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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior. Gross margin (GM) is the amount of profit you make per sale of your product or service taking into account your total costs of selling that product or service. Valuation.

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How to Handle a VC Presentation with No Deck

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I would argue that this mostly consists of consumer Internet companies (although not exclusively) and it is predominantly early-stage people who are product gurus and have a mildly technical bend to them. It’s the same as in any sales-oriented meeting and make no mistake raising money is sales. Mobile app?

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8 Strategies For Sustaining Momentum In Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on my experience advising new entrepreneurs as well as more mature businesses, I recommend the following strategies for building business momentum, while still optimizing the limited resources of every small business: Find more customers that like what you do best. Track competition to stay ahead of copycats.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. 6 startups = 1 IPO, 2 acquisitions, 1 failure, millions in venture capital $, hundreds of employees in cities worldwide and the building of my latest venture, the Rubicon Project - one of the fastest growing advertising companies in history. Zondigo, Inc.

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