socalTECH

MAY 7, 2021

According to the startup, led by CEO Goli Ameri, it provides business planning tools, an online community, and other resources for small businesses. Co-founder Brad King has been involved in such companies as Net Effect, iChange, and URB-E.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

To grow faster businesses need resources in today’s financial period to fund growth that may not come for 6 months to a year. Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). There is a healthy tension between profits & growth. The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people.

Startup

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The firm, which is headed by Adam Miller, also updated its financials, saying it had a net loss of $31.39M on revenues of $32.57M for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The loss number was a result of an accounting change in fair value of preferred stock warrant liabilities owned by the firm, related to its Series D preferred round.

Cornerstone OnDemand

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 9, 2013

You might net $1 million and that would change your life. At least I have more resources. If you don’t you may have to lay off staff in eight weeks. How can you process that? Even more difficult. You have an offer to sell your company. Should you? Upside scenarios. Downside scenarios. Raise a big VC round – yeah!

News

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66 Net income was around $1.4 million, compared to a $7 million net loss in 2008. But LivingSocial is reportedly doing around $180,000 per day in gross revenue.

Clearstone

socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2009

According to MySpace, the upgrade includes new access to the activity stream of MySpace users, integration of OAuth and OpenID for authentication of users, and new developer resources to help developers create and manage applications. The firm also said that it will be adding Google Android support soon.

PHP

Berkonomics

AUGUST 21, 2013

In this insight, we need to speak of the sources of working capital and the implications to the future financial health of the choices made when selecting one financial resource. To this net number, the lender will then apply a percentage, from 50% to 80% as the amount available for borrowing under the agreement.

Capital

Berkonomics

JULY 16, 2020

In this insight, we need to speak of the sources of working capital and the implications to the future financial health of the choices made when selecting one financial resource. To this net number, the lender will then apply a percentage, from 50% to 80% as the amount available for borrowing under the agreement. It may not be equity.

Company

InfoChachkie

MARCH 5, 2012

That said, is a two or three or year program that goes away…a net negative? It’s another resource for entrepreneurs. Brad sums up this reality by saying, “The more resources for entrepreneurs that are feeding entrepreneurs, rather than taking from entrepreneurs, the better.” I think it’s a huge positive.

Startup

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

There is still abundant money available for early stage investment, but many of the rules have changed, as well as the processes for accessing these resources. Research the Net for guidance in this arena, which is changing as laws enabling this are evolving.

Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Every smart entrepreneur needs to realize that trying to treat every customer the same, with limited resources, may mean that you are treating them all poorly, or at least limiting your own growth. Another approach is to explain that you have shifted all your resources to another segment, and can no longer help this customer.

Customer

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range. First movers in a new space need users more than revenue to maintain market share, so investment pitches need to highlight this priority in requests for funding resources.

Organization

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

They put students on “tracks&# where the better performing students end up getting the better teachers and more resources so the young students who don’t score well out of the gate get left behind. I believe in capitalism but I also believe in a safety net. They don’t do enough for masses of students.

Class

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 18, 2012

There is a weird Apollo 13… thing about not having enough resources and everybody having to sit around… and figure out how we’re gonna make this thing work that produces great innovation.” “The scarcest resource at any startup…(is) management bandwidth. You had no idea if you had Waterworld or Titanic.”

Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

Net result and reward. People are your best innovation resource. Once a new product is launched, a key metric is the ratio of new product sales to overall sales. Based on ROI, incentives should be developed for all participants. Reward your people. Sustainable innovation is really the only sustainable competitive advantage.

Coach

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

Net result and reward. People are your best innovation resource. Once a new product is launched, a key metric is the ratio of new product sales to overall sales. Based on ROI, incentives should be developed for all participants. Reward your people. Sustainable innovation is really the only sustainable competitive advantage.

Coach

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2021

Reality-check your goals, then focus on ways to leverage your skills, assets, resources, and relationships. According to Small Business Association figures, about six million Americans a year make the bold leap onto the startup path, with many more worldwide, and many have no corporate safety net to fall back on.

Entrepreneur

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2015

With support for Windows, Linux,NET, Node.js, PHP, Java, and much more. We can also connect with the right local resources depending on your startups’ needs. Qualified startups can receive up to $60K in Azure cloud credits, technical support, access to Microsoft software, and more. The Deets: Scale with Azure cloud credits.

