Distribution Forecast Revenue Silicon Valley 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). Will these third parties produce something people will watch? But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses.
David Teten
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
I encourage entrepreneurs to correct course with a re-forecast early and often. The organization replaced the budget with a quarterly forecasting and planning process.… That allows larger companies to do rolling forecasts quickly and with limited staff resources.”. Instead, managing to a rolling forecast/budget is much better.
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Steve Blank
APRIL 23, 2018
The entrepreneur who founded and grew the largest startup in the world to $10 billion in revenue and got fired is someone you have probably never heard of. But the spirit of Billy Durant would rise again in what would become Silicon Valley. A version of this article appeared in the Harvard Business Review.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers? And without revenue how do we know if we achieved product/market fit to exit Customer Validation?” They’re putting money into web services/business – most without early revenue. End of theory.&#
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers.
Up and Running
MAY 23, 2016
In fact, SaaS industry revenue is projected to grow from $49 billion in 2015 to $67 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of approximately eight percent. While it’s useful to be able to have a sales forecast and expense budget early on, it’s not something you need until you’ve validated your idea.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 26, 2017
Based off the “Pitch then Plan” template originated by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki, I believe in creating a strong pitch first and then building a business plan based on it. A common mistake is using a top-down model to forecast financials. Because if you get the pitch right, you’ll get the plan right.
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