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Merger and Acquisition Due Diligence Checklist

The Startup Magazine

When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, taking due diligence takes center stage. Without proper due diligence, you might find yourself in a serious financial mess. On these lines, this guide is going to take you through the Prolifogy Mergers & Acquisitions Checklist and how to take due diligence.

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Recession ahead? Follow these Money Saving Tips for your Workplace

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Review Your Software Subscriptions “Reviewing your software subscriptions can be a quick way to reduce costs. ” — Phil Norton, Founder of Leave Dates In today’s digital age, software subscriptions have become integral to business operations.

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8 Tactics To Make You A Fearless Business Innovator

Startup Professionals Musings

As a potential investor, I always think of the high rate of failure of disruptive technologies, due to the longer learning curve of customers, infrastructure change consistently required, and higher marketing costs. Before you act, shut up and listen to employees, customers, and futurists.

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5 Startup Cost Realities Most Founders Underestimate

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, I come from a software background, and back in the early PC days, it could easily cost half a million dollars for a team of professionals to produce a commercial product. Now, with powerful high-level tools and open source software, winning smartphone apps can be built by a good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

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Clubhouse put a big bullseye on social audio

VC Cafe

Clubhouse was the trailblazer, but it sparked a huge interest in the category from established social networks, new startups and even the open source community. 31 employees according to Linkedin, but seems to be bootstrapped. Open Source. Mumble – the first wide spread free and open source software for VoIP.

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Three Easy Ways Businesses Can Combat Cyber Threats

YoungUpstarts

by Marcus Harris, Software Litigator at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. In fact, the Ponemon Institute reported that 61% of breaches hit small to medium-sized businesses last year, in part due to many of these growing companies underestimating or downplaying the risk of cyber security threats. Regularly update device software.

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The Best Ways to Save Money as a New Startup

ReadWriteStart

It also means your employees will (in many cases) benefit form higher morale and higher productivity. Employees are Your Largest Investment. Employees are going to be one of your biggest expenses, so this is a financially unsound move. Rely on Open Source Software. Review these expenses carefully.

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