Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. GE’s gross margin was 21% last year, compared with 28% at United Technologies and 30% at Siemens.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Angels invest in one out of every forty deals they review (2.5%) versus the one out of 400 by VC’s (0.25%). They are professionals with full-time jobs, who often don’t have time for due diligence (and may not even know how to do it) and often make decisions through trusted referrals or based on gut feelings (more on gut feelings later).

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 21, 2017

In terms of acquisition, they ask more specifically: “How can we trade balance sheet assets (cash, equity) in exchange for executing our strategy better?”. Even if this costs more than 2 years of in-house assembly, it’s still worth it, due to accelerating revenue growth due to up-sales and market-differentiation.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok. but that’s our firm’s money on your balance sheet. This is why investors really like SaaS software companies where you have recurring revenue and your largest customer accounts for < 5% of your revenue and your renewals rates are > 90%.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Start by doing monthly financial statement analysis on your cash flow statement , income statement , and balance sheet. If you’re not sure where to start or what you’re looking for when you do this type of review, check out this guide. . Review your financial statements often. against your current operating needs.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Before answering this, let’s take a look at what happened in the global software and cloud market over the last year. Global market snapshot The world now has 10 software and cloud giants worth more than $100B, representing $4.1T We’ll also see the emergence of more low code / no code platforms that address specific vertical needs.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

The global market for CBD oils is expanding due to their medical efficacy. A number of cannabis tech companies have also begun to take advantage of the opportunity in the marketplace. Technology. If you are in the extraction end of the business, read up on technologies that will optimize your operations.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2021

However, in scenarios where you have to estimate a more precise and technical value like estate planning, litigation, and transactions—rules of thumb do not provide an accurate value. Software (system and application) 0.7 Valuation techniques can materially undervalue or overvalue business interests. Computer peripherals 2 5.8

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Eric Friedman

JANUARY 1, 2023

The underlying technology is here and in game progress should be transferrable. Far fetched, but with a balance sheet that is gigantic and the Peloton stock around $38 ($12bln market cap) at the time of this writing, I could see this making a lot of sense. -1: 2022 Predictions Legend = -1 = -.75 1: Nailed it. 1: Failed it.

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The underlying technology is here and in game progress should be transferrable. Far fetched, but with a balance sheet that is gigantic and the Peloton stock around $38 ($12bln market cap) at the time of this writing, I could see this making a lot of sense. -1: 2022 Predictions Legend = -1 = -.75 1: Nailed it. 1: Failed it.

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Board Effect

APRIL 15, 2024

Let’s look beyond numbers on a balance sheet. So, how do we gauge our progress? Let’s examine our retention rates, ensuring that our teams reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Effective leadership and governance thrives on diversity of perspectives and diversity of perspectives doesn’t just happen.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

9:33) Scaling Up Excellence , process debt, technical debt, and human capital debt, plus rapid prototyping during the pandemic. (13:58) 28:12) The pandemic as a moment to invest in people and technology, have a plan and execute. And as you start to lean into this conversation, is how you think about your balance sheet, right?

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Up and Running

JULY 22, 2014

Balance sheet. But if you want to be technically correct in your terminology, go ahead and call your financial statements “pro forma.”. Consider this: What happens when you send out an invoice to a client, but they don’t pay it by the due date? Balance sheet . Cash flow statement. Sales forecast.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. It takes less to start a business these days – We all know that it takes less to start a technology company these days.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

If you’ve never written a business plan before, Bplans also offers a library of sample medical business plans that you can review or even download to use as a model. Encourage your patients to review you online, too. The operations section of your business plan covers how your business works, from the logistics to the technology.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. Inside the Mind of a Technical Founder | OpenView Blog by Larry Kim – crowdspring.co/1u7Fz1b. SaaS Startup Balance Sheets: How Much Cash & How Much Debt to Raise – crowdspring.co/XyDAJ3. WordStream – crowdspring.co/1tOs1vg.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Then there are the kinds of insidious liabilities that don’t show up on a traditional balance sheet. And with liabilities down and assets up, we are left with that most beautiful piece of our business balance sheet - equity. MPulse (SaaS), acquired by JDM Technology Group. DNT Express (logistics) secured $2.2M

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 3, 2020

Sometimes scaling too quickly can cause holes in other departments that you may miss, due to the balance sheet going up. Being in software development for many years, I have worked on a wide range of projects. To make my name a brand in the world of digital marketing & technology (AI/Blockchain).

