Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month. I often see companies burning $100,000 per month (net) looking to raise $6-8 million.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?” If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. Simplifying: Revenue -. Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) =.
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Software By Rob
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
This is final installment of a 3-part series covering my acquisition of HitTail. Could you talk a bit about the diligence you did during the acquisition? Due diligence is the most important part of the process because it dictates whether you should move forward with the acquisition, and at what price. Photo by psiaki.
Hunter Walker
MARCH 6, 2021
Waze is the $1 billion-plus acquisition that people, well, forgot about despite its size and growth. You should read it all but let me share a specific paragraph here: I took the acquisition as a personal challenge. We made acquisitions. Photo: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images. and it’s a really telling, thoughtful, honest post.
Austin Startup
DECEMBER 17, 2017
John Imlay of MSA occasionally took me on road shows with analysts to talk about his new acquisition Peachtree Software. I will always remember his pre-speech pep talk: “Dyer, your entire net worth rides on not screwing this up.” I got the message. But, credit is due to all these CEO’s for perseverance.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
Your domain name is different from its IP address. Most users find it easier to remember a site name instead of its IP address (a string of numbers, such as 109.87.6.543). Another business may pick up the domain name and prevent or delay your acquisition of it. To check available domain names , follow the steps below.
Austin Startup
AUGUST 29, 2017
Instead, you’re likely spending your time thinking about new customer acquisition (increase in volume) or you are thinking about optimizing salary or production costs. The net impact of all this is that any conversation about price without the other pieces will never yield full success. How do they compare to your competition?
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