Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business Model Affects Metrics and Exit Criteria Web-based Business Model Exit Criteria In a web-business model you’re looking for traffic, users, conversion, virality, etc – not revenue. &# Your choice of Business Model affects the metrics you use in discovery and validation and the exit criteria for each step.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lots of great insight in this Hacker News Conversation about MVPs and getting started - [link]. Creative Forecast: How Marketing Will Change In 2013 | Co.Create – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

The stories he told me during our conversation, somber as they are, show the truth of that belief. You can listen to our conversation on Apple podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever you like to download. 39:34) Humility in leadership and learning from the mistakes. (42:07) Here's my conversation with Carl Liebert.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2017

With each task, project, email, drive-by conversation, meeting, etc., This gives leadership more time to spend going to the gemba , the place where the work is done, to gain a deeper understanding of the organization and the people with their hands directly on the product. #9 individuals dilute their focus and slow their productivity.

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Up and Running

JULY 2, 2018

You must be fully aware of the landscape by talking to team members regularly, on a one-to-one basis, and providing a safe space for honest conversations. In an article on the Forbes magazine, leadership expert David Kruse points to organizational psychologist Liane Davey’s advice on how to counter dysfunctional team dynamics.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Peter, with his rich background in data analytics and his leadership at Databox, brings a fresh perspective to the challenges and opportunities in the world of marketing analytics. The rising importance of predictive AI-driven analytics became clear, hinting at a future where forecasts will shape decisions. So that's pretty new.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

One of the most rewarding aspects of Sales leadership is being “close to the money.” If they are optimists like me, they can forecast growth rates and get motivated about how big the startup can become. It is tempting to include this in your forecast, particularly given the large investment needed to launch an Enterprise team.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

I love business plan competitions (and with my valley-centric bias, I think Berkeley and Stanford have two of the best.) If you are outside of Silicon Valley, you ought to jump into them with both feet. You’ll learn a lot. as one attempt to clearly define how exactly the company is creating value in the market.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 8, 2018

As a segment of the training market, however, marketing lags behind the stalwarts of the industry—sales and leadership training: Search volume for “marketing training” has consistently trailed other disciplines. Source: Google Trends. For every marketer, there’s need. For every facet of marketing, there’s training. Few executives know.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2022

Here is a summary of key strategies and conversations that both of us agree will help your organization evolve into the adaptive social system your business needs to survive and thrive today: Energize the team around a shared purpose. Trying to control what you can’t influence just creates worry and unproductive stress.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2019

For example, leadership can use high-level KPIs to measure the overall performance of the company, and managers can use granular KPIs to gauge the effectiveness of processes, such as sales, marketing, or procurement. Conversion funnel: shows how prospects advance through the marketing funnel in a specific duration. Sales KPIs.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Podcasts are booming and especially for entrepreneurs and business owners it is a way to continue to grow and develop our leadership, marketing and even sales skills while continuing to run our ventures. 1- The Forecast Podcast. Leadership that Works* into digestible bites and is perfect for the auditory learner.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

17:50] Is there a correlation between leadership inside of an industry by how digital it is? [19:02] So I look, I I'll give you an example, uh, the answer to that using like generative AI, which is like the hottest conversation topic in the world right now, right? If only we could do amazing, you know, supply chain forecasting, right?

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

That’s the sales forecast, the spending forecast and the cash flow. You want to show that, and investors need to see the scale of a business that have to do with your sales forecast. They’re going to look first at the sales forecast. That’s a lean business plan. It is not a document.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

I mean, I think, I don't know, I've done several thousand interviews on my podcast over the years, a lot of books on leadership and that idea of a vision for a business is really common idea. How do you manage a conversation towards a desired outcome? John Jantsch (05:26): Let's talk a little bit about that first one.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 8, 2022

John Jantsch (02:51): You know, it's interesting leadership is actually one of the toughest things for a lot of CEOs. And leadership actually is something that they quite often have to learn. I was invested in and I really got kind of the bug for leadership. Then again, you know, really honored to sit in that seat today.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business. They had a great managment team, A list VCs, great technology, excellent sales traction and market leadership in a very exciting space. You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. Lessons from a Failed Forecast.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

accounting/controller, FP&A, demand forecasting, etc.?—?but but at a high level the work output here is usually historical or forecasted view of the business conveyed through GAAP financial metrics/statements, done in monthly, quarterly, or annual cadence. or the need to build dynamic demand forecasting models.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

During our conversation, Todd outlined the fundamental strategies businesses can employ to fortify their financial foundations. But in a lot of small companies, the owner or the leadership team may have a very loosey goosey attitude towards it, and then that opportunity becomes more likely to be acted upon.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 12, 2015

For eCommerce site X, Conversion Rate might be a KPI because their current objectives are tied to reversing key business trends. By this stage your immediate leadership is happy, and it is quite likely you are really kicking some serious butt when it comes to identifying the initial cluster of valuable insights.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 26, 2019

I’m sure he could have done without his VC asking him on the sidelines our latest revenue forecasts :) but we really just kept it personal. We found tremendous value in this idea of a two-city startup with some business leadership / management in one city (LA) and much of the development in another (Helsinki).

