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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

Companies that reliably fail to make their forecasted numbers are exceptionally prone to “management retooling.&# Luckily, we also discovered that certain other metrics, like LTV and CPA were much better than we initially projected. Even that early, it became clear that 4% was not an achievable goal.

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5 Critical Things Entrepreneurs Need to Know about Managing Their Company's Finances.

Small Business Force

This doesn't mean you have to become a CPA or go take a boatload of accounting courses, but, at least, learn to understand what's in a basic income statement and balance sheet and what they mean. So here are the 5 most critical things you should know most about and use to best manage your financial resources: 1. What are yours?

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

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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