Hunter Walker

MARCH 2, 2018

The resulting impact is very profitable, fast-growing success stories with high gross and net margins. So if you believe that in order to access growth capital and consistently trade at a high multiple as a public stock a company needs to maintain the margin-profile of a best-of-class software company, what might be the tradeoffs?

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It’s important to note that cash flow doesn’t give you your net profit. It’s different from net profit in that it also includes the money your company is selling on credit as well as the money it’s borrowing. Basically, cash flow refers to the bird’s eye view of your business’s present financial situation.

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Balance Sheet Management .Net Metrics 81

Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2021

However, in scenarios where you have to estimate a more precise and technical value like estate planning, litigation, and transactions—rules of thumb do not provide an accurate value. Where Net Sales = Annual Gross Sales, net of returns and discounts allowed, if any. Where Gross Profit = Net Sales – Cost of Goods Sold.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). Simplifying: Revenue -. Operating Costs.

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Startup Revenue Technical Review Flash 418

Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

This article originally appeared in the Harvard Business Review. As more and more companies face disruption from globalization, new technology, and startups that have more capital than the incumbents, the continuing cry from Wall Street investors is, “Why can’t companies be as innovative as startups?”. Companies can do anything legal.

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Startup New York City Valuation Distribution 282

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. What accelerated this was the collapse of the public stock markets. Team must be purely technical.

LP 311

LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2021

EMPLOYEE NET PROMOTER SCORE . You may be familiar with the net promoter score (NPS). The ratio of operating cash flow to the net capital gives insights into the financial status and anticipates profits. It is quite challenging to envision stock turnover that occurs all day. INVENTORY TURNOVER. BUDGET VARIANCE. SALES KPIs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Smart entrepreneurs now avoid this option like the plague, due to its unpredictability and the challenges of running a public company. The reasons are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect a big change in the numbers soon, even with recent stock market rallies.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2018

If your expenses are higher than you budgeted for, you need to know how much of that is due to a higher than expected income. It’s not much use working out costs and comparing them to budgets unless you calculate the net percentage increase or decrease. Get the infrastructure sorted. Consumables and miscellaneous costs. Staff costs.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Just ask Blue Apron, which has found itself in the news recently for its poor stock market performance and its widely criticized acquisition-focused growth strategy — not to mention CEO Brad Dickerson’s unwillingness to release its retention numbers. The customer is having technical difficulties, like a poor streaming experience.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2018

You’ll find exceptions to this rule, like Snapchat, which was operating at a loss at its IPO, when it experienced high initial trading prices due to its huge popularity and untapped monetization capabilities. Few buyers will get excited about a company currently operating at a loss. billion within a week.

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Valuation Technical Review Exit Strategy Metrics 145

Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

As a CEO of a technological startup, I often need to find trustworthy information as quickly as possible. And he is not afraid to take bold bets on new technologies and business models. Steve Jobs stands out as the greatest tech disruptor of the twenty-first century. Thanks to Adam Garcia, The Stock Dork ! #20-

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Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 78

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

We All Know That Dollars into Venture Have Gone Up … As a starting point, we know that the dollars into venture have steadily rebounded to pre great-recession levels, with just under $30 billion committed to US technology venture capital in 2015. …But LPs Have Been Putting Out More Money Than They Are Getting Back.

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Venture Capital LP Silicon Valley Marketing 150

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Improve retention Improve consumer perception Sentiment, testimonials, reviews, customer support and service response time, etc. Naturally, what is popular will get copied in due time, which is why a differentiation strategy is critical for survival. What are you currently doing that’s helping to build loyalty and awareness?

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Social Media Media Developer Marketing 142

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. There’s usually also a little je ne sais quoi?—?a

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Management Product Technical Review Software Review 85

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2014

If an overseas customer is not able to settle an account due to liquidity problems, sourcing local finance to bridge the gap is an option. Suppliers in the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, technology or professional services space, need to pay special attention, as these industries have above average DSO. Benchmark the industry DSO.

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Singapore Asia Management China 191

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The “nice to haves” included retaining at least the current level of sales with the DIY retailers and HVAC services companies, and maintaining at least 10 percent net profits. Jill made sure to celebrate even the small signs of progress each week, such as upticks in direct-to-consumer sales or favorable reviews online.

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Agile Malaysia Technical Review Metrics 113

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Due to my effort I was featured on Inc, Iheart radio shows, the morning show by global news and many more. Thanks to CJ Xia, Boster Biological Technology ! #14- That’s when I started looking into other means to make money as a safety net and when I learned about blogging. Thanks to Lisa Tadewaldt, Urban Forest Pro ! #11-

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 120

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

I will always remember his pre-speech pep talk: “Dyer, your entire net worth rides on not screwing this up.” I recall that MSA’s stock increased 5X or thereabouts after our deal, which by no means implies that Peachtree deserved sole credit for all that. But, credit is due to all these CEO’s for perseverance. I got the message.

