Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan » March 09, 2011. How should I finance my new venture? It’s a deceptively simple question:  what is the optimal way to finance a new startup?   Sometimes, the bonus in bootstrapping is that the venture finds it doesn’t need acceleration financing. 

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when).

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

This article is part of our “ Business Startup Guide ”—a curated list of our articles that will get you up and running in no time! People often ask us for a list of steps they can use to start their own business. From business type to business model to physical location, there are so many variables! Pablo Picasso.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

Also, creating a quick lean financial forecast will help ensure your business idea is viable and financially sound. It appears extremely friendly to businesses, it has easily-understood legal processes, has well-developed corporate statuses, and some call it a “tax haven” because it doesn’t collect taxes from out-of-state businesses.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

TripAdvisor may be one of the most fascinating companies I know and so I was excited to dig into their business model as part of my series on scaling. TripAdvisor is more of a classic consumer Internet success story, but with even more powerful network effects and an amazing business model. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester.

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MAY 28, 2015

We’re looking at our lean business planning is about strategy, tactics, concrete specifics including milestones, metrics, tasks and schedule, and essential numbers to run a business, all of which lead to managing cash flow. That’s the sales forecast, the spending forecast and the cash flow.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 10, 2010

Both my parents worked as hard as any Silicon Valley entrepreneur but with a different definition of a successful business model; when they made a profit, they could feed our family. When business was bad they figured out why, adapted and worked harder still. All searching for a sustainable business model.

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

From a young person’s perspective, with tight labour markets, decreasing barriers to entry, low capital-intensive business models and immediate free access to a global market, the appeal is also compelling. We need to insist that they set goals and milestones, create cash flow forecasts and devise ways to test their assumptions. ??We

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

‘Starting a business’ really only comes down to figuring out your business idea ; doing your paperwork; and sorting out the money. Given the number of funding resources available today, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem getting that initial start-up cash, especially if you focus on a lean business model or MVP route to market.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 21, 2011

« How should I finance my new venture? How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan. First develop a business model.   Think about having the same discussion in a different way - by preparing your sales forecast by making your assumptions explicit. First develop a business model.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Business schools teach aspiring executives a variety of courses around the execution of known business models, (accounting, organizational behavior, managerial skills, marketing, operations, etc.). In contrast, startups search for a business model. (Or to optimize this search. to optimize this search.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Labs. Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business. Welcome to Small Business Labs. Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. The Millionaires Tax and Small Business Jobs.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Be aware that if pitching to these types of investors that your business model needs to be scalable and needs to address a promising market size. If your product or service only serves a very small market, you might want to reconsider whether searching for these types of investors is the right path to financing.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

If that were the case, most of the Cable and Wireless companies who have been using a similar business model would have gone bankrupt a long time ago and Saleforce would not have 20% FCF margins today. It is true that understanding this new business model is hard for a traditional software incumbent, as this interview demonstrates.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   You can vary both valuation and term-sheet assumptions (in the gray boxes) to assess the impact on the values of the business. This is why a bottom up approach is more credible.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2013

A: Just focus on the market need, your business model, your team, what you’ve accomplished to date that is relevant to the investment, and your funding needs. That said, the Pitch page is a great initial document to share since it provides a clean high-level overview of your business model and market opportunity.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

This recommendation also valuable for companies that have very unique business models, or face other unusual circumstances (geographic, size, amount of innovation, and many others). Outcomes of the conversations with your Finance team and Sr. and Organic Search Traffic (can't ever have enough of that!)…

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Tim Keane

AUGUST 21, 2006

As the venture progresses from financing to revenue (whether financed by an investor or the entrepreneur) that first big, critical issue has to be the first miss on projections. The entrepreneur has a better understanding of the business model and whether it really can be high growth. Will it happen? Will it happen?

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Our business model was Pinterest. It goes to show you that the business model was good but we just … We’re not the right team. They presented themselves as business attorneys and they had in fact, worked with other businesses but they never worked with the high gross startup. They want discounts.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The company has just missed its quarterly revenue forecast. One thing is certain, management teams that can pick this stuff up quickly and run with it (even if they haven't been exposed to thinking about their business in this way before) are the teams that consistently outperform their peers. Great stuff!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. Why Financing in Falling Markets is So Damn Difficult. Just as with the late 90s there is no new “business model” that defies the laws of gravity.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2019

Talk to your finance people: What performance indicators get attention? What to do with AI: Predict churn ; Identify which offers to send to an individual; Accelerate innovation; Personalize content; Account-based marketing ; Algorithmic attribution; Forecast future lift; Predict blame. They are too busy disrupting.

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