Key Elements to Consider When Creating Accurate Financial Projections

Women Entrepreneurs Can

You must review your company’s most recent income statement, cash flow statement, and balance sheet. Using your chosen approach (top-down or bottom-up), forecast the revenue your startup will generate and the expenses associated with reaching that level of sales.

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

David Teten

The most common financial metrics ffVC asks companies to compare vs. budget are: Gross Revenue. Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR). Average Revenue Per Account. Paul took on this initiative after realizing how alarmingly little a P&L and Balance Sheet alone can tell you about what’s really happening at a startup.

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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. List an advisory board if you have one, list all employee salaries, incentives, referral bonuses for recruiting, and all such details. What is your business model? Projected costs. Registration fees. Wait-list fees.