Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Savvy entrepreneurs make time to review their business’s books regularly. To find out more about how actual business owners approach monitoring their financials, we asked Young Entrepreneur Council members this question: How often do you review your business’s financials? Consider hiring a financials-focused team member.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

You would think that would be enough to get wrong, but entrepreneurs and investors compound this problem by assuming that all startups grow and scale by executing the Revenue Plan. All discussion focused on “missing the revenue plan.”. Revenue Plan Needs to Match Market Type. They don’t. What went wrong?

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

So it is no wonder that when an entrepreneur starts their second or third business, they incorporate the lessons they learned from their first startup. I’ve been fortunate over the past eight years to work with hundreds of entrepreneurs who have come to the point where they want to sell their business. There are 1.7

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Financial Summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Hiring plans. Outline what positions you might need to hire to fill skills gaps in your management team and how much you plan to pay them. Target market: Who is your ideal buyer? Be specific. Mention your funding needs.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2016

We see balance sheets go from being in the red to finally creeping into the black and, if we’re fortunate enough, beyond our wildest dreams. At the same time, despite these odds, entrepreneurs have gusto about growth. These five tips can help stave off some of the thorny issues that keep entrepreneurs awake at night.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 14, 2022

Amy is a successful multi-entrepreneur as the founder of Balance Wellness Collective and Ascension Mentality, business & performance coach at Strategic Voyages Business Consultants, and licensed mental health therapist. So, I hired someone to help me pretty early on in my practice. Amy: Your goals are not big enough then.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 8, 2019

Success leaves clues; perhaps that is why some of the most successful entrepreneurs turned investors in my startups such as Brett Hurt & Mark Cuban both told me that they like weekly updates from the startups in which they invest. Attached please find last month’s balance sheet and P&L.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 13, 2018

Not every entrepreneur is blessed with deep pockets or generous family members. But when it’s imperative that you watch every penny, you need to have a plan in place to stave off lifestyle inflation and keep the lion’s share of your cash flow directed where it matters most: your business’s balance sheet. Keep a Small Footprint.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Entrepreneurs pitch their startup idea in hopes that one of the extremely wealthy and successful investors, or “sharks,” will invest in them. According to one Observer article , of the 40,000 applications the show received in 2016, only 180 entrepreneurs were able to pitch in front of the sharks. ” The premise?

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Balance Sheet Business Plan Security Forecast 90

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

I like the guy because he’s credited with coining the word entrepreneur. Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use. And to keep executing large organizations hire employees with a range of skills and competencies. I’m sure many of you have heard his name.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 7, 2017

Hire a professional, or at the least, use inexpensive design software like Tailor Brands to create a great logo yourself. Thankfully, this should be a relief to most entrepreneurs! You need to show people your resume before they’ll hire you, wouldn’t you agree? Both will help your balance sheet. Keep it clean.

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Small Business Software Review Social Media Balance Sheet 167

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Two essential lists: Startup costs normally include startup expenses and startup assets: Startup expenses: These are expenses that happen before you launch and start bringing in any revenue. In general, your cash balance on starting date is the money you raised as investments or loans minus the cash you spend on expenses and assets.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

You don’t have to hire as many sales people because much can be sold online. I have never seen a fund that spends so much time building relationships with every other VC (in addition to many entrepreneurs.) Revenue must come from a primary source (as opposed to advertising or other third party sources).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

If you hire 6 senior sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business 6 months. If you don’t have a strong balance sheet and can’t hire more people that’s fine — but understand this may lead to slower growth.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

What kind of work/life balance am I looking to achieve? What are my expectations of being an entrepreneur? For example, in our definitive guide on how to start a successful clothing brand or clothing line , we suggest that aspiring apparel entrepreneurs choose their niche too. Do I need outside capital? Find a niche.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 16, 2019

Here are seven things to bear in mind to ensure you find yourself filling in plenty of deposit slips as revenue rolls into your company’s bank account: Being unique. Hiring skilled people. Indeed, not only should you focus on business building tasks, but prioritize those that generate the most revenue. Be a good manager.

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Balance Sheet Differentiation Social Media Forecast 126

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Financial summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Hiring plans : Outline who, if anyone, you need to hire to fill skills gaps in your management team and how much you plan to pay them. Do they self-pay or use insurance? Be specific. Team: Who is on your management team?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

I’m not saying don’t hire sales staff or market your products aggressively. I’m saying something simpler: protect your balance sheet and make sure you have enough cash to weather a slowdown and don’t let your reserves dip too low before raising more capital unless you have no choice. Summary.

