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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

View from Seed

Since inception this lodging marketplace (note 1) has enabled 825 million guest stays in over 200 countries with a cumulative booking value of more than $110 billion. Everybody has known that for awhile, even without perusing a prospectus. So Where Does Airbnb They Go From Here?

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4 Tips for Growing Your Investment Portfolio

The Startup Magazine

Invest in Diversified Stocks Boost the value of your investment portfolio by creating a diverse, balanced, and dynamic stock investment portfolio. Here is a webpage for comparing stocks , stock analytics data, book values, debts, dividends, price performance, profitability, and more to help you get started right away.

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5 Financial Concepts Every Startup Founder Should Know

The Startup Magazine

When a company acquires another business, they often pay a lot more than the book value of the company. That’s because the parties that acquire companies look at more than cash value; they look at other less tangible characteristics that make a company worth money. By Venkat Ramasamy, COO, FileCloud.

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SaaS Nomenclature

VC Adventure

For example when you say sales do you mean booking or revenue? Is churn net of upsells or is an upsell a new sale? If bookings are the total contract value of everything you sold in a period, how do you normalize for different contract lengths? When you talk about revenue do you mean recurring or total?

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Financial Planning For A Recession

YoungUpstarts

This speaks to diversification, as your clients and sales in the United States may take an inevitable downturn due to the economy, but the state of other countries’ economies can serve to balance this out if you are not solely dependent upon U.S. Indicators of Recession.

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How to Increase the Value of Your Small Business Before You Sell

Up and Running

Whether we are working towards funding current growth, a future profitable sale, or company acquisition, value is key. These strategies for increasing value should not only drive profits and see you moving forward from being a small business but will open up the opportunity for a valuable sale should you want to move on in the future.

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SaaS Nomenclature

VC Adventure

For example when you say sales do you mean booking or revenue? Is churn net of upsells or is an upsell a new sale? If bookings are the total contract value of everything you sold in a period, how do you normalize for different contract lengths? When you talk about revenue do you mean recurring or total?

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