ConversionXL

JULY 22, 2020

This post, based on our experiences, covers: What misalignment looks like—and what it costs; What alignment looks like—and what you get; Four steps to go from wherever you are now to greater alignment. What misalignment looks like—and what it costs. So how do you get aligned? La Marzocoo sells espresso machines.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2022

Focus is required to resist adding a few more neat features, made possible by the new technology, which in fact make the product more complex to use, impossible to test, and very expensive in time and cost. Lots of people still believe the major cost of a new product is development. Marketing costs can be a deep hole.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

As fall replaces summer, I know I become tempted to curl up with a window view of the falling leaves, a cup of tea, and a good book. When that happens, I like to turn to books that are not only engaging, well-written, and interesting, but also happen to be about business. It’s a great way to enjoy some “me time.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

An exception is the classic book by Alison Maitland and Peter Thomson, “ Future Work: Changing Organizational Culture for the New World of Work ,” which offers some real insight on this subject. They point to several key trends in organizational cultures and working practices that can boost output, cut costs, and give employees more freedom.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

But for founders who do their homework, the cost of entry is lower and the opportunity is higher than ever. Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S. The cost of social media done well is low.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 7, 2023

This includes variable costs (e.g., sales commission, raw materials, and packaging) and fixed costs (property rental, company car instalments, etc.). The early years of a business often require trade-offs between something that would really help you and not being able to take on more fixed costs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

It’s important to learn from your own mistakes, but it’s even smarter to learn from someone else’s mistakes, without paying their high price in time lost, cost, and pain. Viral marketing costs real money, and your support staff and hosting systems cost even more. Bypasses intellectual property as not worth the cost.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2022

While corporate travel is often fundamental when it comes to closing deals and fostering long-lasting business relationships, the cost of business trips is typically a setback for many organizations. Here’s how you can reduce business travel costs effectively. Moreover, hotel services typically cost extra. Source: Pixabay.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

But for founders who do their homework, the cost of entry is lower and the opportunity is higher than ever. Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S. The cost of social media done well is low.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2021

I found a good summary of the most common mistakes in a classic book by Kelly Clifford, “ Profit Rocket ,” written primarily to help you on the other side of the equation – skyrocket your profits. Always use a break-even analysis to measure what volume and price are required to offset total costs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2022

Employees are still too often thought of as a commodity, to be acquired “just in time” for the lowest cost, and managed as a disposable asset. With the latest advances in software technology, it’s no longer cost-prohibitive for business entrepreneurs, who can’t yet afford a human resources department, to take advantage of analytics tools.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

Thus I was pleased to see my own insights covered in a new book, “ Why Startups Fail ,” by Tom Eisenmann, a Harvard Business School professor, who has mentored many more entrepreneurs, and authored more than a hundred HBS case studies from real-world startups. Gather your resources before scaling the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2022

For example, I remember a classic book by Penina Rybak, “ The NICE Reboot ,” that does a great job of outlining problem solving steps, honed from working with special needs youngsters. Every approach is a compromise between cost, time, and return, so forget your perfectionist tendencies.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JANUARY 24, 2021

Business events are a brilliant tool for marketing and networking, but when you consider the cost, they’re not always the most efficient strategy. The easiest way to do that is to cut the cost of hosting the event in the first place. Before you plan your next business event, make sure that you keep these cost-cutting tips in mind.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

How to Turn Marketing Costs Into Profit written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. They are also the authors of Killing Marketing: How Innovative Businesses are Turning Marketing Cost into Profit. He’s the author of five books, including his latest, Killing Marketing. Podcast Transcript. Like this show?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

It’s important to learn from your own mistakes, but it’s even smarter to learn from someone else’s mistakes, without paying their high price in time lost, cost, and pain. Viral marketing costs real money, and your support staff and hosting systems cost even more. Bypasses intellectual property as not worth the cost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2022

Sciambi, in his classic book, “ Secrets to Entrepreneurial Success ,” reminds me that premature execution will doom even a good ready-aim-fire plan. Cost of a planning cycle is greater than cost of an execution iteration. But Lonnie L. This most often happens due to impatience, which is not typically an entrepreneurial virtue.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

A complete list of book tour stops for the first leg of my journey is below. Many of you who pre-ordered the book -especially those of you on Kindle- have already received your copy. The Amazon.com reviews page for the book has just opened to the general public (up until now it's been limited to Amazon Vine reviewers).

