Social Sciences
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0Does dilution actually make a founder worse off?Raising money reduces the percentage a founder owns, and this is described as the cost of capital. But the company is worth more afterwards, so the smaller slice may be worth more than the larger one was. When is dilution actually bad, rather than just arithmetically smaller?3 OpenBusiness & Startups · 8h ago
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0Why do investors ask for CAC payback rather than LTV over CAC?The rule I learned was that LTV divided by CAC above three is healthy. In practice every investor conversation goes straight to how many months it takes to earn back the acquisition cost. Why is the ratio treated as the weaker number?3 OpenBusiness & Startups · 8h ago
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0What is the difference between gross margin and contribution margin?Both are revenue minus some costs, and depending on which article I read they seem to be either the same thing or completely different. Investors ask for one, the finance textbook teaches the other. What is the actual distinction, and when does it change a decision?3 OpenBusiness & Startups · 8h ago
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0How can a profitable company run out of cash?Our case study company showed a profit every quarter and then failed because it could not pay suppliers. If revenue exceeds costs, I do not see where the money goes. Is this an accounting artefact, or can a genuinely profitable business really run dry?3 OpenBusiness & Startups · 8h ago
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Diego Fernández 65d ago
Teamwork and collaboration. The human dynamics that make or break a company.
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Yuki Tanaka 69d ago
The corporate world in motion. Behind every successful business is a system of decisions and trade-offs.
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Yuki Tanaka 65d agoUnit economics first
Before worrying about growth, make sure your unit economics work. If it costs $50 to acquire a customer who generates $30 in lifetime value, scaling just means losing money faster. CAC < LTV is the most important inequality in business.
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Liam O'Donnell 71d ago
Dashboards and data viz. Modern business runs on metrics. Whether that is good or bad is a separate conversation.
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Alex Chen 66d agoPorter's Five Forces still slaps
Best framework for industry analysis after 40+ years. Supplier power, buyer power, threat of substitutes, threat of new entrants, competitive rivalry. Most startup pitches only address rivalry. The other four forces kill more companies.
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Alex Chen 67d agoStartup Financial Basics
Startup Financial Basics
Mini-courseStartup Financial Basics1 unit · 1 lesson · 3 questionsWhat does "burn rate" measure?0 0 0