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 5, 2014

” If you’re in the technology industry you can probably answer but as I discovered this holiday season, most of my extended family and childhood friends were a bit fuzzier on the concept. Because it’s the balance sheet for the most important resource I have: my time. “A Venture Capitalist?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 2, 2022

2021 may have been a bad year for some people especially due to COVID-19 pandemic while, to others, it was a great year. We embraced technology and the human need to stay connected. We had a great year from a balance sheet standpoint. The end of every year is the opportunity reflect on a 365-day journey.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

You’ve reviewed what a business plan is , and why you need one to start and grow your business. The company overview provides a quick review of the company’s legal structure and location, as well as some background on the company’s history if you’re writing the plan for an existing business. Read more ». Company Overview. Read more ».

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

A far bigger one is simply analyzing anything more than the barest minimum of balance sheet - "i.e. As in admitting that one is really not that serious about growing and sustaining a business of lasting value - one agile enough to adapt and evolve in the face of technological and marketplace change, and of competitive threat.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

This mantra is most true for any business in the technology sector. A financial plan with a Sales Forecast, Profit & Loss , Cash Flow Forecast , and Balance Sheet. For existing businesses, Lean Planning is then the process of engaging in reviewing and comparing the planned numbers with the actual numbers.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← I’m in a Book! Most developers start as salaried employees, slogging through code and loving it because they never imagined a job could be challenging, educational, and downright fun.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

VC’s raise this money from university endowments, public & private pension funds, insurance companies, banks who invest from their balance sheet or that of their wealthy clients, “family offices&# which means money from very wealthy people, etc. And funds also have investments from the partners of the firm.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This is due to factors such as maturity, sales cycle, product value, purchase frequency, and customer lifespan. The more customers spend money, the healthier everything looks on balance sheets. ad spend, agency fees, software, etc.)? Secure it, and you’ll earn more followers, sales, and positive reviews.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Past failures of enterprise technology to live up to its promises and ITs lack of agility caused by legacy technology have decreased the influence of the CIO, explained R "Ray" Wang in a piece for Forbes last year. If you want to read more, check out Wangs article for the Harvard Business Review. What do you think? startupcto

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

There are three key financial documents of any business that go here: an income statement, a balance sheet, and a cash flow statement. basic infrastructural costs like phone and internet service, invoicing software, etc…. Any suppliers, manufacturing processes, and any other operating details also appear here. Financial plan.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

This is Sabrina Parsons, the CEO of Palo Alto Software. You need to learn how to read financial statements, statements of cash flow, balance sheets, a profit and loss statement. You also need to look at whether or not you need to update your technology skills prior to you leaving your corporate job.

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Up and Running

JUNE 25, 2014

There’s limited financial information, a lot of times it’s very limited, there’s limited audit balance sheets, income statements and a lot of times the small business financial statements don’t really reflect how the business is performing. The other thing is that small businesses are much more difficult to underwrite than consumers.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

” Our featured speaker was Caroline Cummings, the VP of Business Development at Palo Alto Software. As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. Pretend that you are the investor.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 16, 2017

For example, I recently read a tech business plan that was making a health application for smartphones. If the business idea requires 80 percent of the labor hours to be performed by a software programmer, then the team needs at least one developer onboard. However, the team did not have a single developer or IT specialist involved.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

Understanding this, historically, the government has enacted a number of policies to improve access to public markets and home ownership, such as many changes to the tax code and legislation that famously made 401(k)s opt-out instead of opt-in (lesson: intelligent defaults can change the world). in addition to home ownership.

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