VC Adventure

AUGUST 31, 2017

If you read my blog regularly you know I love (LOVE) metrics. So no surprise that when River Cities Capital released an overview of SaaS operating and valuation benchmarks, I hung on every juicy detail. They took the 92 public SaaS companies and analyzed their key operating metrics. The methodology here was great.

IPO 113

IPO Vertical Balance Sheet Valuation 113

Board Effect

AUGUST 12, 2020

Operational planning and staffing needs. Descriptions of workflows for major operations and programs. Monthly financial balance sheet and financial statements. Review of strategic plan. Diversity policy and planning. Marketing planning. Fundraising and development planning. Program Planning. Policies for mailing lists.

Software Review 85

Software Review Balance Sheet Retention Programming 85

Up and Running

AUGUST 1, 2014

Here’s a quick, simple scenario that can easily explain the relationship between income statement, balance sheet, and actual cash. Under the formula assets = capital + liabilities, then, your balance sheet shows assets of $100 — the money — and capital of $100. But that’s not exactly how real business operates!

Widget 90

Widget Balance Sheet Management Green 90

Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2014

An operating agreement is the document that sets the rules for your LLC. In this article, we’ll talk about how to create your own LLC operating agreement, what you should include, and where you’ll need to keep it when you’ve made one. Should I have an operating agreement for my LLC? What does an operating agreement cover?

LLC 121

LLC Operations Distribution Balance Sheet 121

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 7, 2017

There are over 300 directory sites that should have your business name, phone number, street address, web address, and even hours of operation. Blog about your expertise to add history to your brand. Create a blog where once a week, you blog about something in your industry and provide a take on it.

Small Business 167

Small Business Software Review Social Media Balance Sheet 167

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Depending on the type of business you operate, the metrics you monitor will differ. However, there are a number of metrics that every business owner should know, including cash flow, accounts payable, accounts receivable, direct costs, operating margin, net profit, and cash burn rate. What Is Operating Margin?

Metrics 60

Metrics Burn Rate .Net Churn Rate 60

Up and Running

MAY 19, 2015

They are mostly operating expenses, like rent, utilities, advertising, and payroll. That money affects your cash flow and your balance sheet, but not your profits. Payroll and payroll taxes are operating expenses. Because interest is also excluded from EBITDA, many people also exclude it from operating expenses.

Forecast 60

Forecast Balance Sheet Software Review Salary 60

Up and Running

AUGUST 13, 2014

A financial plan section with the balance sheet,  cash flow statement, and income statement are must-haves. If the number after direct costs is smaller than the total of your operating expenses, youll know immediately that youre not profitable. appeared first on Bplans Blog. The post What is an Income Statement?

.Net 100

.Net Balance Sheet Forecast Business Plan 100

Board Effect

APRIL 3, 2019

Hospital boards of directors are finding that an asset-only approach doesn’t account for financial and operational risks across the organization. High levels of exposure to the capital markets and operational variability create volatility in the financial profiles of hospitals.

Government 45

Government Los Angeles Balance Sheet Technical Review 45

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

13:58) Advice for companies who think it's too late to start looking for new ways to operate, including some examples from Austin, Texas. (15:55) And I know some CEOs go on to daily blogs where they're sharing their issues from bookmarking a website on their laptop to using Zoom to not using Zoom now to moving around and using various things.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148

Up and Running

MARCH 26, 2015

We get this question a lot, mainly because there are so many different things labelled as business plans: strategic plans, annual plans, operational plans, feasibility plans, and, of course, what most people think of, business plans for startups seeking investment. An operations plan—also called an annual plan—is a type of internal plan.

Business Plan 60

Business Plan Lean Forecast Balance Sheet 60

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

A business plan is a document that outlines the financial and operational goals of your business. This section gives a brief overview of the industry sector your business will operate in. Operating plan. Any suppliers, manufacturing processes, and any other operating details also appear here. An industry overview.

