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Gross Margin vs. Net Margin: Two Startup Profitability Calculations
How are gross profit margin and net profit margin different? Learn how to calculate each of them and why healthy margins are important.
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Tech Startup Survival Guide: Raising Cash When Funding Dries Up
Lighter Capital’s step-by-step survival guide helps tech startups navigate cash flow and funding to keep growing in a shaky economy.
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5 Ways to Reduce Customer Churn for Your SaaS Startup
Customer churn is a key metric for assessing the health of a SaaS business. Theses strategies can help you reduce and minimize churn.
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How to Calculate SaaS Customer Churn Rate
Calculate your customer churn rate (CCR) to understand if your customers are happy and you're meeting their needs. We show you how.
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The Startup’s Guide to Debt Financing
If you’re looking for an alternative to venture capital to grow your startup, our debt financing guide is a great place to start! Learn what debt financing is, why startups use it, pros and cons, and more.
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How to Increase Your Tech Startup's Valuation
There are good reasons to increase your SaaS startup's valuation! Learn different ways to drive a higher valuation for your business.
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How To Calculate and Manage Your Startup’s Burn Rate
Your burn rate, or how fast you spend your cash, requires a balanced approach to risk. Here's how to calculate your burn rate and manage it.
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What is Total Addressable Market (TAM) and How to Calculate It
Total Addressable Market (TAM) is an excellent metric to look at when trying to gauge your startup’s growth potential. Here's how to use it.
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HBox raises $2.1M to transform virtual healthcare
HBox showed incredible growth by doubling its customer base and increasing revenue more than 300% last year; and the momentum continues.
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Startup Runway Explained: Don't Let Your SaaS Run Out of Cash
Find out how much runway your SaaS startup should have and how to extend your runway if you need more to sustain growth.
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How to Minimize Your SaaS Startup's Customer Concentration Risk
Guide your SaaS startup from idea to product-market fit to revenue growth, while minimizing your customer concentration risk.
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Factor House to Accelerate Early-Stage Growth with Lighter Capital Funding
Melbourne-based tech startup, Factor House, aims to scale its recent growth with non-dilutive financing from Lighter Capital.
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What Is Market Penetration Strategy? (Definition and Examples)
Is your SaaS startup is looking for low-risk business growth strategies? Consider a market penetration strategy to drive more revenue.
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SaaS Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) Explained
Customer lifetime value (CLV) can tell you a lot about your SaaS business. Learn how to calculate and analyze this important metric.
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Creating Successful Company Offsites — Location Is Everything
Picking the right location is essential to creating successful company offsite retreats. Get our tips.
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Canadian Fintech Startup Nyble Reaches 30,000 Users Ahead of Seed Round
Nyble secured growth financing from Lighter Capital to scale its user base as it prepares for its next round.
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Debt Financing vs. Equity Financing
When startup founders think about raising growth capital, debt financing isn't usually the first thing that comes to mind. Venture capital (VC) has a larger mindshare, and some entrepreneurs get anxious about taking money that has to be paid back. They shouldn’t be. While there are pros & cons to every capital source, debt financing offers startups many advantages over equity. Explore the benefits.
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Convertible Note Valuation Caps: Necessary or Evil?
What's a valuation cap? Learn what it is and how it works before you consider convertible debt for your startup's next fundraising round.
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Checkbox Accelerates Global Expansion With a $1M Raise from Lighter Capital
Checkbox closes out a pivotal year in 2022 with a $1M raise from Lighter Capital on the heels of their $4.5M USD pre-Series A equity raise.
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A Note From Lighter Capital on Silicon Valley Bank
The recent news about Silicon Valley Bank is saddening for those in the startup world.
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The Importance of Bookkeeping for Fast-Growing Startups
Fine-tuned, accurate bookkeeping is a seldom mentioned startup success factor. Learn why it's important to get your books in order, ASAP.
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10 Steps for Setting Up Your Startup's Accounting Function
It's never too soon to set up your startup's accounting function & establish infrastructure to support company finances as you grow.
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What Is Unit Economics in SaaS?
Taking a unit economics approach helps you steer your SaaS company in the right direction, with a focus on driving profit and growth.
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Syncware to Invest in Software Enhancements Following a Year of Major CX Transformation
Syncware secures funding and joins the Lighter Capital portfolio with plans to invest in transforming their SaaS product.
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