Tim Keane

JUNE 21, 2011

How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan.   Think about having the same discussion in a different way - by preparing your sales forecast by making your assumptions explicit. Sales to segment A will be $500 per customer. How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan » March 09, 2011.   His entire income is based on his personal output and he’d like to hire several woodworkers, expand his sales to existing customers, and generate a profit in addition to his contributed labor.  Startups and angels: Along the way to success.

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

OVP Venture Partners) My own take on this is that a business plan with a bottom up forecast demonstrates an understanding of the potential market that investors love.    Using (example) sales as a proxy (such as copier sales) we think that our average sales rep can make 10 cold calls per day and develop 3 solid leads per week. 

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

« How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan | Main.     "In a networked world, trust is the most important currency."     "In a networked world, trust is the most important currency." Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Picking Ventures: Part 1.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 14, 2008

As one example, think about forecasting sales based on market potential and competition, rather than simply on historical results by salesperson. If that leads us to needing additional sales people, can we forecast the benchmark for productivity based on past results? Add another sales capability?

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

It also assumes the entire value of the investment is captured for investors at a sale of the company in the time specified in the term-sheet.   In a bottom up approach, the forecast is built from actual user projections. This results in a range of sale prices; in this example from $118.6MM to $21MM.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 13, 2006

In other words, if you are forecasting 100 orders in the next quarter, at $10,000 each, I’d ask how many potential orders there are in the market, whether there is any existing competitive experience, and how you derived your timing. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here!

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