Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The problem is that more SKUs dramatically increases complexity and cost, when you can least afford it. Buy too much inventory too soon to get unit costs down. Unit costs are important, but don’t forget about the cash flow hit, extra storage costs, and the probability of obsolete inventory due to necessary updates or pivots.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Photo by Bench Accounting on Unsplash Here are tips to help you hire the ideal virtual CFO: Understand Your Business Needs Your first step is to clarify what your business requires. Having clear objectives will ensure the hiring process becomes less cumbersome, so you can focus on candidates with relevant experience.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 7, 2021

One major reason is that unless you don’t put effort into hiring the right talent, the operational functions suffer. However, it is important to plan your hiring campaigns with a specific purpose when the economy is down amid the pandemic. 10 Important Hiring Tips for Startups in Post COVID Era.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2014

The second is that the retailers were constrained by their high costs of local real estate and service staff relative to the costs of centralized warehouses where goods could be stacked high, sorted by robots, managed by RFIDs and then shipped via overnight to eager, cost-conscious customers across the US.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

DataRails , the financial analysis and reporting software startup, has announced the hiring of David Rosenberg as the company’s new VP of customer success. Goori herself came on board in October 2021, when DataRails significantly bolstered its executive team with a string of high-profile hires.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2022

Small businesses can reduce their cost when they outsource their IT needs. You might outsource IT services and get support, systems, and hardware at a lower cost. IT security and support services are crucial to the operation of your business. Saves You Money and Time. This will allow you to focus on improving your business.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Whether it was the cost of wholesale fruit, new competition or even my own attitude, I wanted stay on top of every element making a difference. I realized I could separate all important factors into three different categories: Circumstances, Operations and Humanity. They’re the landscape where we operate. Stick to the System.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Third-party risk management is the discipline of managing risks like these to prevent, or at least mitigate, any potential damage to your operation. A strong third-party risk management strategy will increase transparency, streamline operations, and cut costs. Ins and Outs of Third-Party Risk Management.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

This reduces the cost of customer acquisition, allows easy upgrades for service and new features, and improves customer loyalty in the face of new competitors in the market. Minimize permanent hiring and customized operational facilities. Take advantage of low-cost modern tools and automation.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

A growing number of companies are hiring remote employees. When hiring independent contractors , it is acceptable to ask them to supply all tools and equipment themselves. Time zone differences Hiring remote employees gives you the freedom to recruit workers from different states or countries who may operate in different time zones.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Interestingly, the traditional hiring model is no longer the only option to get your team, as the emergence of remote work has ushered in a new era of talent acquisition, where geographical boundaries no longer limit your choices. This is because you’re not limited to hiring developers from your local area. You need not worry.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 9, 2022

Industrial and technological revolutions have been changing the global job markets worldwide, and hiring the right talent is becoming difficult by the day. All these factors are common across the most developed and developing countries but some countries and cultures prove to be more challenging when it comes to hiring the best talent.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Experienced financial experts are expensive to hire in-house. Small businesses can hire such firms and get quality services on a pay as you go basis. For example, cloud services allow small companies to operate from multiple locations while making little investment in their infrastructure, such as furnishing new offices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Things will cost more than you expect. Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. You will make mistakes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Every time I challenge a business plan with little or no budget for marketing, I get the answer that they will be using “viral” marketing, which costs nothing. At any rate, “buzz-worthy” and “viral” are marketing illusions that cost big money to create, and these are only the beginning. That’s a double death wish. Marty Zwilling.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2024

One increasingly popular strategy is to hire a fractional chief marketing officer (CMO). A fractional CMO, on the other hand, provides access to high-level marketing expertise without the commitment and cost of a full-time executive. Early-stage startups often operate with tight budgets, making it impractical to hire a full-time CMO.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2025

If youre not confident in managing these alerts yourself, consider hiring a reputable Managed Services Provider (MSP) to handle 24/7 remote monitoring for you over the holidays. The beauty of MSPs is that you can work with them ongoing or for one-off projects like this, making them highly cost-effective.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

Any place with a fixed cost that relies on foot traffic will come under pressure. Cut costs to stay alive for 24 months. Operating Numbers. Payroll costs/other variable costs. Days 3 and 4: Prepare new business model and operating plan. … Next, plot out the changes to your operating plan.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 31, 2025

