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Sundae snags $36M to build out its distressed property marketplace

TechCrunch LA

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.

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Why Every Startup Needs To Select Customers Carefully

Startup Professionals Musings

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. The net message from “The Pumpkin Plan” is to plant the right seeds, weed out the losers, and nurture the winners, for maximum growth.

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10 Real World Hazards With Taking Your Startup Public

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Most just don’t enjoy all the challenges of communicating to analysts, placating demanding stockholders, and keeping up with legal reporting requirement.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). And assuming they both had the same net profit margins (profit / revenue) then the former company would be much better off at the end of the year. If there was strong market demand for their product then this investment might pay off handsomely.

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What to Make of Amazon’s Work Practices?

Both Sides of the Table

I’m looking for maniacal, competitive, driven, hard-working, obsessed individuals who are deeply committed to winning in the same way that Kobe Bryant is committed to being at the best in his field. So where do I finally net out? I’m not looking to fund people who err too much on the life side the work/life balance.

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10 Realities Today Cause Startups To Bypass An IPO

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Most just don’t enjoy all the challenges of communicating to analysts, placating demanding stockholders, and keeping up with legal reporting requirement.

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Entrepreneurs Need To Play Favorites With Customers

Startup Professionals Musings

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. The net message from “The Pumpkin Plan” is to plant the right seeds, weed out the losers, and nurture the winners, for maximum growth.