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Silicon Valley Atlanta Software Review Early Stage 48

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. How They Make Money: Groupon keeps a share of the coupon value (typically 40-50%) as its net revenue (1). in net revenue and passes $0.58 2010 Net Income: -$389M (net loss) (2). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. June 5, 2011.

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North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. 2010 Net Income: $8 million. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak.

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Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Our oceans are regularly overfished, nearly 90% of the world’s marine fish stocks are now fully exploited , overexploited or depleted. Creating meat in this way was something that we had talked about as an idea, and wondered whether it could be a scalable technology and economically viable if it found consumer acceptance.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 9, 2012

If you make a net profit, you can assume that your guesses were pretty close — but you can never know how close. Economic Census, the net profit of a retailer after everyone and everything have been paid is usually 1 to 3 percent of total sales. For instance: ‘I think customers will be willing to pay this much for this product.’

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Sales .Net Cost Advertising 190

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Getting to know each other before exchanging money for stock certificates is important for both sides. If Nivi ever sent me a deal I’d meet the team without any question or pre-review. Where I think Robert’s comments are slightly wrong is that AngelList is a net positive for VCs. I worry about that.&#.

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Southern California Angel Investor Early Stage Silicon Valley 267

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Driven by the return to normalcy in the stock market, at long-last signs of life in the residential and commercial real estate markets, and most excitingly by veritable boom-time conditions in “Web 3.0” technologies like social networking, mobile gaming, and interactive advertising, in 2011 new fortunes and legends are being made.

Social Network 63

Social Network Technical Review Stock Early Stage 63

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 24, 2011

5 Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make with Stock Options – [link]. Innovative net design that can save 7 million tons of fish per year – [link]. Very interesting & promising digital camera technology that promises to make focus irrelevant – [link]. Website Traffic or Conversions: Which Is More Important?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2014

A venture feasibility study analyzes an idea from several perspectives: market opportunity, competition, resources available, resource gaps, financial viability, operational issues, intellectual property rights, development timeline and technology needs. How can a business owner assess their company culture? Are sales growing or shrinking?

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Small Business CPA Government North America 87

BeyondVC

AUGUST 9, 2006

The state of the stock market for an IPO is as uncertain as it could be. This is due, in large part, to the overall "bearishness" in the market. Tech stocks, in particular, are once again taking a beating on Wall Street, due in part to some investment banks cutting their ratings on the U.S.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review IPO SEC Stock 60

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

Almost all technology startup companies that I work with are C corps. Any company that raises venture financing will need to be a C corp in order to issue preferred stock. If a C corp generates net operating losses rather than net income, these are carried forward to offset future corporate taxable income. Fundraising.

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LLC Stock Options Preferred Stock Stock 61

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

With new advances in AI, creativity is now being transformed by technology and offered as a services for consumers and companies. Creative automation is the ability to create original, high quality content (text, video, images, music, art, etc) leveraging data and technology. Watch this impressive demo. Audio and Music.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Audio Video 199

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

This is true not only in terms of GAAP net profit (most conservative representation of profit), but also Airbnb’s FCF is well above even its adjusted EBITDA (most liberal representation of profit, sometimes referred to in jest as “profit before the bad stuff”).

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North America IPO Prospectus Europe 401

keen.io

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I recently left my job as a technical consulting manager and joined my best friends and my fiancé, Kyle, at Keen.io (I wrote about that here ). For example: Don’t accept equity compensation (stock shares) without knowing the percentage of the company you’ll own. They decided to give this form of stock to all of the early employees.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

BRIC nations especially are innovating and creating new technology platforms, while the west holds onto fossil fuel era. GEO-locating is the juncture that makes technology connections “real”. The Sticky Institute represents zine culture in a way that culture jams the old industry due to a lack of legacy infrastructure.

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Moldova Internet Australia Libya 91

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

After putting our family’s net worth into a spreadsheet one day, I was shocked to find out that my net worth was – $250,000. So I decided to become an Entrepreneur and start my own company for people who wanted to learn about trading in the Stock Market. #5 – Teaching. Image Credit: Jason Bond.

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Entrepreneur Investment Bankers PR Social Media 48

www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Go there now » Sign up or log in to mint.com Updates Drop Your Debt to Win 2 comments How To The Top 5 Customer Complaint Letters — And What You Can Learn From Them 5 comments Investing In Graphics: What Is a Stock? What is your net outflow per month? 2 comments Mint Life Know your money. Live your life.

Software Review 68

Software Review Startup Post-Money Valuation Technical Review 68

Software By Rob

MAY 4, 2009

If you want to stock products yourself (I am vehemently against this), you will need a garage or other large space, thousands of dollars in up-front inventory, and you will spend hours packing boxes and running to the post office…this is not work for a Micropreneur. From a blockbuster month of sales I made just over 10% net profit.

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