Founders (CEO)
I’m an entrepreneur. I’ve started and failed many times, but I’ve also scaled large companies. I have the benefit of being fricking good at making models in Excel which is why I decided to make these models for you. You have limited time and budget so if you are going to allocate time it needs to be worthwhile.
Idea stage
Whether you are a first-time founder, or you are two exits in and back on the horse, this model can help you. There are just so many things going on and you need to be able to focus. I’ve made a very logical model which asks you to provide assumptions for it all. Whilst this might on the face of it seem annoying, I keep being told how much it helps. You are forced to think about what matters and if you don’t have the data, go and get it on the way to PMF!
Seed
After you have hustled and found some success, you need to start sitting back and reflecting on what you’ve been doing and what you’re going to do next. More than just the need to grow, you need to do an exercise on how every aspect of your company is going to deliver on that from sales to marketing. The model will help you dive into details you ignored before and realize how they could kill you soon.
Series
Owning a model with firepower is incredible for startups that are scaling. You take your metrics seriously and need to deliver large growth. You don’t want to be messing about building functionality, you want to put in what you’ve been doing and see how that is going to play out in the future to hit your next big round.