Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

But for founders who do their homework, the cost of entry is lower and the opportunity is higher than ever. Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. The cost of social media done well is low. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2014

These days, it is almost impossible to find a small business where everything is done at the home location, by full-time employees. These approaches allow your startup to grow more rapidly, save costs, but costly mistakes can lead to business failure. With the high-speed Internet, our workers can be anywhere in the world.”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

The key to being able to run a business that isn’t yet profitable (on operating margin) is availability of capital to finance losses and preferably at a cost that isn’t too punitive to the founders and employees. CAC is often measured incorrectly and doesn’t often doesn’t capture the true costs of acquisition. That bit is easy.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 2, 2022

Since most startups in 2022 are going online, you need to think about starting your business on the Internet. Thanks to the Internet, anyone can become a business owner. With this software, you and your employees will be able to plan deliveries and improve the quality of customer service. What Business is Popular in 2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2022

But these days with all the resources on the Internet and elsewhere, there is no excuse for not keeping up on the latest insights, best practices, and technology in the area of hiring, motivating, and training. It’s a small cost to prevent a long-term loss. Give priority to attitude over experience. Do your onboarding with conviction.

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Hiring Technical Cofounder Cofounder Retention 337

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

One of the most stressful and unanticipated challenges that comes with starting a new business is hiring and managing employees. While this approach appears to cost more on the surface, it often actually costs you less, when you consider the hidden costs of rework, poor customer satisfaction, employee management, and training required.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Employee 308

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

In fact, some of the biggest company expenses start off as cost-cutting measures. Cutting costs vs. cutting corners. It can also be a result of second-rate cost-reduction tactics. Are you cutting costs or merely cutting corners? Check out these cost-reduction methods that may eventually have you spending more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2020

Trying to save costs by seeking resumes on the Internet will result in poor quality candidates, more time required for screening and interviews, and high turnover. Less qualified prospects don’t have alternatives, so they tolerate the frustration, but may return the favor as an employee. It won’t happen by default.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2018

These days, it is almost impossible to find a small business where everything is done at the home location, by full-time employees. These approaches allow your startup to grow more rapidly, save costs, but costly mistakes can lead to business failure. With the high-speed Internet, our workers can be anywhere in the world.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Some pundits argue that the E-Myth principle is now outdated, due to the instant access to information via the Internet, pervasive networking via social media, and courses on entrepreneurship at all levels of education. In this view the product features, cost, and support are the key to success. Hence most fail. Marty Zwilling.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 28, 2022

The story of Nomad Internet is one that startup owners of every variety should be paying attention to. Today, the company advertises up to unlimited wireless internet for rural areas, but back then, the founders were stuck on a single problem. RV parks counted on Nomad Internet to bring value to their business. LTE and GSA .

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Internet Technical Review Bandwidth Reputation 158

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2020

The key to a successful business is top-quality employees, continued training and career progression. There are thousands of online courses available across the internet, but ensuring they have CPD certification means they have been independently verified. What Are The Benefits of CPD For Employees and Businesses?

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Employee Retention Video Mobile 165

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

But for founders who do their homework, the cost of entry is lower and the opportunity is higher than ever. Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. The cost of social media done well is low. Marty Zwilling

Intellectual Property 261

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Angel Groups Social Media 261

SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

Here are some of the issues that were mentioned: I just want the cost, timeline and impact. Estimating Cost – it takes a lot of work to do a reasonable estimate of cost. Re-estimating – if estimating is something they don’t like, then having to re-estimate costs based on a constantly changing target is brutal.

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Technical Cofounder Developer Fractional CTO CTO Hire 280

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

With fewer than 10 employees but almost $2-billion dollars in the bank, they plan on jumping right in. As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

A growing number of companies are hiring remote employees. Supplying tools and equipment Your employees will need certain equipment and tools to work. This could involve a laptop, phone, internet connection and various types of software. There is no legal obligation to supply this equipment to employees.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2020

All of these businesses had to roll back their remote work policies and call employees back on-premises. Lag in information access: Remote employees spend more time and effort locating information pertinent to their tasks. Unhealthy Employee Morale. Happy employees are more productive, satisfied, and loyal to their companies.

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Technical Review Startup Belgium Software Review 200

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A few years ago, Safeway and other big retailers struggled with the growing problem of plastic bag cost and pollution, before realizing they could actually sell reusable cloth bags to customers, as a win to all. The Internet and social media are also a key knowledge source. A recurring expense was turned into a recurring revenue.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2017

Even so, it’s difficult (and perhaps impossible) to operate a small business or startup and not negotiate agreements with employees, vendors, customers, and others. You’re probably most comfortable with your own employees and team – and you probably already know that how they perform is influenced by their perception.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. Some companies use a suggestion box, others like Google give employees 20% of their time to work on their own projects.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Most business professionals I know have been conditioned to think of inflation as highly negative, driving up their costs, and reducing customer buying. I see it as an opportunity to find new ways to attract customers , make long-needed changes to improve productivity, and lower your own costs of doing business.

