[SiliconBeach] Pre-revenue sales forecasts

2013-09-23 Thread Steven Noble
Hi all, Have any of you had to prepare a short but convincing sales forecast when you are still largely pre-revenue? How did you go about it? I can estimate my total addressable market -- the research market, which Esomar says is worth $32.1 billion. But of course I'm initially targeting a

Re: [SiliconBeach] Pre-revenue sales forecasts

2013-09-23 Thread Elias Bizannes
All pre revenue forecasts are bullshit. You're selling a story so pick the data that sounds the most convincing. Costs allocated per unit help for profit calculations not sales forecast.  What might make sense is to pick an activity which drives sales and use that to scale your revenue

[SiliconBeach] Re: Intro

2013-09-23 Thread Stu Richardson
Hey Chelsea Welcome to Melbourne! Feel free to drop by the York Butter Factory (http://yorkbutterfactory.com), or check out the Hub and Inspire9. There is always a friendly face and plenty going on across these co-working spaces from Meetup Groups to Hackathons and everything in-between as

[SiliconBeach] UOW eClub Meeting in Sydney: Young Entrepreneurs

2013-09-23 Thread Stéphane RECOUVREUR
The UOW eClub https://www.facebook.com/UOWeClub meeting at the Sydney Business School (Circular Quay) will focus on young entrepreneurs who started their first business venture while still in high-school. They will talk about their experience, the challenges they faced and what it takes to get

[SiliconBeach] (Another) Article on Start-ups Location

2013-09-23 Thread Kevin Garber
https://miter.mit.edu/why-does-location-matter/ I think Sydney (and Australia) don't capitalise on the lifestyle here enough to try get momentum in the ecosystem. I believe by forging links with companies in San Francisco, Israel, etc, and getting them to get a presence here we may be able to

[SiliconBeach] Re: We have space office space in Brisbane to give away to the right person

2013-09-23 Thread speldie23
Hi Gerard, What a generous offer! We are moving up to Brisbane - will be there from 30 October onwards. Would be really interested in having a chat to you about this. We run The Social Deck http://thesocialdeck.com.au/ - a small social marketing agency focussing on working with startups and