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04/11/2024

There’s no question - if you’re running a startup, you NEED a financial model. But starting from scratch is a daunting task, and using a template is just slightly less intimidating.

What most founders don’t get right is that there’s an underlying logic to a financial model. You need to understand what your company does to make money: where it’s investing, where it’s spending, and how everything comes together for your bottom line.

We call this “Driver Based Modeling” and it supercharges your spreadsheet so you can project your runway, keep your cashflow in check and plan your fundraising rounds all in one place.

We’ll host an intensive one-week LIVE workshop so you can learn the basics and have a chance to get your questions answered. It starts next Monday, April 15th. See you there?

https://slidebean.com/financial-modeling-course-for-startup-founders

PS: for a limited time, use code LASTCALL at checkout for a $50 discount.

03/19/2024

How do you scare a founder with just one word?

CHURN!

Startup founders often worry about the causes of churn, such as poor product-market fit, inadequate customer support, or pricing issues.

These concerns can keep them up at night, but it's important to remember that addressing churn is an ongoing process.

Losing customers can be a significant blow to revenue and growth potential.

You can minimize churn and improve customer retention over time by listening to customer feedback, analyzing data and trends, and implementing improvements.

What's keeping you up at night?

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You SHOULDN'T be overlooking these if you are a startup founder pitching investors:

Crafting a pitch deck is more than just filling up slides with data. It needs to tell a story, sell and idea, and convince potential investors of the opportunity.

Here, we share 6 elements we consider shouldn't be overlooked when writing a pitch.

03/06/2024

A pitch deck is a summary of a company story. We are using slides to give arguments on why this company is awesome. And we can simplify this into these questions:

⚾ What’s the status quo? - The Problem and the Solution slides answer this.
🥎 What is the product, and how does it make money? - This is represented in the Product, and Business Model slides.
🏈 How is the market responding to it, and how big can it get?- This is answered by the Go-to-Market slide.
🔮 And why is this company going to be great? This is where we get into competitors, competitive advantages and Team.

03/05/2024

Writing a first investor pitch deck is an overwhelming process for many startup founders. From calculating your market to figuring out your go-to-market strategy, financials... we get how many founders just get stuck halfway.

The first challenge here is a pitch deck is a tool to paint a quick and exciting picture of a business opportunity. Sometimes that idea is not fully formed, or sometimes the founders haven't had the chance to sit down and figure out some key business components.

By solving your pitch deck, you are solving many strategic decisions about your business.

03/04/2024

How do you estimate the revenue of an -commerce business?

There are many kinds of financial models; this one is closer to a Forecasting Model, which is used for financial planning and analysis (FP&A).

In a nutshell, what an effective model should do is,
1- Take an estimated ad/growth/marketing/sales spend.
2- Estimate the revenue generated from it.
3- Estimate the costs associated with generating that revenue, including team, office, server, etc..
4- And finally, give you an answer on whether this combination of variables in making the company grow.

For early-stage startups, the model should take in:

A. The team size
B. The team expansion

Then, compare it to the available cash from (perhaps) a round of funding.
That way, you’ll understand what the exact company runway is.

If you've done your model right, you should be able to scale your team and your budget, understand the revenue impact of those changes, and measuring how much that will affect your runway.

03/01/2024

Have you ever wondered: DO YOU NEED A CO-FOUNDER?

About this, Rei Inamoto, the chief creative officer for AKQA, says:

"To run an efficient team, you only need three people: a Hipster, a Hacker, and a Hustler.
Let's meet them:

🧦 The Hipster usually joins the team as a designer or creative genius, and they'll make sure the final product is more remarkable than anything else out there.

🕹️ The Hacker should be able to build and scale the product so that millions of people can use it without crashing.

🎯 And finally, the Hustler: a somewhat misunderstood team member. They will be in charge of selling the company's vision (to the investors) and the product (to the customers).

3️⃣ minds are better than 2️⃣. Three is also an odd number that's better when holding votes. And besides, three co-founders should sum up all the skills you need to get your business to a fundable position.

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You will always get a NO

Unless you avoid these 5 most common mistakes founders make when looking for investors:

1️⃣ Fundraising to hire the essential team

The founding team should be able to cover all the main bases for what needs to get started.

If you don't have the technical or marketing knowledge, try finding a co-founder who believes in the project before considering hiring.

2️⃣ Requesting an NDA

Investors never sign NDAs to see your pitch deck.

No matter how groundbreaking the product is, no matter how many patents you can get.

A pitch deck is an introduction to the business. It shouldn't deep dive into sensitive topics - that comes later.

3️⃣ Approaching the wrong kind of investors

Venture capital isn't for every company.

If you want to raise money from Silicon Valley-type investors, you need a business that can scale to ~$100MM/yr.

