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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. But we’re doing it slowly.

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Ecommerce Trendwatching: How To Find, Follow, and Set Trends

ReadWriteStart

of purchases were made via mobile devices in the United States, as Statista reported. In my experience, I follow different resources, for instance, the Andreessen Horowitz blog , one of the top venture capital funds reporting trends in their newsletters, and INC.5000 Only in 2021, 72.9%

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How to Pitch, Plan, and Track Your Business with LivePlan [VIDEO]

Up and Running

I am here to talk about LivePlan and give you some big picture information on business planning, forecasting, how to really kick your business off in the best possible way. Budgeting and forecasting, it’s not rocket science. You can’t forecast. I don’t know how to forecast. Good morning.

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You’re Not a Real Entrepreneur

Steve Blank

My parents came to the United States through Ellis Island in steerage in sight of the Statue of Liberty. Today, the overwhelming number of entrepreneurs and startups in the United States are still small businesses. With venture capital came accountability to board members, forecasts, and other people’s agendas.

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

Up and Running

Maybe you are wondering which metrics to track, or whether or not you should take out a loan for your business. What I did is I learned the art of a pro forma and the value of a pro forma which basically is a forecast. Which metrics do you most rely on to understand your business itself. Thank you very much. What do you do?

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

We’re looking at our lean business planning is about strategy, tactics, concrete specifics including milestones, metrics, tasks and schedule, and essential numbers to run a business, all of which lead to managing cash flow. That’s the sales forecast, the spending forecast and the cash flow. It is not a document.

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