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I’ve been busy trying to get a duplex on the market!
I want a mulligan for my summer Not to worry though there are pricing lessons to be learned from my house sale: 1) Financing options/ Interest rates matter When I bought the house in 2020 rates were 2.25% for single family homes and 2.75% for a multi-family — pricing in higher risk of default. Now…
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“Don’t accept criticism from someone you wouldn’t go to for advice”
Unknown (willing to add attribution) Not sure where I heard this, and it seems totally obvious once you say it out loud, but it still bears repeating. Probably my whole life, but even more so from the moment I was visibly pregnant and now as a mom I often have people give me, mostly well-meaning,…
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How do you and your employer value your time?
When I was traveling a lot for work it used to drive me crazy that my employers expense approval system tried to prevent booking non-stop flights if an alternative with a connection was available for > $50 less. Very often you’d miss an entire day of productivity flying to a customer location in each direction,…
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“Momma, where’s blue lightning?”
Change management fail! I unilaterally decided to leave my 3.5 yo daughter’s strider bike behind after our summer in MN. She’s a strong and capable kid with a new pedal bike in CA and I was too cheap to bring her balance bike back because I felt she didn’t need it anymore. The problem is…
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Birthday reflection: At 39 – what do I have to show for myself?
5-7 from Richad’s list really resonate with me. I pride myself on being a multi-dimensional person with a diverse array of skills and interests. When one avenue of my life feels like I can’t progress, I double down on things within my control and try to find satisfaction there. I’m not the best at anything,…
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Charticular for PowerBI
How to stage your data to create a radial network diagram in #Charticular#powerbi These slides go through the process I used to convert the data from #mavenpizzachallenge into a format which can be graphed in Charticular. Injae Park inspired me to check this out via his recent #Deneb work. I didn’t detail any of the steps you take in Charticular because…
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What’s the fastest most impactful GTM driver on Casey Hill ‘s chart?
Pricing Changes Pricing is where strategy meets execution. Preparing to defend decisions on pricing structure, segmentation and levels forces you to know your customers and your own company. People respond to incentives. You can use price to steer their behavior. This can result in: – higher/lower cost to serve,– more/fewer referrals,– shorter/longer tenure or retention,–…
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SaaS take on the classic cost-plus pricing dilemma manufacturers have had forever
Manufacturers work to “cost out” aspects of their production and distribution processes so they can ekk out more margin and remain competitive. When they price based on their standard COGS + a target margin to cover fixed overhead they aim to prevent sales below marginal cost. One downside to this strategy is that if they…
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I saved my company >$1000 today
I was supposed eSign the Settlement Statement for my upcoming Townhouse sale and I found three errors totaling $896 in the net to seller amount. I also switched my phone and Internet service from ($80+110/month) to $50/month combined. Pricing strategy and maximizing your sale price gets a lot of attention in real estate, but price…
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Rent Control | Pyrrhic Victory | Too Good of a Deal | Bankrupting your Supplier
In 2020 St Paul voters passed the most restrictive Rent Control Ordinance in the country which went into effect in 2021, capping rent increases to 3%. Meanwhile inflation ran at 9% and my 1890’s and 1920’s houses required major repairs, a new roof, new appliances and a massive tree to be removed and the expenses…
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