It’s been about 4 years since we last wrote about website valuations, continuing the work of a project we started 8 years ago. One of our readers recently commented that valuations have risen. He’s absolutely …
Continue readingHow to Analyze Segment Margin as an Investor: Key Metrics and Strategies
Investing in a company requires a deep understanding of its financial performance, and one crucial metric to consider is the segment margin. This metric evaluates the profitability of a specific segment within an organization, enabling …
Continue readingInvestor Perspective: Gross Margin vs. Operating Margin – A Comprehensive Comparison
When it comes to evaluating a company’s financial performance, investors often rely on various margin metrics to gain insight into the company’s profitability. Two such key metrics are gross margin and operating margin. Understanding the …
Continue readingHow to Value A Website with No Revenue
The starting point for most website valuations is a multiple of current revenue, generally set based on recent transactions of similar properties (aka. comps). The most common way to value a website is to price …
Continue readingOpalStack Review – A Webfaction Hosting Alternative
Truth be told, we had other plans for this space. Our growing little fleet of websites has been happily parked at Webfaction for the past decade, where we started with a Python shared hosting account …
Continue readingLaziness: A Strategy for “Winner Take Most” Games
We live in an 80 / 20 world. In most major areas of economic life, it is a fact that 80 percent of the value is created by 20 percent of the participants. Most startups …
Continue readingHow To Ensure Your Distribution Pricing Consultant Is Successful
If you’re managing a decent sized distributor, you’ve probably been approached by at least one consulting firm to talk about pricing. The concept sounds good on paper: use a few targeted price increase campaigns to …
Continue readingAccelerating Analytics: Decrease The Cost of Asking Useful Questions
By Product Pricing – Treasure From Trash!
Many manufacturing processes, especially in basic industries, produce more than one output. For example, chemical plants often produce a basket of chemicals. This is a result of breaking chemical compounds into smaller molecules. These other …
Continue readingWhen To Use Competitor Oriented Pricing
A competitor oriented pricing objective sets prices in response to competitor pricing decisions. This type of pricing strategy is common in hierarchical markets, where there is a good / better / best ranking of potential …
Continue readingTurnaround Strategy: Survival Pricing
You may safely assume that if I am in your conference room, I’m not there to hand out the Jack Welch award for business excellence. I specialize in turnaround management. Specifically the commercial parts. This …
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