YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

Or at least learn to manage those fears. Tightly defined budgets, small teams, and offices in “the cloud” may seem like a weakness, but these are also these are the attributes that can drive us to success through being “lean and mean;” more efficient and more maneuverable. Now, how do we become successful founders? Don’t fear Goliath.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. Teten: For a large corporate, what are the advantages and disadvantages of a dedicated fund (possibly with external investors) vs. a 100% on-balance sheet investor? They are making substantial exits and are not just cost centers.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The reason is that the real value of the board deck is not (ironically) for the board; it’s for management to track their own performance. So I want to see that management is using a dashboard every day, not just for board meetings. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). Users/Customers. Customer Lifetime Value (CLTV).

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve broken the tasks down into manageable categories and included links that will help you complete each stage of getting started. We use the lean planning methodology to figure this out. How easy is it to acquire a customer, and how much will it cost? How much money and effort will it cost to deliver value?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

These groups are adapting or adopting the practices of startups and accelerators – disruption and innovation rather than direct competition, customer development versus more product features, agility and speed versus lowest cost. Product management tools like Stage-Gate ® emerged to systematically manage Waterfall product development.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Here’s what they discovered: They found firms that quickly institute formal mechanisms such as operation budgets, cash budgets, and financial monitoring systems (tools that measure profitability, customer acquisition costs, variance from actual budget, and so forth) had higher growth rates in terms of revenues and headcount. Be compliant.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

If you run a food businesses you know the Squeeze: continuous pressure on price alongside heavy costs for both raw ingredients and labor. But producing a high quality product at a reasonable cost with room for profit is a never-ending challenge. Renske Lynde, Co-founder & Managing Director, Food System 6 Accelerator.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2017

If you don’t have a specific immediate need to show a formal business plan to a banker or investor, then you are probably better off doing just a lean business plan , for your internal use only. Company and management summary. Listen to Tim Berry discuss lean business planning: Click here to subscribe to The Bcast on iTunes ».

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And the truth is that's yesterday and you don't really have the ability to change what you did yesterday, but what you do have the ability today, is to lean into this. If you lean in and understand this is a brilliant time to play offense. And I remember, we set up a war room that we managed, we met twice a day.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

But if you’re writing a plan as an internal guide for strategic growth, you should consider a lighter version— a Lean Plan. A Lean Plan can also serve as an initial plan that helps you think through all the aspects of starting your business. For example, the men’s hair product box might cost $39.95 Your problem and solution.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2018

Most of us need just a Lean Business Plan, for internal use, with just bullet point lists and important projections. Good businesses always keep their Lean Plan up to date. The lean business plan is great news because it makes the planning process much less daunting. More on that in the section on the Lean Plan.

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Up and Running

MAY 14, 2015

Lately, I’ve been focusing on lean business plans. In this article I will cover: The lean business plan that every business ought to have. The lean business plan. All businesses can use a lean plan to manage strategy, tactics, dates, deadlines, activities, and cash flow. Business plans for startups.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

If you want to put together a strategic plan to map out your business’s growth potential, you might consider a Lean Business Plan. But know that a Lean Plan shares all of the same components of a traditional business plan—it’s just shorter. Team: Who is on your management team? Be specific. Mention your funding needs.

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Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2020

If you’re looking for a place to start, I suggest focusing on effectively managing your cash flow. Having good projections connects the dots between sales, costs, and expenses to provide you with a holistic picture of your financials. Building your balance sheet. How to forecast cash flow .

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. As many of your listeners may know, there was an incredible piece published by a gentleman from Founders Fund, discussing Tiger [Global Management] and how they’re focused on the speed and scale business. On Sushi and VC.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2019

We just finished the 8 th annual Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford. So in 2011, with support from the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (the entrepreneurship center in the Stanford Engineering School), we created a new capstone entrepreneurship class – the Lean LaunchPad. It’s the same, but different. I-Corps @ NIH ).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

Our business continued to succeed and fortunately the management team agreed to keep their eyes on the ball of running the company while Mark and the board focused on investors. We had grown into a more reasonable burn rate so raising capital meant we would have many years of cash on the balance sheet.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

In his various roles in the financial industry, Patrick McCarthy has most recently worked as Vice President Commercial Relationship Manager with Bank of the Cascades , which has 35 companies from the craft beverage industry as customers. Managing your own distribution is ideal. Cash must be available to cover costs and offset delays.

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Up and Running

MARCH 17, 2020

There’s really not a lot of difference between a single-page business plan, a Lean Business Plan, and a good executive summary. . A Lean Plan can be slightly longer but still uses summaries and bullet points, while a traditional executive summary can extend to two or three pages—and it will usually use full sentences rather than bullets.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

The company had a wild year, from the initial crisis management that came in the form of restructuring the company and refunding millions of dollars off their own balance sheet, to lobbying Congress, to provide support to hosts, [and] launching initiatives to provide housing for frontline healthcare workers. It cost us nothing.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

The company had a wild year, from the initial crisis management that came in the form of restructuring the company and refunding millions of dollars off their own balance sheet, to lobbying Congress, to provide support to hosts, [and] launching initiatives to provide housing for frontline healthcare workers. It cost us nothing.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Yes, I studied Ricardo’s theory of Comparative Advantage in college that says that lower-skilled jobs should move to countries with lower labor costs, but Andy Grove’s point about loss of skills in manufacturing leading to a decline in innovation in the next technology wave is both real and troubling.

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