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Are Software Companies Good Businesses?

Tomasz Tunguz

In “Do software companies actually have good margins?”, Benn Stancil makes a case for a counterintuitive point : Software companies are much less profitable than they might seem. Why? Because the research & development costs associated with software should be part of their cost of goods sold. Software companies don’t invest once in R&D & then sell copies of the software as we did in the 90s on CDs.

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It's a torturous chaos until it isn't

A Smart Bear: Longform

Even at wildly successful startups, the first few years are gut-wrenching, uncertain, on the brink of collapse, where pessimism is realism, and yet optimism is required.

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[Type One Energy in Utility Dive] Fusion will beat advanced fission to the grid: Type One Energy CEO

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“This is coming sooner than you think,” said Commonwealth Fusion Systems Chief Commercial Officer Rick Needham, who spoke alongside Type One CEO Chris Mowry at the BNEF Summit in New York last week. Read more here.

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[ProFuse in PR Newswire] Muscle cultivation startup Profuse-Technology welcomes renowned Technion professor to its scientific advisory board

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The post [ProFuse in PR Newswire] Muscle cultivation startup Profuse-Technology welcomes renowned Technion professor to its scientific advisory board appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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[BlueGreen Water Technologies in KSL TV] New tool for algal bloom mitigation is making breakthrough results in Utah, scientists say

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The post [BlueGreen Water Technologies in KSL TV] New tool for algal bloom mitigation is making breakthrough results in Utah, scientists say appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.