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How To Use Staff Scheduling Software To Increase Your Productivity

YoungUpstarts

Smart scheduling software for employees is a terrific example of modern tech that refines and upgrades a traditional workplace process – in this case, staff rostering. It doesn’t have to be this way: much of the hassle of organizing staff rotas can be eliminated by deploying dedicated software such as Deputy. Skill-Based Scheduling.

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6 Myths On Starting A New Business That Can Kill You

Startup Professionals Musings

I remember first seeing a good summary of these risk-reduction myths a while back in a classic book, “ How to Start a Business & Ignite Your Life ,” by Ernesto Sirolli, PhD. You have to pay big salaries to get top-notch help. Most business partners I know take little or no salary in the early years.

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Get Investors Onboard With Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

Many young startups might believe they just don’t have the exposure to reach investors, but more than likely, the inability to raise investor dollars stems from their books. At the root of fundraising, it all boils down to the books. If the books look good, investors will throw money at the company.

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A heartbreaking story about time and money.

Berkonomics

Fixed overhead for salaries, rent, equipment leases and more make up the majority of the “burn rate” (monthly expenses) for most companies. In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. We’ll get to my heartbreak in a minute.

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Why “saving money” and “ROI” are probably the wrong way to sell your product

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Code Collaborator is tool which helps software developers review each other’s work, just like an editor of a book. In a perfect world, if the software development organization “produced more quality code” with fewer important bugs, that’s undeniably valuable. And we did.

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13 Critical Small Business Legal Requirements to Start a Business

Up and Running

Still, you can use accounting software or work with a tax professional. It covers creations such as music, books, sculpture, paintings, and films. Still, it makes it easier to pay salaries and file tax returns accurately. Maintain clean books. Clean accounting books help you plan and pay taxes accurately.

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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Take software developers as an example. Coming up with an idea for a new piece of software, developing it, and testing it is expensive. Yet once the software is coded, it can be reproduced millions of times at virtually no cost. Rigid union contracts constrain salaries, work schedules and promotions.