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4 Essential Hires If You’re Starting a Business in 2020

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You’re not going to be an incredible CFO/CEO/graphic designer/web developer. If you want to increase your chances of startup success, you should invest in the expertise of select professionals with specialized skills, even in the earlier stages of your company. What’s the problem with this approach? No one is good at everything.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

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Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. While it’s useful to be able to have a sales forecast and expense budget early on, it’s not something you need until you’ve validated your idea.

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

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After college, I was a very early employee at a web company called Tumblr. I have been involved in startups since I graduated from college in 1996. It’s a web-based time tracking system. What I did is I learned the art of a pro forma and the value of a pro forma which basically is a forecast. in prosthetics.