The Startup Magazine

MARCH 8, 2024

Poorly managed debt can lead to financial strain, decreased creditworthiness, and even bankruptcy. When considering debt options, comparing interest rates, repayment terms, and fees from multiple lenders is crucial to finding the most cost-effective solution. Effective marketing and sales initiatives are essential to succeed.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2014

In fact, since 2000, more than 10 million Americans have filed personal bankruptcy due to their employers’ failed health insurance plan. Two, establish a formal reimbursement program to reimburse employees for their substantiated individual health insurance costs on a post-tax basis — up to a healthcare allowance specified by the company.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2014

Or a key vendor declares bankruptcy. Sometimes that sabotage might cost you ‘only’ a customer or a sale… but over time, a few customers here and a few dollars there can lead to your closing your doors forever. As a small business owner, of course you’re going to try to cut costs and stretch the budget wherever possible.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Durant lost control of GM to a bankers' trust just two years later, in 1910, due to enormous debt and a crumble in automobile sales. Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer were all shuttered due to GM's bankruptcy, which occurred on June 1, 2009. It cost him $4.8B Thanks to Michael Hamelburger, Sales Therapy ! #16- 2- Henry Sy.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Rebranding is one way to overcome the odds of a partnership breakage or a bankruptcy, showcasing the good points of your business. Consistently support your brand during a down cycle to gain higher sales, and make sure to give back or share when your business is booming. Why are you rebranding your business? Conclusion.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

Was the company attempting to be a low cost provider by introducing cheaper products to an existing market? Therefore, no, we weren’t really equipped to be the low cost provider. We knew from back-of-the-envelope calculations that I would need 3 times the combined marketing and sales budgets of the incumbents for a head-on assault. (I

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

by Larry Light, CEO of Arcature and co-author of “ Six Rules of Brand Revitalization: Learn the Most Common Branding Mistakes and How to Avoid Them “ Early this year, The Limited shut down its 250 clothing stores and not long after that the women’s apparel chain announced it was filing for bankruptcy protection.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

Sales and distribution channel activity will be analyzed, as well as cost of customer acquisition, to make an independent assessment of your financial projections. A smart investor will take an independent final reading in the market on barriers to entry, active competition, demographics, and price sensitivity.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

“In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy.” Obviously that barrier has been brought down with low-cost ability to capture, stream and distribute content over the Internet. The numerator (return) encourages more sales, which is fine. ” Who else does Clayton pray for?

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

I owned a mortgage company when the mortgage industry crashed and lost almost everything pushing me to the brink of personal bankruptcy. Launching a recipe website can cost as little as $150 if you can utilize your phone as a camera to start. This helps them generate leads and sales. Photo credit: Ty Crandall. 20- Various ways.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 11, 2020

By doing so, you can focus on improving productivity and sales. A business budget plays a significant role in identifying income streams, variable costs, and fixed expenses. Eliminate Non-essential Costs. Therefore, evaluate your spending habits and find effective ways to cut costs within your business.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

I can see the correlation, but the conclusion implies a causality that may or may not be there ("the product sales exceeded all internal projections!"). From that analysis, they could identify the incremental sales in country X compared to Y, Z and A. An additional prove value scope can also be: Cost savings.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2017

by Larry Light, Chief Executive Officer of Arcature and co-author of “ Six Rules of Brand Revitalization: Learn the Most Common Branding Mistakes and How to Avoid Them “ Early this year, The Limited shut down its 250 clothing stores and not long after that the women’s apparel chain announced it was filing for bankruptcy protection.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 31, 2023

Adopting best practices and implementing effective tools and strategies can streamline your financial processes, reduce costs, and improve your bottom line. 1. While most businesses are aware of high-level expenses, they are typically unaware of what’s costing them money daily.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

By boosting short-term sales figures via discounts which lure in new customers, for instance, you can convince business lenders that your business is enjoying a surge in growth and is thus an ideal candidate for a loan. This means bolstering your cash flow to the greatest extent possible.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

The message, the customer data, the ability to reach current and prospective customers, drive new sales as well as repeat sales, experiment with new ideas and offers, and so much more. In my experience that is normally because it is hard to find data related to true costs. Because you control everything. Email marketing works.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 21, 2019

Why are there so many digital commerce companies which can challenge large traditional retailers and even force them into bankruptcy? This way they could mitigate inventory risk and costs at the same time. The campaign serves not only as a mean to raise capital, but also as a strong market validation and as an excellent sales channel.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2014

It’s Absurd That Health Care Costs Are So Confusing – crowdspring.co/1yDomRJ. TV-Streaming Firm Aereo Files for Bankruptcy | WSJ – crowdspring.co/1Fh64Ie. Online Sales for Girl Scout Cookies Are Approved – crowdspring.co/1pIc88R. How to Motivate Employees in Less Than 5 Minutes – crowdspring.co/1CzhuZY. 1v6Fr0z.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2021

