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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

View from Seed

So even before you get to product development (20% of revenue) or G&A (14% in 2019), you’re already looking at a narrower potential margin than you might expect from a marketplace or transaction platform. Fun Tidbit 1: Europe and North America are of similar importance in terms of revenue (40% EMEA / 41% N.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

techcrunch.com

The number one question you all asked after reading my last blog post about starting a business from scratch was “how do I find my co-founders?&# And therein lies the problem in finding co-founders for that startup you’re dying to launch. Having trouble meeting folks you think would be good co-founders?

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts.

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The Need For Software Localization Still Prevails

Startup Professionals Musings

In addition this person should report, dotted line, to product development or engineering. Ensure that the localization person is a good and patient communicator and is fully accepted by the engineering/development group. Measure the return versus the investment.

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Q&A with Mangrove VC partner Michael Jackson: “You don’t build code at a party”

The Next Web

We’re a European VC company and we study the market across Europe. SA: How important is time to founders? MJ: As an individual, you are entering a period of life as a startup founder when you are going to spend two or three years working extremely hard if you are going to make it worthwhile. Hard work never killed anybody.

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SXSW Startups: Knowbella

Austin Startup

Knowbella founder Jason Barkeloo answered some questions about his company. It is surrounded by free tools and services such as career postings, a document development tool from our partner doDOC™, preprint server, equipment and grants. Compared to the funders in Europe and Asia, U.S. What is your competitive advantage?

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

After seeing the negative effects of dehydration, both me and my co-founder, Ming, decided that we want to spread knowledge about hydration and create a product that could help with this problem. Prior to starting Ozmo both Ming and I worked in a design house creating new and better products. That’s how Ozmo was born.