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Tips for Entrepreneurs to Minimize Expenditure 

The Startup Magazine

This includes variable costs (e.g., sales commission, raw materials, and packaging) and fixed costs (property rental, company car instalments, etc.). The early years of a business often require trade-offs between something that would really help you and not being able to take on more fixed costs.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. In 1995, while in high school, Seth wanted to start a business scanning paper documents for companies, but realized it was a non-starter when he learned that a scanner costs $4k.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Incubators Are Reaching Out To 1M/1M

ReadWriteStart

and Singapore at significantly higher prices and presumably would be open to sourcing lower-cost parts. In the Q&A, Bill Gordon introduced himself as one of the principals of the Stamford Innovation Center, an incubator being formed in Connecticut. These resellers buy devices from the U.S.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

NYU just widened the door for more people to benefit from and contribute to their network, at nominal cost. We have evolved into an educational organization, holding investor education events in New Jersey , NY, Florida, Connecticut, Toronto, and San Francisco, as well as many webinars. Data-informed instant mentoring.

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Make Sure Your Rights as A Buyer Are Protected By Hiring The Services of A Real Estate Attorney

The Startup Magazine

But, hiring a lawyer will cost you more than you realize because the money will be deducted right away from your closing costs. You may already be struggling with many legal bills while you’re in the process of buying and selling your property, so you may not want to hire an attorney.

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An SEO Crash Course For Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Not only will unclear navigation compromise your SEO rankings, it will also cost you conversions when visitors find your website. He has over two years of experience in the content marketing industry following a byline at a Connecticut newspaper, and finds motivation in running, music and photography.

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Addicted to Ruthless Efficiency

OnlyOnce

One of my Bolster colleagues who lives not too far away in Connecticut is having drinks with a very important potential partner one night next week as the temperatures outside warm up here in the northeast. What’s this meeting going to cost? Sometimes I even get one done in 15 minutes. Very, very rarely, I’ll book one for an hour.