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Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders

Steve Blank

— Unremarked and unheralded, the balance of power between startup CEOs and their investors has radically changed: IPOs/M&A without a profit (or at times revenue) have become the norm. Typically, this caliber of bankers wouldn’t talk to you unless your company had five profitable quarters of increasing revenue.

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Why a Company Can’t “Be More Like a Startup”

Steve Blank

Its employees and investors don’t depend on an existing revenue stream. If they select a business model that targets industry incumbents, they don’t have to worry about upsetting existing customers, partners or distribution channels. Every Airbnb rental is a lost night of revenue for hotels that hate it. to stifle competition.).

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10 Key Business Plan Elements Not In A Product Spec

Startup Professionals Musings

If your goal is a large national corporation with more than 100 investors, and multiple classes of stock, you might prefer a C-Corp or S-Corp. All startups, including non-profits, need revenue to thrive, such as such as from subscriptions, retail, online, licensing, or services. They want to see revenue to share in the return.

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Beware of Premature Merge Elation

Both Sides of the Table

How much dilution should I take for it?&# My friend’s company was pre-revenue. We said it was like two people who couldn’t swim across the English Channel (21 miles) putting their arms around each other and trying to swim across together. My version is, “you have a company with private stock.

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The Power of Torso TV (Why Media is Racing to the Middle)

Both Sides of the Table

When you had physical stores selling books, the bookseller would have to stock the shelves with those books most likely to sell so consumer choice was more limited. With what is rumored to be around 2 million consumers paying $8 / month that is now a $200 million per year not including their ad revenue business. That was the only way.

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The Benefits of Using Furniture Retail Software for Streamlining Operations

The Startup Magazine

Software for furniture s treamlines this task by providing real-time updates that help maintain stock levels and prevent overstocking and stockouts. Improving the Efficiency of the Sales Process Improving the sales process impacts revenue growth by making it more efficient and effective.

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Don’t Sleep on Lightning

Version One Ventures

Lightning is a network of bi-directional payment channels that allows for instant settlement between parties and routing of payments over a TOR-like p2p network settled in units of bitcoin. > 36,000 public channels . > And >40% of that revenue is coming from in-game purchases. > 14,000 public nodes . >