Remove Churn Rate Remove Exit Strategy Remove Intellectual Property Remove Metrics
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How to Write a Business Plan

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Milestones and Metrics. Intellectual Property : Again, this mostly applies to technology and scientific ventures. But, if you have intellectual property that is proprietary to your business and helps your business defend itself against competitors, you should detail that information here. Milestones and Metrics.

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How to Write a Business Plan for a Subscription Box Service

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Key metrics. Going smaller, use key metrics to ensure that your business is on track to reach your milestones. The five key metrics to judge your subscription model’s success are: Churn and churn rate. Intellectual property. MRR (monthly recurring revenue). Key assumptions and risks.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. The simplest way to track a company’s performance: have them give you access to their internal metrics dashboard. I used Ipreo heavily at one of my prior VC funds.