VC Adventure

AUGUST 31, 2017

If you read my blog regularly you know I love (LOVE) metrics. So no surprise that when River Cities Capital released an overview of SaaS operating and valuation benchmarks, I hung on every juicy detail. They took the 92 public SaaS companies and analyzed their key operating metrics. The methodology here was great.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

In fact, it was only 7 years ago that Apple shipped its first iPhone and Google introduced its Android operating system. Metrics like Return on Net Assets, Return on Capital and Internal Rate of Return are the guiding stars of the board and CEO. But remember—in public companies financial metrics take precedence.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Each of these metrics is central to your business success. Balance Sheet. Balance sheets show your company’s liabilities, assets, and amounts held by shareholders. . The following are standard terms you find in a balance sheet and what they mean. . Operating income : Gross profit less operating costs.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 11, 2020

Also, the Execution chapter will cover your marketing and sales plan, marketing operations, milestones and metrics. . Balance sheet . ? Execution chapter of your business plan needs to answer the question: How will you take your opportunity and turn it into a successful business outcome? Positioning statement.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

The very best analysts are comfortable operating with ambiguity and incompleteness, while all others chase perfection in implementation / processing / reports. There is no golden metric for everyone, we are all unique snowflakes! :). and tell you what are the best key performance indicators (metrics) for them.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Or maybe you will want to extend your practice’s hours of operation. Your operations plan. Milestones and metrics that you’ll need to hit to be viable. Operations. The operations section of your business plan covers how your business works, from the logistics to the technology. Milestones and metrics.

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

One of our biggest pet peeves is reviewing an operational model that starts in “Month 1″, and excludes anything that has happened in the past. 16) Cash is king. A good model needs to factor in cash collections, disbursements, and other working capital considerations with a Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows.

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Up and Running

JUNE 9, 2020

It’s crucial that you have a firm understanding regarding the state of the following metrics: Invoices issued to clients ( accounts receivable ) Invoices paid by clients Invoices received ( accounts payable ) Invoices paid Taxes withheld. Your accounts receivable is listed as a “current asset” on your balance sheet.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2016

As a consequence, corporations used metrics like return on net assets (RONA), return on capital deployed, and internal rate of return (IRR) to measure efficiency. These metrics make it difficult for a company that wants to invest in long-term innovation. Startups are unencumbered by the status quo.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

They measure their success on metrics that reflect success in execution, and they reward execution. These metrics stack the deck against a company that wants to invest in long-term innovation.). Our Investment Readiness Level is just one of those metrics.) Innovation metrics need to be predictive for the future.

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Up and Running

MARCH 9, 2022

Operating leverage effect (OLE) ratio. The operating leverage effect ratio can help you analyze your contribution margin ratio. Use the OLE ratio to measure how your income increases or drops depending on the changes in sales volume to show how much revenue is available to cover non-operating costs. Financial leverage ratio.

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Up and Running

MAY 30, 2022

An often overlooked purpose of a business plan is as a tool to define success metrics. This includes financial statements such as your profit and loss, cash flow, balance sheet, and sales forecast. It forces you to think through all aspects of your business, from marketing and sales to operations and finance.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

If you like this, go see his Shockwave Innovations blog ) Anyone that has taken an accounting class or learned basic business financials knows the interaction between key elements of a P&L (revenue, cost, expense) and a balance sheet (assets, liabilities, equity). Jason Cohen also wrote a very insightful article about this issue.

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Berkonomics

JULY 1, 2021

I recently coached a CFO in a small company to urge the CEO to stop working upon the operational issues and focus upon the future, even if that meant a pivot to protect the business as the world was changing in that industry at an accelerated rate. What is the role of a chief financial officer in growing and protecting the company?

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Steve Blank

MAY 14, 2012

Established companies execute business models where customers, problems, and necessary product features are all knowns; start-ups, on the other hand, need to operate in a “search” mode as they test and prove every one of their initial hypotheses. Emphasizing execution instead of testing, learning, and iteration.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Learning how to keep track of inventory and cash flow and creating an income statement and a balance sheet are great skills to learn for managing existing businesses. They need to learn to find answers to questions like: who are my customers, what product features match customer needs, how do I create demand and what metrics matter?

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Mike Michalowicz

MAY 5, 2016

I am sure you are familiar with the terms for your business’s financial reports including the Profit & Loss Statement (also known as the Income Statement), the Balance Sheet and the Cash Flow Statement. Profit First is designed so that you can (and should) continue doing Bank Balance Accounting. I bet you don’t. Not really.

