Finding the right impact partner with Simon Griffith

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Scope out a new partnership to provide impact for your business and be sure you're putting money where it makes the most impact.

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~30 minutes over 5 videos

About 2 hours of work to do it solo

Bunurong land, Kulin nation

tag: planning tag: design tag: impact

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1 Brainstorming the lockup.

We’ll be starting with the most basic building blocks of a financial model: Some assumptions about your business and the main sources of revenue.

2 Research impact area.

Now that we have some revenue, it's time to work out our costs. We start with how much it costs to sell one of whatever it is you're selling. Depending on the sort of business you are running, these costs could either be a lot, or a little.

3 Finding partners.

Next, we work out what are all the other costs that go into operating your business. Depending on the sort of business you are running, these costs could either be a lot, or a little.

4 Evaluating potential partners.

In the final section of the model, Amanda helps you pull together the CapEx expenses, interest and depreciation as well as tax. This gets a bit complicated but will help you finish up your model .

Evaluating potential partners.

Will and Amanda work through the final part of the template with you, using their 'Muffin shop' example.

5 Setting up a meeting.

In the final section of the model, Amanda helps you pull together the CapEx expenses, interest and depreciation as well as tax. This gets a bit complicated but will help you finish up your model .

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