Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users. In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Entrepreneurs don’t realize that Facebook spent over $100 million, before revenues from advertising turned cash positive. Advertising and local business promotions may be adequate in some cases, but others may require a percentage of every transaction, or adding local products and services for an ecommerce model.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Whether online through your ecommerce site or in person through your sales department, the time it takes for the process from sale to invoicing to customer payment to accounting updates can take forever, reducing your cash position.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Initially, you should get an accurate view of the current cash position. Then, based on actual historic performance, assess what your monthly cash burn is. Understanding your month-on-month cash burn and identifying the variables that affect this will give you a much better grasp of your business. Assessing need.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

We come in after a product has landed and found product market fit and has some escape velocity. I think every company’s portfolio is different, so they’re all different sizes, different stages, different geographies, different cash positions, and different market leadership positions. . David Zhang.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

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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Up and Running

DECEMBER 21, 2016

A company with its cash tied up in accounts receivable and inventory (a low ratio of cash-assets) might not have enough cash to keep the lights on, much less to ramp up production if sales accelerate. Every entrepreneur will tell you cash is king,” notes M. How to improve your cash-assets ratio.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

While the company’s sales figures increase, its profitability often narrows to a point where cash flow issues occur. In the worst case scenario, the company lapses into a negative cash position. All new business opportunities need to be carefully considered. And it’s not always just about new business.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2020

So if your business has complex pricing or product skews wrapped within a lengthy sales process, a quoting tool can help you better manage this. In some cases you can even produce quote packages based on product quantity, discounts offered, and quote terms, giving you much-needed flexibility. Built for remote work.

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www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

These people sit around thinking "lofty thoughts about markets, products, the competition, and the like. Someone who is learning the basic principles of software engineering on an internship basis, and who works under close supervision and is not expected to write production code. These categories are quoted from Chapter 2 in OMalley.

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Up and Running

JUNE 10, 2013

If your supplier only extends you 30 days credit, and you are offering net 30 days to your customer, depending on your processing and manufacturing time, you could be out of cash for the amount of the cost of the product, for up to 60 days. Your cash position is still zero – nothing in, nothing out.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

OK, so testing your product with an initial audience is always going to be a nerve-wracking time. We do this because we want our product to the best it can be and, most of all, used by the customers we built it for. Their feedback is therefore crucial to the long-term success of the product. Your Beta testing does not go well.

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Up and Running

JULY 22, 2014

Without a thorough understanding of how much cash you have, where it’s coming from, where it’s going, and on what schedule, you’re going to have a hard time running a healthy business. If you want to get really specific, you might even break your forecast down by product, with a separate line for every product you sell.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Solution : How does your box and the products it contains solve that problem? Online shopping for your product is difficult to some extent (hard to find, can’t return it, often doesn’t fit, so on). A majority of men with curly hair probably have a product they always use, or they don’t use a product at all.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

We have discussed why never to run out of cash. This insight delves into how never to run out of cash. If there are several alternative suppliers of the same service that regularly deal with the company, then you have more power in lengthening payments to one.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

So, you plan to purchase a set of ovens to increase your production. Being in a tight, cash-strapped position forces you to take less debt. If you’re in a more stable position, you can opt for bigger loans. In general, you should check your books regarding your cash position.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

When we first published Bessemer’s Top 10 Laws for Being "SaaS-y" in early 2008 in conjunction with our annual invitation-only SaaS CEO Summit, we were overwhelmed with the positive response and feedback we received. We continue to incorporate the best elements of this feedback into our evolving SaaS success profile that follows below.

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