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Episode 9: Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry | The Bcast

Up and Running

This week Peter and Jonathan talk to Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software, about lean business planning, strategy, tactics, specifics (milestones), and the forecast. Listen to Episode 9: Show notes: What is Lean Planning? Lean Business Planning by Tim Berry – (31:21). What’s the lean mean? – (:25).

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. Start your lean business plan today: Download our Free Lean Plan Template one-page-pitch-download.pdf. I’m going to start with what’s a lean business plan.

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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

The spread between your LTV and blended CPA determines either your profitability or your rate of growth, and a high valuation depends on balancing these two factors. To the extent that you have good word-of-mouth, activation or retention, these factors tend to drive down your CPA or drive up your LTV, and so are nice bonuses.

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What a CFO Can Do For Your Agency

Duct Tape Marketing

Jason is a Co-founder of Thriveal, a firm that helps entrepreneurial CPA firms connect, learn and grow. He’s also the CEO of Blumer CPAs where they serve as an advisory firm for the design marketing and creative agency services niches. Marketing Podcast with Jason Blumer. Jason Blumer (01:14): Hey John, thanks for having me.

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No credit? Big problem. Here are 7 steps to build your startup’s business credit

The Next Web

But that begs the question: how can you develop a good record when no one will lend to you in the first place? For this reason, many small business owners lean on their personal credit to fund their business. Even if you don’t need a loan right now, you never know what challenges or growth opportunities will develop down the road.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

o Their strong skill was online media buying and optimization – they rarely would do CPA deals – mostly buying CPM. Lean startup: o It’s situational so some businesses are operationally/people intensive, high LTV (lifetime value) means you can spend more upfront. Later they became big business in Financial services lead-gen.

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Do You Have a Hobby or a Business?

Up and Running

And they serve as the first step in developing SMART Goals , which can help ensure that you actually develop strategic steps to make your fledgling business a success. Create a Lean Business Plan. Establishing goals also opens the door to develop a Lean Business Plan. Keep your registration up to date.

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