Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Things will cost more than you expect. Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2019

But in this customer-focused model, some businesses make the mistake of neglecting to focus on their employees. Their study, alongside others , found that happier employees are at least a predictor of customer happiness, if not one of the main causes. Happier employees = greater customer loyalty. But what’s the reason for this?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2013

To estimate the startup costs for a new business, you will have to take a look at several different categories of expenditure. Here are the main elements to consider and to do the math about: Administrative Costs. The first category of expenditure involves the administrative costs of starting your new business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Almost anyone can start a company today on a shoestring budget, following these cost-cutting recommendations: Establish a solid legal structure for your business.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2020

For example, in January 1914, Henry Ford doubled his workers’ salary to $5 a day to ensure a stable workforce-a workforce that could afford the product they are making. So even if we see the whole pandemic from the economic lens, it would not be wise for the businesses to lay off employees on such a large scale. Wrapping Up.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

By chasing after relentless growth – at all costs – they have gone beyond their abilities to pay spiraling bills to suppliers, employees, and financiers. How can one manage one’s business costs better? This model assigns more indirect costs (overhead) into direct costs compared to conventional costing models.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Things will cost more than you expect. Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

by Todd Patkin, author of “ Finding Happiness “ We all know that employee engagement matters. Yet again and again, studies point to a pervasive lack of it (for instance, a recent Gallup report indicates that only 13 percent of employees worldwide are engaged), as well as the incredible costs of this problem.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 9, 2023

In a recession, advertising costs can go down as fewer companies invest in marketing. In a recession, some businesses may lay off talented employees. Thanks to this and our brand's constant growth, we have been able to keep our prices the same as when we first launched 3 years ago, without passing inflation costs to the customer.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 16, 2020

What are my top 3 costs? What are my top 5 expenses as a percentage of sales? So long as you have good gross margins (double-check how you calculate this – small businesses often do not allocate costs correctly) then you can usually grow your way out of a cash crisis… on paper anyway. Stop founder salaries.

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Mike Michalowicz

APRIL 15, 2013

You fix your bottom line by increasing revenue or cutting costs or both. We cling to our expenses, believing we will need all those costs the moment we land that big client. Costs pile up predictably. Sales don’t. Rent, for example, is a static and recurring cost. Control Cost Creep.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

by Eliot Burdett, co-founder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting. Building a sales team from scratch is one of the most difficult and important tasks of a CEO. Generating revenue through sales, especially as start-up capital diminishes, can make or break a company’s success. Define sales team structure. Assign territories.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 20, 2022

Rolling Out The Red Carpet For Your Employees written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. She’s the author of three books including: The Celebrity Experience: Insider Secrets to Delivering Red-Carpet Customer Service and her new book Employees First! We dive into core concepts from her new book Employees First!

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Things will cost more than you expect. Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory.

Burn Rate 262

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2018

Research shows the average cost of employee turnover is about 20 percent of the employee’s annual salary. Other costs of not adapting leadership styles for your younger employees are harder to quantify, including lost knowledge, relationships, opportunities and more. But such turnover is costly.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 23, 2019

Unlike “traditional” departments such as Engineering, Product, Sales, Marketing, BD, Customer Support/Success, People is a relatively new leadership function. Planned 2020 future salaries projections. Reviewed performance of BDRs and Sales. Re-hashed salary bands for 2020. What does a Head or VP of People do?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2016

We’re used to thinking in terms of financial performance; it feels normal to have your income tied to sales or to overall profitability. The idea is to create true partnerships with your employees, to share risks and rewards in a very concrete way—and it’s hard to get more concrete than the numbers on your bonus check.

