A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

If we under-estimate, our support folks get overwhelmed with too much work, their quality of life suffers, and service to each customer suffers; if we over-estimate, we have too many people which is a cost penalty. Of course, the latter is a better failure mode than the former, but both are sub-optimal, and the solution is predictability.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2019

by Celia Belt , author of “ Remarkably Intact: Angels Are No Strangers to Chains “ Late one night in December of 2000, I found myself driving home from another long day of volunteering on the burn unit. I searched the country for nonprofit and government support and found little-to-none.

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Transformify

JANUARY 4, 2024

Aimed at curbing tax evasion by employees who provide services to clients through a limited company or another intermediary, IR35 is a set of tax regulations that were introduced by the UK government in 2000 and is also referred to as "off-payroll working rules."

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 18, 2020

It should be stated that the stocks have practically always been good assets to own because they have survived big crashes before like 1929, 2000 and 2008. Nonetheless, there are times when it may make more sense to buy bonds when interest rates go up.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

I’m excited about the program below on “Investing in Intellectual Capital: Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets” Click here to make a reservation. Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000. Wednesday, May 25, 2011.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 16, 2018

4- Provide intelligence to the government and the public. Government and the American public. At that time, in the year 2000 there were no spam filters so it was pretty easy to contact other translation companies to setup cooperation. Ethics and morality were only measured against regulations. Photo Credit: Everett Stern.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Small businesses need easy-to-understand codes from local government as well as a solid understanding of why such regulations are in place. Too often (accurately or not) entrepreneurs and small business owners perceive that local governments put up hurdles for them to jump over. A friendly regulatory environment. Access to capital.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

1990s to 2000: Infrastructure, Security, Management, etc. 2000 to 2005: CRM, SFA, ERP, Payroll, Analytics, etc. 2005 to Today: Retail, Manufacturing, Finance, Government Specific, etc. This observation is also mirrored by the higher spend in IT budgets across most industries.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Board and Governance issues arise from day one in most startups. Can you acquire them at a sustainable cost? Is there a development step that you must take to fulfill demand for a particular use case, and, if so, how does that cost get absorbed? Work hard to give yourself some decisions to make on who’s in and who’s out.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 21, 2017

There is clearly dysfunction in chasing growth at all costs – inherently unprofitable companies grow to employ thousands of people before going bust, resulting in much personal anguish and not a little wasted capital. What we need here is government intervention.

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

government waits, the more devastating the eventual assault is likely to be.” and with inherent cost disadvantages relative to international competition in the pricing of IC’s, hardware assurance for critical infrastructure in the U.S. government. “ WESLEY K. Share and Enjoy:

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

It will also lead to a massive expansion of government, whose only function will be to try to interpret and unravel an impossibly complex set of new tax rules. Providers and other entities are reluctant to adopt automation and technology, primarily because of costs and other barriers. Citrix Presentation Server 4.0,

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 31, 2018

Interestingly, Satis, a blockchain advisory firm, published a report this past week (link below) that predicts offshore markets for cryptocurrency will be main drivers of crypto market growth, citing a loss of confidence in government monetary policy around the world. The post Drinking from a Firehose appeared first on The Barefoot VC.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

Most investors thought of their job as picking good companies and making sure governance was strong. From around 2000, and perhaps coinciding with the need to work harder to win deals as opportunities dried up after the internet bubble burst, individual partners at VC firms began adding ‘helping CEOs win’ to their job descriptions. .

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

This drop in public valuations basically means that private companies lost half of their value in a comparable way and therefore the cost of capital doubled in the past month, pushing much higher the hurdle for any additional investment, be it in sales, marketing or R&D. Is Government a good idea? How long will the downturn last?

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

How much would an extra $1000 or $2000 per month help during that time? Right now companies are cutting costs and letting go of their $125/hour development shop. A lot of contract work is out there looking for mid- to low-cost providers. The average U.S. Moonlight If you have the chance think about taking on side work.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

economy: “… Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs, Eliot-Spitzer’s stock analyst settlement and the economic downturn have created an historic drought in venture-backed companies going public. . It boggles the mind that Washington would enact new policies sure to prolong this (IPO) drought and strike at the heart of American innovation.”

