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30 tips for avoiding startup failure, from successful founders

The Next Web

While you are working away on your business plan, looking for ways to raise capital, finding the right people to hire, etc., Bootstrapping can be fun, you get to iterate quickly, turn on dimes, invent new features on the fly. We should have slowed down just a tad to plan a few steps further out when naming things. “On

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6 ways to monetize a user-based business model

The Next Web

We determined that we could best monetize the business by focusing on online marketing, particularly our pay-per-click services. We didn’t throw away all of our business plan, but tabled some ideas with the mindset of re-introducing them when the company could support and scale them.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Startup Professionals Musings

Establishing the legal structure for your business, registering trademarks, filing copyrights and patents, and drafting partnership agreements used to require extensive attorney fees and ongoing consultation. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Facilities and staff.

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You Don’t Need to be Rich to be an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Establishing the legal structure for your business, registering trademarks, filing copyrights and patents, and drafting partnership agreements used to require extensive attorney fees and ongoing consultation. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Facilities and staff.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Gust

Establishing the legal structure for your business, registering trademarks, filing copyrights and patents, and drafting partnership agreements used to require extensive attorney fees and ongoing consultation. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Facilities and staff.

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7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Considering a Subscription Box Business

Up and Running

Furthermore, most of the young entrepreneurs’ problems I’ve seen are related to poor planning. Many people tend toward over thinking things when trying to craft a perfect business plan. So, the planning stage can feel high stakes. I bootstrapped Subbly by building an MVP (“minimum viable product”).

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How I Pivoted My Startup 3 Times to Find Success

Up and Running

“A pivot is a change in strategy without a change in vision,” says Eric Ries , author of The Lean Startup. This is a look at how CallHub has evolved out of three business pivots—what we learned, where we went wrong, and how we finally got it right. See Also: 6 Business Idea Validation Tactics to Improve Your Business Planning.