InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Entrepreneurs who experience promising initial success also play a similar game. The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer. The Answer Is?

Entrepreneur 124

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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. entrepreneur revenue startup user count' High customer loyalty and high team passion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

Steve Blank via Flickr by jdlasica I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed.

Startup 98

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

In the old days, every entrepreneur planned on taking their startup public, and making it big. Smart entrepreneurs are now starting to look at this option again, as well as the challenges of running a public company. The M&A alternative looks simple by comparison. Constant pressure to increase earnings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2015

The way to start is with a sample financial model, freely available from many sources on the Internet, such as this one from Entrepreneur. In my experience, the top candidates will include the following: What if you have to cut your targeted price? Pricing is always a tricky issue. entrepreneur Excel financial model startup'

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

” I mention journalists here because they perpetuate the myth that focusing on profits is ALWAYS the right answer and then I hear many entrepreneurs (and certainly many “normals”) repeating the same mantra. I have had this discussion with many a first-time entrepreneur. If you don’t, somebody else WILL!”

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo! The COGS (costs of goods sold) tells me about how big your customer acquisition costs will be. ’ Our Net Income will be $40 million.&#. 66% Net Operating Margins?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2017

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Nail the business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Nail the business model.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Richard White, author of The Entrepreneur’s Manual , surveyed a number of venture capitalists, asking them to identify the characteristics of successful, serial entrepreneurs. In fact, several of the venture capitalists pointed out that successful entrepreneurs often have to be encouraged to spend more aggressively.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

Although this is a somewhat unusual real estate transaction, it reflects a surprisingly common scenario in the world of mergers and acquisitions, with one important distinction. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Nail the business model.

Startup 114

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

I often ask entrepreneurs to consider, “What’s your objective? This is not atypical for “middle men” who often take 15–30% of the value of the sale If you’re shaking your head and thinking, “duh” I promise you that even some of the most sophisticated people I know get off track on this issue of “gross revenue” versus “net revenue.”

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

The transaction is considered the largest public acquisition in Bitcoin history with both companies exhibiting impressive growth numbers since their respective beginnings. Dan, now named as Product Manager for the Blockchain acquired Zeroblock apps, tells the audience about life after acquisition. The ultimate plan?

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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. Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. High customer loyalty and high team passion.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Entrepreneurs create opportunities by creating ripples, and mini-ventures are great ripple creators. This enterprise netted the entrepreneurial student a nice fistful of bills before each test. the smartass entrepreneur replied, “It’s called business. For more discussion of entrepreneurial pricing, see “At What Price?”.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

If you are not, you may have already blown your chance at becoming a successful entrepreneur on The Fringe, as your future competitors gained hundreds of hours of hands on experience while you played with your GameBoy. Given that over 750 million people have played the game, I will assume that most of you are familiar with the basic rules.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. Rather, we value entrepreneurs' time and thus our diligence generally includes introducing them to potential customers and partners.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I have to say that it has netted far more than I would have thought. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. Andrew Frame, a 30-something entrepreneur who founded Internet-telephone company Ooma, bought a contemporary four bedroom in Bel Air for $5.5 Prices have gone up dramatically on this beachfront strip.

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