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Learn CTO CORE in 8 steps, one idea at a time. Each step only uses what came before it.
- Revenue
What you earned in the period, and why it isn't what you billed.
- COGS
What it costs to deliver your product, and which engineering work lands there.
- Gross Profit Margin
How much of each revenue dollar is left after delivering the product.
- OPEX
What it costs to run the company: R&D, sales and marketing, G&A.
- The Difference between COGS and OPEX
How to tell which side a cost goes on.
- Operating Margin
What the business earns from running itself.
- Earnings
The bottom line, after interest and taxes.
- Run your numbers
Put all of it together in the calculator.
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