Seeing Both Sides

JULY 21, 2014

Our stock naturally plummeted. But many years later, I began to appreciate that one of our core flaws was our business model. But the downside to our business model was that we did not have hardly any recurring revenue. . Recurring revenue business models are not a little bit better than non-recurring models.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Technographics vendors such as Builtwith , Datanyze , HG Data , Stackshare, and Stacklist help CEOs identify the right tech platform on which to build their business; they’re also helpful for investors to due diligence a company’s tech stack choices. Capital has built a free online tool for founders to calculate their cost of capital.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2016

A flowing sales funnel is crucial in any business, but even more so with SaaS businesses… Unlike other business models, revenue is generated over an extended period of time. LTV = ARPA * % Gross Margin / % MRR Churn Rate. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC).

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. I don’t have any formal business training and I actually think it’s served me well. I have a proposal written up including full cost and revenue projections. No investor cares about a business plan.

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