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Startup Benchmarks

VC Cafe

Forecasting is sometimes done by dragging the mouse based on many assumptions, because it’s hard to predict the future. One question that keeps coming up when speaking with early stage entrepreneurs when it comes to funding, is what metrics the company needs to hit to raise seed/series A/B etc: What’s a good conversion rate?

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How to Build a Successful Subscription Business Model

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Everything from software, to digital goods, eCommerce packages, and even newsletter based subscription boxes. Read on for a full rundown of how to turn traditional software, eCommerce, or a service-based business into a subscription offering. No matter your business model, you should be forecasting sales, expenses, and cash flow.

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Is Your Startup Tracking the Right Metrics?

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Tracking metrics and making sure you know what’s going on with your business is crucial; it enables you to determine if your assumptions about your business are correct, if your financial and marketing strategies are working, and ultimately allows you to make the best decisions possible for your business.

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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

Both Sides of the Table

When you raise money from investors you produce information that you are told they want and care about: A fund-raising deck that articulates your company strategy, plans, team, market, competitors and so forth. Investors love to be able to see what you told them in forecasts in prior years and then compare with how you actually performed.

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How to Write a Business Plan for a Subscription Box Service

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Target market (intended customers). Marketing and sales plan. Target market : What groups of people will want your box? Opportunity: Proving there’s a market for your subscription box. Target market. If you’re writing a Lean Plan, keep it shorter and think about making it easy to revisit and revise often.