Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month. I often see companies burning $100,000 per month (net) looking to raise $6-8 million.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range. Understanding competitive early mover requirements. Long-term stability requires revenue growth and profit.

Organization 94

Organization Invest Customer Custom 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range. Understanding competitive early mover requirements. Long-term stability requires revenue growth and profit.

Organization 173

Organization Invest Customer Custom 173

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

With those two funding rounds all equity-based, to buy up property itself and provide $10,000 cash advances to all sellers, Sundae previously also raised a debt fund from high net worth individuals, and it has a “very large” debt facility from Goldman Sachs that it also non-dilutive, Stech said.

Sales 282

Sales Demand San Diego Funding 282

Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

You will realize much more from the ultimate sale of your business even if at a considerably lower price than if splitting the proceeds with investors. Strategic investors validate a business, by their presence creating the very value they pay for with increased price per share purchased. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

Venture Capital 266

Venture Capital Class Invest Equity 266

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?” Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). ” If you’re not profitable you’re purely a cost center to them.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2015

This will create a connection with them, which demonstrates more value than price or quality. One metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). Satisfied but unenthusiastic customers who can be easily wooed by the competition. Show your passion and creativity in every solution. Detractors. Marty Zwilling.

Customer 100

Customer Custom .Net Competition 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

This statement leaves no confusion in the minds of investors, or customers, of what the company does and how it is different (and better) than the competition. Ideally the solution embodies intellectual property that you own, giving you a sustainable competitive advantage. The net value of this solution from the customer’s perspective.

.Net 73

.Net Examples Customer Custom 73

InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

Even the eccentric King of Pop communicated the price he was willing to pay for Neverland. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. We then turned Citrix’s question around, saying, “You knocked on our door with an intent to buy so you obviously have some idea of the price you are willing to pay.

Company 100

Company Companies Santa Barbara Pricing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

Because public shareholders usually take the short-term view, they want to see constant rises in the stock's price so they can sell their shares for a profit. There is no accommodation for smaller public companies, who can’t be competitive in their space with the new accounting, documenting, and reporting processes required.

Startup 98

Startup Report IBM IBM 98

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2017

This will create a connection with them, which demonstrates more value than price or quality. One metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). Satisfied but unenthusiastic customers who can be easily wooed by the competition. Loyal enthusiasts who keep buying from you and urge their friends to do the same.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Product Marketing 85

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked also netted in new customers such as Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, and Equity Partners, NextView Ventures and crowd-funding service AI Verified which will take advantage of its iPad compatibility, bulk uploading, and reporting tools. How CapLinked Changes The Game.

Mobile 91

Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2013

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater.

Startup 95

Startup Pricing Statistics .Net 95

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2014

Then you can focus your energy on the core client group, and keep these folks so happy that they will never leave you for the competition. Keep yourself an inch ahead of your competition. Raise prices. If you really want to see bad clients run for the hills, raise your prices. it’s a good thing. Equal isn’t good enough.

Customer 95

Customer Custom Entrepreneur Pricing 95

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2014

This will create a connection with them, which demonstrates more value than price or quality. One new metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). Satisfied but unenthusiastic customers who can be easily wooed by the competition. Show your passion and creativity in every solution. Detractors. Marty Zwilling.

Customer 98

Customer Custom .Net Competition 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

entrepreneurs consistently claim to be happier , and have a higher net worth than employees. The ideal customer will see so much value that price becomes unimportant. Know your peers and build your competitive advantage. Both want personal satisfaction and financial success. In fact, U.S.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Satisfaction Customer Custom 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Then you can focus your energy on the core client group, and keep these folks so happy that they will never leave you for the competition. Keep yourself an inch ahead of your competition. Raise prices. If you really want to see bad clients run for the hills, raise your prices. it’s a good thing. Equal isn’t good enough.

Customer 98

Customer Custom Startup Pricing 98

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

What about your competition – how much do they charge? Good ones don’t care about the granular details in a startup but they do care about how big the market is, what share you’ll get and what assumptions you make about pricing over time and other market factors. ’ Our Net Income will be $40 million.&#.

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. Competition. Investors look for a sustainable competitive advantage. What is the need you fill or problem you solve? Target market. Who are you selling to?

