Steve Blank

MARCH 17, 2020

With the Covid-19 virus a worldwide pandemic, if you’re leading any startup or small business, you have to be asking yourself, “What’s Plan B? While the impact on small businesses and workers in the “gig-economy” hasn’t made the news, it will be worse for them. But next the question is, ‘What happens to my business?”.

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Small Business Force

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Whether you’re an early-stage company or have been around for ten years, for entrepreneurs, leading and managing a small business, especially its growth, is never an easy task. ” I was brought in as the CEO to turn around a small publicly-traded technology company. But like Lego, we got surprised. Good or bad.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

After having to reduce and rethink our strategy during COVID, we observed that our community and sales have skyrocketed. In the business world, there are many things that are well worth the wait. My business pivoted quite well as a result of the pandemic. Due to that, we decided to widen our client base to increase our revenue.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

by Keith Johnstone, Head of Marketing of Peak Sales Recruiting. High-growth startups in the software sales space need to hire adept salespeople to be competitive. Here are ways for startups to compensate for, and even take advantage of, their smaller size to attract and retain recent graduates for sales positions. With the U.S.

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Up and Running

JULY 13, 2017

Small business owners know a larger than expected tax bill could put a wrench in their company’s cash flow management , a scenario everyone is eager to avoid. But accurately forecasting your tax obligations may seem difficult, particularly when you’re busy running a company. Business owners often overlook certain types of taxes.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

I''ve been thinking a lot lately about scaling sales. . Before this occurs, the sales process is a craft or an art - custom-made by the founder or evangelist sales VP. How do I build a repeatable, scalable sales process that is like an industrial machine - not a crafts project? 1) Enterprise Sales.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

7- Help small business in website ranking on Google. This helps them generate leads and sales. Getting started with online marketing as a small business owner is difficult and expensive, but it doesn’t have to be that way. By starting a business, risks and rewards are both significantly elevated.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review SEO 145

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 18, 2024

With her expertise, she’s boosted hundreds of agencies to millions in revenue, attracting premium clients willing to pay 50-600% fees. As a former business exit advisor, she crafts exit strategies, adding up to five figures to clients’ net profit monthly so they can focus on growth. It's time to transform your approach.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

You might have held off paying yourself while launching your startup, but is it time to give yourself a salary? You may be the last on your list of creditors when you’re just starting a business, but at some stage, you’ve got to start earning yourself. You’ve been better than “break even” for one year.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2017

The details within those pages will remind you of the spending strategy you outlined to get your business off the ground. According to 2016 statistics published by the Small Business Administration (SBA) , only about 78 percent of small business startups survive the first year, and only half make it to the five year point.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 29, 2019

Though you may be tempted to immediately throw yourself into your new small business, don’t forget a crucial element: creating a business plan. Yes, the words “business plan” might trigger some dread about epic documents that take a ton of time to produce—but that’s not necessarily what a business plan needs to be.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

With their affordability, you can invest in several and gain more return by earning customer trust before a sale occurs. Now more than ever, young people are jumping at the opportunity to be their own boss and start their own business, especially with the power of social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram.

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2014

We all have goals for our business, but sometimes we forget how important it is to clearly define these goals. This is especially true when it comes to financial goal setting for small businesses, where often financial goals are only vaguely defined or based too heavily on assumptions. Small Business segment.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Write a business plan. Decide your legal business structure. Purchase business insurance. Create a sales plan. Grow your business. Before you dive into starting your own photography business, you need to consider your strengths, weaknesses, and interests. Sales and marketing plan. Crunch the numbers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Many, however, don’t know how to take their small business to the next level. What I’m talking about here is a level of discipline and skill necessary to collect and analyze the relevant business data, known as metrics. Productivity ratios can be applied to almost any aspect of your business. Cost of customer acquisition.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The business income statement, also referred to as a profit and loss (P&L) statement, is a useful tool for providing an overview of how your business is doing over time and breaks down the revenue generated by your business and the expenses incurred. Current and long term debt. The Bottom Line.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 16, 2020

Many businesses threatened with closure forever. Small businesses are the most vulnerable, even though most have furloughed employees. Rent and other fixed costs continue, even when revenues have dried up – a fatal combination. Plan for reductions in fixed overhead, salaries, and other costs now.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 31, 2023

