Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Entrepreneurs don’t realize that Facebook spent over $100 million, before revenues from advertising turned cash positive. Hyperlocal in New York City is different from hyperlocal in Kansas. Several of the challenges already identified suggest a greater reliance may be required on bootstrapping and organic growth.

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New York City Kansas Advertising Cash Position 158

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

Content companies, for example, should be able to amass traffic and sell advertising on a bootstrapped budget before they come close to seeking equity financing—because you can, and because that’s the market expectation and that’s what your competitors are already doing. > Are their annoying costs, like the cost to publish an LLC notice?

New York City 120

New York City New York Startup Burn Rate 120

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Low Cost Franchises. Non-classifiable Establishments. California. Connecticut. District of Columbia.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Not Knowing Your Cost Of Customer Acquisition. Knowing how much it costs to acquire a customer is debatably the most important variable in an investor’s equation. Here’s a simple example, if you know how much it costs to acquire 100 customers…. than investors can use this equation: Cost of getting 100 customers = X.

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Kansas City Due Diligence Arizona Kansas 68