YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2017

Once viewed purely in terms of its potential to yield cost efficiencies, supply chain management has evolved. Thanks to big data analytics and changing customer expectations, demand forecasting is more sophisticated. Making supply chains customer-centric. . Embracing innovation. . Moreover, the benefits of Industry 4.0.

Asia 100

Asia China Arizona Africa 100

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

When Iridium was first conceived inside Motorola in 1987, worldwide cell phone coverage was sparse, calls were unreliable and per minute costs were expensive. Cell phone handsets were the size of a lunch box and cost thousand of dollars. And Iridium would do this without building a single cell tower. Motorola Dynatac 8000x ~1987.

Business Plan 335

Business Plan Customer Business Model Customer Development 335

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. You won’t impress investors by claiming that everyone in China needs one, and nobody else has exactly the right features to compete with you.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. You won’t impress investors by claiming that everyone in China needs one, and nobody else has exactly the right features to compete with you.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

There are also societal and political factors at play including a growing acceptance among physicians of the practice of home care, as well as pressure to alleviate the demands placed on hospitals and an overall desire to find cost efficiencies in the health care system. “In People want to be in their homes, not in a nursing home.

North America 95

North America United States Technical Review America 95

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. You won’t impress investors by claiming that everyone in China needs one, and nobody else has exactly the right features to compete with you.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

10:44) The moment the company went below 1x growth for the first time since it was founded as the pandemic hit China and then Europe. (11:50) First the news out of China, then Europe, then here in the U.S. And so we started seeing this thing sweep China. Our China business was really affected. Eric Ries : Yeah.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

The Deutsche Bank report has a very interesting chart on the topic presenting the Free Cash Flow margins vs. the revenue growth four years post IPO for select software leaders: As you can see, with 20% Free Cash Flow margin and a 50% growth rate, Salesforce is well positioned in the pack! McKinsey highlight #1: the art of cost cutting or.

Software Review 48

Software Review Software Technical Review Cloud 48

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. I’m sure the head of the Federal Reserve Bank could spook the market or the heads of state of the US, China or Iran could. This corrected only to go back up to 13.4x

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150