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How to measure your power in the Internet marketplace.

Berkonomics

The old measures, including return on investment, percentage of profit against revenue or employee count, and more, obviously are still relevant. A simple statistic which can be derived from a good general ledger using GAAP accounting procedures. Email readers, continue here… ] LPC (Lifetime Profit per Customer).

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Everything you do adds or reduces company value

Berkonomics

But each commitment of resources of any substantial size for acquisition of new products, talent, even new companies, changes the value of your enterprise perhaps to a great degree. Should I make an acquisition to increase value? Let’s analyze the effect of a potential acquisition upon the value of your company.

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Think of your exit as you commit your resources along the way.

Berkonomics

But each commitment of resources of any substantial size for acquisition of new products, talent, even new companies, changes the value of your enterprise perhaps to a great degree. Let’s analyze the effect of a potential acquisition upon the value of your company.

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Measuring your power in the Internet marketplace.

Berkonomics

The old measures, including return on investment, percentage of profit against revenue or employee count, and more, obviously are still relevant. A simple statistic which can be derived from a good general ledger using GAAP accounting procedures. CACR (Customer Acquisition Cost Ratio). The lower, the better.

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Sustainable Strategies for Internet Startup Success

Startup Professionals Musings

In addition, every business has operating costs, like customer acquisition, fulfillment, inventory, and customer service. Without a sustainable strategy, these challenges lead to the terrifying statistic that nine out of ten online businesses will fail, and lead to the current ratio of Internet failures to millionaires being thousands to one.

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7 Strategies For Beating The Failure Odds Online

Startup Professionals Musings

In addition, every business has operating costs, like customer acquisition, fulfillment, inventory, and customer service. Without a sustainable strategy, these challenges lead to the terrifying statistic that nine out of ten online businesses will fail, and lead to the current ratio of Internet failures to millionaires being thousands to one.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. I tell people regularly that I only invest in companies where the DNA is software.

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