Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2010

He said, “After we graduated we took our great idea, holed up in my apartment and spent months researching and writing a business plan. We even entered it in the business plan competition. Then they had a five-year P&L statement, balance sheet, cash flow and cap table. It was an exquisitely crafted plan.

Business Model 331

Business Model Business Plan Customer Cap Table 331

Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

of our company in exchange for the $300K, and my business partner and I each diluted from 50% ownership down to 33.3% This should be clearly spelled out in your Capitalization Table , or “Cap Table” as it’s commonly called. The deal we made with him was he’d get 33.3%

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Angel Investor Due Diligence Dilution 118

Up and Running

APRIL 25, 2014

Since I’m in the business planning business , it was great to see billionaire investor Peter Gregory ask Richard, the entrepreneur and protagonist of the show, for his business plan. Dejected, Richard goes home and starts reading about business planning on Wikipedia. What do they do? Definitely not.

Silicon Valley 104

Silicon Valley Business Plan Entrepreneur Cap Table 104

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Your Cap Table is something that deserves constant care and attention. Messy cap tables can come back to haunt you when you do a financing or sell the company. Your original business plan will probably go out the window when you land your first customer. Can you acquire them at a sustainable cost?

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 12, 2011

Revenues and costs should both be based off of a robust set of assumptions. Anytime the financial model indicates that SayAhh will run out of cash, determine how you will raise capital to ensure liquidity and be sure to properly account for the debt or equity transaction on the balance sheet and Cap Table. historical data).

Balance Sheet 136

Balance Sheet Forecast Cap Table Early Stage 136

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. Most of this data is sourced directly from the business through service providers such as QuickBooks , Xero , MX , Shopify , Stripe , Google Analytics , and Crunchbase.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 16, 2012

Look, I definitely come from the school of being willing to forgo the exact details of the business plan in favor of building a network or a great product--but I'm thinking big picture economics here. I hope I'm totally wrong, because YES, the CMS needs to change in a tablet world that is much more participatory and visual.

Cap Table 100

Cap Table Sales Cycle Venture Capital Curation 100