Especially if people hear rumors of your interest in selling, they will assume that you are fighting bankruptcy, being pushed out, or your personal life has fallen apart. What you don’t need is a buyer dealing directly with your landlord to get your key asset, leaving you with no leverage and minimum value for the sale.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Keeping it accessible, there will be no cost options, individual low fee entry points and of course, the VIP All Access Badge. This is a more cost-efficient option for me given that I am able to do my business campaigns in various social media platforms for free. 21- Testing new outbound sales methods.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 29, 2012

It had done about $30,000 in sales in a little over a year, and had emerged from a natural trade show with interest but no orders. The company was started six weeks ago, had no sales and no retail distribution yet. They should have raised money from friends and family, and grown sales further before seeking to raise outside capital.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2019

With staggering statistics like these, it’s clear that startups need to come up with affordable ways to handle their accounting services needs in order to avoid bankruptcy. With just simple accounting software, you’ll be able to: Track sales and expenses. This way, they not only save on costs but also get professional business advice.

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

It can be lower cost and can either buy more time or accelerate growth. It’s generally got a lower cost compared to equity capital and can help support growth. Today, we wanted to share some basics of another source of capital: venture debt. What is it, and how should founders think about it? What are some pros and cons?

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Steve Blank

MAY 15, 2009

This happened to us at SuperMac when our sales skyrocketed. Lets Fix Everything that Was Broken At SuperMac we were excited to finally get out of the crummy tiltup we had occupied since the company emerged from bankruptcy. Are his costs in control? That’s when things went south. Don’t let it happen to you.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

How to Win Clients, Double Profit, and Grow Your Home Service Sales. Joe’s “don’t worry about it” mentality, is rooted in his blue-collar upbringing where his father often provided services for free, and once nearly led him to bankruptcy. The surgery doesn't cost hardly anything.

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Up and Running

JULY 12, 2021

Starting a business is difficult, but establishing a new business from scratch after filing for bankruptcy can be an even bigger challenge. Nothing is as stressful as bankruptcy. Filing bankruptcy will offer a fresh start and keep your debts behind you. How soon can you start your own business after filing for bankruptcy?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2017

When I took the job of VP of Marketing in a company emerging from bankruptcy, excuses seemed to be our main product. In addition to customer discovery, creating end user demand, and product strategy, Marketing also serves as a service organization to sales. It will cost you your job.” So we created The No Excuses Culture.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

That said, nothing is cost-free. More complex cost of capital calculation. This causes the cost of capital for Flexible VC, often calculated through IRR (similar to an interest rate), can be higher than that of venture debt or traditional RBI. Flexible VC can allow Impact VCs to thread this needle.”. Flexible VC. Venture Debt.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

But nine months after the first call was made in 1998, Iridium was in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. When Iridium was first conceived inside Motorola in 1987, worldwide cell phone coverage was sparse, calls were unreliable and per minute costs were expensive. Cell phone handsets were the size of a lunch box and cost thousand of dollars.

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Up and Running

JUNE 25, 2014

You may be a manufacturer or a distributor and you can buy the products that you sell for pennies on the dollar because one of your suppliers is having a fire sale. The cost: it’s much more profitable for traditional lenders to do a two million dollar loan, or a three million dollar loan than doing a $150,000 loan or $100,000 loan.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 24, 2013

for high-volume lower cost cars and by continuing to innovate. The bill came due two decades later as the American auto industry spiraled into bankruptcy and its market share plummeted from 75% in 1981 to 45% in 2012. This is the same approach that allowed Amazon to ignore local sales taxes for the last two decades.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

For example, one of the first home grocery delivery companies, Webvan, was so enamored with early traction in Silicon Valley, it raised and spent nearly a billion dollars and went public, before filing for bankruptcy three years later. Control costs and adjust prices to maintain your margin.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

If no financing happened then this “note&# may not be converted and thus would be senior to the equity of the company in the case of a bankruptcy or asset sale. It’s legitimate to ask for cost cutting if you think the bridge won’t last long enough at the current burn rate. It starts as a debt instrument (e.g.

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Transformify

JANUARY 24, 2021

Also, the supplier shall agree that they will inform immediately the client if the supplier gets deregistered for VAT, there is a change in the VAT number, in case of mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy, liquidation, etc. If so, what is the cost? Message sales@transformify.org. Are customizations possible at all?

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 14, 2019

A a communications major, I always found time for the nonverbal communication classes, but I didn’t make the connection between “my great passion and the world’s deep need” until a friend of mine went through bankruptcy in 2009 walking around with the droopy shoulders a hung head.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 16, 2020

The answer, unfortunately, was to declare bankruptcy. If you are a turnaround, bankruptcy or private equity investor and have questions about the sale process, you can e-mail me at charlie@brooklynbridge.vc. This is what happens when you deal with investors that aren’t professionals.

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