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5 Reasons That Successful Non-Profits Are A Challenge

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet even a non-profit has to make a profit on everything it sells, in order to cover operating expenses (salaries, offices, equipment, research, travel, etc.), Even then, the business and leadership efforts to solicit and manage donations cost real money, and may be more difficult than the marketing and sales jobs of most startups.

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5 Reality Checks On Running A Charitable Organization

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet even a non-profit has to make a profit on everything it sells, in order to cover operating expenses (salaries, offices, equipment, research, travel, etc.), Even then, the business and leadership efforts to solicit and manage donations cost real money, and may be more difficult than the marketing and sales jobs of most startups.

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5 Reasons NOT To Start With A Non-Profit Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet even a non-profit has to make a profit on everything it sells, in order to cover operating expenses (salaries, offices, equipment, research, travel, etc.), Even then, the business and leadership efforts to solicit and manage donations cost real money, and may be more difficult than the marketing and sales jobs of most startups.

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How Black People Leveraged Tech Bigotry to Boss the Blockchain Below the Radar

Austin Startup

The African-American community with a global movement known as the Afro-Tech quietly mastered blockchain/distributed ledger technology several years ago to benefit urban communities. What We Discovered About Blockchain The Afro-Tech approached blockchain and distributed ledger as how it will affect African-Americans in everyday living.

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Remote Work in the Time of COVID-19

ReadWriteStart

…suddenly, nearly all technical jobs are remote-jobs, all dev-teams are distributed teams, and virtually all hiring is remote hiring. Fully remote distributed companies used to be a rarity. There are already a ton of great resources online for helping companies get a handle on running a remote operation. Managing to Win.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

The opportunity cost of the money I have not made on crypto is insane because I first was talking about crypto in 2011 as I’ve been in financial services for a long time. He expressed to me the idea that investing in Africa was—he used the word “risky.” I don’t think investing in Africa is risky. It scared him.

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How to Start a Business in a Month – #30DayChallenge

Up and Running

While our data does apply to a US audience, the reasons for starting a business really aren’t going to be that different, whether you’re in Canada or South Africa. Part of the reason we spent a full day researching and figuring out location, has to do with what it will cost you to start. Startup costs.