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Recurring revenues: Oil or glue?

Berkonomics

Management undertakes a simple exercise of calculating the increased profitability of shutting down all R&D, sales and subordinate operations, and universally notes with shock the high net profit that results – from shutting down all operations except customer service to recurring customers (as in software support operations.).

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

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
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Maximize Your Exit By Not Selling Your Company

InfoChachkie

Do Nothing – Taking no action was the potent competition faced by Citrix. I am proud to say that Citrix lived up to all of its commitments and Expertcity, renamed Citrix Online, went on to become one of the largest employers in Santa Barbara county and one of the world’s largest SaaS businesses. VC Funding Alternative.

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Startup Pricing: Are You Selling A Giffen Product?

InfoChachkie

A recurring entrepreneurial challenge is to determine the optimal price of a new product, especially absent a directly competitive alternative. The same phenomenon occurred at ProCore , when the company shifted the market focus of its SaaS solution from small contractors to large commercial builders. How Much For A Rib?

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

socalTECH

As a result, I'm looking at a lot of software-as-a-service companies, and have run a number of SaaS companies. My competition is not Rustic Canyon, it's not Clearstone, or the other venture firms in town. They've signed a global distribution with Nintento to power Nintendo Wii and DS, and also have distribution deals with major labels.