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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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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. Let’s consider the following two software companies, both of which have 66% gross margins.

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Please go see “Waiting for Superman.” Here’s Why:

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It’s an important film and the most important topic of our generation if we as a country want to remain competitive in a world that has globalized. I poured myself into planning and I won the class-wide competition. It’s the story of what’s broken with the education system in the US. Please go see the film.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

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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.

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Interview with Al Eisaian, IconApps

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As of the last four months, we've had about 200,000 plus downloads, a bunch of great write ups, and a lot of mom bloggers who have been reviewing the app and writing stories on it. The net-net, is they want to simplify their lives, and we've given them an application that allows them to simplify their life, save money, and share.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). Banner or AdSense style ads placed either at the top of the page or down the right hand side (often called a skyscraper) would only net Twitter money for users that log into Twitter.com. Image courtesy of Bernhardt Haussner.

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6 Keys to Marketing Customer Experience vs Products

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A classic article in the Harvard Business Review “ The Truth About Customer Experience ” defines it as your customer’s end-to-end journey with you, not just the key touchpoints or critical moments when customers interact with your organization. One metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). Detractors.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

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Tech Diligence - Consider The Source. Rather, we value entrepreneurs' time and thus our diligence generally includes introducing them to potential customers and partners. The net was that 's app is too sophisticated for the five verbs. <Note: John Greathouse <john *@ *.com> com> 4/25/08. to Jim, Kevin.