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

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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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

The parallels to the music industry are too obvious even though the industry players, the medium and the cost structures are different. Lehman Brothers had filed for bankruptcy. We have the inability to hire engineering in Silicon Valley or brand sales people in NYC but the country still has very high structural long-term unemployment.

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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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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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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

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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Many VC funds rely on general-purpose CRM and sales funnel solutions like Copper , Pipedrive, Salesforce , Streak , and ZenDesk. Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc. She is a model for us all!

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

This will free up cash to prolong your operations even if sales are coming in slower than you expected. Take a look at your largest expenses and see if there is a low cost or even free alternative that can reduce your capital investments or your expenses. Visit Profitworks for free information, templates, and low cost software.

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View from Seed

MAY 28, 2020

Farmers need to know how much to grow, distributors need to know how much to order and sell to maximize sales and reduce spoilage, restaurants need to order more efficiently, and consumers are demanding more transparency and less waste.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I stayed up late every night after a day of meetings doing email until 3am so that I didn’t feel out of touch with our product and sales pipelines. We worked out a plan to merge our company with another European competitor, raise money from both sets of investors, cut the cost base and live to fight another day.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

More tellingly was the sale of Mint.com to Intuit for $170+ million because it showed VCs that a well-executed investment can still garner a quick, solid results (the company was sold around 3 years after its foundation). VC’s are working hand-in-glove with the investment bankers to prepare for IPOs or create auction-style trade sales.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

And also there are a large number of people who would like to do startups in theory, but have high cost bases (family, real estate, school loans, whatever) that makes it very difficult to take the kinds of risks required. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. Your highs are super high.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

By comparison, traditional VC has a bankruptcy rate of 30-40%. Versatile has built out a suite of no-cost portfolio acceleration services to help its companies succeed. By ‘structured exit’ we mean that investors can achieve liquidity without necessitating the sale of a company. According to Indie.VC Details here.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 2, 2014

During this initial phone conversation, the recruiter provides a general overview of the franchise system, outlines start-up costs, and asks the candidate questions about how they plan to operate, and what, in particular, interests them about the company. Bankruptcy information. Identity and business experience of key persons.

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