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5 Financial Concepts Every Startup Founder Should Know

The Startup Magazine

So you’ve started a business: you’ve made a great product, achieved product-market fit and have an extraordinary road map laid out. But to build a scalable business you need more than just product-market fit. There is a myth among first time tech founders that product is everything. Asset valuation.

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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. But ops & customer support is another 17-20% of revenue and arguably you couldn’t run the business if you took that away.

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Business Valuation: Determining The Worth Of A Company

YoungUpstarts

Simply put, this approach lists a company’s total assets, deducts total liabilities, and determines overall value based on the difference between the two. Also referred to as Book Value . Market approach is a fairly fluid valuation in that it assesses value relative to previously valued transactions.

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The 4 Commitments To Grow Your Reach Online

Duct Tape Marketing

The 4 Commitments To Grow Your Reach Online written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Becky Robinson In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Becky Robinson. She is the Founder and CEO of Weaving Influence. Uh, how do I sell books? ? I sell more books.

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Should you include your sweat equity in a business plan?

Berkonomics

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. But that is a messy way to demonstrate that you are taking less than market wages from your company. What are you worth to the business?

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Include your labor value in your plan.

Berkonomics

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. that is a messy way to demonstrate that you are taking less than market wages from your company. And that is the quandary for investors. Berkus.com.

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