Angel Investor 85

Angel Investor Small Business Business Plan Intellectual Property 85

Business Plan Blog

JUNE 13, 2013

In this blog post, we will show you just how to write a business plan. The second research section of your business plan should provide an analysis of the industry in which your business will operate. How to write a Business Plan: Operations Plan 10-40 hours. How to write a Business Plan: Industry Analysis 20-30 hours.

Business Plan 55

Business Plan Balance Sheet Restful Differentiation 55

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Chief Infrastructure Officers Infrastructure officers will do much of what is expected of modern CIOs: reduce infrastructure costs, manage legacy technology and ensure smooth IT operations. Chief Integration Officers Another term for this might be "Chief Connection Officer." Where do you see yourself fitting into this framework? startupcto

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Balance Sheet Cloud Software Review 48

Up and Running

MAY 14, 2015

Business plans go by many names: Strategic plans, operational plans, internal plans, and many others. Feasibility plans, internal plans, operations plan, annual plans, and strategic plans. Operations plan or annual plan. Your operations plan covers the inner workings of your business. Business plans for startups.

Business Plan 60

Business Plan Lean Forecast Balance Sheet 60

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2019

The business model covers whether you’ll be operating online or through a brick-or-mortar store and working internationally, locally, or regionally. For starters, you have to know how much you’ll need to get your business up and running and help it stay operational. Creating a blog for your startup. Source: Pixabay.

Business Plan 122

Business Plan Startup Differentiation Balance Sheet 122

Board Effect

MAY 3, 2021

How much should you hold on reserve for operating expenses and emergencies? Novice board members sometimes buy into the fallacy that because nonprofit organizations exist for charitable causes, they have to deplete their bank accounts by the end of the year and show a zero balance before filing IRS Form 990. How much should you spend?

Balance Sheet 98

Balance Sheet Government Programming Operations 98

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 3, 2020

Sometimes scaling too quickly can cause holes in other departments that you may miss, due to the balance sheet going up. From creating frequent blog posts to upping our SEO game, this will be the year we start to spread the word. Paying it forward. Thanks to Michael Lowe, CarPassionate ! Thanks to Steve Pritchard, Checklate ! #13-

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Technical Review San Diego Software Review 93

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Learning how to keep track of inventory and cash flow and creating an income statement and a balance sheet are great skills to learn for managing existing businesses. I had blogged about what Hawken learned implementing something this radical in High School here , and in middle school here. On Fire With A Vision.

Lean 284

Lean Cleveland Balance Sheet Ohio 284

David Teten

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

(This is the second of three blog posts on financial models for startups. The model outputs standard financial statements and key operating metrics based on a wide range of user inputs, and is highly customizable and entirely transparent. The Income Statement sheet allows you to model expenses and revenues as they occur.

Balance Sheet 154

Balance Sheet Startup Equity Valuation 154

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

If you like this, go see his Shockwave Innovations blog ) Anyone that has taken an accounting class or learned basic business financials knows the interaction between key elements of a P&L (revenue, cost, expense) and a balance sheet (assets, liabilities, equity). (Guest post by Gordon Daugherty.

Churn Rate 288

Churn Rate .Net Metrics Hosting 288

Steve Blank

MAY 14, 2012

Marketing tries to pick an “event” (trade show, conference, blog, etc.) Established companies execute business models where customers, problems, and necessary product features are all knowns; start-ups, on the other hand, need to operate in a “search” mode as they test and prove every one of their initial hypotheses.

Balance Sheet 335

Balance Sheet Business Model Customer Development Metrics 335

Up and Running

JULY 18, 2014

One of the easiest ways to start a business is to operate as a sole proprietorship, but easy doesn’t really mean the best. ” Here is a guest blog article we wrote regarding tax credits. 1) Strictly from an operational standpoint, it will help you save money. The corporation pays you a reasonable wage for the work you do.

Small Business 87

Small Business LLC Nevada Software Review 87

Board Effect

JANUARY 20, 2020

Operational Plan. Add reports such as cash flow statements, balance sheets, income statements and your budget. Diagrams of operational or financial structures. Balance sheets. Include information that describes your promotions, advertising, budgeting and marketing methods at various growth stages.