Companies that don’t fit this profile can access other types of financing.

4️⃣ Raising too much money

I've seen entrepreneurs with no team, product, or revenue, pitching a round of $5MM. Rookie move

Raising money is diluting your company ownership: you want to raise the least amount of money possible

That’s why a good Financial Model is important 😉

5️⃣ Showing that you're desperate

Investors like healthy, fast-growing companies. They are drawn to the promise of great returns!

Few investors will want to join a sinking ship (bankruptcy).

The less you need them, the better your position for leveraging better terms.

02/28/2024

In the startup world, it is a Pitch deck, not a business plan, that gets companies funded.

The perfect pitch deck should achieve 3 things:

It needs to:
1. Tell a story.
2. Convince investors that they can make money with this.
3. Demonstrate the problem and your solution.

All in under 4 minutes!

Crafting an impeccable pitch deck involves more than just a simple presentation; it is an artful blend of storytelling, financial forecasting, and problem-solving.

A successful pitch deck should not only outline the business concept but also illustrate the market opportunity with concrete examples and data.

By weaving together a narrative that resonates with the audience, founders can effectively communicate the value proposition and differentiate their venture from competitors.

02/27/2024

Here's an oversimplified workflow of how the process works for most businesses.🗒️

A1- Create a Business
A2- Get Traction
A3- Find out if you need venture capital, and why
A4- Create a Pitch Deck
B5- Find investors
B6- Get Intros
B7- Email Pitch
B8- Meeting
B9- Negotiation = Time
B10- Get a Lead investor and Sign a Term Sheet
B11- Get Money

Does it sound familiar? What's different in your case ⁉️

This YouTube Channel was an Accident 02/23/2024

Our YouTube Channel was an Accident

Recently, we hit a massive milestone: 500,000 subscribers! 😮
We threw a party with our company to celebrate, bringing together a diverse crowd of supporters and collaborators. But here's the kicker – many had no direct involvement in our videos!
In this video, we're diving into the story behind our accidental success. 😎 Make sure to SUBSCRIBE to our Startup Club by Slidebean Channel!

This YouTube Channel was an Accident For videos about startups, check out our new Startup Club channel ► https://www.youtube.com/ favorite videos to make are our Tech Nomad seri...

02/21/2024

In the middle of a presentation, make sure you look at people in the eye- especially those who are distracted or falling asleep.
Eye contact with the presenter forces you out of those Reddit memes and back into the presentation.

02/20/2024

Remember, slides are there to illustrate the point you are making.

If you are waking someone through a deck and your deck overwhelms them with information, they will either pay attention to you and ignore the deck or, worse, try to read the deck and ignore you.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: How Much Money Should You Raise?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. 02/16/2024

Join Caya, CEO and Co-Founder of Slidebean, in this exclusive online webinar designed to help you understand Forecasting Startup Funding Rounds.

🗓️ March 5, 2024.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: How Much Money Should You Raise?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join Caya, CEO and Co-Founder of Slidebean, in this exclusive online webinar designed to help you understand Forecasting Startup Funding Rounds. This webinar is tailored for entrepreneurs who are eager to strengthen their fundraising understanding and optimize their business strategies. Don't miss t...

02/15/2024

How do company valuations work in startups?

At its core, a startup valuation is like betting odds: agreeing on how much to risk and what reward to get if the investor is right.

But a bunch of things come into play. In a startup, it’s likely that more investors will come in the future, so the chunk of the pie left to founders needs to be enough to keep them motivated and working hard for years or decades to come.

Timeline photos 02/14/2024

What story is your presentation telling? 💬 Always focus on the content FIRST. Wait to open your presentation platform until you've solved the content, and do that in a distraction-free place, like notes.

Even a boring company report could be told as a story. 📖 So, as you write the slides, think about yourself as a storyteller, making each slide about nothing more than one point: One idea per slide!

And remember: slides are there to illustrate the point you are making.

02/14/2024

Startup valuations are a mess!
And they’re probably one of the most confusing parts to deal with for every founder.

One example is the case of Adam Newmann, the founder of WeWork, who raised $350M for his startup with a valuation of $1B. It may sound unbelievable, but it's true. We actually made a video about it, titled "Why WeWork's Founder is Still Rich - Company Forensics: Fact vs. Fiction".

But let's consider a less extreme scenario. When Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin started Facebook, they agreed to a 70/30 split on their founder equity. These are known as common shares. Later on, they brought in Peter Thiel as an investor, who invested $510,000 for approximately 10% of the company.

It's important to note that this investment was made in the form of new shares issued by Facebook. Now, you might be wondering how many of these original Facebook shares $510,000 could buy at that time.

