Gross Margins, Early to Late: What They Do (and Don't) Tell You
The a16z Show27 Kesä 2020

Gross Margins, Early to Late: What They Do (and Don't) Tell You

Gross margins are essentially a company's revenue from products and services minus the costs to deliver those products and services to customers, and it's one of the most important financial metrics a startup can track.

And yet, figuring out what goes into the "cost" for delivering products and services is not as simple as it may sound, particularly for high-growth software businesses that might use emerging business models or be leveraging new technology. Why do gross margins matter? When do they matter during a company's growth? And how do you use them to plan for the future?

In this episode, a16z general partners Martin Casado, who invests in early stage enterprise startups and David George, who leads our growth fund, and Sarah Wang on the growth investing team share their perspectives on how to think about gross margins in both earlier and later stages at a startup. The conversation ranges from the nuances of and strategy for calculating margins with things like cloud costs, freemium users, or implementation costs to the impact margins can have on valuations.

Stay Updated:

Find a16z on YouTube: YouTube

Find a16z on X

Find a16z on LinkedIn

Listen to the a16z Show on Spotify

Listen to the a16z Show on Apple Podcasts

Follow our host: https://twitter.com/eriktorenberg

Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures.


Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jaksot(1000)

a16z Podcast: When Is VR's iPhone Moment?

a16z Podcast: When Is VR's iPhone Moment?

There was a lot of hype about VR ad then it seemed to go pretty quiet. So where are we right now? Bigscreen founder Darshan Shankar and a16z general partner Chris Dixon take the pulse on VR, AR, and m...

6 Helmi 201823min

a16z Podcast: All about Bike Sharing

a16z Podcast: All about Bike Sharing

with Lee Kleinman (@LeeForDallas), Joshua Schank (@joshuaschank), Andrew Savage, and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) There's a new wave of bike-sharing in town. But this wave looks a little different t...

3 Helmi 201830min

a16z Podcast: Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really?

a16z Podcast: Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really?

As cars become more like iPhones and less like just, well, cars — everything changes, from data to mapping to interfaces to security and more. How so? Where are we anyway, given all the hype around wh...

31 Tammi 201817min

a16z Podcast: Beyond CES: Connected Home Devices, Voice, and More

a16z Podcast: Beyond CES: Connected Home Devices, Voice, and More

In this hallway conversation of the a16z Podcast, Benedict Evans and Steven Sinofsky discuss CES 2018 and share insight on what they took from this year's show. How much can you discern each company's...

22 Tammi 201833min

a16z Podcast: Mental Models for Understanding Crypto Tokens

a16z Podcast: Mental Models for Understanding Crypto Tokens

This episode of the a16z Podcast goes deep on various trends in cryptocurrencies -- from mental models for understanding tokens and what may give them long-term value; to the role of stablecoins in th...

22 Tammi 201834min

a16z Podcast: Reinventing Food

a16z Podcast: Reinventing Food

It's surprising that how (and what) we eat has actually changed very little over the ages, despite how much we’ve advanced as a species. Now, however -- driven by globalization, environmental factors,...

13 Tammi 201819min

a16z Podcast: Revisiting the Gene

a16z Podcast: Revisiting the Gene

The complete sequencing of the human genome is one of the most powerful examples of technology and science in action: We've gone from needing $3 billion and over 13 years to read a single human genome...

10 Tammi 201815min

a16z Podcast: Community and Culture, Online

a16z Podcast: Community and Culture, Online

We’re so used to thinking of “community” as our friends, families, and neighbors. But what a community is, and who it is made of, has changed thanks to the internet, and without our noticing it. What ...

6 Tammi 201820min

Suosittua kategoriassa Liike-elämä ja talous

sijotuskasti
mimmit-sijoittaa
rss-rahapodi
psykopodiaa-podcast
rss-rahamania
herrasmieshakkerit
ostan-asuntoja-podcast
rss-seuraava-potilas
rahapuhetta
rss-20-30-40-podcast
taloudellinen-mielenrauha
pomojen-suusta
rss-lahtijat
rss-karon-grilli
rss-inderes-femme
rss-myynnilla-on-asiaa-kert-kenner
rss-draivi
rss-startup-ministerio
rss-bisnesta-bebeja
rss-vaikuttavan-opettajan-vierella