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How much is that one additional unit worth?

Berkonomics

Most college econ courses teach marginal economics. Every dollar of gross profit falls to the bottom line, increasing net profit faster with each transaction. Just to be fair, a 5% cut in costs would also double net profit. Getting to breakeven, allows us to at least double our net profit with the next unit sold.

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What’s the minimum information to give your investors?

Berkonomics

And most of us investors are frustrated by the lack of regular communication – unless of course – the company needs more money. At the annual meeting (which can be attended by phone), there are actions that require a vote of the shares present either by proxy or in person. Required actions by shareholders. But don’t worry.

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How much information do you give to investors?

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here.] At the annual meeting (which can be attended by phone), there are actions that require a vote of the shares present either by proxy or in person. Of course, a public company is not entitled to pare its information to reduce exposure to competitors.

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Another personal story: Timing is everything in a sale.

Berkonomics

After presenting a “state of the company” report at a national meeting of resellers for a company where I sat on the board, I was approached by one of the audience members, complimenting my presentation and stating, “I have a problem. Of course, we took all of these. The background for my story. The year was 1998.

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Timing is everything in a sale of a business.

Berkonomics

After presenting a “state of the company” report at a national meeting of resellers for a company where I sat on the board, I was approached by one of the audience members, complimenting my presentation and stating, “I have a problem. Of course we took all of these. First here is a bit of the background. The year was 1998.

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Interview: Thorsten von Eicken of RightScale

InfoChachkie

I taught a somewhat crazy course about writing and deploying a scalable website in Ruby on Rails and deploying it in EC2. But throughout the transition I had my safety net. He grabbed all the user email addresses I had collected and started talking to potential customers to find out what they wanted to do.

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Why Saying “Thank You&# Is Good Business

InfoChachkie

However, when one does find its way into my email inbox, I admittedly am more energized to help the person or organization in the future. Even favors that do not net positive results should be acknowledged and verbally appreciated. I realize that I am privileged to have the time and professional network to provide meaningful favors.