Burn Rate Channel Forecast 
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 15, 2013
Using your data, here are the basic elements of the projection process, which are measurable by milestones, and can be tracked to show when a re-forecast is required: Start with sizing per-unit profitability. Next comes sales volume by channel. This forecast is really their commitment. Plan to re-forecast every quarter.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan. These bubble startups were actually guessing at their business model and did premature and aggressive hype and early company launches and had extremely high burn rates – all predicated on an IPO to raise more cash.
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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Most aspiring entrepreneurs understand that you can’t build a business if you won’t commit to delivering a product or service, but many are hesitant or refuse to commit to any financial forecasts. External investors will demand a financial forecast, but it’s equally valuable to you, even if bootstrapping.
VC Cafe
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
Forecasting is sometimes done by dragging the mouse based on many assumptions, because it’s hard to predict the future. One question that keeps coming up when speaking with early stage entrepreneurs when it comes to funding, is what metrics the company needs to hit to raise seed/series A/B etc: What’s a good conversion rate?
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Most aspiring entrepreneurs understand that you can’t build a business if you won’t commit to delivering a product or service, but many are hesitant or refuse to commit to any financial forecasts. External investors will demand a financial forecast, but it’s equally valuable to you, even if bootstrapping.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 9, 2012
Using your data, here are the basic elements of the projection process, which are measurable by milestones, and can be tracked to show when a re-forecast is required: Start with sizing per-unit profitability. Next comes sales volume by channel. This forecast is really their commitment. Plan to re-forecast every quarter.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 22, 2011
Using your data, here are the basic elements of the projection process, which are measurable by milestones, and can be tracked to show when a re-forecast is required: Start with sizing per-unit profitability. Next comes sales volume by channel. This forecast is really their commitment. Plan to re-forecast every quarter.
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