Forecast Restful Revenue Viral 
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Too many entrepreneurs put all their resources in one big make-or-break effort they can’t measure, or they count on word-of-mouth and viral marketing, which are totally unpredictable. Don’t rely on conservative forecasts to reduce risk.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 8, 2020
Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Too many entrepreneurs put all their resources in one big make-or-break effort they can’t measure, or they count on word-of-mouth and viral marketing, which are totally unpredictable. Don’t rely on conservative forecasts to reduce risk.
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 27, 2014
Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Too many entrepreneurs put all their resources in one big make-or-break effort they can’t measure, or they count on word-of-mouth and viral marketing, which are totally unpredictable. Don’t rely on conservative forecasts to reduce risk.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 17, 2018
Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Too many entrepreneurs put all their resources in one big make-or-break effort they can’t measure, or they count on word-of-mouth and viral marketing, which are totally unpredictable. Don’t rely on conservative forecasts to reduce risk.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Too many entrepreneurs put all their resources in one big make-or-break effort they can’t measure, or they count on word-of-mouth and viral marketing, which are totally unpredictable. Don’t rely on conservative forecasts to reduce risk.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers? And without revenue how do we know if we achieved product/market fit to exit Customer Validation?” They’re putting money into web services/business – most without early revenue. End of theory.&#
Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
In another we decended into a debate about our 5 year forecasts (I built the models so fielded most of these questions), and it became clear they probably weren’t the best fit for our Series A round (this group is no longer in the early-stage VC business). The rest, as they say, is history. It was a $4.7M Author howerl.
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