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Could you achieve ten percent net income each month?

Berkonomics

Then they calculate cost of sales, and then project their expenses, to find the bottom-line profit or loss each projected month. The longer the time it takes to break even or get to that magic ten percent net, the higher the number of dollars needed. The post Could you achieve ten percent net income each month?

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6 Keys To Measuring Return On Investment In Marketing

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur knows that good demand generation marketing is the key to growth these days, but very few have the discipline or know-how to measure return in a world of a thousand tools and techniques. In fact, we now live in a buyer-led digital age, where the traditional media push-marketing efforts just don’t work.

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How much is that one additional unit worth?

Berkonomics

Every dollar of gross profit falls to the bottom line, increasing net profit faster with each transaction. A ten percent increase in revenues for a company with 50% gross margin and 5% net profit before the increase would double net profit for the period with that ten percent increase in revenue. An example to make this clear.

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8 Keys To Maximizing Your New Venture Stock Net Worth

Startup Professionals Musings

Even though initial stock has no value or market, it is extremely valuable in dividing entity ownership between multiple co-founders, commensurate with their investment, contribution and role. Make sure the government waits for a stock sale to collect taxes. At that time the original split makes all the difference. In the U.S.,

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A Startup’s Net Profit Score Is More Important Than Its Net Promoter Score

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As crazy as this scenario sounds, it is very similar to the “scoring process” companies engage in when they track Net Promoter Scores. Net Promoter Scores (NPS) are the darling of many Big Dumb Company (BDC) product marketing and customer support executives. Turning Net Promoters Into Net Profits. Shots On Goal.

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Demand Media Nets $77.2M From IPO

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in net proceeds from the firm's IPO last week. The firm, which debuted on the NYSE as DMD, said it will use the new funding for investments in content, international expansion, working capital, product development, sales and marketing activities, general and administrative matters and capital expenditures.

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A heartbreaking story about time and money.

Berkonomics

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.