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Sell when growth is high, even if cash flow is low.

Berkonomics

Usually leading up to the time positive cash flow is initially reached, the management team is not taking a market wage, payables are stretched, and any slowing of receivables collections would likely cause layoffs. So, rarely will this strategy or outcome enable investors to reap their target in a sale.

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Adam Scott | ScoreBig, Startups, and LA Tech

Tech Zulu Event

I once worked for the NBA and there are two problems that the live entertainment and sporting industry faces: the number of empty seats and the consistency of raising prices. Marketing that our tickets are on sale is a huge problem and in the live entertainment/sport industry, that’s just bad. What is ScoreBig?

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Adam Kanner | ScoreBig, Startups, and LA Tech

Tech Zulu Event

While I was working for the NBA, I learned there were two problems the live entertainment and sporting industry were facing: the number of empty seats and the consistency of raising prices. This is a huge deal to a half a billion dollar industry market that our tickets are on sale. We have out-priced the typical consumer.

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Biotech Roundup: Moonshots, Pink Slips, Gilead, Brexit & More

Xconomy

At the gathering, Biden took verbal shots at scofflaw cancer researchers and at drug prices, while the FDA said it would take a shot at restructuring the way it evaluates oncology products. Gilead Sciences has been a target of drug-price criticism for its hepatitis C treatments, but it dialed back the price of its new one.