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And, as the industrial revolution showed us, there are some real costs to scale. The implication is that blitzscaling ignores things like “business model innovations that were rooted in a future that the competition didn’t yet understand” in favor of “spending to acquire customers below cost.”.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

Always adapt to what’s most important and sensible for you (and remember that nothing is free, every measurement decision you make has a cost!). There are multiple points of value from the Trailheads program (lower support costs, higher retention, faster time to value for clients etc.) I love governments! Make tough choices.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2014

I’m a child of the 1970s, who was routinely promised flying cars in the future, and wrote school essays about what life would be like in the year 2000. Two factors: cost and range (and charging infrastructure, to a lesser extent, but that will be remedied when there is more demand). The real barrier to adoption is cost.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. In 2000 or 2010, it made sense to build in San Francisco.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 11, 2011

5000 booth fee $2000 fare to NYC and hotel room $500 food and cabs = $7500 TOTAL TRIP Lesson learned…priceless. For years, many exhibitors have complained that there should be a central governing agency to mandate a trade show schedule and prevent overlapping regional markets and shows, with the meaningless shows disappearing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I knew it was an easy fix, so I really didn’t want to pay for a tow truck in addition to the cost of the repair. It struck me that had the technology existed, travelers could have taken advantage of our empty aircraft to get back to London and then the aircraft could be dropped in Oxford, with minimal additional cost.

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Start Up Blog

MAY 19, 2022

One third of Americans cannot name a single branch of their own government. Acknowledgement of these facts frame a viewpoint of society where basic knowledge is important to shape government policy and to address vital issues like climate change. The cost of higher education in the US has outpaced inflation for 4 decades.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 5, 2016

The challenge that many regions face in seeking to become innovation centers of excellence can be summed up in one sentence: Good ideas are generated from all corners of the earth, but few regions offer a complete and cost-effective ecosystem to develop these good ideas into great companies. Why is this the case?

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Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

ii. Bubble period 1996-2000 totals $243.6 2000: Regulation FD was passed to create a “level playing field”, reacting against whisper numbers, favored research analysts, and the “hedge fund information advantage”—all in the name of giving everyone simultaneous access to the same corporate disclosures—which absolutely did not happen.

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caterina.net

OCTOBER 25, 2010

The government, especially DARPA , many university research departments, Xerox PARC (and Interval Research, where I worked briefly in 2000) have sunk a lot of time and money into this kind of research, in some cases billions of dollars, and a lot of this research not only available but free to all comers. Great post.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I realized that working for large companies who were fighting each other, or fighting the government, was never going to scratch that itch. These businesses were helping people straighten their teeth at a much lower cost and with less pain than traditional alternatives such as braces. Photo Credit: Alex Dask.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

They were providing low-cost healthy meals for schools across the country and, before the crisis, were delivering two million federally reimbursable school and community meals per week nationwide. How can people know what the governance is, or how do you address that issue as it's come up, as you've engaged with your community stakeholders?

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 11, 2009

companies pay more to intermediaries for the same service, because it will still cost them less than paying the higher tax burden imposed by the Congress. In effect, the unintended consequence will be to permanently keep these assets offshore and make U.S.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

By my reckoning, we’ll all be driving electric long before government regulations make it mandatory. In Australia alone, this install market is a AUD$40 billion opportunity (20m cars @ $2000 per charger). In the US, electric cars are 9% of sales, yet they are getting close to 100% of the attention. Dropping the ball.

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Transformify

JANUARY 4, 2024

It was first established by the UK government in 2000. Additionally, they can lose some of the tax benefits of operating their own limited business, like the opportunity to write off specific costs. Online forums, trade associations, and government websites can all offer helpful advice and information.

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Transformify

JULY 14, 2021

Here are a few important facts that one must know about IR35: It is a group of tax laws that forms an integral part of the Finance Act; IR35 was initially introduced in April 2000. The NICs element, on the other hand, was integrated into the Social Security Contributions Regulations 2000.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. In 2000, Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr founded StubHub , a secondary ticket exchange marketplace. The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007.

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

  It was simple   - Reduce costs and improve consumer experience for the large retailers.   It was sold in 2000 and today is the customer service arm of Fidelity Financial in Florida.   It was sold in 2000 and today is the customer service arm of Fidelity Financial in Florida. It was bootstrapped.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2020

The folks over at Website Setup published a study where they mentioned some average costs: “Building a good custom website could easily cost $2000 (on the low end). There are currently dozens and dozens of website building platforms with different costs, tools, usability, skill level, and ratings. Conclusion.

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