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Balance Sheet eCommerce Venture Capital Acquisition 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

A detailed financial model that shows your anticipated revenue, costs and profits (Income Statement) as well as your balance sheet and cashflow statements. Most entrepreneurs (and VCs raising from LPs) think this means progress. I hired a sales coach named Kai Krickle who helped me figure out how to close more deals.

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Cap Table Due Diligence Forecast Churn Rate 336

Growthink Blog

MAY 30, 2018

Last week, I wrote about how successful companies are led by entrepreneurs and executives highly skilled at getting big deals done. Here, a great (and for most mature small businesses, under-utilized) solution is to “strengthen the balance sheet” through an outside capital raise. Facebook is a great recent example.

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Balance Sheet Artificial Inteligence Business Model Acquisition 48

YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2015

Many entrepreneurs take DIY to the extreme and would rather go broke than seek help. But there’s a highly underutilized option out there that could provide valuable products and services to startups and allow entrepreneurs to invest those resources in other areas of growth for their companies: a corporate sponsorship.

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Small Business Balance Sheet Cloud Programming 100

Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

To increase sales; hire people. If you’re not taking a salary you are making a loan to the company and need to get paid back in the future; include any salary payments you miss as a loan on your balance sheet and keep track of just how much you’ve lent the company. Bringing in revenue is the hardest part of any business.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 1, 2011

Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared to keeping my mind in check. As the founding CEO, every hire and every decision that the company ever made happened under my direction. Revenue at Ning is soaring and team morale is high.

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Management Cap Table Balance Sheet Bankruptcy 78

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 29, 2013

During these second and third phases the differences between higher quality and lower quality entrepreneurs is really apparent. Specifically, the best entrepreneurs are able to maximize the value of their businesses and exit them at a price substantially greater than the price they paid to acquire or start the business.

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Balance Sheet Revenue Database .Net 108

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And this rapid prototyping thing when your back's against the wall and your revenue model's gone from 100% to 10%, if you're a small business, restaurant owner or you're running a small curbside, even a consignment store, I'm trying to help a leader understand how he can serve. So, how are you investing in being even better?

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Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148

Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2015

He has written numerous books and articles for entrepreneurs and investors, and was the publisher and editor-in-chief of Venture Magazine. Mr. Lipped addresses the issue of exits, and whether entrepreneurs should take the long view or cash out quickly when the opportunity arises. By Arthur Lipper.

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Small Business Force

AUGUST 10, 2013

Same thing for entrepreneurs. While you may have taken some courses in school somewhere along the way, or you may discover talents you never knew you had, some way, somehow, you have to either learn those that are necessary, or hire people to fill them, either part-time or full-time. The Entrepreneur's Yoda" knows these things.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

You put some update slides on things like key hires or biz dev deals being negotiated and you didn’t plan to talk about them. You’ll obviously have some data in a spreadsheet format (copied into PowerPoint) for things like your Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cashflow Statements.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

The vast majority of business owners and entrepreneurs aren’t business experts. Use this chapter to describe your current team and who you need to hire. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make in their business plans is stating that they don’t have any competition. > Don’t be intimidated. Read more ». Management Team.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

From who we hire to the way we go to market, from how we engage with our limited partners to how we engage with founders, it’s all about being very focused on quality and consistency so as to affect strategies to generate meaningful carry for ourselves and our limited partners. You have to pick one. We’re in the first bucket.

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Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

Most entrepreneurs are very focused on their product when instead they need to be focused on their customers and the problems those customers face. Slide 5: Revenue model. Investors will want to see your plans for hiring and employee-related expenses, R&D expenses, manufacturing costs, marketing expenses, and so on.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 6, 2019

The entrepreneur has found a niche market, launched a product, secured funding, and continued to assemble an effective team. As the business grows, and entrepreneurs feel they have a safety net where there was none before. Let’s say a startup has defied the odds and survived its first several years. The business is moving forward.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

In our definitive guide on how to start a small business , we suggest that aspiring entrepreneurs choose a niche for the best chance at success. Toby Nwazor advocates for creating a business plan : Any experienced entrepreneur knows a company without a business plan is like a fish without water. Write a business plan. Financial plan.

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Business Plan Limited Liability Company Small Business Sales 79

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

You should have a good solid executive summary, you should have full financials, and that means a projected balance sheet, P&L and cash flow. I actually use LivePlan and I mentor entrepreneurs all over the world. I have some entrepreneurs who are in Gaza, who are in Cairo, who are in New Jersey, and I’m in Oregon.

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Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

So you want to be an entrepreneur, huh? A complete collapse of revenue that simultaneously affects your employees and your customers, your partners, your investors, everyone all at once and all the news is bad. So you wanted to be an entrepreneur, huh? And these are people that we spent so much time to hire. One by one.

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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 I said, “Why?”

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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 I said, “Why?”

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