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Working Capital vs. Cash Flow: The Differences and How to Better Manage Them

Up and Running

It’s clear that understanding the financial health of your company will help you make more informed decisions, and that includes differentiating between working capital and cash flow. . It’s important to note that cash flow doesn’t give you your net profit. For example, consider the recent chip shortage’s effects on carmakers.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off. They have have raised $2-3 million, built a product that has some amount of market traction and got to annualized revenues of around $1 million.

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How to Master Customer Value Optimization

ConversionXL

Meaning: C = Customers (traffic x conversion rate) CLV = Customer revenue – (CAC + cost of serving that customer) CAC = Customer Acquisition Cost G = Growth. The formula weans businesses from an obsession with traffic and instead focuses on increasing customers that generate the most revenue with the lowest acquisition and maintenance costs.

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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

Both Sides of the Table

In fact, if you add the capital flows of the past ten years, there have been just shy of $50 billion in net cash outlays. More recently, Thrive, Homebrew, IA Ventures, K9, Social + Capital, Cowboy, SK Capital, Ludlow, Forerunner and many, many others have emerged as newly differentiated brands.

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Eight Reasons Why Your Subscription Model Customers May Be Jumping Ship

YoungUpstarts

by Robbie Kellman Baxter, author of “ The Membership Economy: Find Your Super Users, Master the Forever Transaction, and Build Recurring Revenue “ Everyone knows that retention is crucial for subscription-based companies. Customers who find better content or products for a better price might leave. Dig deeper. Why or why not?

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Developing a Social Media Marketing Strategy that Builds Loyalty and Awareness

ConversionXL

Brand consistency can increase revenue by 33% , as it connotes familiarity and builds trust. Naturally, what is popular will get copied in due time, which is why a differentiation strategy is critical for survival. Next, check that all social media profiles are consistent. Each profile should also be consistent with the social network.

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When Krave Jerky Showed up in Class with a $435,000 Check

Steve Blank

These new entrants disrupted their food categories by offering high quality proprietary recipes, outsourcing their manufacturing, and using their cash and resources on sales and marketing to build distribution and a differentiated brand. It was Krave’s first national stocking order. Get Out of the Building.