Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Between January 2015 and January 2016, we grew our platform Slidebean from $1K to $20K in monthly recurring revenue. Getting the first tracks of revenue is one of the toughest processes of building a startup. See Also: A Complete Guide to Forecasting Sales for Your Monthly Subscription (SaaS) Business. Lean marketing.

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Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. Founder’s perspective. How to build a great forecast. Experience.

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Technical Review Early Stage Software Review Los Angeles 325

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers.

Partner 240

Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2014

DSO is the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. According to The Economist forecast for 2015, ASEAN will add USD 335 billion and become the fourth largest economy in the world. Forecast cash flow. Discover which channel of communication works best when sending reminders.

Singapore 191

Singapore Asia Management China 191

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Jason is a Co-founder of Thriveal, a firm that helps entrepreneurial CPA firms connect, learn and grow. Does that muddy up the forecasting, the models, or the accounting? [12:31] He's a co-founder of Thriveal firm that helps entrepreneurial CPA firms connect, learn and grow. Marketing Podcast with Jason Blumer.

CPA 73

CPA Technical Review Revenue Forecast 73

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Given the common challenges encountered by founders as they navigate through this hiring decision, I thought I’d outline some of my thoughts below that can hopefully serve as a simple framework when it comes to making the first Analytics hire at your startup. Many founders confuse the two as they both involve lots of numbers.

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Analytics Hiring SQL Forecast 149

ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

Clavier began his presentation at the beginning of a company's lifecycle, asking how many co-founders a startup ought to have. If you like this kind of advice, check out my coverage of a talk by Paul Palmieri, Co-Founder and CEO of mobile advertising service Millennial Media, titled " Investing in Your Influencers. ".

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Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder Due Diligence 153

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Founders point to the great number of financial unknowns in any new business, and are reluctant to “commit” to any numbers which may come back to haunt them later. Based on your market size and penetration expectations, size how many units you will sell, at what price, in every channel. Quantify overhead and growth costs.

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Burn Rate Forecast Angel Investor Revenue 144

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

First up, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, presented Freshdesk , a SaaS solution for multi-channel customer support including knowledge base and social CRM support. The majority of the discussion was about go-to-market strategy, channels and regulatory issues. It's a very impressive concept, to say the least!

India 126

India Technical Review Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 126

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2013

They need to realize that investors ask for projections, not merely as predictions, but more as commitments from the founder and his team. Next comes sales volume by channel. This forecast is really their commitment. The holy grail is break-even, when revenues first catch up with the outflow. Margin is everything.

Forecast 238

Forecast Business Plan Burn Rate .Net 238

YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2017

by Edmund Buckley , co-founder & CEO of CampusSafe. A common mistake is using a top-down model to forecast financials. With bottom-down forecasting, you predict what company activities will drive results, which leads to money in the bank. Use a Bottom-Up Model. Observe the 10/20/30 Rule. This is your value proposition.

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Cofounder Silicon Valley Forecast Business Plan 185

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

You need to identify pricing details, sales channels, strategic partners and a customized marketing plan consistent with your industry and target segment. Quantify founder investments, both cash and sweat-equity. What are your forecasts for revenue, expenses and cash flow? What are your specific marketing and sales plans?

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Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

YoungUpstarts

JULY 8, 2019

by Naveen Gattu , COO and co-founder of Gramener. It helps them to allocate staff to attend customers, which further creates value in terms of revenue, profit, and customer experience. The estimation of the crowd by journalists and News channels was approximate. Their safety is also an utmost priority.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Customer Algorithm Cofounder 113

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

by Jose Capelo, founder and editor of Marketingquery. It is necessary therefore to detail in our chart of accounts, which will go live with our sales force and market, and which one will be achieved through other channels.

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Developer Cofounder Channel Business Plan 182

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 22, 2018

by David Disiere , founder and CEO of QEO Insurance Group. You have a grasp on your industry, and you are able to draw conclusions to formulate options, alternatives, and forecasts. One of my early goals was to help my company reach an annual revenue of $1 million. But you don’t care about statistics. You are intrepid.

Panama 153

Panama North America Small Business Administration Forecast 153

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

In fact, SaaS industry revenue is projected to grow from $49 billion in 2015 to $67 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of approximately eight percent. We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Up and Running

JANUARY 18, 2021

The first thing most eCommerce companies did in February of 2020 was to smash their crystal balls and toss out demand forecasts because the world was shaping up to be like nothing we’ve seen before. Other social channels also made inroads as 2020 ended. That comes with a lot of potential for revenue and customer satisfaction.

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eCommerce B2B Forecast Demand 150

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 5, 2023

Recent, an episode featured Max Novak, the founder of Nova Cast, where he talked all about how podcast booking campaigns create value For listeners and for brands. Seven different channels and Facebook have since come out with their sort of version of this and marketers are a little bit upset. Yeah, basically all over Google.

