Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2018

The cost of the shell, plus the cost of navigating the process, can now easily exceed a half-million dollars, depending on the shell company, according to The Labrecht Group , a law firm based in Irvine, California and Salt Lake City. This approach is not for entrepreneurs already out of money. Being a public company isn’t cheap or easy.

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Up and Running

APRIL 13, 2016

We talked with two dispensary owners from pioneering states: Mitch Woolhiser, owner of Northern Lights Cannabis Company in Denver, Colorado, and Lincoln Fish, CEO of OutCo Labs, which manages the dispensary Outliers Collective in San Diego, California. If you’re in California, he also recommends reading Proposition 215 and Proposition 420.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

From California, to Illinois, and New York many of the largest U.S. The most common way for a public hospital to become part of a larger health system (whether community nonprofit, faith based, or for-profit) is by using a lease structure, rather than an outright sale of stock or assets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2014

The cost of the shell, plus the cost of navigating the process, can now easily exceed a half-million dollars, depending on the shell company, according to The Labrecht Group , a law firm based in Irvine, California and Salt Lake City. This approach is not for entrepreneurs already out of money. Being a public company isn’t cheap or easy.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Entrepreneurs and small business owners feel that filing tax returns (sales; payroll; franchise, etc.) The Tax Foundation, a tax policy research organization, found that the total number of words in the Internal Revenue Code & Regulations grew from 1.39 If you use an online sales tax tool, you’re not necessarily safe.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2019

If you employ a sales staff or have employees who work remotely or at home, you may need a way to track their location. In California, the penal code prohibits any “movable thing” from being tracked. Employees often fudge their hours – known as time theft – which could mean a huge loss of revenue for the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2015

The cost of the shell, plus the cost of navigating the process, can now easily exceed a half-million dollars, depending on the shell company, according to The Labrecht Group , a law firm based in Irvine, California and Salt Lake City. This approach is not for entrepreneurs already out of money. Being a public company isn’t cheap or easy.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. SALES & MARKETING. Computer Security. But with the help of Grahams company, which specializes in creating tech systems for start-ups, Jumpstart grew to more than $50 million in revenue--enough to make it an attractive acquisition for media conglomerate Hachette Filipacchi. Tools & Research.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Therefore, we have this huge opportunity to influence how people feel – how they perceive our product’s value – as well as the opportunity to optimize the customer experience in such a way that the customer is delighted and we maximize our revenue. Too many choices can actually reduce sales. Trust/security symbols.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Topics are divided into IT, marketing, sales, finance, customer service, operations and human resources sections, which makes it easy to search for the latest discussions on your interest area. The site is run by Mercy Corps , which intends to help “small businesses grow faster, generate more revenue, and employ more people.&#

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Eloqua is bringing this revolution to the B2B marketers by providing on-demand applications and best-practice expertise for B2B marketers to execute, automate and measure effective marketing programs that drive revenue. Intego is the leading Security Software Suite for Mac. sales and marketing. (10). Watch this! Anonymous said.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Take any steps needed to qualify Newco to conduct the business it plans to conduct wherever it’s located (for example, a filing made in California qualifying a Delaware corporation to do business there if the management team is located in San Francisco). Sales contracts accounting for significant revenue.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Others, such as Loosecubes, are looking for a more consistent stream of revenue by switching to a subscription-based model. Entrepreneurs have also tapped sharing platforms to directly market their goods and services, somewhat blurring the line between unadulterated peer-to-peer co-ops and direct sales channels. Advertisement.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 2, 2012

To make sure that doesn't happen - and help startups avoid costly lawsuits (another instance where the only people who get rich are the lawyers) I asked Anton Rosandic , a California-based attorney and an entrepreneur himself, for some free advice. Is the loan secured by someone's house or similar collateral?

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Revenue is driven by children’s parties, which cost $600-$4,000 for a two hour party for 15 kids, which apparently is the market price for kids parties in LA. The space can host 6-9 parties per weekend, and they generated $350,000 in revenue last year. By all accounts, the Coop is quite successful.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

First: They’re all based in California, and more specifically, in San Francisco, Mountain View, and Menlo Park, respectively. After going through multiple levels of security, I was led upstairs, met my contact, and had my meeting. It was an alarming day at the office, and one that illuminated sincere office security concerns.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 22, 2020

Digital Response (USDR) CalFresh Onward California Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA) "President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1935-1944" SF New Deal donation/volunteer page Transcript for Out of the Crisis #15: SF New Deal Eric Ries : This is Out of the Crisis, I'm Eric Ries.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The subscription box industry is growing rapidly thanks to a steady revenue model and tapping into people’s love for surprises. Marketing and sales plan. Financial summary : Project your revenue for the first few years. Creating a buyer persona puts you in the customer’s shoes to guide marketing and sales decisions.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

Security Choice: The Power of Conversion Through Transparency. ", and the page is exactly the same for me in California or someone in London? It says Continue securely. They also make it clear they only serve California, rather than telling you after you click the Submit button! Why is it that when I visit www.3m.com

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Transformify

MARCH 20, 2020

It is highly likely that thousands of small businesses will go bankrupt as few can afford to pay rent and salaries while generating no revenue at all. As the survey has been conducted prior to coronavirus quarantine in California, it is likely that the percentage will increase rapidly in the next weeks. 70-80% job cuts are likely.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

Many people are too cautious in sales processes and as a result when they present their solutions they end up sounding milquetoast and undifferentiated from anybody else in the market. I recently wrote about the three rules of sales. In sales we often call these USPs (I wrote about them here: Unique Selling Propositions ).

