Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , 2014 was a strong year with IPOs actually outperforming other indices by 10 percent. Yet they see warning lights flashing, based on a still fragile global economy, and volatile markets ahead. The M&A alternative looks simple by comparison.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Their commitment, ingenuity, and collective vision motivate me to lead and expand Travel-Lingual into a global leader in the travel sector. By expanding and innovating ShipSage, I aim to offer more businesses a solution that eases their operational burdens, allowing them to focus on their core offerings. Thanks to Ben Pu, ShipSage ! #13-

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

trillion dollar global phenomenon , generating $768 billion in U.S. For even the largest global brands, it’s been a challenge to overcome barriers to premium mobile commerce entry, including speed, cost, and the technical talent to meet demand for a heightened experience. Online retail sales are a $ 4.9 retail sales.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

In fact, it was only 7 years ago that Apple shipped its first iPhone and Google introduced its Android operating system. Your time at ESADE has trained you to become a global business leader. Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use. Apple owned 0%. The Perfect Storm.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

They’ve grown from nothing to >$2B in revenue in 30 months time, making the company among the fastest growing businesses in the histroy of the world. How They Make Money: Groupon keeps a share of the coupon value (typically 40-50%) as its net revenue (1). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

It's difficult not to include Steve Jobs at the top of that list; he established a brand in Apple that altered global habits and elevated the importance of design in our daily lives. Papers give all entrepreneurial businesses the chance to build the exact business and operations they desire without being constrained by existing software.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 24, 2020

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. Thanks to Leigh Louey-Gung, Life Operating System ! #2- Thanks to Bruno Pešec, Pesec Global ! #14- million workers and generate revenue of $1.9 2- More due to uncertainty.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

You can read various articles out there which will give you the cursory facts about Airbnb like their overall revenue or profitability or how their business has faired here in 2020 in the COVID environment. But even with this profitable Q3, on a trailing twelve months (TTM) basis Airbnb has a GAAP net loss of >$1 billion.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

Facing continuous disruption from globalization, China, the Internet, the diminished power of brands, changing workforce, etc., Sales teams are commission-based, executive compensation is based on EPS, revenue and margin, business units on revenue and margin contribution, etc. What Does this Mean?

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View from Seed

MARCH 5, 2019

There are a variety of quick write-ups on the Lyft S-1 for basic figures like annual revenue, rider growth, or who the largest shareholders are. Lyft helpfully provides the number of active riders, total number of rides, and average revenue per rider on a quarterly basis. Rough estimate of 2019 revenue, excluding new riders.

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Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

The truth is economies change, revenues change, and sometimes things just happen. Buglar encourages Healthcare Staffing agencies to focus not just on revenue, but also on the bottom line – PROFIT. Buglar encourages staffing agencies to evaluate if it is best to sign up for the long-term lease for offices and copiers.

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Agile VC

MARCH 5, 2019

There are a variety of quick write-ups on the Lyft S-1 for basic figures like annual revenue, rider growth, or who the largest shareholders are. Lyft helpfully provides the number of active riders, total number of rides, and average revenue per rider on a quarterly basis. Rough estimate of 2019 revenue, excluding new riders.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

This focus has helped me recruit the best and the brightest in the field, build a world-class operation, and most of all, with all the knowledge in a specific vertical, help build a leading agency for food & beverage manufacturers that are looking to build a direct to consumer channel. Photo Credit: Matt Daigle. 11- Four things.

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OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2011

Ten years ago, each would have required dedicated hardware and operational maintenance. For a small company that has revenue and accounts receivable, you probably are more inclined to Monetary Policy as it has more to do with your ability to access debt capital from banks through credit lines. . Why should you care?

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Tennin, Lady Mirage Global, Inc. ! #8- Thanks to Matt Jones, The Net Lender ! #10- After 15 years operating my company I needed to step back and really evaluate everything. However, our firm was able to successfully withstand the resulting revenue loss due to our recent client diversification initiatives. 10- Tenacity.

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

I also spoke with Michael Hutchens , CEO & Cofounder of BPM Global , which helps organizations more efficiently build and maintain financial models. More reasonable: a company with a direct sales model may drive revenue growth based on the number of productive sales reps and a quota, with a target that is higher over time.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 15, 2019

The goal was to deliver a 30% increase in revenue, the team delivered 1.7953%. During 2019, our Net Promotion Score has dropped 15 points. The operative instinct is to maintain mediocrity with just enough reality massaging flowing upstream to ensure existing mediocrity is not utterly obvious. Paul Polman.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 26, 2020

The world has changed… Two months ago, if I told you that remote work would be the global norm by mid-April, you’d have thought I was hanging out with Elon Musk too much. What’s fascinating is that this global experiment in remote work has been a surprising success. Here is remote work in the time of COVID-19.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

