Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial metrics or even how to think about which ones are healthy. And of course ultimately on profitability.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2017

With the 2009 economic crash, entrepreneurs and startups flooded the market (for better or worse!). Even though over 90 percent of startups fail, there are more startups than ever before. It’s pretty tough to get the capital you need for a startup or small business with subpar credit. It’s never business as usual.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

For a startup, sustained revenue is of paramount importance: a paucity of sales in one month could lead to bankruptcy the next. To prevent disaster, it’s essential for startups to lock down a big client as soon as possible. Hiring a good lawyer also may mean saying no to your “Cousin Vinnie.”

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Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. Most traditional, bricks-and-mortar businesses have substantial, often enormous hard assets, such as raw materials and supplies, work-in-process, inventory, manufacturing equipment, real estate and more, as well as armies of employees. Tech startups are at the other extreme.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Hiring an expert or a coach to walk you through this stage can help you minimize the chances of failure although identifying the problem first can be a great way to create a long-lasting strategy. The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Just like launching a new product, hiring a partner requires protecting your business against potential risk and failure. Background checks of potential employees routinely show both minor and more concerning issues for employers. For example, according to ADP’s 2009 hiring index , 46 percent of résumés reviewed showed discrepancies.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2014

We do like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! 5 Ways To Help Employees You’re About To Lay Off | Fast Company – crowdspring.co/159KAQE. How to Motivate Employees in Less Than 5 Minutes – crowdspring.co/1CzhuZY.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Recruits, hires, and retains the very best talent for the company. Hiring & Firing the CEO. Psychologist as the CEO of Employees – Everybody wants to work somewhere “that is not political&# but that place only exists in a mythical utopian island. Makes sure there is always enough cash in the bank.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2014

We do like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! 5 Ways To Help Employees You’re About To Lay Off | Fast Company – crowdspring.co/159KAQE. Holiday Hiring By the Numbers (Infographic) – crowdspring.co/1CzjykC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

For example, one of the first home grocery delivery companies, Webvan, was so enamored with early traction in Silicon Valley, it raised and spent nearly a billion dollars and went public, before filing for bankruptcy three years later. Suddenly you face new overhead, with hiring, office space, benefits, and new advertising campaigns.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2018

Launching your own startup company takes courage, vision, creativity and determination. Briefly, the daily planner of a startup CEO can be quite hectic. Briefly, the daily planner of a startup CEO can be quite hectic. Not all startups are the same. – Drafting employee agreements.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 30, 2020

In the world of startups, there are about 9 failed businesses for every single one that succeeds. If you take a peek inside that statistic, you’ll also find that the majority of startups that fail (besides those that were badly conceived in the first place). The Go-Go Startup.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Use them to propel your startup into success and growth. LivePlan : Full disclosure, we’re the makers of LivePlan—but that just makes us more certain that it’s an essential startup tool. Plus, you can give multiple employees access so everyone doesn’t have to deal with signing in to each platform individually. Legal websites.

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The Next Web

JULY 15, 2013

I’ve worked for different entrepreneurs, various startups and larger businesses as both an employee and partner. There were times of high profitability, but also times when we were close to bankruptcy. Apple, Microsoft, Google) and also a small, but fast-growing startup. I did this by starting my own design and !eb

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Ben's Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Your startup is going well and as your business expands, you hear the dreaded words from someone on your board: “You need to hire some senior people. However, bringing in the right kind of experience at the right time can mean the difference between bankruptcy and glory. Why hire a senior person? The short answer is time.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. The truth is that in my experience very, very few people really enjoy the “pure&# startup environment: months with no salary, months with no live product and lots of trial, error & rejection. It’s addicting. of your product.

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Steve Blank

MAY 15, 2009

Signs of Success One of the things you do right in a startup, is you move from one cheap and cramped building to another as you grow, with desks, cubicles and engineers piled cheek to jowl. We need our own cafeteria so employees don’t have to leave the building. That’s when things went south. Everyone left the building for lunch.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 17, 2016

No matter how skilled you are at multitasking, pretty soon your balance will falter and you’ll fall face-first into the thing that every businessperson dreads – bankruptcy. But your balancing act doesn’t have to be more precarious than a trapeze act on a cliff-face.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Point Nine Capital uses 15Five for continuous employee feedback. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc.

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Ben's Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Your startup is going well and as your business expands, you hear the dreaded words from someone on your board: “You need to hire some senior people. However, bringing in the right kind of experience at the right time can mean the difference between bankruptcy and glory. Why hire a senior person? The short answer is time.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. The truth is that in my experience very, very few people really enjoy the “pure&# startup environment: months with no salary, months with no live product and lots of trial, error & rejection. It’s addicting. of your product.

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Up and Running

JULY 17, 2015

Creating a business plan and securing funding are common items on the startup to-do list. If an employee is dealing with a medical condition, or a family member with a medical condition, there are rules an employer must follow. This law guarantees employees a safe work environment, free from recognized health hazards.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 1, 2016

We made a prototype that accurately monitored multiple vital signs and decided to create a startup company that would make tracking a person’s vital signs convenient, accurate and simple. But it also created an ideal environment for startups. Thanks to Xin Xie, Lifestone. #2 2 – Slow Fashion. Photo Credit: Eve Tokens.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Upfront costs for startups can be extremely expensive, and a term loan is especially useful to finance your expansion efforts. When You Are Required to Hire New Team Members. Your employees need to develop a specialization in the long run and stick to tasks that are tailored to their skills and capabilities.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2015

Whether you’re a startup or an ongoing business, I think you can get a lot of value out of this presentation. If you’re a startup, it’s going to help you understand how much money you actually need. How much startup capital are you going to need. This is what business owners and startups encounter all the time.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Startups and founders need to come to terms with the stark reality that the rules of the game may be changed mid-play. SOPA would disproportionately alter the risk profile for new startups, which are thinly capitalized compared to the giants like Google and Facebook. See this blog post for a full discussion.).

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

You may have difficulty collecting certain receivables or the recession may have forced some of your vendors into bankruptcy, rendering their debts worthless. Ready, aim, hire! If your employees traveled for work in 2010 this expenses can be deducted. If your employees traveled for work in 2010 this expenses can be deducted.

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Ben's Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

After I took him through the details including several near bankruptcies, a stock price of $0.35/share, share, unlimited bad press and 3 separate layoffs where we lost a total 400 employees, he was most amazed by the layoffs. I asked him why all the other startups failed. That’s what a CEO says every day to her employees.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Some have been as co-founder, most have been as a consultant with the possibility of becoming an paid employee, “as soon as we close our funding round.” Out of fairness, that’s why they wanted to hire me, to fix that issue. ” Again, this has been very generous and flattering.

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BeyondVC

OCTOBER 8, 2003

I had breakfast with a friend the other day, and he was in the process of a bankruptcy filing for his startup. Other investors may not want to fund the company, and you may set unrealistic expectations for you, your employees, and your investors. Don’t hire people that expect to get paid back salary.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. We were weeks from bankruptcy.

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