Social Media Platform – Dynamic 10 Year Financial Model (Excel XLSX)

BENEFITS OF THIS EXCEL DOCUMENT

1. Presents a business scenario of a Startup Social Media Platform Development.

SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY EXCEL DESCRIPTION

This product (Social Media Platform – Dynamic 10 Year Financial Model) is an Excel template (XLSX), which you can download immediately upon purchase.

A social media platform is a digital space where users create, share, and interact with content such as posts, photos, videos, and messages. It enables individuals and businesses to connect, communicate, and build communities around interests, trends, or causes. Features often include user profiles, news feeds, likes, comments, and sharing tools. Social media platforms play a major role in communication, marketing, and cultural exchange in today's digital world.

This Financial model presents a development scenario of a Social Media Platform providing a robust financial framework to evaluate profitability and support strategic decision-making. It includes assumptions and calculations of Initial Investment Costs, Paid and Organic Users Acquisition, 2 different revenue sources (Subscriptions and Advertising), Platform Direct Costs (Direct Payroll, Support, Hosting, etc.), Payroll, Operating Expenses, Fixed Assets & Depreciation, Financing through Debt & Equity and Exit Valuation assumptions in case of a potential sale of the business.

The model follows Financial Modeling Best Practices principles and is fully customizable.

Detailed instructions for the functionality of the model are included in the Excel file.

Inputs:
•  User Acquisition metrics (Paid & Organic, Churn Rate)
•  Subscription Revenue Assumptions (3 types of subscription packages, 3 types of payment plans, subscription fees, and discount % per package)
•  Advertising Revenue Assumptions (Number and length of sessions per user, impressions, effective cost per Mil, etc.)
•  Direct Cost Assumptions (Direct Payroll, Hosting, Subscribers support, etc.)
•  Payroll per Department, OpEx & CapEx Assumptions
•  Financing & Capital Structure – Uses & Sources of Cash analysis (Financing through Equity & Debt)
•  Exit Year Scenario & Valuation Multiples

Outputs:
•  Monthly Operating Budget
•  Budget vs. Actual Variance Analysis
•  Dynamic 10-Year Forecast (3 Statement Model)
•  Summary of various KPIs and Financial Ratios (Revenue & Cost Metrics, ROE, ROIC, Profit Margins, etc.)
•  Performance Dashboard
•  Business Valuation (incl. DCF, Terminal Value, Unlevered & Levered Cash Flow, Project Return Metrics & Sensitivity Analysis)
•  Investors Distribution Waterfall Model
•  Project Executive Summary

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