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 1, 2023

In today’s fast-paced world, businesses with vehicle fleets are constantly seeking ways to improve efficiency and productivity while reducing costs. Properly managing a fleet can not only help businesses reduce costs but also improve customer satisfaction, increase employee safety, and promote environmental sustainability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2023

If you have a different view, I urge you to see the data presented in a new book, “ The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace ,” by Phil Simon, a globally recognized authority on technology, collaboration, and the future of work. Millions have bowed out of the labor market. Fewer births mean fewer workers later.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

As the global economic situation deteriorates amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine and soaring energy costs, many aspiring entrepreneurs might be tempted to give up and wait for better days. In the book, the authors explore how frugal innovation can be used to create value in low-resource contexts. But don’t give up!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2023

I found some excellent guidance on the specifics in the classic book, “ What Customers Crave ,” by Nicholas J. Many business leaders still believe that exceptional experiences cost too much, and reduce profit margins and growth. As a popular strategist in the areas of customer experience design and innovation, Webb knows.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2023

I found some guidance in the classic book, “ Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results ,” by Victor Prince and Mike Figliuolo, two top thought leaders in the field of leadership development. The leadership capital, and other costs to support square pegs is a huge startup resource drain.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2021

Darryl Rosen, in the classic book “ Table for Three? In business, when you are making mistakes, it’s costing you time and money. With associates, making mistakes will cost you in productivity and morale, and will kill their image of you as a leader. Doing things haphazardly is prone to mistakes.

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Rembrandt Communications

MARCH 2, 2020

The answer is… you can write it yourself and post it on free sites, and it will just cost you time and effort. The distribution cost can range from less than $100.00 A large press release with links, images and more can even cost you well over $5,000.00! The post How Much Does a Press Release Cost (Really)?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2023

I like the specifics on how to do this in the classic book, “ The Agenda Mover: When Your Good Idea Is Not Enough ,” by leadership expert Samuel B. The best entrepreneurs and business professionals learn to anticipate these push-backs before they happen, and respond calmly and effectively. You don’t know the issues well enough.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

The entrepreneurs can reduce their operational costs significantly – by utilizing advanced technologies like autonomous vehicles, drones, and robots for courier delivery. The admin shares the courier booking request – to the nearest courier delivery personnel. Why would courier service apps always be in high demand?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Many entrepreneurs I have mentored make big mistakes in this area, by hiring low-cost friends and family, with minimal skills or training, and expecting them to have the same work ethic , passion, and business knowledge as the founder. In addition, you can reduce to soft costs of mentoring, relationship building, and socializing.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

What will it cost to start that business? Many people underestimate startup costs and start their business in a haphazard, unplanned way. Estimating realistic startup costs is one of the key elements of your financial plan. What are startup costs? It’s always a guess—but you can make it a good educated guess.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Whatever types of events you run, by using a streamlined event booking system, you can boost your business in multiple ways. Before we look at the precise ways in which a streamlined event booking system can boost your business, it’s worth noting that there are various products available, all of which have similarities and differences.

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Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 19, 2019

In 2018 read the book, Good Authority , and found it to be full of great insights on leadership. If that’s a topic you’re into, you should give it a read, but also sign up for the mailing list for my upcoming book, The Five-Day Turnaround ;). The theory of this book is that the opposite is true.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 7, 2019

I loved this book. I highly recommend this book, and these notes will give you a solid idea of what it’s all about. I highly recommend this book, and these notes will give you a solid idea of what it’s all about. The post Everybody Matters – my book notes appeared first on Begin the Begin.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Transcript of How to Turn Marketing Costs Into Profit written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. That’s not really true, but in this episode of The Duct Tape Marketing podcast I do speak with Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose, authors of Killing Marketing: How Innovative Businesses are Turning Marketing Costs into Profit.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2021

Do you categorize your revenue and costs using departments and classes? Don’t use cash basis accounting; track revenue and costs on an accrual basis. If you use cash basis for your accounting, you book expenses and income when cash changes hands; with accrual basis, you record income and outgoings when they are earned or due.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Through their portal, patients can book and reschedule appointments, access recommendations and prescriptions from their providers, and learn more about recommended screenings. Consider Providing Telehealth Services Telehealth is truly revolutionizing the healthcare industry today.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

Startup CEO (OnlyOnce – the book!), My book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business , is now available for pre-order on Amazon in multiple formats ( Print , Kindle ), which is an exciting milestone in this project! Writing a book is a LOT harder than I expected! Part III – Pre-Order Now. questions”.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 22, 2018

My careful analysis showed that varying templates would eat up time and end up costing our clients. link] Special thanks to Lope Gutierrez-Ruiz for directing me to the Unimark book and whose systematic observation of the world (and prolific use of Google Keep) have always helped inspire my curiosity.

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