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How to Form a Corporation

Up and Running

If you’ve decided to incorporate as a C corporation, S corporation, or B corporation entity, this article will outline all the steps you’ll need to take. It’s common to feel a bit lost or overwhelmed at this stage, but with this guide, you’ll gain confidence in your ability to create your new business entity and get back to the work you love.

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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

One way to conceive of our goal in an early-stage venture is to incrementally “fill in the blanks&# for the business model that we think will one day power our startup. For example, say that your business model calls for a 4% conversion rate – as ours did initially at IMVU. An excellent article and responses.

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Beware The Consultant

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There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. John is currently a partner at Rincon Venture Partners , a venture capital firm investing in early stage web-based businesses, and is a Co-Founder of RevUpNet , a performance-based online marketing agency. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

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That takes us to point three as we go through the lean business plan, that concrete specifics. That’s my favorite part of a business plan, and in fact just a couple of weeks ago I did an article on the B plans blog about milestones, titled something like, “What makes your business plan real?”

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How to create a profitable Freemium startup (spreadsheet model included!)

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If these questions interest you, keep reading Article summary (for people with attention deficit!) CPM/CPA/CPC) What do the intermediate metrics look like? At worse, it’s easy to lose a ton of money, if the CPA exceeds the LTV. What are the drivers of customer lifetime value? How do all these variables interact?

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

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free weekly Infochachkie articles! Our name was so disconnected from our business model that we were in the midst of a protracted and expensive name change initiative (along with a small army of consultants), at the time we sold Expertcity to Citrix. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. Many good pointers in your article.

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Episode 5: Alex Blumberg, Business Credit, and Cloud-Based Subscription Services

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” Jonathan: Yeah, and we thought we’d use this time, usually, when we talk about a Bplan’s article to introduce this new segment and feature, you should be able to start hearing it outside of our regular full episodes. ” “Bcast mini?” ” “Mini Bcast?” ” “Microcast?”

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