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A heartbreaking story about time and money.

Berkonomics

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. It is not a strong bargaining position for the CEO to ask for money to complete a product promised for completion with the previous round of funding.

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CrowdStrike Names New CFO, VP

socalTECH

Irvine-based cybersecurity software developer CrowdStrike announced this morning that it has named Burt Podbere as the company's new Chief Financial Officer, and Lisza Cuevas as its new Vice President of People. Podbere was most recently CFO of OpenDNS (acquired by Cisco), and also was at Net Optics (sold to Ixia) and Epocrates (IPO).

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Wasted time is money lost.

Berkonomics

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. It is not a strong bargaining position for the CEO to ask for money to complete a product promised for completion with the previous round of funding.

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

That died with waterfall software development. ’ Our Net Income will be $40 million.&#. 66% Net Operating Margins? They are not just for fund raising. Do so at your peril. So, definition: when I talk about a business plan I’m not talking about a 40-page Word document outlining your market approach.

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Kick-Start Your eCommerce Business for $100 or Less

Startup Professionals Musings

The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook. Life is more fun that way.

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Wasted time is money lost. (And another story of lost opportunity.)

Berkonomics

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. It is not a strong bargaining position for the CEO to ask for money to complete a product promised for completion with the previous round of funding.

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Lean on Your Networks When Making Early Hires

Tech.Co

Below we’ll outline how to squeeze those last drops of talent out of your own social circles, how to incentivize current employees to lure in potential candidates in their networks, and how to entice “superconnectors” to recruit through their own far-reaching nets. Tap Into Your Network. But how do you go about pitching your friends?