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How will you know if you succeed?
Starting A New Venture
George BounacosSilver Beacon Marketingwww.SBMteam.com
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About George (aka Why George?)
GMU alum
Judge SOM business case competition
Fairfax County Consumer Protection Commissioner
COO, Silver Beacon Marketing
4 prior startups, plus federal and B2B work
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Universal Successes
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Silver Beacon Marketing www.SBMteam.com
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Without a mission and metrics,
how is success determined?
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Qualified Successes
The Internet – inventors didn’t intend current use
Constantly changing storage media◦Tape (reel-to-reel, cassette)◦Optical drives◦Solid state drives◦Reset to cloud computing
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Measure or
Perish
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Organization
• Umbrella goal
• Strategic Plan – 6 mos.
• Marketing Plan – 6 mos.
• Tactical Plan – 1 month increments
Create a success metric
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Why are we starting this venture? What is our financial plan? Who is accountable? How will we define success? When will our milestones occur?
Questions To Ask
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Funny, but true concept #1
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What does a startup business call Thanksgiving?
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Thursday
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Go All-In
New ventures are not 40 hour / week jobsPrepare to go all-inCommit:
◦Your time◦Your personal resources◦Your reputation
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Warren Goes All-In
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YourFour
Takeaways
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Be RealisticFunding
Cash FlowSales ProjectionsCustomer Service
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Silver Beacon Marketing www.SBMteam.com
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Funding Sources1.Bootstrapping
2.Savings
3.Credit cards
4.Family lending
5. Commercial lenders
6.Govt backed lending
7. Selling equity
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Cash Is King
“Some people around here better get some perspective. My promotions budget at [company] was bigger than this whole place’s free cash flow.”
--COO to Morgan Stanley partner shortly before road show
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Cash Is King
“Someone who owns the company writes on both sides of the paper.”
--the same COO after the IPO blew up
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Cash Is King – The Simple Version
Pay yourself and the team
Pay your suppliers
Pay extraordinary expenses
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Cash Is King – The Real Version
Pay yourself and the team
Pay your suppliers
Pay extraordinary expenses
Lower sales than expected
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Cash Is King – The Real Version
Pay yourself and the team
Pay your suppliers
Pay extraordinary expenses
Lower sales than expected
Litigation / Insurance
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Cash Is King – The Real Version
Pay yourself and the team
Pay your suppliers
Pay extraordinary expenses
Lower sales than expected
Litigation / Insurance
Debt servicing
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Cash Flow – Famous Business Quote
Yesterday is a cancelled check.
Tomorrow is a promissory note.
Today is cash.
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Graphic: allthingsd.com
Hockey StickProjections
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Managers hate unrealistic projections
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…but this projection is actual growth.
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Sales Projections
Your organization’s sales growth will not ramp up like Twitter’s
Or Google’s
Or Microsoft’s
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Sales Projections
KEEP IT REALOr
Go Home
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Customer Service
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Customer Service
25 people learn about 1 negative experience
Who knows if this is true?
Who cares?
Isn’t it enough 1 does?
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Customer Service
Costs to acquire customers almost always more than to keep ones you have.
But who does that work?
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Customer ServiceHiring people costs money.
Average customer service rep salary in Washington, D.C.:
$30,000
Fringe benefits:
$10,000
Explicit Cost:
$40,000 for one person
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Customer Service
Who is answerin
gthe phone
when I go to lunch?
:sigh:
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Customer Service
New organizations must budget customer or client service time.
That is time not spent making sales
…or working on strategy
…or doing anything but holding on to existing business.
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YourFour
Takeaways
Silver Beacon Marketing www.SBMteam.com
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Be RealisticFunding
Cash FlowSales ProjectionsCustomer Service
Silver Beacon Marketing www.SBMteam.com
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BonusTakeaway
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Change
Look for hidden competencies
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Earth’s biggest bookstore
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Starting a New Venture
KEEP IT REALOr
Go Home
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How will you know if you succeed?
Starting A New Venture
George BounacosSilver Beacon Marketingwww.SBMteam.com