Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

For SaaS companies, we found that MRR is the best metric on which to base sales commissions. At one point in this post, Philippe says "Gary typically based his *sales board plan* at 70% of sales quota. By sales board plan, are you referring to Gary's actual business planning forecasts? ► 2008. (11).

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Up and Running

MAY 30, 2016

Like the rest of the hospitality industry, after a major slowdown following the 2008 economic collapse, the numbers are gradually getting stronger as the current decade moves along. This is as good a time as any to go into the business of starting a bed and breakfast. Free Bed and Breakfast and Hotel Business Plans.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 Waves of technology platforms I still remember the first time I switched to LAMP. Some combination of the dot-com crash and a just terrible business plan prevented us from having to take our scalability problems to the next level. Looking back, that was a special moment.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

Certainly venture-backed startups don’t have this luxury – every business plan has a model in it. In a startup context, numbers like gross revenue are actually vanity metrics, not actionable metrics. If you haven't already, you should check out Discovery Driven Planning.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2015

I’ve never had any training in the financial aspects of business, and my ignorance has been a real impediment to the growth of the firm. The recession in 2008 was tough, too. Is there something you feel that you could not have created your business without? How does business planning factor into what you do?

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2012

It starts with “Plan-As-You-Go” instead of detailed, formal business plans. Lean Planning started with Tim Berry ‘s 2008 “ Plan-As-You-Go Business Plan ” which was a new way for entrepreneurs to think about planning. Historically, business planning has not been lean.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 21, 2017

My Mama, the founder of Yuca’s Hut in Los Feliz, CA, didn’t allow a lack of college degrees or a business plan to deter her from launching her dream. It was March 2008. The business was thriving, I was financially free, but … I hated working inside my own company. Thanks to Mark Hughes, C3 Metrics ! #22

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Tim Berry Tim Berry is the president and founder of Palo Alto Software, founder of bplans.com, and a co-founder of Borland International, author of books and software on business planning, Stanford MBA, father of five, married 41 years. His latest book is The Plan-As-You-Go-Business-Plan.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and media buyers I see lots of startups whose business plans revolve around selling high-value ad space to brand advertisers. You also need to know what each one cares about, which metrics they look at (or studiously ignore).

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Up and Running

JUNE 29, 2016

Then, in 2008, she started her own independent ecommerce site, with revenues reaching $28 million by 2011, and $100 million by 2012. She found that real-life models resonated better with her customers than mannequins, and tracked various metrics related to her headings, diction, and images, to determine what her customers gravitated toward.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 20, 2019

In comparison, Facebook Live shows overview metrics like minutes viewed, average percentage completion, and unique viewers.). Pricing : If you’re a small business, plans start at $12/month, with a maximum of 50,000 video plays. Anything over that falls into the Business plan, charged at $50/month for up to 150,000 plays.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Ali G meets with business leaders and investors on Wall Street to learn how to create a new company around a new product idea. After some general lessons, he then proposes his first product idea, complete with flip charts, business plan, and marketing plan. Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

. — all great things when you are executing and scaling a known business model. For three decades (1978-2008), investors controlled the board. While 20th century metrics were revenue and profit, today it’s common for companies to get acquired for their user base. Board Control. Therefore, investors could set the terms.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 6, 2008 When NOT to listen to your users; when NOT to rely on split-tests There are three legs to the lean startup concept: agile product development , low-cost (fast to market) platforms , and rapid-iteration customer development. October 6, 2008 9:41 PM Eric said. Any thoughts?

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

To that last one, there is certainly some truth as the standard time vs. revenue chart in most business plans looks like this: Im not teaching Entrepreneurial Finance this semester for the first time since Fall 2007. What are the key drivers and metrics? Is the model consistent with the business plan?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

By testing each failed hypothesis leads to a new pivot, where we change just one element of the business plan (customer segment, feature set, positioning) – but don’t abandon everything we’ve learned. Being systematic about these hypotheses is what customer development is all about.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

No vanity metrics should be looked at. But when it comes to the specific of a product release, business plan, or marketing launch, all that matters is: do we have a strong hypothesis that will enable us to learn? No vanity metrics should be looked at. No press should be allowed. If so, execute, iterate, and learn.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Figuring this out takes time, and few entrepreneurs have the patience to wait it out, because the business plan does such a good job of explaining what customers are going to think. The problem is that customers dont read your business plan. Know what the success metrics are for the launch.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A business that strives for something like this should absolutely be charging money from day one, in order to establish baselines for their two key metrics: CPA (the cost to acquire a new customer) and LTV (the lifetime value of each acquired customer). Why vanity metrics are dangerous What is Lean about the Lean Startup?

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

  They have a growth metric – one measurement of success – that focuses the attention of the entire enterprise. Ours was increasing business from current customers.   They have a growth metric – one measurement of success – that focuses the attention of the entire enterprise. Resources for startups.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 26, 2015

Last week , I wrote about all of the amazing lessons of the world and science of Sports Metrics has to offer business. Well, with the 2016 Presidential Campaign heating up, let's talk how just as in sports the use of metrics in politics has jumped a full generation ahead of business. read more.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

About the company and the CEO: “David Barrett founded Expensify in May 2008; Witold Stankiewicz joined him in August 2008, and together they launched an Alpha product at TechCrunch 50, taking home the “DemoPit 2nd Place” prize. Working for or started something in 2008 that may or may not make it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

One can see how it ripples through the entire business plan. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23. Expo (and a call for he.

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