Up and Running

JUNE 21, 2013

There are a series of “levers” in your business that will affect your cash position. You need to engage in Lean Planning. Your business is “always on”, even if you only operate between 9 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday. You NEED to understand those levers. You need to listen online every day.

Small Business 153

Small Business Software Review Lean Advertising 153

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

They need to raise money before building anything substantial after determining that they needed a little dough to follow the Lean Startup methodology. One of them used to be a lead developer at [insert hot consumer tech company here]. A discussion around overall business viability, time to market, and capital impact would have ensued.

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Burn Rate Equity Software Review Early Stage 152

Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

You hire more staff than you need, become inefficient with operations, or move to bigger offices. Operating lean should be the mantra of all businesses. The temptation to spend the extra money you have can result in you burning through a large amount of cash with a disproportionate amount of progress and value to show for it.

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Technical Review Valuation Due Diligence Finder 60

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

But if you’re writing a plan as an internal guide for strategic growth, you should consider a lighter version— a Lean Plan. A Lean Plan can also serve as an initial plan that helps you think through all the aspects of starting your business. Operations. Operations. Your problem and solution. Marketing and sales plan.

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Business Plan Curation Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 63

Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users. In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users.

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Founder Conversion Technical Review Cash Position 36

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

I think every company’s portfolio is different, so they’re all different sizes, different stages, different geographies, different cash positions, and different market leadership positions. . I will say the one thing we tell all our portfolio companies is to get fit and lean in. Jonathan Siddharth .

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