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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

Eric, as you know, I grew up in suburban New Jersey and in suburban New Jersey, we ate a lot of Benihana growing up and I love the Americanized version of this deeply traditional Japanese meal. They talk about] businesses which are not contractually recurring revenue in the parlance of recurring revenue run rates.

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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

I was the division president for the northeast division on 9/11, and all the stores in New York and New Jersey and, obviously, all the east coast stores for Circuit City were mine. If you lean in and understand this is a brilliant time to play offense. Carl Liebert : Yeah. You're usually your own worst critic.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Harley Goes Lean to Build Hogs. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. New Jersey.

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Out of the Crisis #19: Revolution Foods co-founders on feeding kids and families, being parent-entrepreneurs, and scaling food security innovations

Startup Lessons Learned

They found ways to support longterm care facilities, homeless shelters, and other locations serving those most at risk, all while schools, their main source of revenue, were closed. I was talking in one of these conversations with Brian Chesky, who talked about the collapse of revenue and the dramatic effect that this had on Airbnb.

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Webinar Recap: 14 Tips on How to Pitch and Get Funded

Up and Running

I have some entrepreneurs who are in Gaza, who are in Cairo, who are in New Jersey, and I’m in Oregon. Now you’re going to move into your revenue model. Okay, so now your revenue model, so this is—. He had two million people visiting his site, but no revenue, but yet he sold for $40 million.

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Out of the Crisis #18: Sal Khan on institution building, solving the digital divide, and education as the lever for all decisions

Startup Lessons Learned

And then a year out of school, I was getting married and actually in New Jersey, but my family was visiting me. They were coming from New Orleans, which is where I was born and raised. Sometimes, I'm in negotiations with partners around revenue or something. It was really myself and my boss, who was our portfolio manager.

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Boom and Bust and What Comes Next

Scalable Startup

“Boom and bust is our lot and we must follow the ancient advice.that Joseph gave to the Pharaoh: Put away your surplus during the years of great plenty so you will be ready for the lean years which are sure to follow.”. Governor Jerry Brown, State of the State speech, January 2014. Utah Mining and Construction are long gone.