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Austin Startup

MAY 26, 2019

We plan all year for this super bowl moment, making sure we design and manufacture the best products & collections, create intense digital marketing/inventory forecasts, get our CX reps trained and ready for the intense call volumes, and so forth. The leadership team abruptly started dissolving. We were all terrified.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Challenges of scaling Jeff and Jay share conversations about grow, growing and scaling subscription businesses with a customer first approach, check out all the episodes. So, so our demand forecasts are off the most common one. Is this too lower risk, too high risk for us to take, can you have that conversation? I mean, that's.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 12, 2021

Your background plays a big role in defining your best entry point — or, conversely, identifying the training you should get before jumping in. Before fully committing to your newfound career in the industry, it’s worth locating your place within it. This, by and large, relies on one factors — your background. Facilitating Esports.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

He was really good at sales and leadership and ran the company from that perspective and I took care of the product to making it work and luckily I was able to grow into it and to figure it out, and looking back. We built a product two years ago that’s been very successful for us. It was a huge piece of the puzzle for us.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2020

Brand promotion: If you can offer a productivity app to your customer, the brand logo being displayed on top automatically promotes the business and creates scopes for business conversion. The app is also capable of sales forecasting. With a productivity app for customers you can instantly make brand promotion.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 8, 2019

For example, the data helps retail managers to figure out their conversion rates. Using the crowd data, they can estimate conversions and measure the success of their campaigns. Amidst of all the research and forecast, the young entrepreneurs need to make data-driven decisions to grow their business.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

And while my relationship with Chuck was critical to my investment, so too was the leadership of Trevor Templar , the Chief Revenue Officer. You might want to ask, “What is the Q3 sales forecast for the central region?” or “Who is the budget holder on our Dupont sales campaign?”

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 27, 2013

Lots of small businesses need a reliable, accurate tool to forecast sales and demand for their product or service. For instance if you are trying to improve conversions, you will need to have a clear understanding of the conversion rates as they currently exist in order to determine whether the test is effective.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

In the first part of our conversation, we talk about the chronology of what has happened to Airbnb, the impacts the pandemic has had on their business and the emergency measures the company was required to take. You can listen to our conversation on Apple podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever you like to download. I am Eric Ries.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

million Americans will use a voice-activated assistant at least once a month, doubling last year’s figure, forecasts eMarketer. Facebook’s conversational UI will fit well in the world of Smart Assistants. This year, 35.6 I don’t normally like to predict things, but here’s one: Home assistants are here to stay.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 19, 2017

I regularly speak with entrepreneurs and executives grappling with these "the world is passing me by" kind of forces and challenges, and I am both impressed and dismayed by the leadership and strategic choices that they try to make to save their businesses from them.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 19, 2020

Review your business cash flow forecast for the next few months and consider how much headroom you need if incoming cash drops. If you think that you may have difficulties with cash contact your business advisor who can help you start a conversation with your bank, landlord, and other stakeholders as needed. Speak with your bank.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Leadership Succession Planning Futureproof the board by identifying and developing future leaders within the organization. Succession planning ensures that future leaders of the organization are well-suited and prepared for their leadership role in the organization.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Success story features Q & A sessions with successful business leaders, keynote presentations, conversations on sales marketing. It's been a total of 30 years of doing this, but 20 years is when I started to create an operating system to help entrepreneurs and their leadership teams run a better business. That was my passion.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The converse of calculating exactly how you will make the first sale, and then the first 10,000, and ultimately work your way up to 1.6 Certain pricing models go in and out of vogue, but nothing beats old-fashioned recurring revenue where the customer gets value and is quite literally locked in for the forecastable future.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

By focusing on prospects who are more likely to convert, businesses can optimize their sales efforts and improve their overall conversion rates. Social Selling Tools – These tools monitor social media conversations, identify relevant keywords and hashtags, and engage with prospects in real-time.

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