The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

The consequences of being late or making critical mistakes tally up into the millions, yet McKinsey estimates that 90% of projects suffer cost overruns – and two thirds are at least 40% late. Construction is a trillion-dollar market, but planning remains complicated and inaccurate.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. I’m here with some really phenomenal CEOs who are going to talk to us today about small business finances from funding to growth.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2017

billion USD in 2014 to $58.68 Julian Lee, the founder and CEO of Ambi Labs is a seasoned entrepreneur with a wide ranging skillset covering strategy development, finance, fund-raising, due diligence, legal contract negotiation, recruitment, company setup and administration. With projections in smart home market growth from $20.38

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2014

2014 is well underway and so are the changes workplaces are implementing for the year. Health care costs are rising and employers will place more emphasis on preventative care and programs that urge employees to maintain a healthy diet or lifestyle. by Thomas Moran, CEO of Addison Group. Wellness Incentives.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Post Brexit, many companies in the UK consider distributed teams overseas as an alternative to the shrinking talent pool and high recruitment costs in Britain. The ‘’must have ingredients’’ of a strong start-up team are tech, product/project management, marketing, sales, and business/finance competences.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

This power is wielded through a combination of a country’s diplomacy, information, its military capabilities, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement. The third class focused on Russia, which since 2014 has asserted itself as a competing great power. China’s goal is to challenge and overturn the U.S.-led

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Here are some tips you can use now to make your small business a success in 2014. Not to mention, Google+ now has the second highest number of monthly users among mainstream social media sites and its future in 2014 looks just as bright. Small business owners need to know as much about their business finances as possible.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2014

As this is the final roundup before Christmas 2014, I thought it might be nice to show you a gift that you won’t be able to give. Your Minuscule In-Flight Entertainment Screen Costs $10,000 | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1A8AzNu. Uber Tells Off Critics With Financing Plan – crowdspring.co/1u8ouCV. Why, you ask? 1vcGEbM.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Let’s now explore the major developments and ultimate use cases for the Lightning Network in two categories: A) payments/finance and B) Web3. . Use Case I: Payments and Finance . When they can invest the marginal engineering hour in listing a new token that drives revenue vs. saving some costs on settlement, it’s hard to justify.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

This required high operational costs like round the clock staff, abundant paper supplies and couriers. percent between 2009 and 2014. Some of these benefits include the following: Reduced cost of operations. This includes the cost incurred in purchasing papers, travelling and hiring related human resources. Accounting.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I thought it might be nice to turn to my network of authors, strategists, social media executives, and entrepreneurs and ask them one question: “What is one prediction you’re seeing others make for 2014 that you just flat-out disagree with?”. Many are predicting that content marketing will offer improved results in 2014.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The pace accelerated during 2014-2018 with growth rates of 6-7%. The crisis also had a negative outcome for remittance sending costs. Operational challenges faced by remittance service providers led to an increase in the cost of transferring remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean. annually since 1993.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Visit the startup cost calculator to put the amount of capital a small business needs into perspective. There are four main reasons small businesses seek financing : startup costs, inventory purchases, business expansion, or business fortification. This couldn’t be farther from the truth.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Legacy architecture in financial services, by contrast, is comprised of unique centralized databases, requiring the need and added cost of intermediaries to verify transactions between them (e.g. In 2014 Granger, a Ph.D. the role of SWIFT in international wire transfers). Underwriting. billion incorporating AI.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 29, 2013

To find out, I asked a panel of successful entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) , the following question: What do you think will be the new “it” social- or content-related job in 2014 for startups and why? The year for Google+ in social is 2014. Andrew Schrage , Money Crashers Personal Finance. .

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In 2014 Niesh co-founder, Jae Yoo, now 26, had $10 in his bank account, and had to choose between printing past papers for exam study, or feeding himself. Motivated to find a way to help students reduce costs, Yoo worked with advertisers to subsidise student printing. The free Niesh app has saved 30,000 NZ tertiary students over $1.2M

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2016

I always encourage entrepreneurs to get creative with sourcing finance. Come early 2014, myself and the team at Gadget Flow had been trying to cope with the website’s demanding tasks. The capital earned in the agency was used to bootstrap the progression of the key business we wanted to launch. It must be managed carefully.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

It’s such a tricky balance between being cost-focused & scrappy versus being impractical with how you spend your time. A great finance leader is on top of your numbers with such precision that you don’t have to worry about it. We brought in Cynthia Stephens to head up finance at Invoca. And so must you.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Entrepreneurs are driven to pursue their passions no matter the personal costs, societal pressure, family head-scratching or financial consequences.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 23, 2018