Advertising 82

Advertising Analytics San Diego Networking 82

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2010

That’s because a company’s value is a composite of all of the quantitative and qualitative factors that comprise a company: revenues, expenses, risks, growth prospects, quality of the management team, competitive advantages, strength of the intellectual property, and so forth. In business, one important measure is the value of the company.

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Intellectual Property .Net Valuation Distribution 223

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Forecasting is sometimes done by dragging the mouse based on many assumptions, because it’s hard to predict the future. While there isn’t a single magic number or set formula, understanding industry benchmarks can be really helpful to keep a finger on the pulse to measure the health of the company and make more informed forecasts.

B2C 141

B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

Steve Blank

JULY 11, 2016

How founders cope with startup challenges was the focus of today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. And world-class entrepreneurs never quit. Jessica Mah.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Cofounder Customer Development 120

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

She has a separate team, with its own culture and office, and a mandate straight from top management to innovate without regard to the company’s historic products, channels, or supply chain. And so the spreadsheet is built with conservative assumptions, including a final revenue target. So far, so good.

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

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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Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

by Jon Leighton, Director of digital agency iResources and founder of neatly.io. Your revenues are declining or you don’t have any revenue at all! Revenues don’t appear overnight; even the greatest success stories had to work hard to start getting traction and growth. Pivoting’ is spoken about a lot in the tech world.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Architecture Revenue Channel 157

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2011

Then Greg Snead, also from Tacoma, discussed Orbiter , an RFID venture that is moving along quite nicely, having clocked more than $700,000 in revenue last year. Orbiter expects to give its investors a 15 times return on investment based on their current pipeline and revenue forecast. Happy Grasshopper. Social Pulse.

San Jose 115

San Jose Entrepreneur United States Washington 115

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Every model has a happy outcome when a founder is trying to convince himself or herself, a team, an investor, or even a spouse that the venture ahead is a good idea. If the founders aren’t drawing market salaries, then true profitability may be overstated. How and why to build this early model are important decisions.

Valuation 48

Valuation Forecast Seed Money Business Model 48

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2012

They need to realize that investors ask for projections, not merely as predictions, but more as commitments from the founder and his team. Next comes sales volume by channel. This forecast is really their commitment. The holy grail is break-even, when revenues first catch up with the outflow. Margin is everything.

Forecast 238

Forecast Burn Rate .Net Business Model 238

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2011

They need to realize that investors ask for projections, not merely as predictions, but more as commitments from the founder and his team. Next comes sales volume by channel. This forecast is really their commitment. The holy grail is break-even, when revenues first catch up with the outflow. Margin is everything.

Forecast 230

Forecast Burn Rate Startup .Net 230

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

Last year we hosted a K9 Founders’ Hardware Geekout at the The Kennel and talked through a bunch of the issues that arise in hardware companies. These design houses do a phenomenal job, but it is up to the founders to choose the right firm for their product, and then manage the cost and timeline for the design process.

Software Review 48

Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

It’s hard to do, which is why most demand generation advice merely advocates adding another channel or tool to the heap. At a bare minimum, correct goal tracking in Google Analytics identifies the most valuable on-site user behaviors and attributes them to a marketing channel. But demand generation isn’t a pile of tactics.

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Demand Vertical Campaign Channel 132

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Yet we used the product development model not only to manage product development, but as a road map for finding customers and to time our marketing launch and sales revenue plan. After that there’s a discussion of how the product will reach the customer and the potential distribution channel. Marketing is at its peak.

Silicon Valley 263

Silicon Valley Product Startup Product Development 263

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

The market regards equity as an ownership “share” in a corporation’s income revenue stream. Equity for Co-founders. Founders can compensate them in either equity or salary as per their preference. This range decreases if there are more founders. Make forecasts about the company’s performance.

Valuation 108

Valuation Equity Warrant Common Stock 108

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2010

They need to realize that investors ask for projections, not merely as predictions, but more as commitments from the founder and his team. Next comes sales volume by channel. This forecast is really their commitment. The holy grail is break-even, when revenues first catch up with the outflow. Cash flow is king.

Forecast 151

Forecast Startup Burn Rate .Net 151

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

We can't make a 5-year plan or a 10-year forecast right now, but we know there are investments we can make today that will set ourselves up for success in the future. I think about this in customers and protecting your employees and customers, always protect your P&L, your revenue. So, how are you investing in being even better?

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

He is the founder and CEO of Stackify. I said in the intro and it’s funny how many founders of companies start companies because they can’t find something or they can’t get something solved, so they just solve it by creating a company. As a founder of a company, a CEO of a company. Go check it out.

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Kansas City CTO Hire Las Vegas Software Developers 40

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Last week, I wrote about Akamai , a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet’s fabric. TripAdvisor, in effect, was a model lean start-up with an engineering-driven, product-focused founder.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2016

You’ll find information on sales and housing prices, forecasts, major trends, issues, and much more. BiggerPockets YouTube Channel. In a series of entertaining and informative videos, Joshua Dorkin—investor and founder of the BiggerPockets website —will walk you through everything you need to know about real estate investing.

Technical Review 69

Technical Review Forecast Database Video 69