Tuesday, November
th
24
Warm Up: What are you grateful for? Put it on the
board!
Please get out pen/paper to take notes … we’re
going to talk about finance!
Finance Introduction
Finance answers some extremely important
questions:
What will it cost to run my business?
How much money can I expect to make?
Will my business be profitable?
Two Major Components:
Revenue Streams
Cost Structures
Each aspect will have several components
Revenue Streams
revenue model
Pricing
customer lifetime values
revenue
gross margin
Revenue
The amount of money that a company actually
receives during a specific period, including discounts
and deductions for returned merchandise. It is the
"top line" or "gross income" figure from which costs
are subtracted to determine net income.
DON’T confuse Revenue with Income
What is the Revenue
Model?
A revenue model describes how a business generates
revenue from its products and services (FYI, also
called “revenue stream”)
It is one of the key components of the business
model
There are many kinds of revenue models …. You’ll
read an article to determine the one that fits your
business best
Nine Categories of
Revenue Models
divided the revenue models to nine major categories:
A. Commerce and retail
B. Subscriptions and usage fees
C. Licensing
D. Auctions and bids
E. Advertising
F. Data
G. Transactions/Intermediation
H. Freemium
I. Revenue model types common in financial services
industry
Focus ONLY on your revenue model
Now What?
Create a document in your google drive
Title it “finance”
Create the following sections:
Revenue Streams
revenue model
pricing
customer lifetime value
revenue
gross margin
Create a paragraph under “revenue model” that explains your
business’ revenue model. ASSUME the reader doesn’t know
what a revenue model is and is NOT familiar with your
revenue model
Monday, November
th
30
Warm Up: Mr. Reck just walked into the room.
Explain to him what a revenue model is and why it’s
important to be able to explain it for your business.
Today … PRICING
How do you determine
price?
What should I charge for my products/services?
Many factors to consider …
Competition
What kind of customers you want
DON’T low ball
What are your costs?
Value of your product
There’s no right or wrong answer (boo!)
Pricing
Read the article on pricing and determine pricing for
your product/service
KEEP TRACK OF YOUR calculations, put them right
into the finance document under the pricing section
(see next slide)
It’s likely you may go back and adjust your prices
I recognize that you don’t know your costs at this
point … that’s one reason you will likely adjust these
numbers!
Pricing Calculation
Example One
Home Cleaning Service
Reviewed three competitors and what they charge:
ABC, charges $40/hour, 2 hour minimum
DEF, charges flat rate of $120 for first cleaning,
$100/monthly cleaning, $80/every two weeks cleaning,
$65/every week cleaning
GHI, charges $45/hour, no minimum
Looked at economics for Livingston County
I’m going to offer something special for customers: NO
pre-cleaning prior to my professional cleaning!
Decided on: $45/hour, no minimum, will estimate for
each cleaning job
Pricing Calculation
Example Two
New type of insulated cup, competes with Tervis
Pricing of Tervis cups: $17.99 small, $24.99 for large
Looked at other brands of insulated cups
ABC: $12.99 one size only, small
DEC: $18.99 large
There are cheap versions of cups you can customize on
websites like Shutterfly. You pay a premium price, $22.99
but get a low quality item.
Need to break into this market as an unknown
My unique value proposition is you can put your own
logo/photo on my insulated cup
Pricing: one size, large, $22.99
Tuesday, December
st
1
Warm Up: Check yourself …. You should now have
two sections of your finance document complete:
Revenue Model
Pricing
FYI: Mrs. H is BEHIND on grading, will be plowing
through all your work turned in before break and
yesterday this evening ….
Today: customer lifetime value
Customer Lifetime
Value
Answers many questions…
How much is every customer “worth” to my
business?
How much repeat business can I expect? – which
then leads into:
How much am I willing to “pay” to gain a customer?
How much will my customers spend on my
product/service each time?
LTV Formula
Write this down!
(Average Value of a Sale) X (Number of Repeat
Transactions) X (Average Retention Time in Months or
Years for a Typical Customer)
Average Value of a Sale = every time a customer uses
your product/service, how much will you PROFIT?
Number of repeat transactions = how OFTEN will your
customer use your product/service in a given time
frame? (week, month, year)
Average Retention Time = how long will your customer
stay with you?
Your job …
Read BOTH articles
TAKE notes
Begin to calculate your LTV
Take very detailed notes for every component
Put your THINKING into the LTV section of your
finance document
Trust me, you will REVISE this number
Meanwhile, I’m going to come around, see your
revenue model and pricing
Wednesday, December
nd
2
TWO WARM UPS:
Log in and check your grades, they are updated
Second, calculate the LTV for the following scenario:
Donut shop
Average customer purchase: $5
Profit: 30% of sales
Frequency: twice a month
Length I’ll have a customer: 2 years
LTV Formula
Clarification
Write this down!
(Average Value of a Sale) X (Number of Repeat Transactions) X
(Average Retention Time in Months or Years for a Typical
Customer)
Average Value of a Sale = every time a customer uses your
product/service, how much will you PROFIT?
Number of repeat transactions = how OFTEN will your
customer use your product/service in a given time frame?
