SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The very last email I got from him told me the following: Thank you for your time Tony, I understand everyone wants a huge salary, no risk and a cut of the profits. And let’s be honest, most employees, advisors, etc. Otherwise, you’ll end up spending time with people who are not going to be interested.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

You might have held off paying yourself while launching your startup, but is it time to give yourself a salary? Here are seven things to consider in order to determine if now is the right time to pay yourself a salary. Once you generate the financial support of investors, it may be time to reward yourself with a salary.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

We’re hitting record revenue months, weeks, and margins. There are startups out there that are valued at a billion dollars, but because of employee salaries, assets, etc. Don’t be afraid to pivot The collapse of SVB spurred us to do a deep evaluation of how we’re generating revenue and value for customers.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Fixed costs include rent, salaries, maintenance, licenses, equipment, and other overhead expenses. Having more salaried employees or too expensive an office space are two examples that might lead to this. And specifically to turn it into one that exceeds $10 million in revenues? This video explains more. read more.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2020

The ready-made revenue stream and pool of existing customers can create a favorable climate for investment. Immediate Revenue Stream. When buying an existing business, investors can enjoy an immediate revenue stream. The importance of a ready-made revenue stream cannot be overstated. Trained Employees.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The most common financial metrics ffVC asks companies to compare vs. budget are: Gross Revenue. Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR). Average Revenue Per Account. Lean Analytics recommends this set of metrics for some of the major categories of startups: Create a management dashboard. So how do you do it? Gross Profit.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 27, 2013

In business the verb usually refers to tools that are created to make projections of sales or profits, but can also be used to predict anything from website traffic to manpower requirements to employee health care costs. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies. Lean Business: Pivot Point. Determine break-even volume.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, October 30, 2008 John Doerrs 10 lean startup tips I just saw video of John Doerrs talk yesterday at VentureBeat’s “How to manage your start-up in the downturn&# roundtable event. Not just about expenses, about increasing revenue. Voluntary salary reduction program.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 13, 2018

If you’re self-confident enough to sell them on your vision, and said vision is actually worth selling, their largess may be all you need to get from whiteboarding to revenue. Every new employee you take on adds to your company’s liabilities: salary, benefits, office space, equipment. Are You Living Lean?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Obviously, if you can do most of the work yourself, you need fewer employees, meaning less for payroll tax, benefits, and workers compensation. Best of all, it’s even considered “ultra-cool” these days to be a lean startup.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

In 2013, North America accounted for just over 40 percent of the global home health care revenue. Start with a lean plan if you’re eager to get up and running fast or if you’re simply interested in validating your idea. Unless you have an unorthodox business model, Medicare and Medicaid will be your primary source of revenue.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 25, 2012

While the company is now profitable and its seven founders are getting paid salaries, that wasn't always the case. The company now boasts millions of dollars in revenue, and more than 30 petabytes of managed storage in its data centers. There are going to be lean years as you build your business and ramp up your operations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Obviously, if you can do most of the work yourself, you need fewer employees, meaning less for payroll tax, benefits, and workers compensation. Best of all, it’s even considered “ultra-cool” these days to be a lean startup.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2019

According to the Workplace 2025 study released in 2017 by Randstad US, by 2025 a majority of the workforce will be employed in an agile capacity, as a consultant, contractor, temporary, or freelance employee. My book explains how to calculate your consulting fees to generate a comfortable salary and enough to cover business expenses.

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Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Obviously, if you can do most of the work yourself, you need fewer employees, meaning less for payroll tax, benefits, and workers compensation. Best of all, it’s even considered “ultra-cool” these days to be a lean startup.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

By which they mean: Without stupid rules that assume employees are dumb or evil, without everything taking ten times longer than it should, without wall-to-wall meetings, without resorting to hiring anything less than the top 1% of the talent pool, and so on. Why is this impossible when you have 500 employees? From Brittle to Robust.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2013

It’s been fun watching a 20th Century entrepreneur learn new tricks as he builds his next startup, FindTheBest using Lean Methodology. Lean Start-up Connection: Business Model Canvas. By leaning on our technology, we knew we could build cheaply, we just didn’t know how cheaply. Here’s Kevin’s story to date.

