Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Implement a modern real business model. Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Don’t rely on conservative forecasts to reduce risk. Investors don’t fund conservative forecasts, nor wildly optimistic ones, since both imply a lack of commitment or homework.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2018

Innovative products and business models are the foundations of a promising startup. Creating a scalable business model. Whether you are hoping to expand a small business with a loan or going for a round of venture capital, you will need a scalable business model. Determining how much money to ask for.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers? And without revenue how do we know if we achieved product/market fit to exit Customer Validation?” However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web.

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Steve Blank

JULY 22, 2010

The board was getting nervous as the company was missing its revenue plan. He talked about how his business model would make money and how the prospects he talked to seem to agree with his assumptions. He said, “I insist on getting weekly status reports with forecasted deal size and probability of close. Sales Process.

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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. But with so many people trying to get their share of the growth, many subscription box businesses fold within a year or two. The first element of every business plan is the executive summary.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

You should go into this thinking about your business plan as a living document, not something you do once and then file away forever. Revisit and update it regularly by comparing your forecasts to your actuals and adjusting as necessary. Position your practice’s business opportunity. Do they self-pay or use insurance?

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

If you know your business and are passionate about it, writing a business plan and then leveraging your plan for growth will be easy. Now that we have the rules of writing a business plan out of the way, let’s dive into the details of building your plan. Your business plan isn’t complete without a financial forecast.

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

Michael also observes, “One other comment I think would be worth mentioning, even though it seems ridiculously obvious, is the importance of speaking with model users about what is and isn’t important to them when analyzing a model….So 11) Separate out your model output. HOW TO MAKE YOUR CELLS READABLE. 16) Cash is king.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Whichever type of plan you choose, remember that a business plan is a living document. Set a specific time each month to review it , comparing forecasts to actuals and revising as necessary. Assumptions change based on experience, and your business plan should change along with these assumptions. Just keep it brief. Be specific.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

When I think about what set those excellent pitches apart from the rest, it turns out that they all shared some of the same qualities. Outline your business model. Your business model tells an investor how your idea will (or does) convert into being economically viable. 160 is average revenue per user (ARPU).

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2017

You want to review all the different components of your business model. This description should basically be an elevator pitch for potential partners and business investors to get excited about what you’re offering and your unique location, philosophy, and approach. What is your business model? How will you grow?

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Hunter Walker

JULY 18, 2022

Multiples dropped in public and private markets, growth expectations were cut, and business models with high spend for promise of future ROI became quite unfavorable. Do you understand your cost structure and can you manage to a forecastable growth rate. Your runway is impacted by the absence of projected revenue.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We’re looking at our lean business planning is about strategy, tactics, concrete specifics including milestones, metrics, tasks and schedule, and essential numbers to run a business, all of which lead to managing cash flow. That’s the sales forecast, the spending forecast and the cash flow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Explain the business model. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Industry & market sizing.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 24, 2014

When I think about what set those excellent pitches apart from the rest, it turns out that they all shared some of the same qualities. Outline your business model. Your business model tells an investor how your idea will (or does) convert into being economically viable. 160 is average revenue per user (ARPU).

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Business schools teach aspiring executives a variety of courses around the execution of known business models, (accounting, organizational behavior, managerial skills, marketing, operations, etc.). In contrast, startups search for a business model. (Or to optimize this search. to optimize this search.

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Small Business Force

DECEMBER 25, 2011

The rest stayed in the cigar box to make change and pay for any deliveries for the next day. Pretty simple system for a pretty simple business. And while, at the very basic level that is correct, the ability to track costs, and analyze revenues is critical to longer-term success. It's where a business most needs to grow up.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

What I did is I learned the art of a pro forma and the value of a pro forma which basically is a forecast. The question is what metrics do you most rely on to understand your business’s health? Two, revenue. If you don’t know what your cash flow forecast is, you don’t really understand your capital needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Explain the business model. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Industry & market sizing.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

A long-term business plan like this is different from a traditional business plan in that it’s lighter on the details and more focused on your strategic direction. It has less focus on financial forecasting and a greater focus on the big picture. They make mistakes just like the rest of us.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 3, 2020

Now is an excellent time to sit down and rework your business plan. During this revision, you’ll want to give your financial plan and forecasts the most attention. Going through them forces you to look at your business model , how much revenue you generate, where you need to cut spending , and how to spur growth moving forward. .

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Or they “toe dip” with high promise business model innovations, yet weigh them down with the fixed overhead of their expiring parts. No, the only appropriate response to expiring business realities is quick, uncompromised and even heartless action. Half measures like this are doomed to failure.

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Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Explain the business model. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Industry & market sizing.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 19, 2016

I eventually recruited my wife Evelyn to quit her full-time job and join me at Sunny Days and since then we now serve 200 clients, maintain nearly 250 employees and generate about $5 million in annual revenue in just five years. Today, HourglassAngel.com is a 20+ person company with a 2015 revenue forecast of $12M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Explain the business model. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Industry & market sizing.

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Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

Your business model has to truly be similar to the company you are referencing. If you aren’t solving some problem in the world, you are going to have a long uphill climb with your business. Slide 5: Revenue model. Be prepared to provide a detailed sales forecast, profit and loss forecast, and cash flow forecast.

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Up and Running

APRIL 23, 2018

You’re stylish, passionate, and talented—and you’ve decided you don’t want to work for the man for the rest of your life. To be frank, there are actually a number of sectors that allow you start a perfectly successful business without ever having any real passion for the sector or business model itself. How will you sell?

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The company has just missed its quarterly revenue forecast. Lets take an example, and look at how they might do this: They will be able to tell you that revenue is composed of deals. To compute revenue, you multiply average deal size by number of deals. Bookings is the pre-cursor to Revenue. Obvious, isn’t it?

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

We appreciate you writing back and letting us know what you thought of the episode, and of course for the rest of our listeners if you are interested in contacting us, you can do that by emailing bcast@bplans.com. Our business model was Pinterest. It’s been a great help to my work. That’s bcast@bplans.com.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

If Id bought just a handful of the "best of the rest" domain names that were available at the time (for a whopping $70 each), I probably could have just retired right then. We were focused on revenue, but we didnt understand that revenue is not important for its own sake in an early stage company. No business model, either.

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