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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. Everybody has known that for awhile, even without perusing a prospectus.

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The Business Model Canvas Gets Even Better – Value Proposition Design

Steve Blank

Product/Market fit now has its own book. It has three parts: a business model canvas to frame hypotheses, customer development to get out of the building to test those hypotheses and agile engineering to build minimum viable products. His new book does three things: 1. Introduces the Value Proposition Canvas.

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4 Tips for Growing Your Investment Portfolio

The Startup Magazine

Invest in Diversified Stocks Boost the value of your investment portfolio by creating a diverse, balanced, and dynamic stock investment portfolio. Here is a webpage for comparing stocks , stock analytics data, book values, debts, dividends, price performance, profitability, and more to help you get started right away.

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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’s more to your business’s success than how great your product is.

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So, what if you run out of money?

Berkonomics

Any disruption to the tedium of daily activity from weather, disaster, revenues slowdown or product problems will stress the company infrastructure if there is not a cushion to use during such times. Running out of cash denigrates the very value of a business, reducing greatly any bargaining power with suppliers or acquirers.

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Financial Planning For A Recession

YoungUpstarts

And if you do have a couple of key clients, really focus your efforts on them to make sure they stay happy and on board with your product or service. You may have had the same vendors for a long time and not thought to negotiate lower prices or look around and see whether lower costs for similar products are being offered elsewhere.

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Never run out of money.

Berkonomics

Any disruption to the tedium of daily activity from weather, disaster, revenues slowdown or product problems will stress the company infrastructure if there is not a cushion to use during such times. Running out of cash denigrates the very value of a business, reducing greatly any bargaining power with suppliers or acquirers.