Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

This person can do budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, legal, HR, office moves, etc. “We’re all equal co-founders and we don’t care about titles.&# I usually encourage people to think about titles like, “Founder & CTO&# or “Founder & VP Marketing.&#. and my favorite].

Operations 292

Operations CTO Hire Startup Early Stage 292

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.

CPA 72

CPA Technical Review Revenue Forecast 72

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Quantify founder investments, both cash and sweat-equity. What are your forecasts for revenue, expenses and cash flow? Forecasts are evaluated as a level of commitment and a measure of your business savvy. Justify funding requirements, use of funds and specify a current valuation estimate.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Founders who avoid the use of the term “profit” had better have deep pockets of their own. As an investor myself, I look for a balanced story focused on the major elements that drive profitability, including the following: A 5-year financial forecast achieving a positive cash flow early.

Intellectual Property 48

Intellectual Property Initial Public Offering Merger Acquisition 48

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Yet we used the product development model not only to manage product development, but as a road map for finding customers and to time our marketing launch and sales revenue plan. If it’s a new division inside a larger company, forecasts talk about return on investment. We had no clue what our market was when we first started.

Silicon Valley 269

Silicon Valley Product Startup Product Development 269

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2018

It’s the kind of environment where people may think that concepts like business forecasting or change management are all well and good, but really the province of big businesses – not more fledgling organizations. It happens because they often neglect the forecasting and planning that helps them prepare.

Cofounder 0

Cofounder Partner Forecast Founder 0

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

ISRAEL’S STATISTICS BUREAU FORECASTS 4% GROWTH IN 2010. The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) forecasts 4% growth for 2010 based on data it accumulated over the first nine months of the year. growth forecast for 2010 exports. Wintegra founders Kobi Ben-Zvi and Robert O’Dell will join PMC-Sierra.

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79