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Why Startups Are Ready For A Reboot

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Companies that have managed to do this have a distinct advantage over those dependent on financing from external sources. NBC News points out several companies that filed for bankruptcy during the later months of the crisis. Businesses have had to look for more creative means for funding their success.

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Everything You Need to Know About the Difference Between Bankruptcy and Liquidation

The Startup Magazine

If a business or person is unable to pay off their debts, then they may be forced to liquidate or declare bankruptcy. The purpose of liquidation and bankruptcy are actually quite similar, although the way that both are applied are not the same. What is bankruptcy? What are the types of bankruptcy? Source: Pexels.

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Should You Be Switching Your Business Entity To Protect Your Business From Further Loss?

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If you are currently operating your business as a sole proprietorship, this means that your business doesn’t really “exist” as a separate legal entity from yourself. If your business is unable to weather the current economic storm and has to close or file bankruptcy, you can be held personally liable for any outstanding debts.

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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

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The key to being able to run a business that isn’t yet profitable (on operating margin) is availability of capital to finance losses and preferably at a cost that isn’t too punitive to the founders and employees. Poorly calculated LTVs can become BVs (bankruptcy values). That is what finances rapid growth.

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Suggestions For Efficient Small Business Operations

The Startup Magazine

When building a startup’s operations, some things may seem inconsequential, but they can be the difference between your business making it past the five year mark, or sinking beneath the bankruptcy seas. For example, one part of your infrastructure is the employee working environment you create. The Abstract Angle.

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My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist

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Psychologist as the CEO of Employees – Everybody wants to work somewhere “that is not political&# but that place only exists in a mythical utopian island. My first company was founded in Ireland, headquartered in England and had country operations in the UK, France & Germany.

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5 Business Rescue Options Every Struggling Startup Should Consider

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When your business is failing and bankruptcy seems imminent it can be easy to trick yourself into thinking there are no options left, especially if you have poor business credit and a multitude of financial obligations and debts to deal with. – employees, investors, suppliers etc.) Asset Financing. are sold at auction.