Structure your company to minimize early expenses, focusing on covering co-founders’ living costs. Manage operations leanly: The most common problem for startups is spending too much money. If a potential hire doesn’t increase the company’s average intelligence, it’s a mistake.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Ethics and Challenges in the Elder Care Startup Space While the potential for startups to revolutionize elder care is undeniable, operating in this sensitive sector comes with unique ethical and regulatory challenges. Balancing the drive for profit with the mission to protect vulnerable populations requires a careful and thoughtful approach.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Hire a CEO to Go Public. The VCs would hire a CEO with a track record who looked and acted like the type of CEO Wall Street bankers expected to see in large companies. The role of the independent member was typically to tell the founding CEO that the VCs were hiring a new CEO.). People had to actually pay you for your product.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

We’ll discuss the critical questions a CEO needs to answer to effectively capitalize on the remote labor market while avoiding the pitfalls most commonly encountered when people attempt to hire developers that are far from their company’s headquarters. Real estate costs in tech hubs have skyrocketed.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Since employees have been working remotely, organizations have seen a significant increase in productivity and communication, making employers more open toward hiring or partnering with people that are located throughout the US and all over the world. Cost Savings. The second major area where we saw cost savings was around talent.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

LLCs and corporations provide limited liability protection but may require more paperwork and higher startup costs. Failure to comply with these regulations can result in fines or the suspension of your business operations. Additionally, some clients may require these credentials before hiring your company for roofing projects.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 28, 2021

Whether managing a financial investment company, running a manufacturing facility, or operating a pharmaceutical firm, the core health of your organization’s network is of pivotal importance in maintaining business operations. Identify a Provider Supporting Multiple Product Lines. Conclusion.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

For startups eager to establish an efficient operational framework from the start, the decision to hire Microsoft Dynamics experts becomes instrumental. At its core, Microsoft Dynamics facilitates the integration of processes related to finance, operations, sales, and customer service into a single, unified platform.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

OCTOBER 30, 2024

For the markets that don’t have anything like this, you can usually find a business worksheet online that will help you calculate your startup costs. This can include hiring a lawyer, or an accountant. You will also need to have a projection of the income you expect to generate and the costs associated with this.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Things will cost more than you expect. Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. You will make mistakes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. The challenge is to recognize and recruit that ideal partner match early with minimal cost and risk. Operate with a comparable level of integrity.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Any operation that involves an employee, like recruitment, payroll management, or even offboarding, can be included in these HR functions or duties. . Your human resource activities can be outsourced to: Independent HR consultants are professionals who can assist you with hiring, HR policies, and other decision-making. Cost-cutting.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 9, 2025

It provides an avenue to leverage expert SEO expertise without the associated cost and complexity of in-house operations. Exploring the Advantages of White Label SEO Services for Businesses White label SEO services enable businesses to scale their offerings without hiring additional staff or expanding their expertise in-house.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2020

Hiring too much or not enough. Hiring is one of the most challenging parts of running a business, no matter how large or small your operation is. From finding a qualified pool of applicants to interviewing, verifying references, and filing the hiring paperwork, just managing and recruiting employees is a full time job.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2020

In addition, not everyone has the privilege of having a real personal assistant due to high costs. Personal assistants are often hired to prepare decisions and information for managers and take care of miscellaneous tasks for busy executives and CEOs — who all earn higher incomes. Humans & Technology Side-by-Side.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 26, 2020

And, if I told you that by the beginning of May, you’d make every hire remotely, you might have laughed in my face. …suddenly, nearly all technical jobs are remote-jobs, all dev-teams are distributed teams, and virtually all hiring is remote hiring. A Quick Word About Hiring in the Time of COVID-19.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Every time I challenge a business plan with little or no budget for marketing, I get the answer that they will be using “viral” marketing, which costs nothing. At any rate, “buzz-worthy” and “viral” are marketing illusions that cost big money to create, and these are only the beginning. That’s a double death wish. Marty Zwilling.

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Viral Marketing SEM Campaign 268

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Things will cost more than you expect. Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. You will make mistakes.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Projecting from the seed stage, there are two types of team-building topics you want to address – key senior hires and org-level team building. As the company progresses through product market fit (PMF), you will want to highlight other key senior hires required to scale and round out the functional expertise of the exec team.

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