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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

There were startups and a software industry but barely. We had nascent revenues, ridiculous cost structures and unrealistic valuations. I learned to avoid unnecessary conferences, avoid non-essential costs and strive for at least a neutral EBITDA if for no other reason than nobody was interested in giving us any more money.

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Board Software for Nonprofits: Pros and Cons

Board Effect

Nonprofit boards must consider all of these things and more when considering investing in board portal software for nonprofits. Board portal software has been developing over the last decade or so. They will appreciate that the board did its due diligence before making a final decision.

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5 Things Businesses Should Do Now To Ensure 2015 Success

YoungUpstarts

With the end of the 2015 fiscal year nearing, businesses may be reviewing their consolidated revenues and thinking of ways they can increase their profit margin as they enter the new fiscal year or second-half of the calendar year. Implement data software automation. Reduce unnecessary costs.

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4 Common Misconceptions About Web Design & Development

The Startup Magazine

Some sites such as Craigslist may look simple due to the minimalist design but their creation involved hard work and thorough process. Every button or feature on a website takes hours of coding. But if you just want a website for your business and you have no coding experience, hiring a web developer becomes your only option.

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Meet Our Newest Investment: Properly

View from Seed

Today, it takes an average of 72 days to sell a home and costs the average seller $15,000. Properly provides full-service brokerage service through its data and software platform, just like what you’d get from a traditional agent. Each year over $30 billion is spent on residential listing commissions by U.S. homeowners.

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Understanding Virtual Data Rooms And Their Significance Today

YoungUpstarts

This required high operational costs like round the clock staff, abundant paper supplies and couriers. However, virtual data room software came as a huge relief to many companies because it reduced wastage of time and numerous expenses made to physically store data. The old PDRs were quite cumbersome due diligence processes.

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As Year-End Approaches, 4 Things Businesses Should Do Now To Ensure 2015 Success

YoungUpstarts

As the end of the fiscal year approaches, it is critical for businesses to determine what initiatives where successful, as well as what were financial weights in order to create strategic operational goals that will result in increased revenues and reduced costs in the next year. Review What Worked. Here are five things to look at: 1.