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

View from Seed

Since inception this lodging marketplace (note 1) has enabled 825 million guest stays in over 200 countries with a cumulative booking value of more than $110 billion. Hotels generally don’t require any cash up front for a booking and vacation rentals typically require a partial deposit but not the full booking.

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5 Financial Concepts Every Startup Founder Should Know

The Startup Magazine

There is a myth among first time tech founders that product is everything. Here are five financial concepts that every startup founder should know to build an everlasting company. Most financial valuation formulas value an asset by discounting the asset using the cost of capital (interest rate) to the present day.

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Should you include your sweat equity in a business plan?

Berkonomics

It extends the cash available for research and other necessary fixed costs and gives the fragile, young company more “runway” to get to breakeven. But when forecasting the ultimate viability of a business, many times an entrepreneurial founder uses a low, unsustainable salary rate for him or herself in order to show early breakeven.

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Include your labor value in your plan.

Berkonomics

It extends the cash available for research and other necessary fixed costs and gives the fragile, young company more “runway” to get to breakeven. But when forecasting the ultimate viability of a business, many times an entrepreneurial founder uses a low, unsustainable salary rate for him or herself in order to show early breakeven.

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