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Re:Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to cancel
on Friday January 19, 2024 @06:05PM (#39062590)
I was legitimately excited about this idea. If anyone wants to start a buffet with a monthly subscription, I may be your first customer.
Re:What we learned about financial modeling as a Series B startup
on Thursday December 21, 2023 @05:26PM (#38727964)
Includes how to forecast customer churn and retention, track subscription-based revenue, calculate gross ARR churn rate, suggestions for when to count revenue, etc. for other founders/startups that want to create a financial model.
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Re:Gemini – Google DeepMind
on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @08:51PM (#38551880)
The whitepaper has a few benchmarks vs. GPT-4. Most are reported benchmarks, though. Most of the blogs/news articles I've seen mention Google's push to focus on GPT-3.5. Found the whitepaper table way better at summarizing this. https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/gemini/gemini_...
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Show HN: Financial Modeling Package for Startups
https://www.metabase.com/startup-guide/package/setup
We built a financial modeling package that uses your existing Stripe data to set up a metrics store and generate a financial modeling spreadsheet.There's also a how-to guide for tracking historical revenue metrics; forecasting growth and creating alternative scenarios.It's under an MIT license, so feel free to use or modify; build out on what we've pulled together.
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on Monday November 27, 2023 @02:46PM (#38437215)
Reminded me of Gunderson's exit post. Unfortunately I can't find it anymore, but found a small write-up about it: https://nicolaiarocci.com/a-big-nail-in-the-coffin-of-mysql/
Re:Projecting revenue and costs as a startup in times of uncertainty
on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @01:59PM (#38280832)
As a startup we’ve worked on our financial models heavily over the last few years, but are always open to learning more.
Curious to know from other startups: What new things have you learned about financial modeling since the start of the pandemic? In what ways did you adjust for drastic changes? Any general takeaways on financial modeling and projections in the face of big events like this?