Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

So, here is the first edition, including the recent Q4 2009 earnings and the updated 2010 forecast. If we consider that 2009 was probably the worst year in the past 5 years, forecasting the same growth for 2010 is not very encouraging. Subscribe via email. All in all, an interesting start for the year! at 7:35 PM. Newer Post.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

And I think that we need to start thinking much more about these seemingly unlikely events and how they'll change our companies, because it turns out that well, any one of these might be unlikely and aggregate. So, so our demand forecasts are off the most common one. Sign up to receive email updates. Like this show? powered by.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2012

I posted 5 Things Every Manager Should Know About Financial Forecasts recently on the Industry Word blog on the SBA (Small Business Administration) community site. I received an email overnight that reminds me that people still need a lot of reassurance about financials. 2. Forecasts don’t take an MBA, CPA, or PhD.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

What I did is I learned the art of a pro forma and the value of a pro forma which basically is a forecast. If you don’t know what your cash flow forecast is, you don’t really understand your capital needs. Just to dive into the first. The second concept which really builds upon the first is all about unique economics.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

Companies that reliably fail to make their forecasted numbers are exceptionally prone to “management retooling.&# Similarly, it’s easy to generate large aggregate numbers by simply falling back to non-disruptive or non-sustainable tactics (see Validated learning about customers for one example). Try About the author.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 16, 2016

But that’s just aggregate information, not totally useful because it’s not your specific industry. But simply relying on NPS like you would a crystal ball is no way to forecast future growth. Seeing an improvement in your aggregate NPS is nice, but the real value comes in the feedback from follow up questions.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Customers looking for a place to eat online through a food aggregate site will find you easier, making it more likely that they will choose you over a competitor. While food aggregate sites can be good for brand exposure, they also require you to front the hefty sum of up to 15 percent per-order revenue. Inventory tracking.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

If you want to learn about how to do simple forecasting and trend analysis, please see the official forecast function in Excel post on the Microsoft website, and this handy tutorial on trend lines and forecasting in excel. The above graph shows you the dangers of setting targets on aggregated benchmarking analysis.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

When the NVCA or PriceWaterhouse surveys come out at the end of year I’m not saying they will necessarily will show aggregate $$$ or deal numbers up. To be clear, I don’t have a crystal ball that forecasts the future or I’d quit my VC job and purely be a day trader. This is one book-end of the cycle.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 12, 2015

All data in aggregate is crap. Just send an email with bullet items in English that describe what the data says and why it is saying that. You have to get good at some predictive analysis and forecasting (basic kinds), being able to talk to other teams, working with Finance in particular, understanding macro business trends etc.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

And so I'd have to read hundreds and hundreds of emails of the pain and suffering they're going through. Brian Chesky : And also humans are not good at forecasting or creating a mental model around something that's never happened before. Basically, I remember somebody saying, "You have to write the email of your life."

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Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

Unfortunately, John Doeer was not in the panel this year, but Tony said he could not believe anymore in Johns forecasts after his support of Hillarys presidential campaign. The next wave of internet will come from companies aggregating these various data sets and leveraging them to provide more value to the user. Subscribe via email.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The company has just missed its quarterly revenue forecast. For example, they might have attended a webinar, downloaded a white paper, taken advantage of a free trial, and responded to an email promotion. Example of a bad Board Meeting Here is an example of a bad board meeting, which happens far more frequently than you might imagine.

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