Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Most of these are easy to avoid if you do your homework up front, but can cost you dearly if you get sucked in. If you feel confused by conflicting time zones, differing currencies, and up-front costs, it’s time to run the other way. Use the common sense suggestions to avoid the pain: Decoy investor scam. Delete the message.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Non-disclosure Agreement Term Sheet 371

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

It’s amazing how quickly competitors and “me too” products can encroach on your space, after your product debuts, with account names you should have reserved. You may not see the need for a YouTube, Instagram, or Twitter account now, until someone takes the name you want. Invest your time in networking online, as well as offline.

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Product Technical Review Entrepreneur Reputation 319

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue.

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Internet Web Affiliate Advertising 294

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. But that is just the beginning of the opportunity to provide or take advantage of the new power and tools on the Internet.

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Technical Review Customer Social Network Software Review 342

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Many entrepreneurs I have mentored make big mistakes in this area, by hiring low-cost friends and family, with minimal skills or training, and expecting them to have the same work ethic , passion, and business knowledge as the founder. In addition, you can reduce to soft costs of mentoring, relationship building, and socializing.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Employee 308

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

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

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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North America IPO Prospectus Europe 401

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

According to National Venture Capital Association statistics , only 16% of venture-backed startups recently used this alternative, due to high liability concerns, demanding shareholders, and high costs. Less tangible assets like the brand name, business relationships, and even your reputation may be lost or damaged.

Exit Strategy 376

Exit Strategy Startup Private Equity Equity 376

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2020

While starting a new dental practice, you need to finalise practice name and tagline for it. Ensure to get the proper brand name as it is essential for your practice’s recognition. Also, register a domain name for your dental website that suits your business name. Google Maps.

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Marketing Social Media Startup SEO 200

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

MakeSpace (as he named it) would help you get your excess goods into low-cost warehouses. As companies get this initial customer feedback on their product they start to have to ask harder questions about unit economics: How much does it cost us to acquire a new customer? How profitable is my product or service?

Operations 286

Operations New York City Technical Review Startup 286

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

With the current low cost of entry, nimble competitors appear quickly and seize the high ground of your existing customers and potential. The initial larger cost in time and dollars is only the beginning. In many business domains today, the market seems to change about every ninety days. The first-to-market advantage doesn’t last long.

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Startup Bandwidth Distribution Agile 287

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2021

I’m sure you have all been frustrated at least once by not being able to get the Internet domain name you want for your company. Who owns all of these names, and should you ever buy one for a premium? For instance, BMW now owns all domain names ending in.BMW. Yet people still pay big money to get the name they want.

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Naming Internet Montenegro Matching 340

Up and Running

JULY 28, 2022

Register your business name. The name of your business identifies your enterprise, which makes it easy for people to notice and understand your business. After you pick a good business name, it’s advisable to register that name to certify and protect it. Obtain the right business permits and licenses.

Small Business 167

Small Business Intellectual Property Cofounder Software Review 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2019

Most of these are easy to avoid if you do your homework up front, but can cost you dearly if you get sucked in. If you feel confused by conflicting time zones, differing currencies, and up-front costs, it’s time to run the other way. Use the common sense suggestions to avoid the pain: Decoy investor scam. Delete the message.

Technical Review 228

Technical Review Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence Term Sheet 228

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Train your AI models at twice the speed and less than half of the cost of other clouds. In the early days, and this was really early back in 1989 when I first started playing in this area, before the internet, it was really just focused on marketing, using customer data to target to do a bit more matching of a name. So buckle up.

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Customer Generative AI ChatGPT Cloud 76

YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2020

You’ll then need to start from scratch, and this can cost a lot of time and money. The cost of these minutes is often less than what you’d pay if you were using your regular mobile phone plan to make international calls. When creating a plan for your software development project, you need to consider several things.

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Software Software Developers Software Development NDA 189

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Without predictive targeting, a retention campaign may cost more than it gains. With costs escalating in healthcare today, it’s more important than ever to determine which patients are at risk of developing certain conditions, like diabetes, asthma, heart disease, and other lifetime illnesses. Movie recommendations. billion by 2022.

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Analytics Retention Social Media Startup 248

YoungUpstarts

JULY 7, 2020

With an almost ready-made business model, the cost and requirements are relatively low compared to other startup business which is favorable for aspiring business owner. Checking your possible competitors will help you strategize your target markets and services you can offer to make a name for your business and stand out.

Reputation 237

Reputation B2B Technical Review Social Media 237

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

Hidden costs. You’ll also need to pay for an assortment of other features, like a domain name that’s all your own, hosting, security, and even access to premium templates. If you want your website to have dedicated hosting, you’re going to have to pay for it. Internal teambuilding.

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Web Development Hosting Web Reputation 156

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Contrary to popular belief, a brand is more than a recognizable name and logo that distinguishes you from competitors – it’s the impression you leave on the customer. Of course, brands do use assets like logos, colors, fonts, voices, and names to accomplish this, in part. Choose a Brand Name.

