Sheets in the marketplace financial model

Marketplace financial model

If you want to quickly understand what is in the marketplace model, here are all the sheets and a brief explanation so you know what is in the model.

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Summary of all the sheets

This is a one-liner explanation of what is in each sheet.

SheetsComment
FormattingInput your model start dates and basic formatting assumptions
ControlModel variables are centralised here. You can set sheets to be simple or detailed, how marketing works etc. You can start out with simple calcs and then make them more detailed if you like. You can also turn some sheets on/off
P&L ActualThis is the P&L of your actual numbers. Put in your actuals and they get represented in your combined P&L. A few actuals feed into the forecasts
P&L Forecast Detailed forecast P&L of your startup. Output of all your assumptions. This is the P&L you care about most
P&L CombinedThis combines the forecast and actual sheets together so numbers progress
P&L for deckThis combines the summary forecast and actual sheets together for the first 12 months and for 3 years annual to insert in your pitch deck. Do whatever you want to it
Dep - TaxCalculate your depreciation (there is no amortisation) and your tax simply
ChartSummary of charts from across sheets. Use to sense check trends etc
Source and UseUse this to figure out how much to raise and to present your 'sources and use' of money you raise in your 'ask' slide
KPI ForecastA detailed summary of all your forecasted KPIs
Expense calcsCalculates your customer care related and technology costs, which aren't calculated directly in the Staff sheet
StaffForecasts for all staff (Other than support and sales staff), and all the related staff and G&A costs
Support Staff - D & SCalculates customer support & success staff automatically on the basis of your forecasts
Sales Staff - SForecasts your sales staff requirement automatically on the basis of your sales forecasts. I assume you will only have sales team for the supply side
Revenue - SCalculates your revenue for the supply side. You can choose what streams you have
Revenue - DCalculates your revenue for the demand side. Basically the same as the supply sheet
ConversionAssumptions for converting registrations into customers and the calculations for it
RegistrationsYou use this sheet for the simpler ways of calculating registrations from marketing. If you do the detailed marketing everything effectively just flows from the marketing to conversion sheet
Marketing - SCentralises marketing traffic from all the marketing sheets on the supply side. Applies conversion rates to create 'registrations' on your site (Which then buy in the conversion sheet).
Marketing - DSame as the supply sheet but for demand
Paid & organic - SOrganic growth and paid traffic to the site. Feeds to the traffic build in 'Marketing'
Paid & organic - DSame as the supply sheet but for demand
Email - SCalculates the sign ups to your email database. Feeds to the traffic build in 'Marketing'
Email - DSame as the supply sheet but for demand
Blog & Social - SCalculates the traffic that comes from promotion activities by blogging and social media. Feeds to the traffic build in 'Marketing'
Blog & Social - DSame as the supply sheet but for demand
Channel Sales - SCalculates the leads from channel partners and supporting staff costs. Feeds to the traffic build in 'Marketing' under leads and in the staff costs
Channel Sales - D Same as the supply sheet but for demand

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