Steve Blank

MARCH 17, 2020

Here are a few thoughts about operating in uncertainty in a pandemic. The questions every startup or small business CEO needs to ask now are: What’s my Burn Rate and Runway? Burn Rate and Runway. To answer the first question, take stock of your current gross burn rate i.e. how much cash are you spending each month.

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Up and Running

APRIL 30, 2020

Each scenario combines the key numbers in the hypothetical case and explores the impact on the bottom line, and helps you define your cash burn rate and runway. Before I started my own business I was a market researcher, doing forecasts. Scenario analysis optimizes the combination of numbers and intuition.

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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.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

I encourage entrepreneurs to correct course with a re-forecast early and often. Sean Colrock, Director of Client Partnerships at Wiss & Company , suggests at a minimum you track: cash on hand; fume date; and burn rate. The organization replaced the budget with a quarterly forecasting and planning process.…

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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.

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Up and Running

APRIL 6, 2020

You need cash in the bank to operate, to pay employees, and to keep the doors open. This can be a daunting task, but the best place to start is understanding and calculating your cash burn rate and your cash runway. How do you calculate the burn rate? This total number is your Gross Burn Rate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2015

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.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Many startups focus on growth (instead of profits) and often need to track KPIs that may be different from those used by established businesses: Burn rate : indicates the company’s negative cash flow or how quickly it’s spending money. This metric helps determine how much cash you need for operation and expansion.

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Up and Running

MARCH 26, 2020

To gain control, you need to focus on operational activities that put cash in your hands. But step one, today, is focusing on stabilizing and maintaining your operating cash flow. . If you don’t currently have a forecast, that’s OK. We have plenty of free forecasting and business planning documents available to get you started.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

This is the rate at which a company uses up its capital to finance overhead before generating positive cash flow from operations. As a measurement of negative cash flow, the burn rate is what you need to compare all your forecasts to so you don’t run out of money prematurely, and by lowering operating costs appropriately

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

As a rule of thumb, most new businesses need a margin above 50 percent, even on wholesale prices, to cover operational expenses and survive long-term as a business. Calculate cash-burn rate and investment timing. Project your cash burn rate to keep at least 18 months between venture capital or angel investments.

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Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2020

Specifically, if you have an ongoing sales forecast , and expense budgets linked to that forecast, then you have instant visibility for making quick adjustments to sudden change. . It shows how the actual sales (in blue) were above the forecast (in green) until the sudden drop when the crisis hit. H ow to do a sales forecast.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We call that “burn rate” these post-Internet days. Get this number from your sales forecast. The analysis requires a single number, and if you build your sales forecast first, then you will have this number. Instead, you may want to use your regular running fixed costs, including payroll and normal expenses.

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Berkonomics

JULY 1, 2021

I recently coached a CFO in a small company to urge the CEO to stop working upon the operational issues and focus upon the future, even if that meant a pivot to protect the business as the world was changing in that industry at an accelerated rate. What is the role of a chief financial officer in growing and protecting the company?

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Up and Running

MAY 22, 2018

Demonstrating to investors that you have a handle on key business metrics as they relate to your business model and forecast is essential. Next, you have to be able to show how much can you earn with your product, and how quickly—in other words, you need to be able to show your forecast. The monthly cost of operating the business.

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