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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan.

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Revenue Growth For Lenovo In 2Q15 Obscures Unfamiliar Challenges For Its PC And Smartphones Business: TBR

YoungUpstarts

by Jack Narcotta, Devices Analyst at Technology Business Research. Lenovo’s modest overall revenue growth in calendar 2Q15 – 3.1% The hallmarks of its operations culture – a lean sales organization supported by a streamlined and efficient supply chain – will propel 4.5% year-to-year revenue growth in calendar 3Q15 to $10.9

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Solopreneurs Can Grow Faster and Smarter With a Lean Business Plan

Up and Running

Yes, the words “business plan” might trigger some dread about epic documents that take a ton of time to produce—but that’s not necessarily what a business plan needs to be. The Lean Plan for solopreneurs. From there, do an actual sales forecast to model the revenue you think you’ll be able to bring in.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

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We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. Start your lean business plan today: Download our Free Lean Plan Template one-page-pitch-download.pdf. That’s a lean business plan.

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Post-Crisis Digital Trends That Will Reshape Your Business in 2020

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Cutting costs , revisiting forecasts , and stabilizing your business. You’re not forgetting it or avoiding the practices that have saved your business so far. For entrepreneurs looking to start a business or for established businesses looking to pivot their business model , you can use AI to build as-a-service operations.

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Rising out of the Crisis: Where to Find New Markets and Customers

Steve Blank

The pandemic has upended the business models of most startups and existing companies. Suppliers are going out of business or requiring cash-up-front terms. Revenue models and forecasts are no longer valid. In sum, whatever business model you had at the beginning of the year may be obsolete.

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Turn What-if to What-Now: The Importance of Scenario Analysis

Up and Running

Simply put it’s a better method of accurately looking forward and business owners know better than mathematicians. Before I started my own business I was a market researcher, doing forecasts. Then you look at what to change in expenses to keep the business going during the downturn.

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