Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

What metrics do we use to see if we learned enough in Customer Discovery ? I gave my boilerplate answer, “I’m a product guy and I tend to invest and look at deals that have measurable revenue metrics. Dave McClure has some great metrics…” It was an honest but vaguely unsatisfying answer.

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

I also spoke with Michael Hutchens , CEO & Cofounder of BPM Global , which helps organizations more efficiently build and maintain financial models. It’s misleadingly precise to have two digits to the right of the decimal in a CAC/LTV multiple for year 3 of your forecast (“Customer Acquisition Cost”/”LifeTime Value of Customer”).

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Over the last four years, the coal industry has witnessed an ongoing transformation on a global scale – from decreased demand in the US to growing fuel needs in Asia and rising concerns about climate change. She also serves as an advisor for the sales and acquisition of coal-related assets and develops forecasts of U.S.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 18, 2024

An effective ERP system, such as SAP ERP , combines financials, supply chain, operations, reporting, manufacturing, and human resource activities and facilitates integrated and streamlined processes. In finance, for example, ERPs deliver real-time insights into costs and performance, fine-tuning budgeting and forecasting.

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Up and Running

MAY 30, 2022

It keeps them on track, even when the global market rapidly shifts as we’ve seen in recent years. An often overlooked purpose of a business plan is as a tool to define success metrics. This includes financial statements such as your profit and loss, cash flow, balance sheet, and sales forecast.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

In order to achieve 20x growth, Snap needs grow both of those metrics 4–5x. Global smartphone revenue is about $420B. To be clear, I can’t forecast the details of how an augmented reality OS should work. I won’t dive into cost structure in this blog post, but let’s think through how Snap could grow revenue 20x.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We’re looking at our lean business planning is about strategy, tactics, concrete specifics including milestones, metrics, tasks and schedule, and essential numbers to run a business, all of which lead to managing cash flow. That’s the sales forecast, the spending forecast and the cash flow. It is not a document.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. Over the past few decades, better metrics became available, and investors could take a more analytical, data-driven approach. ” Historically, investing was a manual, artisan process.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 13, 2014

They mean it as well with eMarketer forecasting that the global eCommerce trade is expected to increase by 20.1% This improved user experience is the key to the improved uplift and key metrics for Show. With the advancements of today’s technology, online is becoming the norm for many shoppers. this year to reach $1.5

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

Painting the scenario of how things will evolve, Cort Isernhagen of IDC Insights forecasted at the recent Infocomm Technology Roadmap Symposium 2012 that the ICT landscape over the next 10 years needs to consider four macro trends supported by four key pillars of technology. What will the future of InfoComm Technology (ICT) be like?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

The increased supply on the global markets has made it virtually impossible for the price of crude oil to rise without increasing the demand or the price of it. The disparity between the two metrics was most pronounced in February 2015 when the price was trading just shy of $2 per gallon. However the price of crude oil remains $36.19

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2014

Most of today’s CEOs, CFOs, chief operating officers, boards of directors, and shareholders speak the language of this hard edge. It’s their comfort zone: numbers, metrics, analytics, logistics, strategies, and a well-defined and easy-to-see ROI. Effectively managing the supply chain. Superior number-crunching and analytics.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Set a specific time each month to review it , comparing forecasts to actuals and revising as necessary. Maybe you want to expand into international real estate markets and reach a global client base. Your operations plan. Milestones and metrics that you’ll need to hit to be viable. Operations. Financial plan.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

Instead, the global pandemic has turned 2020 into its most harrowing year. You become a global company. One by one the markets in which you operate shut down. If you're in the travel business, a global pandemic is an existential threat. People, not just metrics. 8:22) On how crisis reveals character. (9:11)

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

Since sustainability is synonymous with business resilience, climate change regulation compliance, and long-term financial success, it’s a mainstream consideration for industries globally. As a result, the EU calls for a global ban on certain plastic products to combat pollution.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Salesforce.com just has average to below-average profitability" Everyone would agree that the value of an operating asset is defined by the sum of its discounted future cash flows. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Global warming: a plague for humanity? Global Warning! Tuesday, September 02, 2008. for Lawson?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2018

It’s the kind of environment where people may think that concepts like business forecasting or change management are all well and good, but really the province of big businesses – not more fledgling organizations. It happens because they often neglect the forecasting and planning that helps them prepare.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2019

What to do with AI: Predict churn ; Identify which offers to send to an individual; Accelerate innovation; Personalize content; Account-based marketing ; Algorithmic attribution; Forecast future lift; Predict blame. Why our CRO jobs will die: Teams operate at different paces. Historically that’s been expensive. Not anymore.

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