Business Plan 59

Business Plan Balance Sheet Programming Government 59

Up and Running

JULY 15, 2020

Start writing blog posts that your potential customers may find interesting so that you can attract prospects to your business. Also, consider guest posting on other blogs that your potential customers might read. Operations. How will they know you exist? Here are a few tactics you may want to consider: Content marketing.

eCommerce 110

eCommerce Business Plan Forecast Advertising 110

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

A business plan is a document that outlines the financial and operational goals of your business. This section gives a brief overview of the industry sector your business will operate in. Operating plan. Any suppliers, manufacturing processes, and any other operating details also appear here. An industry overview.

Business Plan 64

Business Plan Small Business Administration Hiring Social Media 64

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2013

By researching average annual revenue in the industry, make educated estimations of future cash flows, asset accumulations (including equipment and fixtures), liabilities (such as loans and lines of credit) and other costs, including rent, payroll, insurance, permits, inventory and operating expenses. Prepare a Balance Sheet.

Small Business 149

Small Business Limited Liability Company Balance Sheet Finance 149

Business Plan Blog

MAY 14, 2013

Balance sheet, profit-loss statement, and cash flow statement are the 3 main parts of financial projections and should be included in any business plan : Balance Sheet. It is a summary of the financial balance of a company. Financial projections include balance sheet, profit-loss statement, and cash flow statement.

Balance Sheet 45

Balance Sheet Equity Business Plan .Net 45

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2017

This approach was originally stimulated by Steve Blank’s posts Why Board Meetings Suck and Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 2 of 2 but modified to fit the more varied and flexible reality that I operate in. It includes P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements.

Balance Sheet 70

Balance Sheet Metrics SEC Distribution 70

Growthink Blog

MAY 30, 2018

startups where cultures of financial discipline and frugality needs to be developed), operating on a shoestring is suboptimal, as the trying need for cash too often tempts us to accept deal terms not in our true strategic interest. But even here, except in special circumstances (e.g.

Balance Sheet 48

Balance Sheet Artificial Inteligence Business Model Acquisition 48

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

These products encourage all individuals to participate in and have a point of view on investing, rather than operating under the assumption that it’s strictly for the wealthy. Lastly, through the rise of products like Robinhood and Public.com, investing is becoming a cultural norm for Gen Y and Gen Z.

IPO 36

IPO Stock Software Review API 36

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Include a few sentences on your customers, your personnel, and your operational principals and move on to drafting page 2. Include 3-5 years of cash flow and balance sheet projections, and make very clear your proposed burn and the length of your runway. The Market and the Plan.

Business Plan 105

Business Plan Small Business Matching Balance Sheet 105

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

You’re essentially opening up your “financial kimono” to a new entity, which might be viewed as a negative to many growing businesses (think monthly income statements, balance sheets and compliance certificates, annual tax returns, collateral audits, and more). See Also: 17 Venture Capital Blogs You Should Be Reading.

Covenant 60

Covenant Institutional Investors Balance Sheet Warrant 60

David Teten

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

This is the third of three blog posts on financial modeling for startups. He wrote the following guest blog post, and worked closely with me to develop this financial model. Projections were based on dozens of operational assumptions related to pricing, production, marketing spend, etc. Participa.me Photo credit: dierken.

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Employee IRR Startup Mexico 155

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

This growth could be a function of product differentiation, go-to-market operations, sheer market size, new geographies, and expansion into adjacent categories. Ignoring dilution and balance sheet changes, Company Awesome would have made investors ~13x, while Company Good would only have returned ~2x.

Valuation 36

Valuation Balance Sheet Cofounder Forecast 36

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Operations Strengths : Our operational systems allow us to deliver high quality at low cost. Financial Strengths : Our balance sheet is strong and our cash flow is predictable. Sales Strengths :Our marketing-to-sales to conversion is excellent, perhaps driven by a great sales culture, CRM technology, etc.

Balance Sheet 48

Balance Sheet Non-Compete eCommerce Differentiation 48

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I’d keep my personal balance sheet positive and my future options open. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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NPV Chicago Balance Sheet Database 337