Down Round Lean Operations Sales 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
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. If you have a very low gross margin (10-30%) it can be very hard to build a large, scalable business because you need to make a lot of sales to cover your operating costs.
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. Huge structural under-employment in much of the country and full employment in some niche tech markets where it’s impossible to hire developers, designers or sales professionals. So I’m not advocating panic or a need to rush your funding round. Get funded now, if you can.&#.
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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