Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

This alternative has been around for several decades, with the generally accepted advantage of reducing costs. Saving cost won’t help you if you can’t make the daily innovations required to stay competitive. Results on commodities, including mature software maintenance, adapt well to low-cost contracting.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Here are their breakdowns of the costs and time investments to create 10 of the world’s hottest startups. This means — assuming you already have a laptop — the cost is almost nothing to build the next Twitter. Based on its early rounds, a minimum viable product for Uber cost about $1 to $1.5 1) Twitter. million to develop.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. Sales and distribution channel activity will be analyzed, as well as cost of customer acquisition, to make an independent assessment of your financial projections.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Use content advertising to fight rising costs. Influencer Marketing defines it as: “…creating content that will be promoted through paid distribution channels like sponsored placements, advertisements, and pay-per-click campaigns. Let’s look at four digital advertising strategies to help you achieve these aims.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

I explained why authorities like Sam Altman of Y-Combinator , Angel List’s Naval Ravikant, Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, and Bill Gurley, GP at Benchmark Capital , believe boundaryless companies built by remote-distributed teams are the future of work. The Big Question: Why isn’t every company distributed today?

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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

JUNE 2, 2021

The old approaches of controlling distribution channels, saturating retail, and methodically scaling your brand awareness don’t protect you anymore. It’s now more intense than ever, with the cost of entry going down, and new players easily able to join the fray from anywhere in the world.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Earlier this year, I published a post that was very bullish on an emerging electricity grid powered primarily by distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar, wind, and batteries. And, as an added bonus, accelerating DER deployment would also accelerate their cost decline from a current 2-5 cents / kWh to < 1-2 cents / kWh.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

For example, when you think about distribution channels, revenue streams, or the relationship with the customer, ask customers what they expect. Don’t forget a viable financial model of costs, margins, customer acquisition, and break-even. Leverage your customer conversations to predict and validate your business model.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Among its many implications, the digital office means that jobs don’t necessarily need to be done in-person, and today’s startup leaders are realizing that many projects can be done at a lower cost remotely, without any drop in quality. Still, COVID-19 helped tip the balance towards a globally distributed model.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Traditional video had very high costs of distribution due to limited time slots of broadcast TV (we only had enough spectrum to support 3-4 channels). The number of channels grew with cable & satellite TV but we still have limitations that makes distributing content high. But distribution is now unlimited. And global.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. Huge investments are also required to ramp up manufacturing, build a distribution network, and provide the support infrastructure. Niche or low growth-rate businesses opportunities.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2018

A mixture of globalization, improvements in technology, and cost advantages of telecommuting has created the perfect conditions for building and directing distributed teams. But with distributed teams, these conditions are electronic, which means setting expectations and following up is even more important.

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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. Or, you can hire a publicist to write and pitch it for you and then distribute it via one of the many services out there. The distribution cost can range from less than $100.00 up to $1,500.00 So what do you do?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

This post is an update of what we learned about life science distribution channels. Life Science/Health Care distribution channels differ by Category. This weeks topic was distribution channels ; how your product gets from your company to your potential customer segments. Channel Cost = $350-400,000 per sales team.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 26, 2023

After that, the SOP can be published and distributed across the organization. By having a well-crafted SOP in place, businesses can be certain that operations are conducted efficiently and according to plan. This provides organizations with a competitive advantage by reducing costly errors, increasing quality assurance, and so much more.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 31, 2024

This is not dissimilar to the explosion of applications we saw in the mid-2000’s fueled by declining computing costs, cloud infrastructure, and social platforms. Is there a means of efficient distribution amidst the noise? Will new, native distribution channels emerge? Are these features, products, or actual companies?

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

It may be distribution, advertising, cost, or other reasons. This helps build a great product but it’s not the best product that wins. You must sell the most product. To do that you must determine what motivates them to buy. This isn’t necessarily a product. You need to figure them all out.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Small fine-tuned models as an alternative to giant generic ones – when finely tuned with appropriate data, smaller, specialised LLMs can yield comparable results at a fraction of the cost. Artificial Intelligence – Scaling global intelligence and redefining work: AI training costs should continue to fall 75% per year.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2024

Electronic speed controllers regulate power distribution from the flight battery to the motors, while the flight controller acts as the drone’s computerized brain coordinating inputs and stabilizing altitude. Carefully constructed components greatly extend overall lifespan by standing up to constant use without failing prematurely.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 11, 2020

However, by placing gold on the blockchain, investors can avoid supply chain disruptions and benefit from the safe-haven asset to hedge against economic uncertainties while dodging the high costs that come with storing and insuring physical gold bullion.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2022

This will prepare you for the scaling-up phase where you will only need to distribute the formulated guidelines among your new workers and monitor compliance. However, this may create a major barrier to growth in the future if you apply excessive cost-cutting to the software dimension of your business. Hardware Costs.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

If they select a business model that targets industry incumbents, they don’t have to worry about upsetting existing customers, partners or distribution channels. Existing companies also use network effects of monopolies/duopolies, distribution channel kickbacks, etc., to stifle competition.). What can a company do?

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2023

Small and medium-sized businesses frequently face difficulties in meeting the high costs associated with hiring agencies or creating content on their own. In light of the state of the economy as it is currently functioning, he places an emphasis on developing marketing strategies that are efficient with regard to cost.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). Will these third parties produce something people will watch? But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Customer acquisition cost (CAC) is an important metric for any ecommerce business. Put simply, you need a healthy customer acquisition cost for your business to succeed. In this article, you’ll learn what ecommerce CAC is, how to calculate it, and how to keep costs down to maintain profit health. Your business is unique.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. Huge investments are also required to ramp up manufacturing, build a distribution network, and provide the support infrastructure. Niche or low growth-rate businesses opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I love good causes and social entrepreneurs, but a recent pitch to me about eliminating world hunger with a new product (harvesting algae at low cost) seemed to forget that really hungry people don’t have any money. Build a credible business implementation plan to quantify costs. Even a non-profit needs income to operate.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2020

To be fair, many businesses had distributed teams even before COVID-19 blindsided us. In distributed teams, employee engagement is critical. fact, the above survey found that fully-distributed teams hire 33% faster than their local counterparts. Lower operational costs. Image Credit: pixaby. Stronger diversity of thought.

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Rembrandt Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

know which news wire services distribute credible news and which ones don’t. If you distribute your news via a “cheap” distribution service, it will probably be ignored by the press … unless you are a well-known company or celebrity. Is the low-cost worth it? Reputable reporters, publishers, producers, influencers, etc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. The key issues here are time to market and cost. Distribution. How do you distribute your product or service? Cost structure.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 31, 2010

Many years ago (almost five years ago in fact) I wrote an article about what the music industry might look like in a digital distributed world. My premise was that thanks to networked portable devices and the Long Tail , bands would survive because distribution networks would allow them to reach their fans much easier.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023 shows that the average cost of a data breach in the healthcare industry is $10.93 million, which is the most expensive cost of all industries. Since 2020, healthcare data breach costs have increased by an alarming 53.3%.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2020

The reliable manufacturing and distribution of products and excellent customer service can also contribute to a supplement line’s success. The cost of starting a supplement line varies based on the unique needs of the business. The post How Much Does It Cost to Start Your Own Supplement Line?

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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. Efficient payment management – In reality, t he admin ensures timely distribution of commission and bonus to the courier delivery personnel.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It reduces inefficiencies and costs for all parties involved and helps healthcare organizations deliver excellence and customer satisfaction. Process automation also helps ensure the appointments are evenly distributed across the doctors’ schedules. Improving the Treatment Quality.

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