Tim Keane

OCTOBER 4, 2010

 If you are using a sales force making customer visits, how much behavior is driven by territory size and quotas as opposed to market coverage?  If you are using a sales force making customer visits, how much behavior is driven by territory size and quotas as opposed to market coverage?  It's a bad idea.

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

  Using (example) sales as a proxy (such as copier sales) we think that our average sales rep can make 10 cold calls per day and develop 3 solid leads per week.    Do sales rep organizations have this kind of data?    Do sales rep organizations have this kind of data? 

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

It also assumes the entire value of the investment is captured for investors at a sale of the company in the time specified in the term-sheet. 3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2012

 They believe they can see the market need, sometimes make a personal decision about whether they would buy or not, and get "bought in" by the prospective sales pitch to the market.   I talked to a company recently that had market risk in the educational business but also had a distribution agreement with a big player.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2007

« Is Business Model Analysis Important To You? It means that the entrepreneur hasnt done the hard work of figuring out a business model at a detailed level, nor allocated the total investment required to achieve their goals. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Main. | "God is in the details."

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Tim Keane

JULY 16, 2007

If occupancy costs, as an example, go from $45,000 to $135,000, thats almost $600,000 in new sales - just to stay even with the business as it is today. (On If occupancy costs, as an example, go from $45,000 to $135,000, thats almost $600,000 in new sales - just to stay even with the business as it is today. (On

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Tim Keane

APRIL 14, 2008

As one example, think about forecasting sales based on market potential and competition, rather than simply on historical results by salesperson. If that leads us to needing additional sales people, can we forecast the benchmark for productivity based on past results? Add another sales capability?

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Tim Keane

JULY 16, 2008

Use your business model to build an early warning system. A business model reveals how the business plans to make money. It incorporates all of the assumptions you are making about your business. How much margin you will make on each sale; c. Use your business model to build an early warning system.

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Tim Keane

MAY 2, 2006

Here’s a post from Jason Caplain , a VC in Ralieigh, NC with another take that adds more meaning to the discussion about the entrepreneur being the chief sales guy. However, my contention is that even if there is a sales leader who is not the CEO on the founding team , the CEO has to be selling as a primary role. Enter your Email.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

In a lot of startups (especially good ones) the founder/CEO/leader is a customer-oriented sales person. Whether this sale is going to be an LBO or a Private Equity transaction, or a sale to a strategic buyer, the process of selling to the buyer is critical, and overlooked. . | Who Gets To Break The News That Your Puppy is Ugly?

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 13, 2006

But it isnt the same as having the sales instinct down so well that he can taste it. He used to sneak out every now and then and go on sales calls with GE sales guys, often from Plastics, where he grew up at GE. Sometimes the leader caves to the sales manager hes hired. He appreciates selling. Good selling is creative.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 22, 2006

In an “elephant sale” software company ($200,000 average order) the staff and infrastructure was built to sustain sales of $400,000 per month, beginning three months from product release. Unfortunately the sales process was untested and did not work as well as was hoped. Resources for startups. Angel Capital Association website.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 30, 2007

Sales started to decline. Sales started to decline. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. John Mullins: The New Business Road Test: What entrepreneurs and executives should do before writing a business plan (Financial Times Series). Resources for startups. Google Ads.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 21, 2006

" Now, lets assume that there are potential entrepreneurs that "shouldnt be in business," and that a smart advisor can accurately identify them. There isnt anything in it for the investor to tell them, especially if the entrepreneur(s) are in sales mode. The question is, though, who gets to tell them? Google Ads.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 13, 2006

So, if all of your costs rise smoothly in direct proportion to sales, I would suspect you built these costs for the first month and then just scaled them going forward. So, if all of your costs rise smoothly in direct proportion to sales, I would suspect you built these costs for the first month and then just scaled them going forward.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 24, 2006

We had a business at $2MM in sales look like it could go to $8MM. We had a business at $2MM in sales look like it could go to $8MM. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here!

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Tim Keane

APRIL 12, 2006

It has superior rights to common, usually is converted to common for the purposes of a sale, and sometimes has a sort of bonus payment to investors, called a “participation.”. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Preferred Stock is the most usual form of investment today. Google Ads.

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

.   We were fortunate enough to have customers like Boston Store, Carson’s, Penney’s, Sears, GNC – and they loved our exceptional customer service and ability to deliver a better value to their customers – and more sales and customer satisfaction to them.   We had a hardworking team of great people to pull it off.

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