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Technical Review Revenue Social Media Cost 239

YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2014

Airline engineering issues arise due to lack of oversight; methods used for risk management and the use of temporary employees and outsourced specialists. No travel is required wither, just a strong Internet connection. Cost-Effectiveness of Videoconferencing. Discussing Airline Issues. Connecting Engineers.

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Engineer Technical Review Video Conversion 229

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Some pundits argue that the E-Myth principle is now outdated, due to the instant access to information via the Internet, pervasive networking via social media, and courses on entrepreneurship at all levels of education. In this view the product features, cost, and support are the key to success. Hence most fail. Marty Zwilling.

Technical Review 269

Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Media Media 269

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Small businesses are grocery stores, hairdressers, consultants, travel agents, Internet commerce storefronts, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, etc. They hire local employees or family. They are anyone who runs his/her own business. They work as hard as any Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Most are barely profitable.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Aside from the environmental advantages, car sharing is a cost-effective option for company employees to use vehicles. Thanks to this, there is no need for employees to pay for taxis or save up for their own cars; instead, they can access cars from the company’s fleet when necessary for business trips or assignments.

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Software Review Software Mobile Technical Review 158

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2016

It seemed as though venture capitalists were throwing money at any Internet idea they could find – no business plan required. Our idea was to build a dial-up Internet service to compete with AOL, MindSpring and EarthLink. We had no experience in running an Internet filtering software business, but this didn’t concern us.

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Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 188

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 19, 2025

Back then, there was no reliable way to measure ROI, yet the costs kept climbing year after year.” A Rhode Island-based general contractor had zero internet presence before partnering with the agency. Believe it or not, I used to handwrite addresses on flyers to send to past customers the first 10!

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Rhode Island Ohio Web Development Social Media 83

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 26, 2020

Announcement: Square lets employees work from home permanently. The Coronavirus pandemic is undoubtedly a catalyst for this sudden movement, but the underlying factors that are powering this change include: Employee preference to work from home (plus higher productivity in many cases). But many things sound simple, not all of them are.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Too many founders are convinced they “need” equity financing, for the wrong reasons, as outlined in the book and supplemented with a bit of my own experience: Need employees and professional services. Of course, every company needs these, in due time. Need expensive resources up front.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2014

We have access to so many online tools that can reduce startup costs and help the company to grow at a much faster rate than it could in the past. Sometimes it is smarter to spend some cash on tools that cost money but help you to get more done in a shorter period of time than using a free tool that does not aid you to gain any time.

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Software Review Software SEM Startup 214

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

A virtual office provides flexibility for both management and employees alike. You can work from anywhere in the world as long as you have a computer and internet access. Having a diverse workforce you can guarantee that you have talented and hard working employees who value the position and thrive in this environment.

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Product SEM Software Review Europe 217

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Almost anyone can start a company today on a shoestring budget, following these cost-cutting recommendations: Establish a solid legal structure for your business.

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Cost Entrepreneur Burn Rate Social Media 405

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

For a start, what happens if an employee leaves the organisation? sqoope is created by TalariaX Pte Ltd, a Singapore incorporated company founded by IT professionals specialising in the convergence of mobile, messaging and the Internet. However, messaging on a consumer platform becomes a little dicey when it comes to work.

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Singapore SMS Software Review Mobile 250

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Invoices, company finances, employee information, and customer details are just some examples of the sensitive data that modern businesses deal with every day and must secure. Reliable cloud services provide upkeep, management, backup, and access to customers over a network, usually the internet. Conclusion .

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Cloud Software Review Security Technical Review 158

YoungUpstarts

JULY 21, 2019

You may be able to save on shipping costs, as well. For example, you can replace water coolers with a filtered water pitcher to save on cost. You can find free software on the internet that does almost the same thing as your subscription-based software. Make sure your employees and business still have the essentials.

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Software Review Entrepreneur Cost Cofounder 191

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The data breach always costs a company a lot of money. The Internet allows employees to work remotely. But this practice has a significant downside – remote employees might use unprotected networks. Once all employees understand the importance of security, it will be easier for you to keep the data safe.

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Security Bandwidth Software Review Technical Review 138

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) can empower enterprises to take their operations to new heights, as companies no longer have to choose between sustainability, safety and their bottom line. Using IIoT and tools such as smart thermal sensing devices, this challenge of sustainability, safety and cost effectiveness can be met.

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