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10 Things I Hated About Your Business Pitch

Up and Running

Read Resonate , or Presentation Zen , or just at least the blog post Really Bad Powerpoint. You focused on internal rates of return and net present value. I’m glad they taught you internal rates of return and net present value in business school. Talk about it.

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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

ReadWriteStart

So they have about 60 million customers now, and they have a view of the net present value of each customer when they’re onboarding them and their models to show it. So they have quantifiable risk profiles and ultimately map them to lifetime value, right? There are blogs that I read. 10 billion.” David Zhang.

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From the Vault: 7 biases that can effect your decision making

crowdSPRING Blog

In economic valuation, past cost can never be a factor for arriving at a value, and formulas such as NPV (net present value) will never take into account money which has already been spent. Past costs, whether an investment of time or money, should never be used in evaluating a decision. A great illustration of sunk cost?

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Tips for small business: 7 biases that can effect your decision making

crowdSPRING Blog

In economic valuation, past cost can never be a factor for arriving at a value, and formulas such as NPV (net present value) will never take into account money which has already been spent. Past costs, whether an investment of time or money, should never be used in evaluating a decision. A great illustration of sunk cost?

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Should I flip or should I build?

BeyondVC

Two days ago it was Jaiku being bought by Google and this morning CBS announced that it is buying Dotspotter , a 10 month old gossip blog. It seems that everyday there is a new annoucement of a tiny startup being bought by a large company.

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Twitter Link Roundup #246 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

A Refresher on Net Present Value – crowdspring.co/11LJvw6. How Amazon Dominates E-Commerce With Email Marketing | Vero Email Marketing Blog – crowdspring.co/1pYxVZY. “Fresh from the SPRING” features wonderful work of @crowdSPRING Creative cdavisdesigns | crowdSPRING Blog – crowdspring.co/1tiMXWH.

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Twitter Link Roundup #247 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

” | crowdSPRING Blog – crowdspring.co/1CZ4wVl. A Refresher on Net Present Value – crowdspring.co/11LJvw6. 7 Ways You Should Use Social Media in Your Online Marketing Toolkit | iMediaConnection Blog – crowdspring.co/1tEQmy8. It’s Absurd That Health Care Costs Are So Confusing – crowdspring.co/1yDomRJ.