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The True Costs Of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

When food and shelter are a freelancer’s two heaviest expenses, a conversation about “costs” sounds absurd, no? Unless you breakfast on caviar, truffles and Dom Pérignon in a Mediterranean villa tended by your manservant Basil, your costs can’t be that bad. However, some freelancing costs don’t appear in the books. Fair enough.

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8 Organizational Cultures Boost Output And Cut Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

They point to several key trends in organizational cultures and working practices that can boost output, cut costs, and give employees more freedom. 58 million workers identified themselves as freelancers in 2021, up 5 million since 2014. In the U.S., Freelancers now make up 36% of U.S. workers and earned over $1 trillion last year.

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10 Ways To Win In 2014: An Entrepreneurs’ Guide To A Successful Startup

YoungUpstarts

2014 will be a formative year for new business owners and early-stage entrepreneurs. Continuing into 2014, there will likely be a shift in the role of the investor into a more hands-on player in businesses. by Melissa Thompson, CEO of TalkSession. For those would-be entrepreneurs debating the startup leap?

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Seven Ways To Make Sure Accountability Sticks In 2014

YoungUpstarts

That’s why you should kick off your 2014 accountability revolution with a meeting of the minds. Use this meeting to get consensus on what the core values and behaviors need to be to support the company’s strategies and goals for 2014, and emphasize that everyone, starting with the key leaders, will be held accountable for demonstrating them.

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9 Startups That Made Life Better In 2014

ReadWriteStart

One thing common to 2014’s most intriguing upstarts is how they didn’t just serve themselves: They empowered others to innovate, too. Here are 2014’s most influential small companies. Right now, it charges a $5 fee for pickups in addition to the shipping cost. See also: What Is Docker And Why Does It Matter?

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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively. Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. So What Impact Did the Drop in Tech Founding Costs Have on VC?

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How to Turn Marketing Costs Into Profit

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Turn Marketing Costs Into Profit written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. They are also the authors of Killing Marketing: How Innovative Businesses are Turning Marketing Cost into Profit. Pulizzi is the winner of the 2014 John Caldwell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Content Council. Like this show?

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