Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. It forces you to bridge the gap between idea and execution. Key activities.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

If your business needs financing, consider equity crowdfunding; its distinctive traits will lure investors desiring the rewards of investment returns and investor protection, in addition to the goodwill generated by their support. Develop a Business Plan. Evaluate the amount your business can reasonably collect.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

Staff functions in finance, human resources, legal departments and business units developed Key Performance Indicators, processes, procedures and goals to measure, control and execute. Finance The goals for public companies are driven primarily by financial Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). This is a big idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50 percent and a net margin in the 20 percent range.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. It forces you to bridge the gap between idea and execution. Key activities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2016

Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets, or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

I cannot tell you how many times I have seen executive summaries of business plans in which the entrepreneur seeks $5,000,000 to build the business. Third (if you’re keeping score), it is not wise to dilute the founder’s ownership greatly in the first round of financing. Four reasons you should reconsider.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

They build response and recovery into their business plan. The business does not need people; it needs specialists, skills, and smarts. It needs performers to run finances, operations, and marketing. As long as the product is yours, you manage the relationship and retention. Grow business. Hire performance.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 8, 2020

When you have the potential to improve your business in terms of data retention or cybersecurity but you don’t take advantage of it, you are selling yourself short. It may seem like a simple thing but if you take advantage of companies that provide IT consulting for businesses it can put you in a more advantageous position.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 13, 2013

This program yielded some wonderful managers and kept employee retention high. Tim is an entrepreneurial thought leader and an expert at acquiring, building, and turning around businesses. Thinking Aloud business operations business planning Tim Edwards' Not Specializing.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2016

HW: Because of Dogster you’ve been a sought-after advisor/investor for pet-related startups, which I know for a long time resulted in eye rolling from some of the wild business plans sent your way. TR: Pet businesses can easily get early traction, but have great challenge finding sustained, high-volume growth.

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Up and Running

JULY 1, 2019

This site features their podcast episodes and articles on everything from financing your startup to company culture. This blog run by Lincoln Murphy focuses on the customer lifecycle and how to best optimize customer acquisition and retention. And of course, we have to mention the Bplans guide to starting a SaaS business.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I cannot tell you how many times I have seen executive summaries of business plans in which the entrepreneur seeks $5,000,000 to build the business. Third (if you’re keeping score), it is not wise to dilute the founder’s ownership greatly in the first round of financing. Fourth, there is the matter of control.

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www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Check out the personal finance topic by clicking here. Put people to work and go for it… Just think about how you would want to be approached before you drop a poorly worded business plan bomb on a group of Venture Capitalists, hedge fund group, trust and any friendly Angel Investor. You may not get a second chance.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 13, 2019

To help your seasonal businesses prepare for a meeting with a lender, we’ve compiled five questions to expect from a loan officer—things that you’ll want to include in your business plan as well. How you answer each can reveal fresh insights to help your business get stronger, whatever the season.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2018

And then the third thing about the customer is to focus more on customer retention and growth and not so much on new customer acquisition. And you can get a ton of other business features like call recording and conference calling and voicemail transcripts. Not that, that’s not important also, but companies over emphasize it.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. 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. They also observe who is pulling his or her weight and who is not.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 20, 2015

The business analytics revolution - as represented by the dozens of SaaS business process applications and productivity tools (with their incredible reporting functionality) - allows for the assembly of Bottoms-Up financial projections with an “actual data” specificity like never before. B ottoms Up.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Mr. Allen Lin, eCommerce Strategist, Retention Science. Retention Science has developed the industry’s first predictive marketing technology powered by Artificial Intelligence, empowering marketers to turn customer data into actionable insights.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

You should know EVERYTHING about your business, product, customers and competition. You should know every metric regarding customer acquisition, conversion and retention. You should have a crystal clear understanding of your business model and your financials.

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Up and Running

APRIL 6, 2016

Step 1: Creating a business plan for your spa. You will also need a solid business plan to help you identify your potential costs and create a roadmap that you can follow. Below are some of the key decisions a business plan can help you make. Step 3: Getting financing.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 7, 2015

To help you create a solid plan, check out our Food Bank business guide. See Also How to Write a Nonprofit Business Plan. Finance: Tracking the finances is vital to running an organization well and providing good stewardship of donations. Retention and reliability can also be an issue.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

The metrics that matter the most are returning customers (user retention), turnover per customer and viral growth (k-factor). Remember that raising money in itself is not the purpose; it’s about creating an organization that can fully focus on finding retention and a working business model that can later on scale.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 1, 2016

The business analytics revolution - as represented by the dozens of SaaS business process applications and productivity tools (with their incredible reporting functionality) - allows for the assembly of Bottoms-Up financial projections with an “actual data” specificity like never before.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Starting a new business is a busy time for an entrepreneur. You’re developing a business plan , getting your financial plan in order, and possibly pitching to investors or seeking funding. There is no business registration with Companies House required and keeping records and accounts is simple. Partnership.

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Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

That could be anywhere from new retail sales accounts, to new Picky Club members, to our Picky Club retention rate, to the number of tasks, or the number of deadlines that we hit or missed. What makes running a business worth it? “The only real business plan that I did for Picky Bars was through LivePlan,” Jesse says.

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dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

It isnt always possible to have a competitive bidding situation at each financing round so here are some guidelines for funding sources and percentages. Friends & Family can usually raise between $30K and $300K and usually take an interest bearing note that is convertible into stock at the next financing. 5% Managers -.25%

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Our team in the last five years has gone from five to nearly fifty, however we have amazing retention. The most difficult part of starting my own business, my own personal brand, has been handling the skepticism I receive from others. Take whatever amount of resources you think you need to start a business: time, money, etc.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Triggered marketing is a promotion trend that uses data analytics and the target clients’ emotions to guide them into making a purchase that fits into a business’ plan. And many businesses today are jumping on the triggered marketing bandwagon to achieve marketing success. by James Cummings, owner of egnut.com.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. No investor cares about a business plan. It all depends on where you’re at. Other sources of capital.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

She is regularly invited to participate as a judge for business plan competitions, as well as speak on topics including entrepreneurship, angel investing, social media, and authentic self promotion. Needless to say, the webinar was absolutely packed with great tips on what it takes to pitch your business so that investors take notice.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

In February, Greylock kicked off “Iconversations,” a new speaker series featuring “icons” across tech, finance, media and culture. I have discussions, I have reviews with my teams, quarterly, on diversity and inclusion, just like I do on customer acquisition, just like I do on retention.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Right now our solutions are HR-centric but over the next five years, we plan on scaling our products to IT, Finance, Legal, and other aspects of an organization. During Covid, I have seen good performance of employees during WFH and the retention rate also increased. This is my vision for the next 5-year business plan.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

When it comes to the right time to go after funding, Kashyap says, “Founders should raise money after they have developed a solid business plan and require additional capital to develop or expand their business.&# View More » Jobs Director of Marketing and Retention a. MTV Launches Interactive Visualizatio.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Reply You don’t need a business plan yet: 7 ideas for Customer Development « Information Maven: Greg Meyer , on May 22, 2011 at 7:37 am said: [.] further along in the information you’ll need to build your business plan. Steve Blank lists some great tools for startups that will help you in this [.]

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

customer retention, churn reduction, lifetime value. small business CRM. easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Startup Threads. Videos/presentations. SlideShare. Haiku Deck. GoAnimate *. Customer service. Get Satisfaction. Event platforms. Eventbrite. Women Focus.

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