At that point, Facebook had no revenue, assets, or anything tangible. In a typical company valuation, this would be considered a 409A Valuation in the US. According to traditional standards, a company with no revenue and only expenses would be deemed worthless.

However, in the case of Facebook, that assumption was proven wrong. Today, Facebook is valued at a staggering $891B. This goes to show that valuations are not only based on the present value but also on the future potential of a company.

So, when it comes to startup valuations, it's a delicate balance between vision and reality. The valuation must consider both the future potential and the current worth of the company.

Now, let's discuss the impact of startup valuations on investment decisions by venture capitalists and angel investors. Do you think startup valuations influence their investment choices? What factors should be taken into account when determining the valuation of a startup, especially if it has no revenue or assets?

02/13/2024

Ever thought of your startup shares as slices of a pie? 🥧

Here's the truth: startups are more like building blocks – bricks, to be precise. Let me break it down for you.

10/03/2023

Creating a financial model for a startup isn't just about numbers; it's about telling a genuine story. The emphasis here is on authenticity.

One common misstep we've noticed in the startup world is the tendency to assume a consistent 10% or 15% growth rate, almost like a formula for success. It's tempting to create a hockey stick chart that looks impressive on a pitch deck. However, this can raise a red flag for potential investors who sense that the necessary groundwork may be lacking. 🚩

The correct approach involves a few key steps:

Start by identifying the sources of your future customers (think marketing, SEO, and other strategies).
Allocate a budget to cover these expenses.
Then, use metrics like conversion rates, cost per click, or cost of acquisition to translate those expenses into revenue.
In essence, you need to invest upfront to generate revenue—just as you would in the real world.

Should you wish to assume faster company growth, you'll need to be ready to increase your spending to drive revenue or consider the possibility of improved conversion rates.

Keep a close eye on your assumptions; if they begin to seem unrealistic, it's a clear signal that a pivot in your business strategy may be necessary.

Wondering where to formulate and fine-tune all these assumptions? Your Financial Model is the answer! 😉

05/30/2023

Remember the Golden Age of air travel? ✈️💫 Nowadays, flying has become a nightmare, but is it really the airlines' fault? 🤔💸 Watch our latest video where we talk about how flying became a NIGHTMARE.

05/02/2023

Have you ever thought about how your personal data is being used by tech companies? But what about our data privacy?
We think of ourselves as customers of these free products, but - you are not a customer.

You’re the product.

03/20/2023

A few days ago a $200B bank, SVB, failed within just two days, causing panic among its clients and risking thousands of jobs. This event highlights the fragility of the banking system and raises important questions about government regulation and the risks of relying on a single bank. Check out our latest video where we cover what happened with SVB and how this impacted hundreds of startup founders worldwide.

03/08/2023

With the rise of platforms like TikTok, we’re seeing a new era of marketing unfold. Short-form, engaging content is the name of the game, and brands are scrambling to figure out how to make an impact on this new platform.
“The end of marketing as we know it” is the name of our latest video. Make sure to check it out! 🍿👩🏽‍💻

02/28/2023

Think you know who's in charge of Silicon Valley? 🤔
The tech industry is dominated by a powerful group of billionaires known as the "PayPal Mafia."
Watch our video now, to uncover the secrets behind their success.

02/17/2023

It's easy to judge the young, the inexperienced, the ones with no idea how to fix the mistakes that previous generations have made, but, is there really a clash of generations or just a misunderstanding of different values?
Watch our latest video and let us know your thoughts.

02/07/2023

The FTX story highlights the importance of trust in cryptocurrency. The real victims have suffered due to greed and manipulation. It’s time to acknowledge the impact this has on the future of crypto. Join us as we explore the deeper implications of the FTX story.

01/31/2023

From humble beginnings to a giant illegal monopoly, Ticketmaster's story is one of a company allowed to grow unchecked and lawmakers seem to not understand or just don't want to.

🎫 How did this happen and why has it been allowed to continue for so long?

Watch our latest video about why Ticketmaster shouldn't even exist.

01/27/2023

Despite being the birthplace of many successful tech companies, the high cost of living and decades of history and policies, have led to a crisis.

We went to Silicon Valley to understand the real consequences of being a tech hub.

Check our recent video out and let us know your thoughts.

01/25/2023

Are digital nomads ruining paradise? Watch our video as we uncover the impact in Costa Rica's beach town of Nosara.

La VERDADERA causa de las recesiones económicas 11/11/2022

Caos global, inflación desenfrenada y una crisis financiera inminente.

Y una pregunta persiste: ¿cómo terminamos en esto? Y, lo más importante, ¿quién es el responsable?

Hablemos de crisis financieras en este episodio de Company Forensics. Ve el video aquí: https://bit.ly/3TnzWh2

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