A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

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The unfortunate math behind consulting companies

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

In America we have ten federal holidays bringing the annual WD count to 240. We also have employment tax in America. Keeping 3-6 projects going year-round is a full-time job in itself — a job resting on your shoulders. So your cost per billable hour is: Nominal Cost: $30/hour.

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Smart Bear Live 8: Edwin from MeetingKing.com

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Jason: For example, like in America, small business is up to 150. Ten million, I think I can be very, very happy for the rest of my life. Edwin: Small to medium, so I have people that have teams of five people in their company, 20 people in their company up to 200. Jason: Okay. I’m just clarifying. Edwin: Yes. Is it ten million?

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The mid-market briar patch

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

There are 220,000 businesses in America having 50-500 employees, and only 18,000 businesses with more than 500. If we just chose one or the other, we could optimize the rest of the business around it — hiring, automation, marketing, sales — and maybe we should. Whatever the reason, it’s a tar-pit.

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