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Rembrandt Communications

DECEMBER 1, 2021

And the best part is… it only costs you time and effort. Start by listing all of the standard information about your healthcare, retirement plans, training, vacation days, salaries, etc. For example, when working with you, how will employees: • Make a difference in their local community and beyond? Develop as human beings? •

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

When I started my first business I think I was pretty focused on the numbers end of things – the cash flow, sales, marketing, more marketing, quarterly goals, budgeting – you get the gist. The way you and your employees interact, collaborate, and support each other can significantly impact an organization’s ability to thrive.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) =. Operating Costs.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2015

Having a simplified training process not only makes hiring easier, but helps your employees feel more confident in their employers. Having a simplified training process not only makes hiring easier, but helps your employees feel more confident in their employers. Social media monitoring: Perch. Proposal solutions: Tinderbox.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2015

If you’re thinking about extending equity to an employee or a vendor (as in the example above), you should know that the topic is multi-faceted. If however you are giving a “normal employee” an incentive stock option plan (more on that later), that’s entirely different. Finding great employees first. What is equity compensation?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The impact is low employee engagement , low productivity, and ultimately business failure or lack of growth. It is no secret that the recent pandemic has exacerbated this problem as companies lost more and more of their employees due to illness, economic contraction, and voluntary resignations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Things will cost more than you expect. Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory.

Burn Rate 120

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary 120

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

by Keith Johnstone, Head of Marketing of Peak Sales Recruiting. High-growth startups in the software sales space need to hire adept salespeople to be competitive. Here are ways for startups to compensate for, and even take advantage of, their smaller size to attract and retain recent graduates for sales positions. With the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

MakeSpace (as he named it) would help you get your excess goods into low-cost warehouses. As companies get this initial customer feedback on their product they start to have to ask harder questions about unit economics: How much does it cost us to acquire a new customer? and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Information systems analyst and consultants start at a median salary of $74,048. Tech companies need advertising, marketing, public relations, and technical sales professionals. Information and communications technology include 4,600 companies and 45,000 employees. Much of this was attributed to the low cost of living.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

After having to reduce and rethink our strategy during COVID, we observed that our community and sales have skyrocketed. My business pivoted as a result of the pandemic by becoming more remote for my employees. We redesigned our organization to take advantage of lower labor costs. Photo Credit: Gavin Johnson.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Imagine wielding the power of a marketing wizard without having to afford their six-figure salary. By choosing to become a fractional CMO, you bring expert-level skills into multiple businesses at fraction of the cost and time commitment required by full-time roles. That’s exactly what becoming a fractional CMO is all about.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2018

To keep track of all your expenditure and the effect this is having on your profits, you need to have a plan that details every facet of your business and the costs each incurs. You should have included all your overheads and running costs in your original business plan, so revisit it and see how your predictions have turned out.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Launching a recipe website can cost as little as $150 if you can utilize your phone as a camera to start. The most expensive cost right off the bat is the time commitment when compared to the minimum capital and operational cost. This helps them generate leads and sales. Photo credit: Jessica Randhawa. Thanks to Daniel E.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 19, 2013

If your goal is to cut costs at any cost, you’re heading into dangerous territory. Having started more than 15 companies in industries including direct mail, home services, property management, retail, and more, I know just how tough it is to write checks to employees, vendors, landlords, banks, etc. Why is that a problem?

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The reason the media call the Friday after Thanksgiving Black Friday is that many businesses do not reach their break-even point for the whole year until that day, due to the tremendous volume of sales. You reach your personal Black Friday when your fixed costs plus variable costs equal your income.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

There will be less employees and more solopreneurs. With their affordability, you can invest in several and gain more return by earning customer trust before a sale occurs. The cost of starting a start-up is getting more affordable day by day and hence there will be a significant increase in start-ups. 4-Progressive.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 12, 2019

It includes every employee, from paying and recording their salary or wages to calculating bonuses, benefits, deductions, taxes, and leave. Getting it wrong could affect staff morale, cost you money, and potentially put you in the law’s crosshairs. Payroll is a big part of any business. Local compliance. Ease of use.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Inevitably, things cost more and take longer than expected. The next most important set of metrics are sales by category; working capital (cash and other current assets, less current liabilities); EBITA; and gross margin. due to inflation, salary increases) to maintain margin in an environment of downward pressure on prices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

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