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5 Keys To A Viable Spending Rate And Cash Management

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. Use future cash for payments where possible.

Burn Rate 258
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5 Ways To Conserve Investor Cash And Ensure Survival

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. Use future cash for payments where possible.

Burn Rate 310
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5 Keys To Minimizing The Burn Rate For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. Use future cash for payments where possible.

Burn Rate 223
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Investors Measure Entrepreneurs By Cashflow Mileage

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. Use future cash for payments where possible.

Burn Rate 262
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First Person: My Career in Marketing

The Startup Magazine

Nowadays you can do marketing career functions online very easily using your social media pages and platforms like Jaynike , but that was not my reality. . In the end I saw those product lines cancelled out from under me, and found myself out of work. I had been working as a consultant, building databases for a Fortune 1000 company.

Marketing 167
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5 Cost-Cutting Strategies That May Cause You to Spend More

Up and Running

When paying employees becomes too expensive, many companies either lay people off or keep their workers but reduce salaries. First, reducing salaries or offering inadequate compensation turns away talented applicants and discourages your current staff. Instead of reducing salaries, think about changing your payment structure.

Cost 150
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5 Steps To Maximizing Your Startup Cash Flow Runway

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. Use future cash for payments where possible.

Burn Rate 120