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    Business As Washington delays stimulus, the Fed is running out of ways to help the economy. Earlier in October, Powell said that delaying more rescue funds could “lead to a weak recovery, creating unnecessary hardship for households and businesses.”

    Business As Washington delays stimulus, the Fed is running out of ways to help the economy. Earlier in October, Powell said that delaying more rescue funds could “lead to a weak recovery, creating unnecessary hardship for households and businesses.”


    As Washington delays stimulus, the Fed is running out of ways to help the economy. Earlier in October, Powell said that delaying more rescue funds could “lead to a weak recovery, creating unnecessary hardship for households and businesses.”

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 11:19 AM PDT

    Is there a name for joining a business and changing things up in there?

    Posted: 29 Oct 2020 01:54 AM PDT

    If this concept has a name, please let me know. I really want to read into it.

    I'm not talking about entrepreneurship or consulting. I'm talking about an employee coming on board, and saying "you're doing this wrong, you're doing this wrong, and you're doing that wrong. Let's instead try doing it this way. Instead of tabling in the mall, let's advertise with a YouTube channel and let's try to get interns from a college campus."

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    Customers that want your product/service for cheap price

    Posted: 29 Oct 2020 01:38 AM PDT

    Listen, as Entrepreneurs, we have many ups and downs with our business. Don't let these cheap customers who want your product for $10, free shipping, and the delivery man personally handing it to them while they sitting on their arse get to you. Don't pay attention to these cheapos, they want everything handed to them and don't understand the value of a product. If you have done everything right, have a premium product that holds value a lot, have a marketing team that understands what price a product should be and they assure you yes this is right ball park price, then go with it. Only you know the real value of your product. Not everyone will buy your product/service, remember that. You will always have those that shit on your product/service and some that love your product/service. Best is not to get excited when it's positive comments and down when it's negative, be neutral about both positive and negative. Sometimes, I need to give this advice to myself as even one little comment that a customer made saying "it's too expensive I'm not going to buy" gets to me. Be head strong, you have got this, and remember, you are serving your business to those who want to buy, leave the others out the way

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    Boeing warns of 30,000 job cuts after another quarter of heavy losses

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 06:58 AM PDT

    Insurers shell out Rs 660 crore for AI Express crash, largest in Indian aviation market

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 10:17 PM PDT

    Dow futures rise 200 points after Wall Street's worst sell-off in months

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 05:59 PM PDT

    Retail innovator Faire doubles valuation to $2.5 billion via COVID-related growth

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 09:06 AM PDT

    Does anyone have any experience partnering with Gartner in regards to executive leadership as far as access to analysts, thought leadership, etc? Was it worth it?

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 06:18 PM PDT

    Why/why not? Trying to look at the massive cost of joining objectively

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    Ford blows away earnings expectations as consumers buy up trucks during pandemic

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 06:03 PM PDT

    Starting a small business when it's difficult to find a job in the field of interest

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 04:31 PM PDT

    Hi, everyone. I wonder what is there to know for a person willing to start a small/freelance business aimed for providing consulting, teaching services? Is it difficult to start from scratch and begin growing network? Currently, I struggle with finding use for my knowledge in sustainability and environmental science in a minor EU country and consider offering consulting services on my own. Just need some advice on starting out.

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    Newbie question regarding private equity

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 04:08 PM PDT

    Hi everyone,

    Perhaps this is not best subreddit for this, but I imagine this basic question I have is something people in the financial field can answer rather simply. Context: I work at a company that was invested in by a private equity firm. The firm acquired 70% of company for $35 million, with company valuation now at$ 50 million.

    Pardon my ignorance, but I don't quite understand what this means as far as where this money goes and if the Co-founders profit. There are 3 co-founders: 1 of them originally owned 50% of company and the other 2 owned 25% each. Now that this $35million has come in, how is this money used and do Co-founders directly profit? Here are the multiple scenarios that come to mind and I don't know which is correct/plausible:

    A) Does the $35 million get put into company strictly for operations (tech, staff, expansion, etc...), or do Co-founders immediately divide this money amongst themselves? Does the private equity firm decide what the money is used for as part of the agreement?

    B) Let's say the shareholders do get the $35 million directly as profit. So do they just divide that money based on the percentage of the company they owned (as I said before, 1 Cofounder owns 50% and the other 2 own 25% each)?

    C) What happens to % of ownership of each Cofounder now that the equity firm owns 70%? Does that mean that now the Cofounders have to redistribute their percentage of share from the remaining 30% of the company? (ex: the Cofounder who owned 50% of entire company now only owns 15% of company)

    D) In order for any of this to happen, would all 3 of the Cofounders have to agree to the sale unanimously? Do all of them have to act in unison (ex: all 3 of them have to accept cash from the sale, or can one of them choose to just keep stock?)

    Essentially, I'm trying to understand what effects private equity money has and how it is distributed. Are the Cofounders preparing to buy new homes, or does this money get put into the operation? I've found lots of articles on how PE firms make money, but not on how/if the Cofounders make money. Again, apologies for the lack of understanding on what is surely a simple answer and I would really appreciate learning about this.

    Thanks for reading!