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Developer Marketing Social Media Startup 159

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

According to National Venture Capital Association statistics , only 16% of venture-backed startups recently used this alternative, due to high liability concerns, demanding shareholders, and high costs. Less tangible assets like the brand name, business relationships, and even your reputation may be lost or damaged.

Exit Strategy 264

Exit Strategy Private Equity Equity Technical Review 264

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

This means task shifting, even briefly, can cost as much as 40% of your productive time. Harvard Business Review found that context switching cost one large software company more than 450 hours per year, per manager. Last, create calendar events and name them after the task you want to accomplish during that time.

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Management Cofounder Software Review Employee 232

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Companies benefit from this because they complete projects faster and thus save valuable working time and costs. The user organizes his tasks, names, deadlines, and the like in “pulses” (table rows), “columns” (columns), “groups” (tables), and “boards” (worksheets).

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Management Software Review Cloud Mobile 264

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Each Program Executive Office is headed by a Program Executive Officer who is a high ranking official – either a member of the military or a high ranking civilian – responsible for the cost, schedule, and performance of a major system, or portfolio of systems, some worth billions of dollars.

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Programming Customer Portfolio Government 249

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

REASON 2: You Need to Gain the Efficiencies to Be Cost-Competitive. He has been named by IDG as one of the “Top 10 Digital Transformation Influencers to Follow Today.” If your website is confusing and disorganized, that is the message people will take away. Those days are gone.

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Valuation Technical Review Revenue Operations 264

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 26, 2020

Zoom, Slack, Trello, Jira, and Microsoft teams – are all suddenly household names. Cost savings companies experience when they eliminate expensive office rents and the payroll costs associated with the salaries required for people to live in major metro areas. They may be a top-tier engineer or not. What Solves the Problems?

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Silicon Valley Distribution Engineer Technical Review 198

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A contract for a system named O’Malley followed. Costing $250,000 ($3.2 Each ATLAS I cost the NSA $1.3 ATLAS II cost the NSA $2.3 What Did ERA Build For the National Security Agency (NSA)? Then two “exhaustive trial” systems called Hecate for $250,000 ($3.2 million today.) Another similarly sized system, Demon , followed.

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Minnesota Engineer Minneapolis Silicon Valley 317

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Initially, Joe believed that cutting costs and lowering prices would build client loyalty, but he learned that true service isn’t about slashing prices. Train your AI models at twice the speed and less than half of the cost of other clouds. The surgery doesn't cost hardly anything.

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Cloud Bankruptcy Widget Kansas City 87

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

And if their initial guesses were wrong, they needed a process that would permit them to change early on in the product development process when the cost of changes was small – the famed “pivot”. Still, unless your startup has access to large pools of capital or have a brand name like Katzenberg, Lean still makes sense. The result?

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Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2022

That often involves working long hours and keeping your costs lean. Chief financial officer (CFO): As the name implies, the CFO is responsible for major financial tasks. If you’re in startup mode and have limited working capital to cover your operating expenses , you may be bootstrapping your way through the early days.

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CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Hiring 163

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

As far as the company goes, an LMS is a great way to cut down on training costs and the time it takes to process and complete the onboarding process for a new hire. Accessibility, course and catalogue management, and mobile learning, just to name a few. What Are Some Features of an LMS?

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Management Software Review Metrics Retention 173

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In fact, this problem is so common among business startups, that is has been tagged with the name “ founder’s syndrome ” or “ founderitis.” Key elements of every startup challenge include timeframes, costs, people required, and technical realities.

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Founder Technical Review Cofounder Demand 223

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The company has been named to Inc 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies in America in 2018 and again in 2019. As a result they would often create incredibly engaging booths that may cost tens of thousands of dollars to design and manufacture. There were certain companies who appreciated the experience and Expo’s due diligence.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review United States eCommerce Due Diligence 279

TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

Process and Team Review It’s easy for development teams, especially startup teams, to cut process corners in the name of shipping features. A technical review can help your development team adopt new processes and strategies to maximize their speed and efficiency. Outgrowing your stack: Your tech stack was just right for your startup.

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Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review Architecture 260

Women Entrepreneurs Can

JANUARY 7, 2025

How much do you think itll cost to fix that? A single data breach could cost you thousands and ruin your reputation. They take their business elsewhere, and suddenly, your names mud. Everythings soakedcomputers, furniture, files. Spoiler: A lot. Yeah, is that the one youve been meaning to fix? Theyre furious.

Small Business 72

Small Business Technical Review Bankruptcy Reputation 72

View from Seed

MARCH 4, 2020

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. Name brand firms like Benchmark, Sequoia, and NEA had 4+ partners on the list. This number is probably low vs the reality of actual performance.

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Venture Capital China Technical Review Africa 313

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2024

name-brand motors and propellers built for longevity prevent costly mid-flight damage resulting from unexpected failures. Specialists typically handle intricate drone repairs, offering yield tested engines, cameras for drone videography and accessories costing substantially less than new-in-box condition.

Technical Review 158

Technical Review Security Portland Reputation 158