YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2017

This is where lean manufacturing comes in. So, getting rid of waste is great way for a business to do their part. At first, this sort of method will cost more for a business to use than standard practice. The more you manufacture; the greater the cost of the waste. But, over time, this will change.

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Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Operating lean should be the mantra of all businesses. Then, the only other thing you need to do is curb your enthusiasm to spend, spend, spend, and be sure to enforce the lean practices you started with. So how can you correctly estimate what the funding need for your business should be? Assessing need.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) Most importantly, they have lots of data about the unit economics of their business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

JANUARY 17, 2011

The last couple of years have been rough on small-business owners and a discouraging time for aspiring entrepreneurs. This is particularly bad news for most small businesses because they rely on customers who are willing to spend money to fuel growth in revenues. So what is the outlook for entrepreneurship in 2011?

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. Instead of sitting down to write a 40-page business plan, start with a one-page pitch. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Five Ways You’re Not Going To Get An Investor For Your Startup written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Weston Bergmann – Enjoy! Not Knowing Your Cost Of Customer Acquisition.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 13, 2013

Because I know when I get home after a hard day’s work I like to have a glass of wine or 6, lean back and marvel at my amazing traffic trends report. What about costs? From there start looking at how much it’s costing you to get your customers vs how much they are worth to you long term. We all do it. Where from?

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Up and Running

MARCH 15, 2016

Depending on the type of funding you’re seeking (we’ll get to that in a minute), your business plan doesn’t necessarily have to be elaborate. If you’re not seeking bank or investor funding, you can probably get away with a lean business plan. Determine how you’ll be funding your business. Your best bet?

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Luckily, it is needed only while you figure out the margins and recover the cost of acquiring customers. I wouldn’t advise someone who wants “quick wins” to dive into a subscription business; it’s not for the faint-hearted. I bootstrapped Subbly by building an MVP (“minimum viable product”).

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Edwin: Small to medium, so I have people that have teams of five people in their company, 20 people in their company up to 200. Jason: For example, like in America, small business is up to 150. I do think that most of my customers are small/medium businesses. Jason: Okay. I’m just clarifying. Edwin: Yes.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He is also struggling with the pricing structure, because until he can get to volume printing, the cost per unit is way too high. He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Well, my advice for Chak is to focus steadily on a worldwide list of greeting card distributors using Telewebsales and Sales 2.0

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He is also struggling with the pricing structure, because until he can get to volume printing, the cost per unit is way too high. He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Well, my advice for Chak is to focus steadily on a worldwide list of greeting card distributors using Telewebsales and Sales 2.0

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Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

While our data does apply to a US audience, the reasons for starting a business really aren’t going to be that different, whether you’re in Canada or South Africa. Think the country is dominated by big businesses run by people with MBAs? You don’t need any ‘special’ training to run a business.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

While this is certainly true, there are also lots of us who know we have the drive and skills to run our own business if we could just decide on the right product or service to offer. You’ve likely also thought about the feasibility of your business idea: Are there enough consumers out there who would need that product or service?

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Technical Review Bootstrapping Cost Software Review 72

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 4, 2019

John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing broadcast is brought to you by Gusto, modern easy payroll benefits for small businesses across the country. Small business unfortunately lives with a day-to-day profit mentality rather than what’s the value of the business we’re building? Transcript.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

And when I start companies now, and I know a lot of listeners are listening here who are run small businesses, when you don't have a huge amount of money for marketing budgets, for example, I'm the perfect person to come in and work with you because I know how to be resourceful cause I had no money. Should you bootstrap?

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Most small businesses and startups that are looking to grow— hire a new employee , or buy a new piece of equipment, or open a new location —need to think hard about cash flow, or making sure they have enough money in the bank to meet payroll and other financial obligations. Cash must be available to cover costs and offset delays.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 1, 2018

She is a business journalist and author and a contributing editor at Inc and formerly was the small business editor at The Wall Street Journal. We’re going to talk about a book that’s new for her, Start a Successful Business: Expert Advice to Take Your Startup from Idea to Empire. Colleen DeBaise: I know.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

It’ll be necessary here to do some type of financial forecast , or perhaps a business plan (we recommend a Lean Plan ). Depending on the type of business you’re starting, the types of funding available to you will vary greatly. Quitting your job to start a business certainly has the potential to light a fire underneath you.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Small Business. SMALL BUSINESS. more in Small Business. Harvard professor Noam Wasserman and WSJ small-business editor Vanessa OConnell took reader questions about avoiding start-up pitfalls on Sept. Small Business » Subscriber Content Read Preview. Loading… Careers.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

[link] tenthings most business-grads are too arrogant to realize that they are selling technology, not hot air, so they need a tech team to build upon, not a product. Kellie This couldn’t have come at a better time… I’m about to step into that small business selfemployment arena. All what you said is so true.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 2, 2018

I was just at a company here in Orlando yesterday that’s in the payment processing business. They had no choice but to build their company this way, because they were bootstrapping. That stuff is hard, especially when you’re a small business. Everything else is a cost.” ” I agree with that.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

And we at the time made it $1,000 because that was around the cost of serving one of those units. And she had some time and she did our brand work in six days that another VP of marketing and I were commenting on as we were looking at it, this is a work product that we've all seen before and has cost $100,000 and taken six months.

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San Francisco Founder Community Software Review 68

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team? They are many more examples.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Resources. Small Business tools list. Lean Startup Circle â?? Codeacademy.

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