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5 “What-Ifs” To Include In A Startup Financial Model

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience, the top candidates will include the following: What if you have to cut your targeted price? Pricing is always a tricky issue. You need to quickly calculate the long-term impact on profitability of pricing and business model changes. What if you need to change your market size and volume projections?

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5 Startup Financial Questions Every Investor Will Ask

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience, the top candidates will include the following: What if you have to cut your targeted price? Pricing is always a tricky issue. You need to quickly calculate the long-term impact on profitability of pricing and business model changes. What if you need to change your market size and volume projections?

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Add Real Value To Your Startup With A Financial Model

Startup Professionals Musings

The way to start is with a sample financial model, freely available from many sources on the Internet, such as this one from Entrepreneur. In my experience, the top candidates will include the following: What if you have to cut your targeted price? Pricing is always a tricky issue. entrepreneur Excel financial model startup'

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6 Ways To Drive Success Through Customer Experience

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneur of the Year” finalist. This will create a connection with them, which demonstrates more value than price or quality. One metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). This works by asking your customers for feedback, and dividing them into three categories: Promoters. Detractors.

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Interview with Robin Richards, CareerArc

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Richards--a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of technology companies here, including NTI Group (sold to Blackboard), Internships.com, MP3.com, com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. Our interview this morning is with Robin Richards , the CEO of Los Angeles-based CareerArc (www.careerarc.com).

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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” I mention journalists here because they perpetuate the myth that focusing on profits is ALWAYS the right answer and then I hear many entrepreneurs (and certainly many “normals”) repeating the same mantra. I have had this discussion with many a first-time entrepreneur. If you don’t, somebody else WILL!”

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‘Customer Experience’ Is Today’s Business Benchmark

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneur of the Year” finalist. This will create a connection with them, which demonstrates more value than price or quality. One new metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). This works by asking your customers for feedback, and dividing them into three categories: Promoters. Detractors.

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