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Your goal was to preserve your cash while you turned these guesses into facts and searched for a repeatable and scalable sales model. A Progress Graph on the right visually shows how far you’ve come (in whatever units of goodness you’re tracking – revenue, units, users, etc.) Get back up and running. is quite good.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

Carl was also worldwide head of stores at Home Depot when Hurricane Katrina hit, running sales out of the backs of trucks and accepting IOUs for payment. And half our clubs were in the state of California in 2008, so was a very interesting time to be a CEO and learned a lot. So, how are you investing in being even better?

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www.startupspecialistnetwork.com

APRIL 29, 2013

Approximate Cost - $2,000-$5,000+; Premiums are based on various factors including gross revenue, founder resumes and financials. Premium based on sales, square feet of the office and property limits. Risk Strategies is dedicated to helping technology companies secure comprehensive and cost-effective insurance solutions.

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

Sales & Marketing. --> Bloggers. --> Resources. Social media audiences have effectively become another universe of prospects to tap, which means measurement and tracking is essential to yielding from these visitors both direct and indirect revenue. Advertising/Sales. Web Designer, Sales/Mktg - Md. Sales Meeting.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

You might notice what’s not on that list above: revenue, investors. No revenue isn’t always a problem for venture-style businesses; no investors + no revenue = challenges for most founders without tremendous self-funding. However, we also discovered key challenges we could not overcome with the capital and window of our team.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2015

But suffice to say I spent almost every penny in my business account to buy a SaaS app that looked like this: And was able to turn it into this: And 10x the revenue in 15 months, via steps I outlined in a MicroConf talk a few years ago. Here’s the official announcement about the HitTail sale. So What Did I Learn?

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2015

But suffice to say I spent almost every penny in my business account to buy a SaaS app that looked like this: And was able to turn it into this: And 10x the revenue in 15 months, via steps I outlined in a MicroConf talk a few years ago. Here’s the official announcement about the HitTail sale. So What Did I Learn?

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2015

But suffice to say I spent almost every penny in my business account to buy a SaaS app that looked like this: And was able to turn it into this: And 10x the revenue in 15 months, via steps I went into detail at a MicroConf talk a few years ago. Here’s the official announcement about the HitTail sale. So What Did I Learn?

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Transformify

APRIL 12, 2020

In general, remote workers can be classified as either (i) employees, which means that they need to pay the same taxes and social security as regular in-office employees or (ii) independent contractors. There are similarities between IR35 in the UK and AB5 in California , US. No revenue at all. Classifying Remote Workers.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

Volunteering for the unknown, which meant leaving the security of what I knew would continually change my life. One day the company sent me and an engineer across the country, to a city none of us had ever heard of – San Jose, California – to install a process control system in a Ford Assembly plant. (We

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 7, 2009

The Point The point of The Software Product Myth is that at some point you are going to have too few sales to support yourself monetarily, yet too much work to fit comfortably into your evenings and weekends. This way you can keep the sales funnel rolling when your knee deep coding. #7 7 Drew on 01.08.09 8 Seb G on 01.08.09

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

Volunteering for the unknown, which meant leaving the security of what I knew would continually change my life. One day the company sent me and an engineer across the country, to a city none of us had ever heard of – San Jose, California – to install a process control system in a Ford Assembly plant. (We

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

You could actually be scouting new clients in Bogota while doing work with most of your clients in California. Jonathan: Yeah, you might not be boot strapping, you might be able to secure a business loan or something like that, but that’s still money that you’re responsible for. You literally could be anywhere.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Similarly, the bulk of the companies getting funding are still California-based. After Northern California and Southern California the biggest area of investment geographically was in international companies. There does seem to be some shifts on where the money is going. And investors aren’t necessarily keen on their prospects.

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Venture Chronicles

OCTOBER 27, 2010

However, in exchange for the power to tax, local agencies must establish a regulatory regime that goes well beyond the transactional aspect, for example enforcing THC limits, and when revenue from taxes does not meet the expenses incurred by regulatory enforcement then the taxpayers must cover the deficit. How I’ll Vote: YES.

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online.wsj.com

MARCH 4, 2013

WSJ Secure. App stores generally take a 30% cut of the sale. Ndemics revenue totals in the "high millions," he added, declining to be specific. TextPlus brings in more than $12 million in revenue annually and the app has been downloaded over 40 million times, primarily through free versions supported by advertising.

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