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Founder Interview: Richard Lavina Innovating Accounting Services with Taxfyle

The Startup Magazine

We’re aiming to bring that boost in productivity and cost-efficiency both to CPA firms and other professional services firms in other verticals (i.e. Hiring is a problem because when you become successful, people want your talent. Hiring is a problem because when you become successful, people want your talent.

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No One Will Ever Thank You for Keeping Prices Low

OnlyOnce

I’m a big believer in the diminishing differences between the B2C and B2B universes, but this area may be one where the difference is still sharp. Meaning, does it work well enough to get the job done that customers are hiring you to do? If not, you do not have a sustainable business. If so, see the next two questions.

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Simple But Powerful Tips for Naming Your Business or Startup

The Startup Magazine

Depending on your vertical, total cost of business name change can run into millions of dollars like the attempt to change UTA to TDU. You can hire professional attorneys to help with this. He’s available for hire. Several businesses on scaling realize that their original name isn’t reflective of their new status.

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No One Will Ever Thank You for Keeping Prices Low

OnlyOnce

I’m a big believer in the diminishing differences between the B2C and B2B universes, but this area may be one where the difference is still sharp. Meaning, does it work well enough to get the job done that customers are hiring you to do? If not, you do not have a sustainable business. If so, see the next two questions.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. Over the past few years, ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out its internal technology stack, called Totem. The VC Software Stack — the Untouched Vertical.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

In founding TripAdvisor, Kaufer wanted to take his hard core engineering skills and apply them to vertical search in travel. Fortunately, on the side, the company had built up TripAdvisor.com as a demo site to show the prospective clients what a vertical search engine could do. Big Data meets travel…in 2000.

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Real Estate Developer Danny Haber Of oWOW Reinvigorates Bay Area

YoungUpstarts

Danny Haber is the founder of oWOW, a B2B and B2C concern which is directly involved in building modular units for resale to property developers, and as new housing for consumers. As a vertically integrated company, oWOW cuts costs which are then passed on in the form of lower rental prices to tenants.