Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Although young companies rarely measure profitability this repeatedly, more mature companies usually can bring from five to ten percent of revenues to the bottom line in the form of net profit. And professional investors often penalize the company with lower-priced down rounds or expensive loans as a result.

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Product Marketing Resource 296

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

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. Investors look for a sustainable competitive advantage, like a patent. What is the need you fill or problem you solve? Target market. Who are you selling to?

Sales 102

Sales Customer Custom Outsource 102

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Although young companies rarely measure profitability this repeatedly, more mature companies usually can bring from five to ten percent of revenues to the bottom line in the form of net profit. And professional investors often penalize the company with lower-priced down rounds or expensive loans as a result.

Venture Capital 243

Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 243

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

Although young companies rarely measure profitability this repeatedly, more mature companies usually can bring from five to ten percent of revenues to the bottom line in the form of net profit. Time slipped; fixed overhead continued. Lots of good jobs were lost and many investors including myself were left with the question.

Venture Capital 212

Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 212

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

Our major designer was the number two guy on the Lucent 5E development program, so we understand how to design scalability into telecom apps, and scale seamlessly, better than our competitors. The reverse also happens--if one of our users wants to call Skype users, they can do that purely on the net, without using the PSTN.

IP 165

IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

We were contemplating one of the problems we had all faced, which was when we designed a project, the issue was that it usually never got done on time. Angels have lost lots of net worth because of the stock market meltdown, so we've kept it small, and plan to keep it small--at most three to five people at the most by the end of the year.

Startup 100

Startup Software Review Technical Review Software 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. LA is the largest metropolitan area in the US for people employed in art, design and media and the local creative economy of LA generates more than $140 billion in economic output – more than the GDP of many countries.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376