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Startups Should Focus On Their Net Profit Score Not Potential Promoters

InfoChachkie

As crazy as this scenario sounds, it is very similar to the “scoring process” companies engage in when they track Net Promoter Scores. A company''s Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a beloved metric slavishly tracked and reported by product marketing and customer support executives of both established and nascent enterprises.

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Green Dot: Tight Credit Driving New Customers

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Pasadena-based Green Dot , the provider of prepaid credit cards which recently debuted on the markets, reported its quarterly earnings Thursday, saying that the tight financing environment continues to drive new customers to the company. The firm said it had net income of $4.6M in net income on operating revenues of $62.9M

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Honey Acquired By PayPal For $4 Billion

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PayPal said that the acquisition will "transform the shopping experience" for its consumers and also increase sales and customer engagement for its merchants. PayPal said that Honey was profitable on a net income basis in 2018, and that it expects the acquisition to be acrretive to its non-GAAP earnings per share in 2021.

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ACTIVE Network Wins Three Cities

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San Diego-based ACTIVE Network is expanding its footprint in the parks and recreation management market, reporting this morning that it has signed up the cities of Phoenix, Portland, and Denver as customers of its ACTIVE Net software. Financial impact of the wins were not announced.

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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.

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ACTIVE Network Signs Up Two YMCAs

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San Diego-based sports activity registration and software provider ACTIVE Network reported two wins today at YMCA centers. ACTIVE Network said it has signed up the YMCA of the North Shore in Massachusetts and YMCA of the Brandywine Valley in Pennsylvania as customers for the company''s ACTIVE Net cloud platform.

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10 Business Model Components Required In Every Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. A target market is the group of customers that the startup plans to attract through marketing and sales their product or service. Target market. Sales/Marketing.

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