#SMBs

Dude on CNBC right now telling you how it’s going for SMBs. I spoke to a few people lately about huge companies coming for the CARE act money that don’t
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1/n) This evening the @SBAgov released it's new lender application form which will enable non-bank (i.e. online/alternative) lenders to be eligible to make #PPP loans. There's been a lot of
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1/#PPP update 4/9: My biggest concern today is that until all qualified & legitimate lenders are approved to participate, millions of SMBs are at a disadvantage to getting a PPP
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1/ Wow. What a mess! Just got off a conf call with the SBA. The @SBAgov & @USTreasury are having a power struggle and this is turning into a disaster.
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1/ UPDATED:WhatsApp becoming the new Shopify as it turns into the latest platform for D2C small businesses.More than 5M businesses are using WhatsApp Business, becoming an unlikely sales channel.A thread
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Okay so one of the games I like to play is "how is everyone right?"Especially with charged up shit like economic policy.Let's have a go shall we?1/ So this unemployment
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food delivery wars + fee arbitrage + pandemic surging demand = everyone has opinions on what’s “right financially”take a step back and look at how some restaurants are evolving during
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I’ve been digging in with @airtable / no-code consultants over the past few weeks. Most work with SMBs. It was eye-opening.My takeaway: I spend a lot of time talking to
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Today's tweet thread is about Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS). At a high level, what is it? Why should you care? Who benefits? Thanks @gamingfordev for the topic!Note: I'm not
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So PagerDuty is one of the most interesting SaaS case studiesIt IPO'd at $125m ARR selling mainly to SMBs, with just 100 larger customersBut to get to $250m ARR, it
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London Critical Care bursting at the seams in Wave 1: National lockdown with furlough to keep food on the table, huge amount of NHS capital funding, Cabinet Office procurement of
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The Payroll Protection Program is absolute chaos. But today it is our best shot at getting SMBs the capital they need to survive. SMB, and by extension the country, NEEDS
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This gets a little wonky but is important for those doing PE investing or acquiring SMBs. One area of accounting that I have seen botched many times is the accounting
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Unpopular opinion: Product Market Fit isn't a thing. I'm not even sure it's a useful concept for startups. First, nobody can define "market" in this equation - what are the
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1/ 4/14 #PPP Update: stoked to see the approval # accelerating. •Today, we saw 4000 SMBs approved for $1B. •In addition, we had 300 banks continuing to process their bank
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1/ today $TWLO has a market cap of ~$49B and announced they're acquiring Segment for ~$3B. while it's easy to #humblebrag "i was fortunate to be a seed-stage investor 12
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