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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

Both Sides of the Table

The key to being able to run a business that isn’t yet profitable (on operating margin) is availability of capital to finance losses and preferably at a cost that isn’t too punitive to the founders and employees. Poorly calculated LTVs can become BVs (bankruptcy values). Customer acquisition cost. The first input is CAC.

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How To Cut Costs In Your Business, Without Hurting It

Mike Michalowicz

You fix your bottom line by increasing revenue or cutting costs or both. We cling to our expenses, believing we will need all those costs the moment we land that big client. Costs pile up predictably. Many costs are static and recurring, meaning they happen every month for the same amount regardless of your revenue.

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Organization That Failed to Innovate – Avoid Their Fate

ReadWriteStart

While employees are often inspired by success stories and case studies of triumphant innovation tales of large companies, the cost of not innovating is often overlooked. Sharing the stories of organizational failure due to a lack of enterprise innovation can create a sense of urgency in employees and make them understand the stakes.

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Why Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Is A Thing Of The Past And What You Should Do About It

YoungUpstarts

companies can no longer afford to provide group health insurance to their employees. And both employers and employees alike have tried to make the most of a bad situation. In fact, since 2000, more than 10 million Americans have filed personal bankruptcy due to their employers’ failed health insurance plan. We said it.

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13 Of The Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make (That May Not Seem Like Mistakes At All)

YoungUpstarts

Or a key vendor declares bankruptcy. Sometimes that sabotage might cost you ‘only’ a customer or a sale… but over time, a few customers here and a few dollars there can lead to your closing your doors forever. As a small business owner, of course you’re going to try to cut costs and stretch the budget wherever possible.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

It costs less money to start companies so the world should have way more startups.&# I’ve heard the “world is different&# argument in every bubble I’ve ever seen. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. This is the time it takes for a bankruptcy or asset sale to occur.

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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer were all shuttered due to GM's bankruptcy, which occurred on June 1, 2009. They're also dedicated to giving back to the community and their employees, who each receive three pints of ice cream per day. It cost him $4.8B When he starts a business, the only thing that matters to him is his employees.