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Babbling VC

JUNE 5, 2012

You salary goes up or your company finally starts generating revenue. Just as the human body adapts to exercises and needs newer and different exercises to maintain a lean figure, so too does a founder, manager or company. . Hence, if you're a start-up, it's time to get lean again and focus on your waistline. . .

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The subscription box industry is growing rapidly thanks to a steady revenue model and tapping into people’s love for surprises. But if you’re writing a plan as an internal guide for strategic growth, you should consider a lighter version— a Lean Plan. Financial summary : Project your revenue for the first few years.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

The predator is the loss of revenue, or worse, bankruptcy. This is a position that easily costs businesses a six-figure salary, often over $200,000 per year, plus benefits. They need to run effective marketing campaigns in order to grow their revenue. Delegation and keeping the organization lean.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2015

You need to think of business planning from a lean perspective, and it’s just enough to get you to the right place. It is lean. Why do I talk about it as being a process, and lean. What is revenue going to look like? I want to have enough revenue to hire a manager. That is not the business plan anymore.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

How many employees would a medium-sized business have in your definition? Jason: If I’m managing my whole business with this tool, I don’t have 100 employees. you can’t have one employee because meetings are just too easy and you don’t really have them formally. You can’t have 5,000 employees.

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Up and Running

JULY 20, 2020

Create a list of all items your business needs to start and operate, including things like computer equipment, POS systems, office supplies, furniture, and salaries. If you’re unsure of how many employees you’ll need to start, you may want to look into hiring contractors or outsourcing specific areas of your business. Track everything.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I ended up getting rejected by FriendFeed, and then told the other companies that I wasn’t quite ready to go back into the employee world and needed a few months to figure out what I really wanted to do next. spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO. During this year they. During this year they.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

For instance, if you’re starting your own business as a professional speaker and your expertise is in training employees to improve their customer service, there are many ways you can differentiate yourself from others in the market. There are many resources online that can give you estimates of salaries for your industry.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2019

Grab the revenue number for the company. In addition to the macro-outcome of revenue). Employees also become smarter when they have to optimize for more than one thing. :). You'll be surprised at the increase in your salary and bonus (oh, and the company will benefit too!). Double that number this year.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO. created a vastly higher cost structure; I had 80 people mostly on base salaries under $100,000 and was bringing in revenue at the rate of $20 million annually. .”). During this year they. deprecated the old feature-complete product (ACS 3.4)

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Once you’ve done that – then. do something else.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

You can go so far in a single direction with too much freedom that maybe that’s not the best for people around you, or employees, or partners. We’ve talked a little bit about planning, and lean management, and even some of the Kanban principles that we talked about a few episodes ago. Jonathan: Kanban.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Some have been as co-founder, most have been as a consultant with the possibility of becoming an paid employee, “as soon as we close our funding round.” I think it’s difficult, if not impossible, to value a pre-revenue company with any reasonable accuracy. The company with all the revenue is Company C.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. At its peak, in 2010, Goodmail had roughly 40 employees. Harley Goes Lean to Build Hogs. Comcast Corp.,

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Also, for the full time coder, you may violate your employee contract especially in the area of non-competes or just plain piss off your boss when he finds out how much time you have been putting into a side project when deadlines were looming. Hopefully your idea of business model isn’t “ad revenue based”.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

For our latest webinar, we discussed “How to Lose an Employee in 10 Days,” outlining major mistakes an entrepreneur or CEO should avoid if they want to hold onto valuable employees. Their mantra is “we love employees,” and this mantra really fits their culture. Great movie.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Economic Value (EcV) is the value of short and long-term revenue and cost savings. The causal impact does not have to be on Revenue. An example of the implication: Don't expect short term sales/revenue from any social participation. Do we make any money from being on Social Networks? It is not that hard.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Meanwhile, the rash of early liquidity and recent IPOs — unsatisfying as they were — gave liquidity to thousands of employees at large companies, and a subset of those made very real money. They’re cutting salaries and making the last tens of thousands — or if they’re lucky a hundred thousand — last.

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