Forecast Metrics Revenue Silicon Valley 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan.
David Teten
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Instead of budget approvals, monitor key metrics and give managers more flexibility. I encourage entrepreneurs to correct course with a re-forecast early and often. The next most important set of metrics are sales by category; working capital (cash and other current assets, less current liabilities); EBITA; and gross margin.
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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? What metrics do we use to see if we learned enough in Customer Discovery ? And without revenue how do we know if we achieved product/market fit to exit Customer Validation?” End of theory.&#
Up and Running
DECEMBER 6, 2012
Develop a forecast: Basic forecasts and budgets are critical; And tracking them is even more so. This form of planning condensed the business model onto one page and is most useful for high-growth, technically focused startups (think Silicon Valley). Instead, the sales forecasts should be as realistic as possible.
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.
Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round).
Duct Tape Marketing
JUNE 20, 2023
12:22] Would you look at the value derived by digital technologies differently than by producing customer value or revenue? [14:23] But there isn't actually a top down roadmap of how to do it with real milestones and metrics and uh, around it. (07:01): If only we could do amazing, you know, supply chain forecasting, right?
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