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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

It’s been about a year since I started working on Hustle Fund with my business partner Eric Bahn. To be clear, this isn’t your salary – this is your budget to run your company. Your salary does come from this number, but you also need to cover salaries of everyone else on your team (if there are others on your team).

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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

It’s been about a year since I started working on Hustle Fund with my business partner Eric Bahn. To be clear, this isn’t your salary – this is your budget to run your company. Your salary does come from this number, but you also need to cover salaries of everyone else on your team (if there are others on your team).

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28 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why they Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

My partner Ross Kimbarovsky and I wanted to help people from around the world access creative talent and help creative from around the world find new talent. I was proud of my performance and our rocket ship trajectory, but internal politics and personalities led to a division between the owner, me and a third equity partner.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). and we ultimately sold when we hit $14 million and had more than $30 million in backlog revenue. I learned about revenue recognition. I knew my partners for 8 years before joining GRP.

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Optimizing Your Agency For Profitability

Duct Tape Marketing

20:05] Why wouldn’t you use a resource plan with your white label partners to some degree? [20:52] So a lot of agencies track revenue, some actually even track profit, but you, if we're gonna optimize, um, profitability, what, what should we be measuring? Sometimes you might be using white label or outsource partners.

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Is the bar lower for a tech IPO?

BeyondVC

On the book is Thomas Weisel Partners, William Blair, Needham, Pacific Crest, and Wachovia. From April 2001 through June 30, 2006, we achieved 21 consecutive quarters of revenue growth. During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, we achieved positive operating cash flows of $0.3 million for 2004, $1.9

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I started my business back in 2004 when I wanted to escape the corporate rat race. I had worked my way up in the IT field to an $80,000 a year salary only to realize that any higher and it looked way more stressful and I was already spending more time with pictures of my kids than the real things. Image Credit: Ray Higdon.