Hunter Walker

JANUARY 2, 2017

Here the acquisition becomes more metric-driven and the assumptions around growth and multiples drive the offer. There’s often “synergy” magically inserted if an acquirer is trying to make a deal work at a level above current metrics. Better that be a smart acquisition than a bankruptcy. Apparently so.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

When we looked at the color graphics board market, our competitors had defined the market as one measured by technical metrics: screen resolution, number of bits of color, screen refresh rates, acceleration, etc. It didn’t take much imagination to realize that what we had to do was to tell our story around one key metric performance ?

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 31, 2023

As a result, being unaware of regular expenses can lead to overspending, cash flow problems, and even bankruptcy. When it comes to financial management, it’s crucial to monitor how your company’s financial resources and metrics change over time. To get started, you can create a system for tracking your daily expenses.

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Management Software Review Finance Bankruptcy 97

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Thoughts from BERKONOMICS – Dave Berkus After 50 years in entrepreneurship and 200+ startup investments, here’s what most first-time founders get dangerously wrong: They obsess over the wrong metrics. There are only 5 metrics that truly matter in your first 18 months: Everything else is a distraction. Track them weekly.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

This structure allows for alignment on the front end, and real-time flexibility for performance metrics,” says Samira Salman , a family office investor and advisor. . Flexible VCs have created structures based on other company performance metrics than revenues, such as profits or founder salaries. Flexible VC 102: Variations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

For example, one of the first home grocery delivery companies, Webvan, was so enamored with early traction in Silicon Valley, it raised and spent nearly a billion dollars and went public, before filing for bankruptcy three years later. Document processes and metrics for economies of scale.

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Silicon Valley Bankruptcy Metrics Valuation 215

Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This is the single most important metric and where you can have the most lasting impact on your credit score. Similarly, Experian looks at the number of credit transactions, outstanding balances, payment habits, how much of your available credit you use, and the details of any current liens, judgments, or bankruptcies to evaluate your credit.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc. Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. The simplest way to track a company’s performance: have them give you access to their internal metrics dashboard.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This could include things like bankruptcies, judgments and liens, and should be looked into very carefully. Once you have access to a company’s financial metrics, you can use it in several ways in order to assess the risks that they might pose to your business. Payment Disputes. Shareholder Information. Credit Risk Platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We were weeks from bankruptcy. And the first 2 steps of achieving any goal are to set metrics (&# you manage what you measure&# ) and to make your goals public (it’s easier to shame yourself into compliance than to be the only person holding yourself accountable). And at the 11th hour they pulled out.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

Despite securing massive funding, WeWork spiraled into bankruptcy after a debt-driven expansion, exacerbated by a pandemic-induced decline in office space demand. During the ZIRP era, vanity metrics like customer acquisition cost (CAC) to lifetime value (LTV) ratio and monthly active users (MAU) dominated investment decisions.

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Burn Rate Startup Bankruptcy Metrics 88

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2020

And without a steady, sustainable stream of new customers, cash reserves will dwindle, revenues will dry up, and bankruptcy will inevitably ensue. Big metrics, like cost-per-lead and overall conversion rate, are important in lead generation. But it’s equally crucial to account for other metrics and data-types as well.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

She is known for her expertise in bankruptcy support, contract negotiation, procurement audits, investment analysis, and in-depth strategic studies. billion metric tons in the market of coal trading, which was not much of a decline compared to previous years. Colodne: Where is the demand for coal today? Last year, there were about 1.5

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

I’ve labeled this time bankruptcy to make the point as dramatically as possible that this is a critical, company-threatening sinkhole that must be avoided at all costs. Time bankruptcy is the ultimate result of the deliberate over-commitment of a company’s most valuable resource(s) by the CEO or a department leader.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Must be 3+ years out from a bankruptcy. Must be 2+ years out from a bankruptcy. Must be 1+ years out from a bankruptcy. 3+ years out from a personal bankruptcy. See Also: 7 Key Metrics Every Business Owner Should Monitor. Time in business should equal 2+ years. Annual revenue of $50,000+. Medium-term loans.

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Security SBA Bankruptcy Finder 72

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Mr. Geleerd acquired the stadium out of highly publicized bankruptcy and turned around its financial position and ultimately engineered the sale back to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2005.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

FBe's recommendation was (paraphrasing a 35 min talk): Don't invent new metrics, use online versions of Reach and GRPs to measure success. Because we don't understand the uniqueness, we fall back on profoundly sub-optimal old world metrics like Reach or Online GRP equivalents. Metrics are a problem.

