Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. During Jeff Immelt’s tenure GE’s stock-market value fell by about half. Jeff Immelt ran GE for 16 years.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2019

The physical gong might gather dust on your shelf, but the accolade will act as a magnet on your website, in your marketing and all through your communications. We’ve been really impressed by the impact these awards have had — allowing us to connect with investors and prospective clients, and establish our credibility in the market.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2021

However, in scenarios where you have to estimate a more precise and technical value like estate planning, litigation, and transactions—rules of thumb do not provide an accurate value. Metrics such as discretionary cash flow or business revenue are used. their net commission revenue. An insurance agency has a revenue of $2m.

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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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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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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 2, 2022

2021 may have been a bad year for some people especially due to COVID-19 pandemic while, to others, it was a great year. 6- Increased marketing spend. Taking a risk by increasing marketing spend (strategically), has paid off substantially, seeing our annual sales grow by over 30%. Pivots were made and goals were shattered.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2017

The first is that we currently have awesome economic conditions: a roaring stock market, low unemployment, and solid consumer and business confidence, all of which make right now as good a time as ever to start, grow, finance, and/or sell a business. Of those ultimate and most important assets, cash and marketable securities.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Take the time to review and develop their strengths. Understand Your Market. Both sales and marketing are important to understand if you want a promotion in your organization. Both sales and marketing are important to understand if you want a promotion in your organization. Are you familiar with information technology?

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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. Despite the peaks and valleys in the economy, and the institution of more technologies, this figure has been pretty consistent for years. But by year 10, just one-third remain in operation.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

If you’ve never written a business plan before, Bplans also offers a library of sample medical business plans that you can review or even download to use as a model. Target market: Who is your ideal patient? Financial summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Target market.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 3, 2020

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. Sometimes scaling too quickly can cause holes in other departments that you may miss, due to the balance sheet going up. 1- Rededicate myself to my practices.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

In How To Defend Your Dream Against All Odds , Alex and I explore the company's journey to $200 Million in revenue, while their VCs wrote them off. From what I have seen, this is one of the few companies that can cross the elusive billion dollar mark in due course. So, please don't get discouraged; there are many paths to success.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Explain who your target market is and how large it is. Describe what marketing activities you will use to attract customers. Describe what marketing activities you will use to attract customers. Detail your business model—this is how you will make money (what are your revenue streams?). What marketing tactics will work?

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Market analysis summary: This section of your plan should describe who your target market is—your ideal customers. This is also where you’ll want to talk about who your competitors are and why you think there’s room for you in the market. . Use this section to talk about your customers’ needs and how you’ll reach them.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Fortifying Profits: Strategies to Shield Your Business from Embezzlement written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Janstch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Todd Rammler, president and founder of Michigan CFO Associates. That's right.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

This mantra is most true for any business in the technology sector. A financial plan with a Sales Forecast, Profit & Loss , Cash Flow Forecast , and Balance Sheet. For existing businesses, Lean Planning is then the process of engaging in reviewing and comparing the planned numbers with the actual numbers.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 21, 2017

Revenue multiples, profit multiples, premium over the previous financing — these are metrics used by sellers to help determine a minimum acceptable price. In terms of acquisition, they ask more specifically: “How can we trade balance sheet assets (cash, equity) in exchange for executing our strategy better?”.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This calculation goes beyond marketing costs and advertising dollars to include product costs, labor costs, shipping costs, and any other expenses that contribute to attracting and securing customers. For example, if your customer acquisition costs are high for PPC ads , you can move budget to a marketing strategy with a lower CAC.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

9:33) Scaling Up Excellence , process debt, technical debt, and human capital debt, plus rapid prototyping during the pandemic. (13:58) 28:12) The pandemic as a moment to invest in people and technology, have a plan and execute. Highlights from the show: Carl details his background and experience. (4:22)

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 5, 2023

The Rise of AI in Advertising written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Mike Rhodes In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Mike Rhodes. Questions I ask Mike Rhodes: [02:17] In the last couple of years, what are the biggest changes in digital marketing? [04:45]

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Up and Running

JULY 22, 2014

Balance sheet. It’s a table that lists all of your revenue streams and all of your expenses—typically for a three-month period—and lists at the very bottom the total amount of net profit or loss. But if you want to be technically correct in your terminology, go ahead and call your financial statements “pro forma.”.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

You’ve reviewed what a business plan is , and why you need one to start and grow your business. The company overview provides a quick review of the company’s legal structure and location, as well as some background on the company’s history if you’re writing the plan for an existing business. Target Market. Target market.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The subscription box industry is growing rapidly thanks to a steady revenue model and tapping into people’s love for surprises. Target market (intended customers). Marketing and sales plan. Target market : What groups of people will want your box? Financial summary : Project your revenue for the first few years.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Much has changed in the past four months of the technology startup world and how outsiders value the business. And when prices are dropping on a VCs existing companies in market, there is a substantial reduction in FOMO (fear of missing out) for new deals, which means that investors take their time in making investment decisions.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

That then takes us down the very best way to answer that question, to use the five-step process to build out the Digital Marketing and Measurement Model. All I have access to is just a cursory review of their digital existence. Every ecommerce site has to obsess about Revenue. But, what if we did not have that opportunity?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Set a specific time each month to review it , comparing forecasts to actuals and revising as necessary. PARE specializes in fixing and flipping residential properties by buying homes in need of repair, renovating them, and then putting them back on the market. Target market: Who is your ideal buyer? Target market.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. 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.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Before answering this, let’s take a look at what happened in the global software and cloud market over the last year. Before answering this, let’s take a look at what happened in the global software and cloud market over the last year. of market capitalization. This world of giants is dominated by one colossus: Microsoft.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Building a product involves a large up-front time investment , and as a result is far riskier than becoming a consultant because you have to wait months to find out if your effort will generate revenue. In addition, growing a product to the point of providing substantial income is a long, arduous road. Except for one thing. at 5:01 pm [.]

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

What if you get product market fit beyond your wildest dreams? One by one the markets in which you operate shut down. 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. 8:22) On how crisis reveals character. (9:11)

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. I spent my days meeting companies, figuring out what areas of the market interested me and trying to get a sense for how VCs thought about fair valuations. The market had tanked. was still a term being bandied about.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2019

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. Product/Market Fit Versus The Business Model Canvas. As a serial entrepreneur turned educator, this didn’t make sense to me.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

IN THIS EDITION Fintech products ease more Americans into the stock market In defense of the IPO, and how to improve it What’s inside your (mobile) bank? This trend is worrisome because investing in public markets has traditionally been one of the most important wealth creation mechanisms in the U.S., Thanks for signing up.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 15, 2017

Last week RideAustin’s two most senior executives — CEO Andy Tryba and COO Marisa Goldenberg —  published a Medium piece detailing “what they learned” during the first week following Uber’s and Lyft’s return to the Austin market, given that their ride volume immediately fell by 55 percent. The problem?

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