He got his accountant to accept Bitcoin as a form of payment in 2014. Know your finances. Be smart with your finances. Keep track of all your operational costs. As a new business, everything costs money even if it is seemingly free. As a new business, everything costs money even if it is seemingly free.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

As we look into 2014, we thought it was important to reflect on our activities in 2013 and refocus and refine our thinking and messaging as a firm. we are really investing in companies that can scale rapidly with zero to limited to market costs. companies that harness the power of network effects”.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Cheered on by finance professors, Wall Street analysts, investors and hedge funds, companies have learned how to make metrics like Internal Rate of Return look great by one; outsourcing everything, two, getting assets off their balance sheet, and three only investing in things that pay off fast. an optimist sees opportunity in every danger.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

If your business needs financing, consider equity crowdfunding; its distinctive traits will lure investors desiring the rewards of investment returns and investor protection, in addition to the goodwill generated by their support. The SEC expects to finalize its equity crowdfunding rules by the end of 2014. Cover Upfront Costs.

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Equity SEC Technical Review Security 125

Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

We started our alcohol delivery service in 2014 on the basis that alcohol is one of the most consumed beverages in the United States. I always had a liking towards new-age solutions and I wanted to step out of my comfort zone and start an endeavor that can provide quality tailor-made software solutions at a cost-effective price.

Entrepreneur 143

Entrepreneur Technical Review Acquisition Software Review 143

ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2019

For example, our training set might consist of a set of people, some of whom ordered Soylent in the first week of March 2014, and we would train the classifier to model which users become the Soylent users. So, gather a room full of domain experts: email marketers, conversion optimizers, data scientists, finance experts, CRM specialists?—anyone

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 28, 2014

We’ll cover your travel costs. We are ourselves a startup, and this represents a significant chunk of our budget, but we want to bring in speakers regardless of their own companies’ finances. (We This year for the first time, we’re offering travel assistance for any speaker whose companies can’t cover it.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2021

Get your finances in order. You need a business bank account to keep your personal finances and business finances separate. Even if you decide your “business” is a hobby, it is a good idea to keep the costs separate so you know how much your hobby is costing you. You have a number of options.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In this two-part guide to starting a brewery, we’re going to talk with brewers who’ve been there-done-that, and we’ll get insights from experts in supporting industries such as insurance and finance, as well as discuss regulatory issues. In part two, we’ll discuss finances, insurance, and regulations for breweries. Keep on reading!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

Beyond that, there may be a large percentage of common technology where they both need to minimize cost to gain share from the big dinosaurs who already have this advantage. A strategic evolution of your combined strengths may be able to open up a new segment that neither of you could do alone in the same timeframe or at the same cost.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2013

“We hope to have the company up and running by March 2014.” . “With the winning money I decided to invest in creating a patent for my product and start the first steps of creating the first prototype,” Ismael said. ” Meet Michelle Sangalang and Andrew Ekelem, 23, of Chariot Mobility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2014

A November 2014 report by Kiplinger asserts that economic momentum is back on track. But you need a balanced strategy, along with new lines of credit and financing. Many cited a greater focus on cost cutting and efficiency as the number two step to achieving growth, with increasing sales still number one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

A breadth of understanding of common business principles, such as management, personnel and finance, is more important than a depth of knowledge in a technical area. Once you graduate, the feedback will cost much more, and it’s too late to take one more course. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/07/2014.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Retailers can expect strong sales on Black Friday in 2014, too. The 2014 US Economic Confidence Index scores have surpassed those seen monthly for five straight years, with the exception of a few low-scoring months in 2013. The final three months of 2014 are going to be hectic. Staff Up and Stock Up. Print Advertising.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many. Startup productivity is embodied in key ratios, including low cost of customer acquisition, high retention and high revenue per employee. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/1/2014.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2018

by Mike Prendergast, Finance Director, Quick Capital. It means you can cover unexpected costs, replace equipment, buy more stock to increase sales, or simply boost cash flow during a difficult month. Easy and quick access to money is vital to helping your business not only grow, but survive.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2020

A decade ago, China recognized that its initial success as the world’s low-cost factory was going to run its course. As the cost of Chinese labor increased, other countries like Vietnam could fill that role. So if the United State lost TSMC in China, one new American plant would not make up the difference in capacity.

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