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Every Online User Platform Needs Revenue To Survive

Startup Professionals Musings

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Most Internet businesses should show profitability in two years, while new medicines may take ten years to pass FDA and other safety tests.

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How To Set A Balance Of User Growth Vs Profitability

Startup Professionals Musings

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Most Internet businesses should show profitability in two years, while new medicines may take ten years to pass FDA and other safety tests.

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Lean Analytics: The Best Numbers for Non-Tech Companies

Startup Lessons Learned

We often tell founders that a business plan is nonsense. A business model, on the other hand, is a snapshot of your business assumptions at this moment in time. It''s that the business model is complex. But if my measurements show me that people will only pay $8 a widget, is that a failure?

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Growth Without Profits Isn’t A Sustainable Business

Startup Professionals Musings

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Most Internet businesses should show profitability in two years, while new medicines may take ten years to pass FDA and other safety tests.

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4 Ways To Make Profits Part Of Your Growth Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Most Internet businesses should show profitability in two years, while new medicines may take ten years to pass FDA and other safety tests.

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Driving Your Startup to Profitability is Job One

Startup Professionals Musings

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1M each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Most Internet businesses should show profitability in two years, while new medicines may take ten years to pass FDA and other safety tests. Twitter has no model.

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MentorMob.com Aims To Revolutionize Learning Through Crowdsourcing

YoungUpstarts

These playlists can even be embedded into any website through a widget, enabling any site to share relevant material to enhance existing content. MentorMob is bootstrapped and has 12 employees.

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