Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Jason is a Co-founder of Thriveal, a firm that helps entrepreneurial CPA firms connect, learn and grow. Does that muddy up the forecasting, the models, or the accounting? [12:31] He's a co-founder of Thriveal firm that helps entrepreneurial CPA firms connect, learn and grow. Marketing Podcast with Jason Blumer.

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CPA Technical Review Revenue Forecast 73

Up and Running

JULY 31, 2015

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. Strategy, Tactics, Specifics, and the Forecast – (11:45). We have Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software with us. – (:25). Peter: Sure.

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Lean Business Plan Forecast Software Review 60

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior Great companies are almost always run by great management teams. Good metrics should also be actionable, and drive successful behavior. In a follow up post, I will use this technique to walk through the design of a set of metrics for a SaaS company.

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Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

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. That’s the sales forecast, the spending forecast and the cash flow. What’s the concept of all of this that you’re talking about and then in financing?

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Lean Business Plan Video Software Review 60

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

This is typically in conjunction with an upcoming financing or pending takeover offer. A competitive commodity business, or a “me too” story , will be less demanded, and hence, will require a lower valuation to close your financing. Freshman are a piece of paper to beta site (bootstrap financed—raise $50K to $500K).

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Valuation Forecast Seed Stage .Net 167

OnlyOnce

JUNE 9, 2022

” So I was intrigued when I saw a new way of doing all-hands meetings published by my friend Daniel Odio (DROdio) on his founder community called FounderCulture. Swim Lane Updates : Each we, we ask one or two of our functional or project areas to do a deep dive update — Product, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Ops, etc.

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Cofounder Hosting Forecast Early Stage 62

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 12, 2011

When we were last with Dick and Jane on Finance Fridays, our fearless entrepreneurs were figuring out how to split up their founders equity and account for an investment from Jane. Build a financial model that forecasts the P&L. QuickBooks allows you to forecast expenses. as a C-Corp in Delaware. historical data).

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Balance Sheet Forecast Cap Table Early Stage 136

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

“If you can fix a problem for someone and do it better, quicker, and/or cheaper than your competitor, you’re off to a good start.” – Gabriel Kuperman, founder and CEO of CuePin. We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

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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B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

A Crowded Space

JUNE 2, 2016

Tomasz Tunguz publishes data daily about VC metrics and public market comps. The metrics around SaaS and marketplace businesses are increasingly well understood. These investors take gambles on forecasts and current growth – it could pay off handsomely, but it has an equally likely chance to crash as fast as it grew.

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Forecast Metrics Revenue Venture Capital 60

Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2014

” For Lindsay Nelson, CEO and co-founder of Theme Dragon, Inc that opportunity was founding a tech company. Statdragon is a Saas platform that allows businesses to access and analyze metrics about their existing videos and optimize their video marketing strategy. Their latest product, Statdragon, launched just last week.

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Bootstrapping Cofounder Portland Burn Rate 107

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors. . This is why a bottom up approach is more credible.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Up and Running

JANUARY 16, 2013

The biggest reason to write out a business plan regardless of any financing option concerns is that it can help you stay organized and remain on track. Creating a plan with expense projections, revenue forecasts, and more can help a small business remain committed to its long-term goals.” ~ Andrew Schrage , Money Crashers Personal Finance.

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Business Plan LLC Forecast Early Stage 96

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Every model has a happy outcome when a founder is trying to convince himself or herself, a team, an investor, or even a spouse that the venture ahead is a good idea. You’ll want to get cozy with the numbers all over again based on some history and make decisions on operating spend and on financing strategies.

Valuation 48

Valuation Forecast Seed Money Business Model 48

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

When speaking with founders and private growth investors, we hear countless references to “multiples paid” on current or near-term revenue; both obsess over this because a higher multiple translates to a higher valuation. A multiple is a company value divided by a metric. cash flows beyond that forecast period).

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Valuation Balance Sheet Cofounder Forecast 36

David Teten

AUGUST 7, 2019

Likely signs of a Value investment: the company has challenges in filling out the round; the investors have more negotiating leverage than the founders during the closing process; the company has significantly better metrics (e.g. LTV / CAC, revenue growth, etc.) Requires less analysis. And then you have the winner’s curse.

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Venture Capital Valuation Stock NDA 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

The finished book will come out on September 13, featuring an amazing cover designed by my IMVU co-founder Marcus Gosling and refined and tested by so many of you. Most of our management tools, like planning and forecasting, require a long and stable operating history. She works every day financing the next generation of startups.

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Lean Startup Metrics Private Equity 167

abovethecrowd.com

MAY 20, 2013

3) Investor/Founder Mindset Challenges. Most founders and investors typically think about their personal stakes in a private company in terms of “ownership percentage.” An investor may say “we own 22% of the company”, or a founder may note, “I still own 31% of my company.”

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Merger Institutional Investors Liquidation Preference Preferred Stock 53

Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 24, 2015

Thus, the cost of capital for a start-up (and the dilution a founder faces in exchange for that capital) is very high. To fix this one, the rule of thumb I suggest you use is to discount an additional 10% points beyond whatever your finance head says your gross margin is.

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Churn Rate Early Stage Revenue Metrics 20

Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software suggests asking yourself the following questions: Will your customers ever see your space? A sales forecast. Week 2 – Getting financed. Spend the next work working on your pitch, your business plan and on researching your financing options. How will your customers get there?

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Elevator Pitch Software Review SBA Business Plan 166

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

In this guide to starting a brewery, we’re going to talk with brewers who’ve been-there-done-that, and we’ll get insights from experts in supporting industries such as insurance and finance, as well as discuss regulatory issues. Watch your finances. Metrics: Know your numbers. The ColdFire Brewing team meets to plan marketing.

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Oregon Jordan Software Review Distribution 24

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

TripAdvisor, in effect, was a model lean start-up with an engineering-driven, product-focused founder. The chart below shows their financial performance over the last few years, with forecasted 2012 revenue of $767M and EBITDA of $339M. market cap is 6x revenue and 13x EBITDA, so not insane multiples on a comparable basis.

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Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

Up and Running

JULY 28, 2016

See Also: The 5 Metrics You Need to Track for Your Subscription (SaaS) Business to Succeed. Hosted by Mike Taber and Rob Walling (who have over 20 years’ combined experience in the industry), this podcast covers their experiences, the stories of other successful founders, and (sometimes most importantly) discusses what to avoid doing.

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Startup Analytics Metrics Community 60

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Maybe you are wondering which metrics to track, or whether or not you should take out a loan for your business. Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. My name is John Bates.

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Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2019

Go beyond standard sources of voice of customer data ; better options are: Interview founders (the original “customers”); Thank-you page surveys; Usertesting.com; Mine sales calls; Mine support tickets; Mine Facebook comments ; Mine online reviews. Founder interviews can find the story, the value proposition , and the big idea.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Metrics SEO 114

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Startup Culture Lessons From Mad Men - OnStartups , July 26, 2010 The following is a guest post by Brian Halligan who is my co-founder and CEO at HubSpot (which means he gets to do most of the really hard work). In other words, the future of financing is continuous funding, not discrete. Metrics availability. Silly, right?

Software Review 217

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217