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The Future of Transportation

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Two factors: cost and range (and charging infrastructure, to a lesser extent, but that will be remedied when there is more demand). The Nissan Leaf battery pack alone costs about $18,000 (though government incentives bring down the overall vehicle cost to the customer). The real barrier to adoption is cost.

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Why Gross Profit Is More Important Than Revenue

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GP = Net SalesCost of Goods Sold GM = ((Net SalesCost of Goods Sold ) / Revenue). For the purpose of clarity, in my world GP (gross profit) is a dollar amount while GM (gross margin) is a percentage.

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Help a Denver Food Bank Stay in their Home

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But, the building and land that Community Ministry has leased for decades is up for sale. To avoid losing their location, they are raising $800,000 which would cover the cost of the building, parking lot, closing costs, and some much-needed renovations.

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How Does A Small Company Make A Big Company Successful?

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I’m not talking about a sales situation – separate that out – but rather a long-term business partnership, joint development, or technology partnership. The opportunity cost for the big company is tiny while the opportunity cost, and often the direct costs, for the small company is enormous.

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Investment vs. Speculation

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In the mid-1990s, when I had a bunch of money after the sale of my first company, I bought and sold some public company stocks. They happily traded equities for me, which mostly just cost me fees in the end, although I covered it all with a crazy transaction into a weird Exchange Fund that GS created in 2000. my investment.

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In Santa Fe We Wish We Had The Boulder Problems!

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Both are similar in size, both have educated populations, both are a short drive from a larger city, both are absolutely stunning in terms of the landscape and the outdoors, both are set in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains restricting their ability to grow in all but one direction and both have a high cost of living and a high cost of housing.

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Little Colorado Company MobileDay Finds Big Hole In Enterprise Bucket

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MobileDay quickly found out that mobile had disrupted the control that companies used to have over the cost of conference calls. Enter Least Cost Dialing (LCD). With LCD enabled, the MobileDay app automatically inserts the company’s lowest-cost conference phone numbers. MobileDay knew that they could save time.

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