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Berkonomics

MAY 20, 2021

I’ve labeled this time bankruptcy to make the point as dramatically as possible that this is a critical, company-threatening sinkhole that must be avoided at all costs. Time bankruptcy is the ultimate result of the deliberate over-commitment of a company’s most valuable resource(s) by the CEO or a department leader.

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Bankruptcy Metrics Developer Management 62

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

After Stanford undergrad, I helped start and build Better Place – at one time famous for raising a $350 million Series B in what the Economist called the “Netscape moment for Cleantech,” only to end up infamous and in bankruptcy almost a billion dollars of funding and five years later. Success and fundraising are not one and the same.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial metrics or even how to think about which ones are healthy. And of course ultimately on profitability.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 30, 2025

Alex Smereczniak (02:24.058) Yeah, so I actually, you know, I've done a lot of research on franchising as a whole and two metrics that have jumped out to me before is that, you know, the two year success rate of a franchise business is about 76%. Any litigation, the obvious one is litigation or bankruptcy. Oh, sorry, sorry.

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Private Equity Bankruptcy Naming Equity 77

Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2015

Gross margin, we tell you about the metric, how it’s calculated, what it means, you can see your results, 3-year industry, 10-year, and your forecast, and your results get pulled from your accounting software once you’re ready to connect it and I’ll show you that in just a second here.

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Up and Running

MAY 11, 2015

The formula used for calculating the score is pretty straightforward: 35% Payment History: Late payments, bankruptcy, judgments, settlements, charge offs, repossessions, and liens will all reduce your score. 10% New Credit: Every “hard” inquiry on your credit has the potential to reduce your score.

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Small Business Bankruptcy Metrics Internet 60

Women Entrepreneurs Can

JANUARY 27, 2022

A well-run supply chain can spell the difference between a thriving business and one that’s teetering on bankruptcy. This can be done by using a variety of metrics, such as inventory levels, delivery times, and customer satisfaction levels. We’ll also provide tips on how to improve your supply chain procedures!

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Metric examples: 30-day retention, 60-day retention, 90-day retention, 120-day retention, etc.; Metric examples: Login frequency and consistency; Frequency of value experience; Product usage (e.g., Metric examples: Product affinity; Referral or affiliate revenue; Loyalty rewards redemption rate. Choose the right metrics.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Unseen Metrics. The same company, didn’t have a system to accurately identify it’s own key metrics. Would you invest in a company that didn’t know it’s own metrics? They could give me some basic figures, but couldn’t show me a chart of how numbers like user engagement were progressing over time.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

It puts everything in one place with an easy to follow user interface, works with Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, YouTube, Tumblr, and WordPress, and has incorporated analytics so you can stay on top of your metrics. You’ll get heatmaps, scrollmaps, and access to key engagement metrics for your site. Project management software.

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Curation Finder Startup Social Media 60

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Effectively measuring and understanding your CAC and CLTV metrics are key to future success. Bessemer SaaS Law #1: Your key monthly business metrics are: CMRR (Committed Monthly Recurring Revenue), Churn, and Cash flow - “Bookings” is for suckers. Brian, Paglo www.paglo.com. Great list! Great list! Philippe Botteri.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 1, 2011

Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared to keeping my mind in check. At Loudcloud, when the dot com bubble burst and subsequently sent most of our customers into bankruptcy, it crippled our business and devastated our balance sheet.

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Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

Compared on typical media metrics of reach and engagement, Facebook stands apart which is why it’s both much larger as a business (30-40X bigger in revenue) and a far more valuable company. The “follow” modality is an interesting one and Twitter was a pioneer here where many others have now followed (sorry, no pun intended).

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

While there is a great deal of appreciation for the power of metrics/data, I've come to realize that Sr. Leaders don't quite appreciate the deep, and often corrosive, consequences of choosing metric x over metric y as a key performance indicator (KPI). It is a standard metric. Don't believe me?

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ConversionXL

JULY 19, 2016

The thing is that leads age – they become uninterested in what you have to offer for a variety of reasons (job changes, bankruptcy, already found a better product/service, etc.) Dead leads drag down the deliverability, and interfere with your metrics and analysis. Improve metrics. Are you doing something wrong?

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