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Episode 9: Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry | The Bcast

Up and Running

This week Peter and Jonathan talk to Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software, about lean business planning, strategy, tactics, specifics (milestones), and the forecast. Listen to Episode 9: Show notes: What is Lean Planning? Lean Business Planning by Tim Berry – (31:21). What’s the lean mean? – (:25).

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What a CFO Can Do For Your Agency

Duct Tape Marketing

Jason is a Co-founder of Thriveal, a firm that helps entrepreneurial CPA firms connect, learn and grow. He’s also the CEO of Blumer CPAs where they serve as an advisory firm for the design marketing and creative agency services niches. Just like adding a partner is pretty tricky, but it does work. I appreciate it.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

o Their strong skill was online media buying and optimization – they rarely would do CPA deals – mostly buying CPM. Called Tim Spicer (c-companies partner) and he told him matt, they only want one thing, more warrant coverage!!! They were actually selling long distance at 20-30 mil run rate signing people up on plans.

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6 Crucial Kinds Of Expenditure Your Startup Needs To Prepare For

YoungUpstarts

In today’s rough-and-tumble startup scene, “lean” is all the rage, and the ability to cut costs without compromising performance is prized above virtually any other managerial competency. Most lean startups simply don’t have the wherewithal to get a dozen consumers in a room somewhere. One is healthy, even necessary; the other is not.

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How to Form a Corporation

Up and Running

Consider finding and working with a CPA and a lawyer. Ideally, you will interview a few candidates and pick the partners you feel comfortable working with for a long time. Also, creating a quick lean financial forecast will help ensure your business idea is viable and financially sound.

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A Simpler Plan for Startups

Up and Running

This is an excellent use of the Lean Business Planning methodology , based on a simple Lean Plan combined with regular updates and revisions. A few key topics might be enough to discuss the plan with potential partners and team members, as a first phase. And you can do a simple Lean Business Plan in less than an hour.

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Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Startup Lessons Learned

A great product enables customers, developers, partners, and even competitors to exchange their unique currencies in combinations that lead to financial success for the company that organizes them. These concepts have important implications for any lean startup. These concepts have important implications for any lean startup.

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