David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Operations should focus relentlessly on the latter.”. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). Lean Analytics recommends this set of metrics for some of the major categories of startups: Create a management dashboard. Vanity metrics do not inform, guide or improve the business; they are not actionable. . Users/Customers.

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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. It needs the tools and processes pioneered in Lean Startups. Innovation is chaotic, messy and uncertain.

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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.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 19, 2020

Many companies had been leaning into growth – and spending at a very rapid rate to support that. Stress test your operating plan. You should be adjusting costs now, full stop. I’m sorry to say this, but the reality is that you should be cutting costs more rather than less right now. More, not less.

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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. I think more important to focus on revenue than simply cutting costs. Everyone eats.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2014

Value means the stock is priced modestly compared to the strength of its balance sheet and cash flow. You can have the best operations. If you cut 1 percent in cost or time, that’s not much. They use lean teams. Two factors determine a value stock, he explains. One is an attractive price. Think Digital Equipment.

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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. Operations. For example, the men’s hair product box might cost $39.95

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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 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. Carl Liebert : Yeah.

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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

Business plans go by many names: Strategic plans, operational plans, internal plans, and many others. 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. Feasibility plans, internal plans, operations plan, annual plans, and strategic plans.

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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. Your operations plan. Operations. Be specific. Mention your funding needs.

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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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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

While Dan heads up operations, his brother Stephen is head brewer, and their team also includes directors of finance and brand, respectively. The more complex the operating structure of a business , the more information and time required.”. Cash must be available to cover costs and offset delays. Watch your finances.

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Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2020

Having good projections connects the dots between sales, costs, and expenses to provide you with a holistic picture of your financials. Instead, start with the quick and easy lean business plan , to help you map out your business and financing activities over the next few months. Building your balance sheet.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

The opportunity cost of the money I have not made on crypto is insane because I first was talking about crypto in 2011 as I’ve been in financial services for a long time. People talk about businesses that are obviously lending businesses as if they take no balance sheet risk or have no credit exposure. That scares me.

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Up and Running

MARCH 17, 2020

The one page business plan is a simplified version of traditional operational plans that focuses on the core aspects of your business. There’s really not a lot of difference between a single-page business plan, a Lean Business Plan, and a good executive summary. . The solution: Your product or service and how it solves the problem.

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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. And here’s the key.

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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. And here’s the key.

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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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