YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 11, 2020

Look at the Opportunity chapter of your business plan as a place where plans meet market needs. What market needs your product or service fills? . What is your target market? Also, the Execution chapter will cover your marketing and sales plan, marketing operations, milestones and metrics. . Advertising.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Legal cannabis generated $16 billion in total economic output in the United States in 2017, and research indicates it will increase 150 percent by 2021, according to a report from cannabis industry analysts Arcview Market Research , in partnership with BDS Analytics. Target market: Who is your ideal buyer? Target market.

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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. Target market (intended customers). Marketing and sales plan. Operations.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

If you’re creating a plan to manage your business once you’re up and running, a Lean Plan will suit you best. We’ll walk you through creating a One-Page Pitch, a standard business plan (the traditional option), and a lean business plan, with a checklist for each. Explain who your target market is and how large it is.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 2, 2022

By the year 2021, my company had a strong sales force. In the end, though, we became the company's most successful sales team across the country and I surely played a significant role in this achievement. 6- Increased marketing spend. A market saved me from wasting a lot of time and money on it. 7- Had a resilient team.

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Up and Running

MARCH 26, 2015

And also, what real business owners want—lean business plans for better management. All businesses start with a lean plan. Budget sales and spending. So, every business is better off with a lean plan. Strategy is focus, so it’s a reminder of the target market, the product (or service), and the business identity.

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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. Essential numbers.

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Up and Running

JULY 24, 2017

It should describe your business, the problem that it solves, your target market, and financial highlights. Your business doesn’t need to serve a larger social problem, but it should address a need or opportunity in the market. Your target market. If not, then a brief description of the target market. Who you are.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

A Lean Business Plan might be a better fit if you simply need to think through all the different aspects of your business. A Lean Plan will be shorter, and it lends itself to quick revisions, but both types follow the same general outline. Target market: Who is your ideal patient? Target market. Be specific.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. What accelerated this was the collapse of the public stock markets. Staying “lean&# is not an option.

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Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2015

Nowadays it can be short—perhaps even a lean business plan —but banks still want that standard summary of company, product, market, team, and financials. See Also Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. All of your business’s financial details. Complete details on Accounts Receivable.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

Carl was also worldwide head of stores at Home Depot when Hurricane Katrina hit, running sales out of the backs of trucks and accepting IOUs for payment. 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.

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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. Target market: Who is your ideal buyer? Target market. Problem and solution.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

When you put together a business plan, you have to spend time thinking about things like your target market , your sales, and marketing strategy , the problem you solve for your customers, and who your key competitors are. Product/market fit and traction. Executive summary and/or Lean Plan. Financial forecasts.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users. Arguably a balance sheet investor has to be more mindful of her investment choices.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

It’s one that’s a good fit for you personally, for your target market, and for your location. Test your business idea and do market research*. We use the lean planning methodology to figure this out. Define your target market. What’s your market size? How long will it take to get to market?

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Lean LaunchPad class developed for Stanford. Other classes were on how to prep for VC pitches or develop the five year income statements, balance sheets and cash flows or read case studies. And the Lean LaunchPad class I developed at Stanford was the first such class. Worth a read. Mission-Driven Entrepreneurship.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 10, 2018

This is an excellent use of the Lean Business Planning methodology , based on a simple Lean Plan combined with regular updates and revisions. For a simple business plan example, imagine a woman making jewelry at home and selling it at a local flea market on the weekend. Try using a Lean Plan template to get you started.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

It is an heroic accomplishment in a brutal fund-raising market in which only market leaders can bring in that sort of money. forward sales with some as high as 12x sales. Every VC who’s been the business for a long time realized first hand that the VC markets were changing rapidly as early as Q3 of 2015.

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Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2020

Your sales have plunged, or worse, your business is now closed during the shutdown. Specifically, if you have an ongoing sales forecast , and expense budgets linked to that forecast, then you have instant visibility for making quick adjustments to sudden change. . What your sales numbers look like in a crisis.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

For example, the Boston Consulting Group 2 x 2 growth-share matrix was an easy to understand strategy tool – a market selection matrix for companies looking for growth opportunities. The product management process assumes that product/market fit is known, and the products can get spec’d and then implemented in a linear fashion.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. We spoke about what succeeds early in technology market evolutions. As markets grow, the more open and modular systems win.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 19, 2020

I had a few things on my mind related to the startup environment right now as it relates to Covid-19 and the massive market disruption that we’re in the middle of. With that, here are some general observations on the market as well as a few things specific to startup companies (relevant across stages).

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

For a small business; generally you have to increase sales to find economies of scale in your other costs. To increase sales; hire people. For companies making a food product you must clearly differentiate your product in a crowded market place. Young businesses have a lot of product lines and sales channels.

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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. When you are addressing the problem in the market, you want to tell that in the format of a compelling story. That’s because most people say, “Everybody in X or Y is my market.”

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

In such a crowded market, making good beer and opening the doors isn’t enough anymore. The ColdFire Brewing team meets to plan marketing. These products will be distributed to remote yet extremely viable areas, where the market is appreciative of readily-available, good-quality brew. Watch your finances.

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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’s a market.

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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’s a market.

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