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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. 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.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

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APRIL 25, 2011

It would not be a big stretch to image a well run service business like this making 15-25% net profit margins. You own the IP you create. Even tech blogs know this. Tech blogs can theoretically scale, tech conferences are pure service businesses. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

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JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. I’ve blogged about this before and provide a lot more details in these posts: 1. It’s worth having a quick read of the first few paragraphs of their annual report.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390