YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

by Matt Martin, Co-Founder and CEO of Clockwise. Clockwise for Slack will send you a daily forecast of your meetings to help you prepare for your day. Matt Martin is the Co-Founder and CEO Of Clockwise , an intelligent calendar assistant that frees up your time so you can focus on what matters.

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Up and Running

MAY 24, 2011

Remember, there is no single way to forecast any business. Magda was looking at forecasting sales for a small restaurant. The point of this example is simply that Magda has to find a way to make sense of her forecast. Magda should get on a computer and put her forecast in a spreadsheet. It’s often very creative.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Depending on the composition of the founding team, you might or might not have near-term holes in certain functions at the exec level – e.g. you’ll most likely need to bring on a CTO/VP of Engineering shortly after the seed round if you don’t have a technical co-founder.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 4, 2011

This guest-post is from Joannes Vermorel, founder of Lokad which produces sales forecasts for off-line companies. At the same time, I personally observed at the startup incubator of Telecom ParisTech the impact of one co-founder leaving his company after 18 months. He has a personal blog about cloud computing.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan. ” Fire, Ready, Aim. He just hired Meg Whitman.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 16, 2017

No exit strategy for firing lazy co-founders. First of all, each co-founder should have a specific set of responsibilities with deadlines and consequences for failing to meet those deadlines. Choosing the right co-founder is as important as choosing the right spouse. Also, ask for references.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2015

by Eliot Burdett, co-founder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting. Job Forecast Study ranks sales jobs as the number one job employers are currently looking to fill, ranking 10% higher than technical positions. Eliot Burdett is the cofounder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting , a leading B2B sales recruiting company launched in 2006.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2013

Public data such as traffic light images from the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and weather forecasts from National Environment Agency (NEA) – as well as more than 7,000 datasets from over 60 other government ministries and agencies – are all available for participants to create apps for social good. “The

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

This person can do budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, legal, HR, office moves, etc. “We’re all equal co-founders and we don’t care about titles.&# I usually encourage people to think about titles like, “Founder & CTO&# or “Founder & VP Marketing.&#. and my favorite].

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Kiwi inventory forecasting software StockTrim achieved international sales in the UK, Australia and US immediately after launching in 2017. Now, cofounders Paul Simpson and Dominic Sutton are sharing what they learned during the ups and downs of the journey. StockTrim came out successful – oversubscribed, in fact.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

“If you can fix a problem for someone and do it better, quicker, and/or cheaper than your competitor, you’re off to a good start.” – Gabriel Kuperman, founder and CEO of CuePin. We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

While estimates vary widely, we forecast it may generate up to $5 trillion by 2030 Value Creation in the Metaverse, McKinsey June 2022. We’re excited to partner with early stage founders who see the future in the same way, and are working on the technologies that will help bring this vision forward.

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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. Employees: 20.

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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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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees. The part that I’d like to zero in on is when you’ve got a high growth company what are some of the best practices out there to distribute equity to the founders, advisors, and employees? Equity for Founders. Should founders have anti-dilution rights?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 8, 2019

co-authors of “ The Humachine: Humankind, Machines, and the Future of Enterprise “ Artificial intelligence is at the top of mind of every corporate executive. Sanders, PhD is an internationally recognized thought leader and expert in forecasting, analytics, global supply chain intelligence, and sustainability. Wood, Esq.,

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2012

which really means, are you really so naïve as to have a discussion with a VC and you’re worried about sharing your high-level financial results and forecasts?). Another VC called the co-founder & tech head – Parker Harris. Founder friction / departures. “So why are we here?” S**t rolls downhill.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 21, 2022

Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask startup founders and innovators from around New Zealand, What is one piece of advice you would give to people working on their first startup and why? Thomas Clyma – Cofounder. Tina Chou – Founder. ” Dean Brown – Founder. TheTestMart.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 27, 2020

Overemphasizing culture alone is pointless; if founders and leaders aren’t guiding business growth with a series of stretch but SMART goals —measurable milestones, there won’t be a business culture to manage. . Work culture belongs to everyone that’s part of it, and doing it right takes time and participation.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

To create this first year in business checklist, I turned to our in-house experts here at Palo Alto Software: Sabrina Parsons, CEO; Noah Parsons, COO; Josh Cochrane, Vice President of Product Development; and Josh Fegles, Academic and Government Channel Sales Director, and founder of gluten-free cookie company Jude’s Foods. Business planning.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2014

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. While cash-flow forecasts require skill and patience to prepare, they can sound alarm bells before a liquidity crisis strikes. Anthony Coundouris.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2018

As part of The Startup Magazine founder interview series , we talked with Travis Batiza, the founder of AssuredLeads, a sales and marketing platform serving the insurance industry. My co-founder, Taylor Stinchfield, and I helped build a rapidly-growing insurance agency prior to founding AssuredLeads. Great advice.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor. Jason does an excellent job explaining the math behind more complex subscription forecasting, but also touches on topics like marketing and company culture. As co-founder of Y Combinator and co-founder of the Viaweb which sold to Yahoo!

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. Together with my co-founders, we started by building a simple web app based task manager on PHP called Lunchbox. You can follow him on Twitter, where he is @ChristianReber.

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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.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 3, 2020

Predictive analytics forecasts future outcomes based on current and historical data. That sort of data empowers you to make more accurate financial forecasts and manage capital projects efficiently. Rahul Varshneya is the co-founder and president of Arkenea , a digital health consulting firm. About the Author.

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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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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

1- The Forecast Podcast. The Forecast Podcast from Ahmad Munawar at Boutique Growth has great format and guests (I don’t just say that because I was a guest– I was already a fan). The host is a founder of Dent Global, a business growth accelerator. Photo Credit: Reuben Swartz. Photo Credit: Joseph Robison.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 7, 2017

Employee options pools, typically created at the point of financings, shouldn’t be treated as haggling over dilution, but rather a strategic resource that will help founders build the best team and, by extension, a more valuable company.

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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.

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Up and Running

APRIL 12, 2017

By then, the company forecasts that its total digital business—more than 90 percent of IT software—may reach as much as $15 billion, up from $6 billion now.”. In August of 2016, the New York Times reported that General Electric had high hopes for its new software initiative, Predix. It reported that G.E.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 14, 2024

#5- Significant increase in sustainable business practices Photo Credit: Matt Little As a co-founder of Damien Mcevoy Plumbing and someone who was heavily involved in the lighting sector with Festoon House, I have seen firsthand how the business environment changes.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 18, 2017

Generations X and Y are known for being constantly on their phone; it’s how they read the news, catch up with friends, shop, play games, track their health and fitness, check the weather forecast, listen to music or simply scroll down and get lost in their Facebook feed. by Lucie Marchelot Shukla, Co-Founder of Straight Teeth Direct™.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. But keep in mind at this point Reid’s a first-time CEO.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Franchises Franchises Home Franchise 500 Home-Based Low Cost Top New Fast Growing Top Global Biz Opportunities Franchises for Sale Franchises A Bright Forecast for a Solar Panel Installation Franchise. This is the typical way that a founder determines sweat equity: foregone wages. Here are some tools for tackling the challenge.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

In the mid-1990s, a good friend of mine, Gene Kim (founder of Tripwire and author of When IT Fails: A Business Novel ) and I were in graduate school together in the Computer Science program at the University of Arizona. But it’s hard to say, even with hindsight, that we could have predicted Wikipedia, let alone forecast when it would occur.

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