Using your chosen approach (top-down or bottom-up), forecast the revenue your startup will generate and the expenses associated with reaching that level of sales. Then subtract your expenses from your revenue to calculate your projected operating income or net income.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Whether you gather money from private investors, personal savings, initial sales, loans, etc., you will need it to fund things like employee salaries (or your own salary), website hosting, marketing tactics, social media advertisements, office or storefront space, technology, merchandise and much more.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2017

For detailed information on the size of your primary market, there are helpful resources such as this market research guide from the US Small Business Administration. Like it or not, this will likely affect your revenue and enrollment, especially if you are offering part-time care. What is your business model?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

But other businesses like law firms, contracting firms, real estate firms, will take hits, too. Your revenue plans are no longer valid. What’s your monthly cash burn at your new low revenue level? Sales pipeline/forecast. The ripple effects won’t be obvious at first. Your customers will no longer be your customers.

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South Korea Salary Business Model China 333

YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2016

by Priyanka Prakash, Fit Small Business and Fit Biz Loans. Every small business is different when it comes to the need for financing. Some entrepreneurs can’t start their businesses without taking out a loan. Others completely bootstrap their businesses without borrowing a cent. Bottom Line.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

You may love what you do and be filled with passion for every customer you serve as a self-employed business owner, but enthusiasm does not pay the bills. There is very little difference between a salary and profit when you run your own business. Do not be afraid to create more than one revenue stream. Manage it well.

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Management Small Business Administration United States Exit Strategy 100

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2019

You will need capital to purchase or rent a variety of tools and equipment to get your business up and running. You will also need to hire a business premises, pay employee salaries, and fund advertising campaigns. There are several different options available to fund your business.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

To supplement this guide, I interviewed an expert in the home health care field: Carol Byrne is the National Sales Director for 21st Century Health Care Consultants, a consulting firm which serves home health care agencies throughout the United States. See Also: 30 Small Business Ideas (for When You Don’t Know What Business to Start).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Sales and marketing costs. Print your own collateral and marketing materials until the business is rolling.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 13, 2019

Whether summer or winter is your business’s busiest season, all seasonal businesses are best positioned for success when peak-season revenue can be used to fuel growth, rather than cover past expenses. Typically, there are three ways to cover these expenses: Profits generated during the previous busy season.

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Revenue Operations Retention Small Business 69

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The experience of starting and running a small business may vary from one entrepreneur to the next. But one lens for business growth that’s recommended by experts is the so-called “five stages of small business growth” model, which was first proposed in the 1980s.

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Up and Running

APRIL 6, 2020

If you’re out of cash, you’re out of business. If you’re running a startup or small business in these times, you have to be thinking about a Plan B and even a Plan C. As I write this, at least 20% of the United States is on lockdown and only “essential” businesses have their doors open.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2013

One of the greatest hurdles for any small or medium sized organization is the balance between income and expenditures. While sales may be robust collecting on the receivables or monthly accounts provided with payment terms can take longer to process. This is common with businesses that use a pay-per-month sales platform.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

I can see the correlation, but the conclusion implies a causality that may or may not be there ("the product sales exceeded all internal projections!"). From that analysis, they could identify the incremental sales in country X compared to Y, Z and A. Facebook works. The case study seemed to contain a rookie mistake.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Sales and marketing costs. Print your own collateral and marketing materials until the business is rolling.

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Entrepreneur Burn Rate SEM Social Network 235

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 27, 2013

In business the verb usually refers to tools that are created to make projections of sales or profits, but can also be used to predict anything from website traffic to manpower requirements to employee health care costs. Project your sales. Manufacturers use sales projections for inventory and supply-chain management.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

For a small business; generally you have to increase sales to find economies of scale in your other costs. To increase sales; hire people. Bringing in revenue is the hardest part of any business. I think more important to focus on revenue than simply cutting costs. Andrew Ivey, FoodX Accelerator.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 22, 2017

If those customers turn out to be slow payers, your profitable and growing business could face cash flow problems and possible liquidation. Forecast your sales and outgoings accurately. Take a look at the golden formula for cash flow forecasting in small businesses. If you hit a cash flow crisis, take out a business loan.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Running a small business is a daunting challenge. Statistically, less than 50 percent of small businesses are still operational after five years. Globalization has increased the level of competition and introduced more turmoil to the business environment. Here are five ways to keep your small business growing.

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