Sales 97

Sales Customer Custom Outsource 97

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

Because public shareholders usually take the short-term view, they want to see constant rises in the stock's price so they can sell their shares for a profit. There is no accommodation for smaller public companies, who can’t be competitive in their space with the new accounting, documenting, and reporting processes required.

Startup 84

Startup Technical Review Report IBM 84

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. Competition. Investors look for a sustainable competitive advantage. What is the need you fill or problem you solve? Target market. Who are you selling to?

Sales 98

Sales Customer Custom Outsource 98

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

Even the eccentric King of Pop communicated the price he was willing to pay. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. As we were not engaged in selling our company, a “price” was nonexistent. What is that price?”. We were not rude nor indignant. We simply stated the truth. Do Nothing.

Company 160

Company Companies Pricing Santa Barbara 160

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2012

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater.

Startup 95

Startup Statistics Pricing .Net 95

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

You will realize much more from the ultimate sale of your business even if at a considerably lower price than if splitting the proceeds with investors. Strategic investors validate a business, by their presence creating the very value they pay for with increased price per share purchased. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

Venture Capital 174

Venture Capital Invest Class Entrepreneur 174

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

LP’s who invest in funds are typically university endowments, public & private pension funds, insurance companies, large corporations and very high net worth individuals called “family offices.&# To give you an indication of how bad, for example, university endowments are suffering check out this chart.

Venture Capital 311

Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding Rustic Canyon 311

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50 percent and a net margin in the 20 percent range. Understanding competitive early-mover requirements.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Organization Invest Customer 98

Xconomy

AUGUST 26, 2016

Mylan bumped up the price of the EpiPen 400 percent, presidential nominee Hillary Clinton responded with a tirade against drug price hikes, and—much like when Clinton railed against drug pricing last year—biotech indexes promptly plummeted more than 3 percent. It was the tweet heard around the biotech world, again.

Pricing 40

Pricing Thousand Oaks Startup Research 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2016

The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range. Understanding competitive early mover requirements. Long-term stability requires revenue growth and profit.

Startup 58

Startup Organization Invest Customer 58

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Because public shareholders usually take the short-term view, they want to see constant rises in the stock's price so they can sell their shares for a profit. There is no accommodation for smaller public companies, who can’t be competitive in their space with the new accounting, documenting, and reporting processes required.

Startup 87

Startup Technical Review Report Entrepreneur 87

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2011

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater.

Startup 92

Startup Statistics Pricing .Net 92

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Data centers are a strategic layer of the value chain: data center efficiencies and deployments are some of Google’s key competitive advantages and trade secrets. ISP executives have publicly spoken about violating net neutrality. Violating net neutrality would be analogous to installing Internet toll roads.

Google 92

Google Web .Net Yahoo 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Because public shareholders usually take the short-term view, they want to see constant rises in the stock''s price so they can sell their shares for a profit. There is no accommodation for smaller public companies, who can’t be competitive in their space with the new accounting, documenting, and reporting processes required.

Startup 98

Startup Technical Review Report Entrepreneur 98

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Nick Desai: FitOrbit delivers a proven solution for fitness and weight loss over the Internet, for the first time, at a price people can afford. Nick Desai: With FitOrbit, there's an extremely high value, at a low cost price. We've also built a variety of pricing options. At $10, that's less than a coffee a day.

Media 168

Media Pricing Sites Training 168

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Because public shareholders usually take the short-term view, they want to see constant rises in the stock''s price so they can sell their shares for a profit. There is no accommodation for smaller public companies, who can’t be competitive in their space with the new accounting, documenting, and reporting processes required.

Startup 97

Startup Report Entrepreneur Statistics 97

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

For example, we support promotions for Sony movies, a combination of database and telecom work for interactive TV shows like the Price is Right, Deal or No Deal, the Game Show Network, and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. We think Asterisk is an entirely different marketplace, and therefore not a competitive threat.

IP 165

IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2010

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater.

Startup 60

Startup Statistics Pricing .Net 60

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

In fact, if you add the capital flows of the past ten years, there have been just shy of $50 billion in net cash outlays. With valuations rising fastest in late-stage venture and the competition that is well-known from corporate VCs, mutual funds, hedge funds (and even LPs), it is unsurprising that LPs are most concerned about late-stage VC.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Capital Marketing Seed Funding 150