Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2014

It’s very unusual for two competitors to have exactly the same strengths – in development, marketing, distribution, or customer support. Capitalize on shared costs and common distribution. Similar companies, even though competitors, usually face economies of scale and overlapping distribution channels.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

So, if I were going to invent something, I’d probably start by creating an affordable jeweler’s workbench, not least because I’d be able to test it, and because I already know all the distribution channels I’d need to hit in order to sell it. Of course, you could also calculate your price based on the cost of materials and manufacture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Here are the other reasons to use this strategy: It reduces common costs and customer learning curves. Similar startups, with competing products, almost always have overlapping areas, which cost money to develop and annoy customers with a new learning curve. Complementary advantages can expand both markets.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 23, 2018

How will you distribute your product? What are your major costs ? Make sure you are in compliance with your non-disclosure agreement and any other employment agreements that you have signed. But before that, there are a few questions you need to answer: Does your idea(s) solve a pain point?

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

For those of us who do it every day or every week, there is also a “ well-worn path ” involving reams of very familiar-looking documents that will take relatively little time (and therefore cost relatively little in legal fees) to prepare for a new startup. Advisory board agreements. Small-dollar-amount, routine commercial agreements.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

How to replicate their benefits for remote workers and distributed teams is a challenge many companies face. A nice selection of contracts for startups and small businesses (non-disclosure agreements, employment agreements, sales representative agreements, independent contractor agreements, and more) and also freelancers and others.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Youll estimate time and cost better. But what I think was hard, and it was something he couldnt consider was that it would be harder to find a *maintaining* programmer, and how much it would cost to run the software, because of technical details he didnt understand. Thinking of your project in milestones makes all the difference.

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