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5 Financial Concepts Every Startup Founder Should Know

The Startup Magazine

Asset valuation. The concept of asset valuation may seem counterintuitive, but it is an important idea. Most financial valuation formulas value an asset by discounting the asset using the cost of capital (interest rate) to the present day. It has never paid out dividends, and clocks around $200 billion in revenue.

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6 Entrepreneur Recovery Steps When Profits Plateau

Startup Professionals Musings

At this stage you were expecting to be working on creating a good business valuation to attract future buyers, or at least funding college accounts for your kids. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Maintenance contracts are another great way to create a brand-new revenue stream.

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What To Do When Your Startup Profits Hit the Wall

Startup Professionals Musings

At this stage you were expecting to be working on creating a good business valuation to attract future buyers, or at least funding college accounts for your kids. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Maintenance contracts are another great way to create a brand-new revenue stream.

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6 Tips for Services Startups When Profits Plateau

Startup Professionals Musings

At this stage you were expecting to be working on creating a good business valuation to attract future buyers, or at least funding college accounts for your kids. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Maintenance contracts are another great way to create a brand-new revenue stream.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

Both Sides of the Table

(there’s a great story from Jonah in the video but you have to watch to hear it :)) But it’s undeniable that it has become a digital media powerhouse having raised around $500 million in capital with a valuation reported at $1.7 billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million).

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #14: Selling to the “Cool Kids”

Austin Startup

They will bring you revenue, delight your clients (the right salespeople care about the ultimate value delivered?—?not not just the sale), and ultimately increase the valuation of your company and your ability to create jobs and realize your entrepreneurial dreams. Salespeople are a very unique breed of people, and I love them for it.