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5 Startup Cost Realities Most Founders Underestimate

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Flickr by Phil Gyford Starting a new venture still costs real money, even though the entry price has come down dramatically in last few decades. For example, I come from a software background, and back in the early PC days, it could easily cost half a million dollars for a team of professionals to produce a commercial product.

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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

View from Seed

Airbnb convinced travelers to part with 100% of their booking cost up front and then they pay out the required amount to hosts when the stay actually occurs. The straight cost of revenue line is only ~25% of revenue implying a 75% gross margin, assuming you were looking at this in a simplistic revenue / COGS / gross profit manner.

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8 Business Trends That Will Make Waves In 2019

YoungUpstarts

In 2019, more innovations involving these security features will be prominent in the world of business, especially in e-commerce. The rise of mobile apps and their services, whether they cater to fitness, health or leisure, will continue to soar this 2019. Another business trend that will continue to grow this 2019 is online learning.

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8 Tips For Getting Your Startup Right The First Time

Startup Professionals Musings

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. But for founders who do their homework, the cost of entry is lower and the opportunity is higher than ever. The cost of social media done well is low.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2019

Hearpreneur

2019 may have been a bad year for some and to others, it was a great year. In the last few days of 2019, we took some time to ask a few entrepreneurs and business what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1- 2019 has been a year of growth for my business! 2019 was full of transformative development for Intellifluence.

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The Midas List Then and Now

View from Seed

Since I’m mainly doing this for my own interest and this isn’t supposed to be a scientific analysis, I’m going to instead look at the 2019 list and compare it to the 2009 list. One of the weaknesses of the Midas list methodology (so I’ve heard) is that it under-emphasizes the impact of one’s cost basis and ownership relative to fund size.

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20 Entrepreneurs Share Their Business Goals for 2019

Hearpreneur

We asked 20 entrepreneurs to share their business goals and what they were looking forward to in 2019. #1- I cannot wait to see what 2019 brings. . For 2019 my goals are to: 1. Our Goal for 2019 is to become the most contributed machine dealership in America in donations to Scholarships, Veterans and Children’s hospital.