YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2018

In exchange for supplying your business with money, the investor owns a portion of your business and may have a say in your daily operations or business decisions. The investor puts money into your business because they have faith in its success and expect their investment to grow substantially over time.

Finance 157

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Potential return on investment cannot be calculated without a clear understanding and evidence of actual costs, revenue flows, and margins. All internal teams need to have relevant skills and experience. Investors pass if they find conflicted team members.

Due Diligence 120

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2013

First, it allowed us to use the classroom time to dive deep into each team’s discovery narrative as it related to that week’s section of the business model canvas. This approach helped in several ways. Second, it allowed the teams mentors to “follow along”, since they were all first timers to the Lean LaunchPad approach.

Lean 288

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Is this API robust enough to support growing needs and potential business model changes? That means that if you store 20,000 credit cards with them, and you ever want to switch providers, you’ll have to ask those 20,000 customers to re-enter their information, which is going to cost you a lot of money in attrition.

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Small Business API Chicago Dividend 94

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2019

For anyone and any business to thrive in the future, they will have to master the art of relationship building. Since technological advancements have come at the expense of human connections, organizations now need to reinvent their business model to marry digital and human experiences in the best way possible.

Founder 113

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Up and Running

MARCH 20, 2017

When starting a business, the costs add up so fast that entrepreneurs are usually looking for ways to save money rather than increase costs. It’s no joke that the number of essential, necessary costs can be enough to make a new business owner’s head spin. Nonetheless, not all business costs are compulsory.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. Versatile has built out a suite of no-cost portfolio acceleration services to help its companies succeed. Details here.

Equity 78

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Up and Running

JUNE 19, 2012

Over the past decade or two, the most prominent business model that has yielded positive results in the service sector over time is one that has brought convenience to its client base. This process is in its early development stages and costs a great deal more than a card-present, wireless transaction.

Dividend 69

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

This includes again another acronym I’m going to share, CAC, the cost to acquire a customer, the customer acquisition cost. You want to make sure that you understand, does it cost $10 to get a customer? If you’re a physical brick and mortar store, what does it cost to get someone in the door?

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60

Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

The High Cost of Free. While many of our digital services (like Facebook and Google) are free, they come with real costs. In order to do business and interact effectively, we need a single system. Another key feature of natural monopolies is that their marginal costs go down with more people using a single system.

Government 79

Government Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Social Media 79

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

I believe in maxing out tax advantageous vehicles like the 401(k) and Roth IRA, and dollar cost investing over time in no to low load mutual funds, including index funds. Establishing this website cost me less than $2,000 and a ton of man hours, headaches and heart burns to go with it. Where do I get the money to invest in the markets?

Internet 80

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 28, 2009

Stick to some kind of absolute-cost rule, like "no one is allowed to spend more time on the refactoring for a given feature than the feature itself, but also no one is allowed to spend zero time refactoring." Eric - There is definitely a business/marketing analog to exactly this situation that happens a lot too. Share what you learn.

San Francisco 79

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