Up and Running

MAY 14, 2015

Business plans go by many names: Strategic plans, operational plans, internal plans, and many others. Your company’s sales forecast, spending budget, and cash flow. Build from your working sales forecast and expense budget to complete financial projections. Lately, I’ve been focusing on lean business plans.

Business Plan 60

Business Plan Lean Forecast Balance Sheet 60

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

In this post, I want to lay out the details involved in how I first realized the opportunity, the formation of the business idea, the search for my supplier, the establishment and growth of the business, problems encountered and lessons learned, as well as the exit strategy that resulted in the $250,000 sale of the business.

SEO 97

SEO PPC America Search 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Financial forecast and metrics. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit. Otherwise, identify your preferred exit strategy, including specific candidates for merger or sale, and timeframe.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Estimate your basic expenses and forecast sales to ensure that you can make a profit with your business. Choose a name for your business or choose a brand name you know you can trademark. Have you registered your business name? Register your business name. Register for a domain name that matches your business name.

Elevator Pitch 60

Elevator Pitch Startup Balance Sheet Forecast 60

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Financial forecast and metrics. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit. Otherwise, identify your preferred exit strategy, including specific candidates for merger or sale, and timeframe.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Set a specific time each month to review it , comparing forecasts to actuals and revising as necessary. Your executive summary will include the following sections: Who you are: Your business name, location, and contact information. . Your funding ask and exit strategy, if applicable. This is your value proposition.

El Paso 61

El Paso Business Plan Technical Review Forecast 61

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Name the other subscription boxes that appeal to your niche. A competitive matrix lists the company names down the left column and particular features across the top row. Add the milestone’s name, due date, budget, and person responsible to a calendar to put “ some bite into your plan and management.”. Competition. Milestones.

Business Plan 63

Business Plan Curation Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 63

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Financial forecast and metrics. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit. Otherwise, identify your preferred exit strategy, including specific candidates for merger or sale, and timeframe.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Financial forecast and metrics. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit. Otherwise, identify your preferred exit strategy, including specific candidates for merger or sale, and timeframe.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Name the three top ones, and present your sustainable advantage as well as barriers to entry for new startups. What are your forecasts for revenue, expenses and cash flow? Forecasts are evaluated as a level of commitment and a measure of your business savvy. Who are your competitors, and how do you win?

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

It seamlessly creates a deal folder (company name) in our Google Drive, and notifies us that a new deal has entered the pipeline via Slack. For example, some private equity funds are quantifying their exit strategy in a concerted way. This tool serves to standardize & automate the process of collecting inbound deal flow.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Sloan put in place GM’s management accounting system (borrowed from DuPont) that for the first time allowed the company to: 1) produce an annual operating forecast that compared each division’s forecast (revenue, costs, capital requirements and return on investment) with the company’s financial goals. What happened to him? Who was he?

Silicon Valley 184

Silicon Valley United States RSS Customer Development 184

Up and Running

MAY 22, 2018

Say their name, age, gender, location, occupation, income level, interests, and so on. Demonstrating to investors that you have a handle on key business metrics as they relate to your business model and forecast is essential. Describe your exit strategy. Who will benefit from your product or service? Don’t be coy.

Exit Strategy 90

Exit Strategy Angel Investor Search Elevator Pitch 90