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How you can help save declining butterflies

Fast Company Tech

Butterflies have a high surface-to-volume ratio they dont hold much moisture so they can easily become desiccated in dry conditions. This gives me a bit of hope when it comes to butterfly conservation. Photo: Chris Light , CC BY-SA] Supporting policies that benefit conservation can also help. The Karner blue is an example.

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What Is a Good Fundraising Efficiency Ratio?

Neon CRM

What’s a fundraising efficiency ratio? And what’s a “good” ratio to try to maintain? Your efficiency ratio measures the amount of money you spend on fundraising against the amount of revenue generated by those activities. Why Is Understanding My Fundraising Efficiency Ratio Important? Why should you track it?

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Re-rethinking Databricks’ valuation in a more conservative startup market

TechCrunch

Knowing what we did in April about the historical growth of Databricks’ revenue, we estimated that the company was at around $1 billion in ARR at that date, so we’ll go ahead and calculate the following ratios using both $1 billion and $1.1 billion ARR numbers for the company. You can decide which you think is a fairer estimate.

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5 product management tips that can help startups thrive in 2023

TechCrunch

VC funds adopted a cautious and conservative approach that resulted in a 35% drop in funding in 2022, and if the first weeks of 2023 are any indication, that trend is likely to continue. “Growth at all costs” isn’t a good idea anymore. There’s no reason to think about growth if your retention is unstable.

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A founder’s guide to calculating CAC and LTV the right way

TechCrunch

Zooming in a bit further, there’s one metric that companies must get right in order to demonstrate their potential for growth and attract investors: their LTV/CAC ratio. While founders with an eye on high valuations may hesitate to follow a conservative approach, doing so can be pivotal for building trust with investors.

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Silicon Valley Bank shoots self in foot

TechCrunch

The apparent goal was to project that the bank was being conservative and raising this money to stabilize itself. It is “well-capitalized,” has a “high-quality, liquid balance sheet,” boasts “peer-leading capital ratios,” etc., The plan was to sell $1.25 Silicon Valley Bank was/is just trying to “strengthen its financial position.”

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Guest Post: Facebook Video Tips from Non-Profit Marketers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jane Goodall, telling our story is essential and the best way to present ourselves as the holistic conservation organization we are, on social media and other platforms. 16:9 ratios require that the viewer tilts their phone and watches it in a non-vertical orientation. Video is a medium uniquely suited to do just that.”.

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