Technical Review

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups.

Funding

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Most rational adults are fairly judicious with their own money (obviously to varying degrees), but many of these same adults often spend their company’s money as if it is an infinite resource. In a company’s latter stages, a wasted dollar directly impacts the company’s exit valuation, which is influenced by the company’s net income.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Every smart entrepreneur needs to realize that trying to treat every customer the same, with limited resources, may mean that you are treating them all poorly, or at least limiting your own growth. Another approach is to explain that you have shifted all your resources to another segment, and can no longer help this customer.

Customer

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2014

Every smart entrepreneur needs to realize that trying to treat every customer the same, with limited resources, may mean that you are treating them all poorly, or at least limiting your own growth. Another approach is to explain that you have shifted all your resources to another segment, and can no longer help this customer.

Customer

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

A startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources for equity to nurture young companies, helping them to survive and grow during the startup period when they are most vulnerable. These resources would likely include office space, consulting, and even a cash investment. Startup incubators.

Technical Review

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

I just finished a new book, Agility: How to Navigate the Unknown and Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption , by Leo Tilman and Charles Jacoby, which has helped me net out the key principles for businesses to become more agile. You need time and resources looking ahead for change. Crisis-driven agility is not enough today.

Competition

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2020

He nets out five specific mindsets that I assure you will help any of you as a leader communicate more openly and more successfully: Be convinced you have a valuable contribution to make. One of the biggest problems I see in startups is everyone trying to do too many different things, straining resources and confusing customers.

Startup

Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2018

As more companies become highly dependent on technology, the need for dependable and secure network infrastructure resources grows as well. On-Net Locations. For companies who need to get their service up and running quickly, look for a managed network provider has a large on-net area.

Networking

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2012

Net result and reward. People are your best innovation resource. Once a new product is launched, a key metric is the ratio of new product sales to overall sales. Based on ROI, incentives should be developed for all participants. Reward your people. Sustainable innovation is really the only sustainable competitive advantage.

Coach

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups.

Startup

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Such Donors are willing to expend time and resources to assist the startup, often without monetary gain. Even favors that do not net positive results should be acknowledged and verbally appreciated. Give Your Donors Their Tax Deduction.

Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Al Gore, by just talking about it, still seems to be leading the way in monetization, having amassed an estimated net worth reported recently as around $300 million. Find alternate components for limited natural resources. The ideas are endless, but we need more smart entrepreneurs to implement them. But it all starts with you.

Artificial Inteligence

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2013

Reality-check your goals, then focus on ways to leverage your skills, assets, resources, and relationships. According to Small Business Association figures, about six million Americans a year make the bold leap onto the startup path, with many more worldwide, and many have no corporate safety net to fall back on.

Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

A startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources for equity to nurture young companies, helping them to survive and grow during the startup period when they are most vulnerable. These resources would likely include office space, consulting, and even a cash investment. Startup incubators.

Startup

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2014

The way we get compensated, is we receive a percent of net sales that flow through the website. That''s one of the biggest challenges of running an e-commerce company, which is figuring out where to focus your time, effort, and resources, and figure out which technology to use, and to figure out which operational processes to implement.

Commerce

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Most existing metrics and analytics for measuring customer satisfaction and loyalty, including the popular Net Promoter Score (NPS), don’t distinguish between recommend messages to others (word-of-mouth), detract messages or no message at all. The challenge is to measure resources spent against return.

Customer

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2011

Net result and reward. People are your best innovation resource. Once a new product is launched, a key metric is the ratio of new product sales to overall sales. Based on ROI, incentives should be developed for all participants. Reward your people. Sustainable innovation is really the only sustainable competitive advantage.

Coach

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

But throughout the transition I had my safety net. One of the interesting questions I’m keeping an eye on is at what level users will consume compute resources, in particular, where in the spectrum between infrastructure as a service and platform as a service. The transition [from Citrix Online] to RightScale was similar.

Cloud Computing

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2012

Angels are typically high net-worth individuals, investing their own money, interested more in early or “seed” financing of amounts starting as low as $25K. They focus on specific business areas, have multiple deals running concurrently, understand deal flow, and usually have more current insights, connections, and resources.

Startup