Cost Down Round Lean Operations 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
So if your costs are $500,000 per month and you have $350,000 per month in revenue then your net burn (500-350) is equal to $150,000. Gross margin (GM) is the amount of profit you make per sale of your product or service taking into account your total costs of selling that product or service. Startup Lessons'
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 1, 2020
Reasons for funding. ? Scale up your operations. One of the most prominent reasons for funding is to scale up your operations, for expansion and achieve economies of scale. Now you may want to scale up your operations or expand your presence. The third reason is to fund your short term operational expenses or working capital.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
New investors hate down rounds. When your competition does irrational things to grow fueled by low-cost capital it makes it harder for you to compete by playing by the conventional rules. Building billion-dollar businesses requires 7-10 years which means operating through at least one full economic cycle, if not two.
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
And all of the other smart and operational decisions that have enabled Airbnb to weather the storm and go on to have one of the most successful public market debuts. We can either try to step forward and be progressive and really try to lean forward, or we can get dragged in the future. And I also think about regulation.
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
And all of the other smart and operational decisions that have enabled Airbnb to weather the storm and go on to have one of the most successful public market debuts. We can either try to step forward and be progressive and really try to lean forward, or we can get dragged in the future. And I also think about regulation.
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