Forecastr blog

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How to Build the Ultimate Revenue Formula

As founders, almost every action we execute supports maximizing revenue, whether directly through sales or indirectly through our mission and values.

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Our Top 10 Favorite Financial Modeling Articles

If you’ve searched “how to build a financial model” on the Google machine recently, you’ve already seen an information overload on conflicting strategies, repetitive information, and perhaps some dubious guides to success. The team at Forecastr...

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How To Win Investors Over with Your Financial Model in 5 Steps

The investor pitch creates a narrative behind the vision of your startup. As founders, we spend hours perfecting the slidedeck and building inspiration through problem solving. Your financial model may only provide a piece of this narrative, but it...

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Income Statement 101

As a business founder, I’ve discovered people start companies for two fundamental reasons: (1) to solve a problem in the world and (2) to make money. Because I’m coming to you from the perspective of a financial technology company, let’s dive into...

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Financial Modeling for Operations: Part 3 – Capitalization in Finance

If you haven’t already, check out the first and second installments of of this series where I shared the first three key initiatives in optimizing customer acquisition and growth: the growth plan, the revenue plan, and the expense plan. In this...

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Financial Modeling for Operations: Part 2 – Revenue & Expense Plan

Last week, I discussed how to optimize customer acquisition using objectives from the growth plan in your financial model. Like I shared last week, to maximize revenue as a business manager, you must analyze every step of the funnel and test...

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Financial Modeling for Operations: Part 1 – Growth Plan

A crucial driver of your company’s growth is the effectiveness, and efficiency of your customer acquisition. To optimize revenue as a business manager, you must analyze every step of the funnel and test strategies that optimize success. In this...

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Make Your Model “Fundraise Ready”

Check out our full webinar covering how to use a financial model for fundraising

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How Financial Modeling Can Help You Build Trust With Investors

In the COVID age, financial modeling isn’t the first thing on most founders’ minds. The pandemic has created an environment unknown to the modern world, and many founders are facing unprecedented operational change.