What you’ll learn
- Build financial models for your startup business
- Forecast cash needs for your startup business
- Model user growth
- Model revenue
- Model expenses
- Model attrition
- Model various different business models, from tech to brick & mortar
- Use best practices for financial modeling
Introduction
Course overview
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Jumpstart
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Why Lemonade Stand?
Modeling a lemonade stand
Jumpstart Part 1: Unit economics (1)
Jumpstart Part 1: Unit economics (2)
Jumpstart Part 2: Calculating the labor cost & selling price
Jumpstart Part 3: Single product, single location
Jumpstart Part 4: Strawberry premium
Jumpstart Part 5: Multiple Locations
Jumpstart: Summary
Q&A: Section 2
Review & Recap: Section 2
CHALLENGE: Pop Up Business Model
Before you build your model
What questions are you trying to answer?
Map it out & Caveat on modeling
Q&A: Section 3
Review & Recap: Section 3
Modeling best practices
Always start with the end in mind
Clear over clever
Always do sanity checks
Start small & simple
Define constraints
Utilize Google!
Modeling best practices quiz
Q&A: Section 4
Review & Recap: Section 4
Case study: YouWorks Co-Working Space (part 1)
Introduction to YouWorks, our first case study – Sanity check
YouWorks – Modeling revenue
Modeling growth
User segmentation and the difference between users & customers
User segmentation: YouWorks example
Usage segmentation
Think in terms of funnels
Follow up on funnels
Modeling growth rate
Modeling attrition
Modeling growth quiz
Review & Recap: Section 6
Modeling revenue
Free, but ad-based
Affiliate model
Freemium model
Subscription model
Pay per use
Free product, pay for service
Tiered pricing
Base plus features pricing
Review & Recap: Section 7
Modeling startup costs & expenses
Startup costs & operating expenses
Headcount & labor
Modeling rent & office needs
Modeling hosting expenses
Adding contingency
Modeling startup costs & expenses quiz
Putting it all together
Review & Recap: Section 8
Case study #1: Standard Assembly programming bootcamp
Standard Assembly – Overview
Standard Assembly – Model overview & Startup costs
Standard Assembly – Modeling Revenue
Standard Assembly – Modeling expenses
Standard Assembly – Summary
Case Study #2: YouWorks Co-Working Space (part 2)
Getting re-acquainted with YouWorks
YouWorks – Startup Costs
You Works – Modeling Revenue
YouWorks – Modeling Expenses
YouWorks – Summary
Case Study #3: Fancy Bread, mobile app for renting offices
Fancy Bread – Overview
Fancy Bread – Model Overview & Startup Costs
Fancy Bread – Modeling Revenue
Fancy Bread – Modeling Expenses
Fancy Bread – Summary
Case Study #4: ScholarPRO & its inevitable doom
ScholarPRO – Introduction
ScholarPRO – Assumptions & Data part 1
ScholarPRO – Assumptions & Data part 2
ScholarPRO – Income Statement & Expenses
ScholarPRO – Graphs, Simple Revenue, & Scenarios
Case study #5: Tee Lounge, a brick and mortar business
Tee Lounge – Overview
Tee Lounge – Model overview & Startup costs
Tee Lounge – Modeling Revenue
Tee Lounge – Modeling Expenses
Tee Lounge – Summary
Case Study #6: SaaSForce SaaS Startup
SaasForce – Overview
SaaSForce – Model Overview & Single Salesperson Economics
SaaSForce – Modeling Revenue
SaaSForce – Modeling Expenses
SaaSForce – Summary
Case Study #7: “Smoked Chili” Fast Casual Mexican Restaurant
Smoked Chili – Overview
Smoked Chili – Model Overview & Menu Economics
Smoked Chili – Modeling Revenue
Smoked Chili – Modeling Expenses
Smoked Chili – Summary
Bonus Section
INTERVIEW: How to Raise Venture Capital for Your Startup
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