When trying to value an early-stage startup and you have little information or want to estimate a potential value for a business, the venture capital valuation method is the right place to start.
How to Build a Robust Business Budget?
Budgeting is an essential part of business management, and there are many different ways to build a business budget. This post covers the entire budgeting process and covers the popular budget methods applied to startups and medium-sized businesses.
What Is The Real Goal of a Startup Financial Model?
There are a few misconceptions around financial models. This post helps you focus on the true goals of a startup financial model and how to execute them.
How to Build a Robust User Base Forecast For a SaaS Startup?
Breaking down the process of building the user base forecast starting from the customer acquisition in a simple and understandable language and avoid (as much as possible) any “pro” terms and acronyms.
Forecasting vs. Budgeting: Which One is Right For Your Case?
Budgeting and financial forecasting are two entirely different planning tools. Keeping them separated could strengthen the business financial management. Here’s why.
Pre-IPO Analysis: Intro to Private Market Investing
These are the notes from a guest lecture I gave to business school students in May 2020. We wrapped it in a white paper design so you can download and share it with friends, family, and colleagues. Enjoy.
These External Factors That Can Risk Your Startup Valuation
This post highlights the external factors in each valuation method that have a substantial impact on the startup valuation but are totally out of the management team's hands.
7 Tips for Acing Your Startup's Sales Forecast
After modeling almost every business idea and business model possible, I want to highlight seven practical tips that I learned the hard way of building a sales forecast.
Top 5 Elements To Boost Your Startup Financial Model
Your financial model doesn’t have to be mediocre. Implement these 5 simple elements in your financial model to elevate it from okay to excellent.