July 10, 2014, Jana Scharfschwerdt, Interim CFO of Somea People Partners, led a workshop for BSA teams on developing their financial plans.
More slideshares from Jana: http://www.slideshare.net/scharfschwerdt
More information about the company: http://www.someapartners.de/
3. j.scharfschwerdt@someapartners.de
3JScharfschwerdt
Proof-of-Concept
Business Angels
Financing options
Accelerator / Crowdfunding
Venture Capital
Crowdinvesting
Incubator
Bank loan
Idea
Proof of
Concept
Realisation
Scaling
Product develop.
Finding/Testing a
business model
1st customers
Product improve-
ments
Product / Market
Fit
Brainstorming
and team building
Realize revenues
Roll out model
Install processes,
standards and
projects
Optimize processes
Expansion
Internationalisation
Startup/Early Stage
Later Stage
Analysis
Seed
Pre-seed
...is a great start for fundraising
8. j.scharfschwerdt@someapartners.de
8JScharfschwerdt
Investment criteria § YOUR business model
§ Subscription, listings, market places, do
you pile up physical stock?
§ Cashflow = earnings ?
§ Where does the money come from and
where do you invest
§ Metrics to watch
§ Different sources of financing and is
tailored to receiver
§ Who and how will you be using it
internally ?
A clean and clear model
shows....
9. j.scharfschwerdt@someapartners.de
9JScharfschwerdt
Please avoid to be kicked out, so don‘t ...
§ Build it too complex and confusing
§ 5+ sheets
§ Linking cells can not be followed
§ Forget to mirror the business model
§ Make it static, so the investor can‘t play with assumptions
§ Content that conveys the wrong message:
§ Liablibities that drag cash out of the firm
§ High founder‘s salary
§ Sending it as PDF or only on NDA