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    How to listen — really listen — to someone you don’t agree with: « When you listen in a way that makes the other person feel heard, they are more likely to share information with you. And when you are actively listening, you are also more likely to take it in. »

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 05:07 AM PDT

    Some Common Business terms

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 08:34 AM PDT

    I run a podcast about fundraising for early stage startups and I've conducted nearly 200 interviews with angel investors, VCs and successful founders and created a list of the common terms that they are using. Here it is:

    1. VC - venture capital - most frequently meaning venture capitalist or
    venture capital firm.
    Putting aside the official definition of Wikipedia, when someone says "VC"
    they usually mean Venture Capital firm - investment organization that
    invests in Seed+ stages. If someone at the Pre-Seed stage is saying "We
    are talking to a lot of VCs" they are right - they are just talking. VCs rarely
    join pre-seed rounds, so don't spend much time reaching out to them
    unless you have great metrics to show them, try reaching out to angel
    investors instead.

    2. CAC - customer acquisition cost.
    So this is the amount of money spent on acquiring one customer. It can be
    easily calculated by dividing all money spent on this issue by the number of
    customers you really got. So to calculate my Google Ads CAC I'll divide the
    budget spent on Google Ads by the number of customers it brought me.

    3. CPC - cost per click.
    This is basically the amount of money you have to pay your advertiser for each
    click. Facebook and google ads provide this metric, but just so you know -
    to calculate CPC you need to divide the budget of the ad on the number
    of clicks your ad got.

    4. LTV - lifetime value.

    Which is a gross income you get from working with one client. The
    description for LTV calculation is a bit long and complicated, so click here
    if you want to understand how to calculate LTV.

    5. MRR - monthly recurring revenue.
    In other words MRR measures how much revenue you generate in a
    month. MRR is very important because investors look for its steady
    growth. One of the most frequent things we hear while talking to Seed-
    stage investors is: "MRR has to be growing 10-20% Month Over Month if
    you want me to invest". That's why you should focus on MRR so much.

    6. ARR - annual recurring revenue.
    Basically the same as MRR but for the year. Important only at Seed,
    Series A+ stages where VCs are trying to see if the company is big
    enough for them. If you are an early stage startup, don't worry about it.

    7. SaaS - software as a service.
    Which means providing a customer with an already licensed and hosted by
    provider software on a subscription basis. The main advantage of this service is
    that you do not need to pay for creating and installing software.

    8. B2C - business to consumer.
    This term mostly refers to such type of commerce which specialise at direct
    selling between business and an individual consumer. An example would be
    Netflix, that drives most of its profits from individual consumers.

    9. B2B - business to business.
    This is the type of business that sells products and services to other
    businesses. An example of a B2B startup would be Unity Technologies,
    whose main customers are other companies.

    10. R&D - research and development.
    R&D is basically the efforts that a company makes to create something
    innovative and give itself some competitive advantage.

    Hopefully this helps some early stage founders who are just getting into this field.

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    Advice on advertising

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 02:20 PM PDT

    I'm trying to get my etsy business up and running. I am off to a good start and have made sales but wondering what the best way to advertise is to create more interest and people coming in? What social media is best and is it worth it to run ads?

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    College student split between Supply Chain and Information Systems looking for advice.

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 02:18 PM PDT

    Hello,

    I am a 3rd year business student at George Mason University and I am seeking out someone in the Business analysis, Supply Chain, or Information Systems field to ask a few questions for my business development course. Currently, I am concentrating in Management Information Systems with a minor in Computer Science, but I am also looking at Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics.

    It would be incredibly helpful if anyone on this sub could spare a few minutes to sit down on a zoom call to talk about your path through your career and any tips for someone trying to break into the industry.

    If you are interested in giving some advice to an aspiring young professional, please leave a comment and I will DM you with additional details.

    Thank you

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    Is it actually worth it financially for companies to invest in eco-friendly/ clean tech products or is it done from an ethical stand point?

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 02:17 PM PDT

    Send request for year end review on behalf of my manager.

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 02:11 PM PDT

    I work for corporate America. Traditionally in October, my manager asks for the names of 5 coworkers/stakeholders to give feedback on my performance over the past year. This year I have a new manager. He asked me to send an email to 5 people on his behalf. He said this gives him a better response rate compared to him sending out the requests.

    Is my manager being lazy or do others have to send emails asking "Please email my manager with feedback on my performance" too?

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    5 year goal of starting a garage door service and installation business. Any tips?

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 02:09 PM PDT

    My brother in law and I are wanting to get things going soon but don't know diddly about business management etc. Obviously I'll take steps to learn more but I'm just curious what kinda insider knowledge there is from experienced people in any trade that I can get real quick.

    Tired of working for other people at dead end jobs, we both have experience throwing up and tearing out doors, framing up holes, got the tools needed to get started. I've been sitting on the idea for a few years now after moving across the country but it was just me at the time. There's no actual business being run in my area, just one guy with no helper that does doors. I don't wanna put him out of business but it's dog eat dog and I'm trying to break out of this kennel.

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    I upset my business partner

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 12:47 PM PDT

    To cut a long story short. I accused him of ripping me off when he wasn't. We Have messaged and stuff since but no calls. I'm quite upset I upset him because I know he worked hard on our project so far. How can I move forward from this ?

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    Trump’s H-1B ban may have shaved $100 billion off America’s biggest firms

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 12:18 PM PDT

    Best way to help/support boyfriend in business school and getting our business ideas moving?

    Posted: 28 Oct 2020 10:21 AM PDT

    Title is pretty much it, my partner is getting a Bachelor's in business administration and I really want to be there to support his ideas and businesses he's planning. We are quite serious about building a life together and have discussed and are working on different businesses to start.

    I have built up a solid fund of cash and we discuss finances with each other often. Other than helping to give (some) of the money I can, is there anything else I can do to help? When you were in business school and trying to make your own business is there anything you wish a partner or friend did for you? Thanks

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