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Should Startups Care About Profitability?

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What a disaster! The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 senior sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business 6 months. Thus the trade off between profits & growth.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

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One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I guess it’s kind of like crack (not that I know from experience). If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. The obvious answer is yes.

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

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This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this. This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this. Because you have multiple forces at work. This is one book-end of the cycle.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

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I’m writing this series because if you better understand how VC firms work you can better target which firms make sense for you to speak with. billion under management.&# I don’t really understand why VCs do this since it’s mostly a meaningless number. What is total assets under management? -

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

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Invested Interests. Last weekend I caught Mashable announcing that Ebook Sales Surpass Hardcover in the U.S. In both cases what surprises me is not that it happened, but how long it took. And what interests me is who makes the money on timing these trends. . What does this tell about first-mover advantage?

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

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One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I guess it’s kind of like crack (not that I know from experience). If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. The obvious answer is yes.

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Fintech startup Brex was among the bidders for SVB’s early-stage and growth portfolios

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There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s our job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann and Christine Brex bid for SVB portfolios The FDIC finally released the various financial institutions that bid for parts of Silicon Valley Bank’s portfolio. Welcome to The Interchange !