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Up and Running

APRIL 23, 2019

If I could change one thing about our society’s view on service-based business models related to healthcare, it would be the notion that private healthcare practices operating as successful and profitable businesses runs contrary to their mission. Create accountability through metrics. Set out to run a profitable business.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2017

This approach was originally stimulated by Steve Blank’s posts Why Board Meetings Suck and Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 2 of 2 but modified to fit the more varied and flexible reality that I operate in. It includes P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements. But I encourage this, or something like this.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The model outputs standard financial statements and key operating metrics based on a wide range of user inputs, and is highly customizable and entirely transparent. The Income Statement sheet allows you to model expenses and revenues as they occur. Download the template financial model in Excel here.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 19, 2020

They’re still seeing strong sales pipeline (although this is concentrated in deals later in the pipeline – be careful that you’re watching top of funnel metrics as well). Stress test your operating plan. I’m hearing from a lot of companies that this disruption hasn’t affected them.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Customer acquisition cost (CAC) is an important metric for any ecommerce business. Understanding CAC by each channel helps you identify areas of opportunity and streamline operations for better ROI. Anything below that means your business isn’t operating as well as it could be. But remember, CAC isn’t solely a marketing metric.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

There’s an increased focus on key metrics – especially those core metrics that drive the spend/growth curve such as LTV/CAC and months to pay back CAC. Hopefully you took the opportunity in the past few quarters to shore up your balance sheet. But they do, and they are right now. Valuations are Down.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

And as I wrote about last week , when the growth imperative shifts to a profit focus, companies with high burn and weak operating metrics can get stuck in the lurch. But in my view, it’s always a good time to shore up your balance sheet and watch your key metrics.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

As a true pioneer of the circular economy movement, Claudia is Technical Panel Member for UL STP3600 Standards, the standards for the Circular Economy and the metrics, processes, and procedures for the circularity of materials and operations. The colleges pass these savings to students in discounts on their tuition bills.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Operations. Now, you’ll describe your marketing strategies, sales plans, operations information, milestones, your team and company basics, and your financial plan. These, among other ideas, can help your store reach new target markets, expand business operations, and improve profit margins. Operations. Key metrics.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

A multiple is a company value divided by a metric. This growth could be a function of product differentiation, go-to-market operations, sheer market size, new geographies, and expansion into adjacent categories. The only significant difference is Company Good is growing 50% year-over-year, while Company Awesome is growing 150%.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Milestones and Metrics. Milestones and Metrics. While the Milestones and Metrics chapter of your business plan may not be long, it’s critical that you take the time to look forward and schedule the next critical steps for your business. This is the sum of your Operating Expenses and COGS. Balance Sheet.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2018

They use a plan to reinforce strategy, establish metrics , manage responsibilities and goals, track results, and manage and plan resources including critical cash flow. These components include the review schedule, strategy summary, milestones, responsibilities, metrics (numerical goals that can be tracked), and basic projections.

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Small Business Force

AUGUST 10, 2013

Did you really understand how much you needed to know about marketing, sales, operations, finance and customer support, just to name a few. You don't have to learn how to be an accountant, but you do have to understand cash flow, cost of goods sold and operating profit.You have to be able to read an income statement and a balance sheet.

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Small Business Force

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Starting and operating a small business is replete with challenges, but nowhere are the challenges greater than for an entrepreneur to know how to manage their company's precious financial resources. It is understanding what your numbers mean and how to best manage them. Seek discounts and drag out payments to the limit.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Your operations plan. Milestones and metrics that you’ll need to hit to be viable. Operations. The operations section covers how your business works, from the logistics to the technology. Milestones and metrics. For metrics , decide which numbers to check regularly to track your company’s health.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

For Dan Hughes, Director of Operations at startup brewery ColdFire Brewing, he and his brother have been hard at work on business development and recipe formulation, navigating bureaucracy, and enduring the inevitable delays that come with brewery construction, equipment delivery, and regulatory approval. But they all take so much time.

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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.”. The ColdFire Brewing team meets to plan marketing. Watch your finances.

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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. Financial summary : Key financial metrics including profit and loss, cash flow, balance sheet, and your sales forecast. But it doesn’t have to be. What is a one page business plan?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

One by one the markets in which you operate shut down. People, not just metrics. And what I mean by that is, almost every metric, every graph, every number, is a person. Eric Ries : Metrics are people too. Brian Chesky : Metrics are people. And so suddenly, your master are your metrics. Well, who are they?

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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.

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