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5 “What-Ifs” To Include In A Startup Financial Model

Startup Professionals Musings

In reality, a simple Excel spreadsheet model customized around your assumptions can save you hours and avoid a wasted expense in validating alternative vendor and marketing decisions. Vendor costs are subject to change, customers are fickle, competitors come out of the woodwork and the economy can take a downturn. Marty Zwilling.

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5 Startup Financial Questions Every Investor Will Ask

Startup Professionals Musings

In reality, a simple Excel spreadsheet model customized around your assumptions can save you hours and avoid a wasted expense in validating alternative vendor and marketing decisions. Vendor costs are subject to change, customers are fickle, competitors come out of the woodwork and the economy can take a downturn. Marty Zwilling.

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3 Outright Strategies to Improve SaaS Customer Success

Guy Nirpaz

Outright helps small businesses to organize their finances. The sales model for Outright is entirely customer driven: the sales process is self-service (zero-touch selling). The sales model for Outright is entirely customer driven: the sales process is self-service (zero-touch selling). Define a customer engagement funnel.

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Doing Financial Projections Right (A Five Step Process)

Growthink Blog

How much research into customers and competitors should I do? This might look like building revenue projections based on the conversion ratios of web traffic to inquiries (phone, e-mail, text, etc.) Business Planning Entrepreneurship Financing Investing Jay Turo Management Venture Capital'

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Doing Financial Projections Right (A Five Step Process)

Growthink Blog

How much research into customers and competitors should I do? This might look like building revenue projections based on the conversion ratios of web traffic to inquiries (phone, e-mail, text, etc.) What is the actual “projections-making” process? Is Microsoft Excel my only “tool” option?

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Growth Hacking Without Venture Capital

Software By Rob

You can grow without money, but only if you stop imitating the startups that have closed a round of financing. You need to define your funnel, track the conversion rates for each step of your funnel, and then adjust and optimize the funnel accordingly until you’ve reached acceptable conversion ratios.

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Growth Hacking Without Venture Capital

Software By Rob

You can grow without money, but only if you stop imitating the startups that have closed a round of financing. You need to define your funnel, track the conversion rates for each step of your funnel, and then adjust and optimize the funnel accordingly until you’ve reached acceptable conversion ratios.