(week, month, year)
Average Retention Time = how long will your customer stay
with you?
Today
Complete your Life Time Value calculations, making
notes in your document for EVERY detail
Make sure your Life Time Value notes are up to date
as well, expect to be tested on this finance
vocabulary!!!
Thursday, December
rd
3
Warm Up: Get an income statement from the table
for “Company A”. Read it an answer these
questions:
What’s the difference between revenue and income?
Is this company profitable? How do you know?
Today: Calculating revenue
Important Notes
Revenue vs Sales vs Income
Revenue – Expenses = Income
Revenue – expenses directly associated with selling
the product/service = GROSS profit
Revenue
You already have pricing, now we need VOLUME
Start by calculating for a given period of time – a
day, a week, a month … whatever makes sense
Conservatively estimate sales
For example, if the hot dog vendor across the street
sells 100 hot dogs per day, it would be unreasonable
to project sales of 1,000 hot dogs per day on your
side of the street.
Calculate
Determine what the best-case scenario is and
calculate your sales to be a percentage of that figure.
Professionals generally use approximately 33 percent
of the best-case scenario.
Example
Donut shop
Daily Sales:
Ideal: 50 dozen (600 donuts)
600* .33 = 200 donuts sold in one day
200 * $1.50 (avg price for 1 donut) = $300/day
Open 6 days a week
$300 * 6 = $1800 revenue per week
Open 52 weeks a year
$1800 * 52 = $93600 revenue per year
Blank Template
Weekly Deliveries:
Ideal: _________________________
___________* .33 = __________ deliveries in one week
______ * $_________ (avg cost/delivery) =
$____/week
Open 52 weeks a year
$______________ * 52 = _______revenue per year
Your Job
First, find an article online that talks about
calculating revenue for your type of business
Read it
Cite it in the Revenue section of your finance
document
Take a few notes, summarize what you learned
Second, calculate your revenue for one year
Show your work!!!!!!
Friday, December
th
4
Warm Up: Go to my website, read the finance article for
today. Take notes on the seven definitions.
NOTE: Even DECA district students should do this, great
terms to know. When done, work on your practice test
for DECA
Today:
DECA test day information
Complete your revenue for one year and document the
article related to your specific revenue model in your
finance document
Monday, December
th
7
Warm Ups:
First, check your grades. They are all updated!!!
Second, open your notes from Friday’s article about the
seven definitions. ONLY have your notes in front of you,
a piece of paper and a pen or pencil.
Today:
POP formative quiz
Discuss finance terms
Gross margin
Finance Terms Pop
1. What’s the “bottom line”?
2. What’s the difference between fixed and variable
costs?
3. What does it mean if my business is highly
leveraged?
4. Give three examples of capital expenditures.
Finance Terms
From article: Finance Terms Every Serious
Entrepreneur Should Know
http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/08/startupsfinancial-terms/
Bottom Line
Net Earnings
Net Income
Overall Profit
Gross Margin
Sales Revenue – Cost of producing goods/services
Expressed as a percentage
Gross Margin / Sales Revenue
How much of every dollar will the company keep to
pay it’s operating expenses (and for profit)
Gross Margin Example
Pencil Sales
Revenue: $100
Cost $40
Revenue – Cost of goods sold= Gross Profit
100 – 40 = $60
Gross Margin: Gross Profit/Revenue = Gross Margin
60/100 = .60 or 60%
Which means, for every dollar in sales, 40 cents goes to
pay for the item you sold and 60 cents is available to
pay your other expenses and for profit
Fixed vs Variable costs
Fixed: cost doesn’t vary with volume of
goods/services
Variable costs: vary depending volume
Which is related to Gross Margin?
Equity vs Debt
Equity: money you have received from investors
(including yourself) to run your business
Investors get a piece of ownership for this
Debt: money you borrow from a lender that must be
repaid
Accounting equation:
Assets = liabilities + (Owners) Equity
Leverage
Amount of money you borrowed to start your
business.
If you have more debt than equity, you’re considered
“highly leveraged” – and that means very risky
Capital Expenditures
Items your business purchases that create future
benefits
PHYSICAL goods and services
Machinery
Computers
Office furniture
It’s unfortunately NOT IT costs (so NOT the cost of
creating your app, for example)
Concentration
How much of your business comes from any given
customer?
Costco Example
Michigan Rehab example
“Are you putting all your eggs in one basket?”
Now … Gross Margin
How much does it cost me to provide these
goods/services for you to sell?
Think VARIABLE costs
As you research, take excellent, detailed notes!!!
Wednesday, December
th
9
Warm Up: Check your finance document. You
should have five complete sections:
revenue model
Pricing
customer lifetime values
revenue
gross margin
Make sure they are all present, the document is in
your shared folder. You’re turning in a draft version
of the Revenue Model today
Today …
Finalize Revenue Model
Review practice finance terms quiz
Next practice quiz tomorrow
Quiz Tuesday
revenue model
Pricing
customer lifetime values
revenue
gross margin
All seven finance terms
See next page …
Customer Acquisition
Costs
Read article on CAC on my website
Answer, in writing, these three questions:
What is CAC ?
How you can measure CAC?
What steps can you take to improve CAC?