Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) Sales people cost money, and when they’re not bringing in revenue, their wandering in the woods is time consuming, cash-draining and demoralizing.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

What most managers miss is that every month cut from the time it takes to perform such tasks cuts the cost by the value of a month’s worth of fixed overhead or burn. Ignoring the cost of product for a moment to make a point, saving a month’s fixed overhead by making processes more efficient, could easily double profits for the year.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

What most managers miss is that every month cut from the time it takes to perform such tasks cuts the cost by the value of a month’s worth of fixed overhead or burn. Ignoring cost of product for a moment to make a point, saving a month’s fixed overhead by making processes more efficient, could easily double profits for the year.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

What most managers miss is that every month cut from the time it takes to perform such tasks cuts the cost by the value of a month’s worth of fixed overhead or burn. In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. It is going to cost a lot of money just to get the initial batch of products to test the market and would definitely require external funding. Both of which are expensive and time-consuming. It might be tempting to do so.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

The Damaging Psychology of Down Rounds | by Mark Suster – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Hospital Prices No Longer Secret As New Data Reveals Bewildering System, Staggering Cost Differences – [link].

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