5000 list , which lists private American companies based on three-year revenue growth between 2016 and 2019. That’s groundbreaking in accounting, where margins are thin and the overheard of operating in-office with year-round staff is high. Last year, Taxfyle ranked No. Magazine’ Inc. There is no secret sauce.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Net income to sales. Cary Collins, director of the Global Entrepreneurship Program and associate professor of finance at Bryant University. Focus on the numerator: Boosting EBITDA typically involves either raising revenues (without a commensurate increase in expenses) or cutting expenses. EBITDA to assets. Liabilities to assets.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 27, 2024

Operating cash flow, current ratio, net profit margin, and inventory turnover are examples of common financial KPIs. Let’s take the example of a declining operating cash flow. However, if your operating cash flow is significantly worse than competitor benchmarks, it suggests an internal issue that needs to be addressed.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

According to a McKinsey Global Innovation Survey , “although 84% of executives agree that innovation is important to growth strategy, only 6% are satisfied with innovation performance.” ” Many organizations claim innovation is a priority, but their high-level strategy and day-to-day operations say otherwise.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

In the Udemy course, Alistair and Ben expand these basics into a description of how to create empathy, stickiness, virality, revenue, and scale. As operators of an accelerator—and founders in our own right—Ben and I had constantly struggled with what the “right” numbers are for a business. Alistair: There are plenty.

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BeyondVC

AUGUST 9, 2006

The best plan in my mind is to make sure that any company we invest in has a tremendous market opportunity with a real business model and high operating margins that can eventually generate real cash flow. Consider the situation from a global perspective and follow it all the way to Wall Street. Oil prices are skyrocketing.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 3, 2016

Map Overlay: This is simply a global map with colors to indicate engagement, traffic, etc. What this report will tell you: The larger your company is, the more likely it is that your growth / marketing team operates in silos. In other words, revenue minus marketing / acquisition costs (i.e. If your CPC is $1.33 Overhead costs.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

O’Reilly’s article describes two businesses from his own career at O’Reilly—the Global Network Navigator (GNN) web portal, which he sold to AOL, and the Website web server, which eventually fell by the wayside. Thanks to the internet and other globalizing technologies, the entire world has entered the Networked Age.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

MARCH 2, 2011

Cash flow and net worth are negative, profits are rare, and off-balance-sheet liabilities are enormous. The "company" has underinvested in productive capital, education, and technology--the very tools needed to compete in the global marketplace. has a net worth of negative $44 trillion. And its revenue streams?

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Then they increased their revenue from $2M to $6M in six months. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a demand generation funnel that fuels the pipeline, shortens the sale cycle, and generates revenue. Your number one metric for any marketing initiative should be revenue. Like SEO, demand generation is a long game.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Among other corporate positions in my career, I have been a Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Research Engineer for small private companies, and also some Fortune 500 and even Fortune 10 companies. This bill will NOT affect our company. As an aside, I have lots of other objections.

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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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Hearpreneur

JULY 24, 2019

AI-driven computers are already introduced in some specific operations in a few industries, but within the next few years, AI will be used in every required operation in every known industry. Hence, the industry of AI system developers and AI driven systems will be the most promising and revenue producing industry in the near future.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2022

With all of the challenges created by the global pandemic– supply chain shortages, hiring difficulties, new technology– Improovy remained transparent with its customers and employees. Specifically, our site traffic has increased by over 6,000% while revenue has so far grown by 96.4%. Thanks to Cathy Mills, Net Influencer ! #23-

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 10, 2020

They find a niche in the market where they can grow some revenues and then they raise some more money. The industry classic is NPS – the Net Promoter Score; and we encourage all our companies to track that as soon as they can. As you operate at the early stage, how do you help a company scale? What are your benchmarks?

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

When it launched in 97 it was a DVD rental business whose only real value proposition was the mail-order element of its operation. First they pivoted from video rentals by mail to smart suggestions by algorithm then they followed by leading the streaming revolution to now global domination. billion in annual revenue.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

My contact at Facebook assured me that this story wasn’t the only one of its kind, and that it was more common than you’d think in other offices they had globally. SMBs represent 55% of jobs and 66% of all net new jobs since the 1970s. In addition, look at Facebook’s revenue per user growth globally over the past few quarters.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 11, 2009

The potential consequences ofthese proposals include a significant increase in the financial accounting and cash effective tax rates of affected companies, accompanied by a corresponding reduction in net income and earnings per share. We must stop damaging America’s global competitiveness. Share and Enjoy:

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

In a casino, the term “rake” refers to the commission that the house earns for operating a poker game. With each hand, a small percentage of the pot is scraped off by the dealer, which in essence becomes the “revenue” for the casino. As an example, eBay’s 2011 marketplace revenues were approximately $6.6B

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