Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010. That means that Kayak generates roughly $1.15M in revenue for each employee which puts it in the same league as Google and Apple (both >$1M/head). liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1). liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Potential return on investment cannot be calculated without a clear understanding and evidence of actual costs, revenue flows, and margins. Due diligence also normally involves onsite visits and employee discussions, so the entire team needs to be fully aware of expectations. Undefined business model or very low gross margins.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

There will be less employees and more solopreneurs. Thanks to Ben Reynolds, Sure Dividend ! #3- The cost of starting a start-up is getting more affordable day by day and hence there will be a significant increase in start-ups. The future of entrepreneurship for the vast majority is like ‘freelancing'. 4-Progressive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2022

Most customers today won’t pay you five times the cost of alternatives, just because yours is “green.” There is no rule in capitalism that employees and other stakeholders can’t equitably share in the returns. As an angel investor, I see too many business proposals that are heavy on sustainability, but light on financial realities.

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Green Dividend Angel Investor Global 275

Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The cost of office space is often the biggest expenditure for businesses. With these handy tips, you can reduce your company’s outgoings and cut the cost of your office space. As well as giving you a dedicated place to run your business, an office container gives you a flexible, cost-effective workspace to operate from.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2019

Image via Wikipedia The challenge for all of us in business is to improve competitiveness by improving employee productivity and reducing costs. According to Gartner , one of the biggest drags on productivity is employee engagement, still hovering around 30 percent, and costing our businesses over $450 billion per year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2019

The simple answer is that we all have to start thinking like entrepreneurs, rather than entitled employees. Start tracking your costs as well as income elements. Most employees I know have no idea what their business life costs, since they have never had to worry about costs as employees.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 17, 2020

The first step in any economic crisis is to evaluate your spending channels, and determine where you can cut costs. Are you paying money for SaaS services that are no longer relevant or can be taken on by employees? Support Your Employees. Of course, you want to make sure that your employees are also feeling financially secure.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2014

They also directly impact your business, both in terms of reducing your operational costs, as well as streamlining your processes by making them more efficient. In addition to cutting your utility costs, it’s also quite possible to cut down on the costs of transportation, water, waste disposal, and paper.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

Potential return on investment cannot be calculated without a clear understanding and evidence of actual costs, revenue flows, and margins. Due diligence also normally involves onsite visits and employee discussions, so the entire team needs to be fully aware of expectations. Undefined business model or very low gross margins.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2019

There are also countless cloud-based platforms for marketing and social media management that are easy to set up and relatively cost-effective for a small number of users on your team. Assess employee productivity and processes. Schedule regular check-ins with your staff to evaluate workloads, roles and responsibilities.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

It’s such a tricky balance between being cost-focused & scrappy versus being impractical with how you spend your time. What if you are measuring CAC wrongly and you’re really not acquiring customers cost effectively? And it turns out that employee reviews matter. And so must you. Shame on you. Shame on you.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Remote working has become a way of life and offers both business owners and employees flexibility and freedom. Today’s workers want and expect to manage a healthy work-life balance, and remote working is an excellent way of encouraging employees to achieve that goal. Find out what motivates your remote-working employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2019

Most customers today won’t pay you five times the cost of alternatives, just because yours is “green.” There is no rule in capitalism that employees and other stakeholders can’t equitably share in the returns. As an angel investor, I see too many business proposals that are heavy on sustainability, but light on financial realities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2019

The next best alternative to avoid the stigma of bankruptcy (and the cost) is to privately negotiate partial business settlements with your creditors. If you have employees on your payroll, enlist their help. Making the business healthy may be easier than you think. Trim expenses down to the minimum.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

  Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors.   First , dividends. In some cases, dividends are often paid at the discretion of the board and not required by the terms.   A cumulative dividend compounds annually.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2021

For example, my dictate that entrepreneurs need to find a “ painful ” problem to solve (such as high cost, low productivity) to attract customers, doesn’t really account for many successful startup businesses today, including top social media platforms, dating sites, and new fashions. All of these tend to override cost and usability.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Accumulating the resources necessary to hire an in-house data and analytics team pays regular dividends as your firm keeps growing. Investing in AI and algorithms that can predict traffic patterns for logistics companies and distributors leads to huge cost savings in both money and time.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2018

They may be entitled to dividends or regular payments out of your profits as well as a large payout if you ever sell. These investors come from many different sources like employees, suppliers, friends and family, or other local investment groups. You may choose to sell part of your company to your employees via a stock ownership plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

Most customers today won’t pay you five times the cost of alternatives, just because yours is “green.” There is no rule in capitalism that employees and other stakeholders can’t equitably share in the returns. As an Angel investor, I see too many business proposals that are heavy on sustainability, but light on financial realities.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 7, 2011

She has since built up a client base and worked hard to establish an online brand that has paid dividends. In this new column Nacie is going to reveal what she has learned and how she established herself transitioning from employee to online entrepreneur. Did I have any business start-up costs (new printer, extra phone line, etc)?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

Assuming there are 3 founders and they own an equal amount (33%) then they’ve just taken $4 million each in profits and note that this is at a qualified dividend tax rate (currently 15%) versus an income tax rate (35%). No VC is interested in dividends – they want growth. That’s the right answer for VCs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2017

Most customers today won’t pay you five times the cost of alternatives, just because yours is “green.” There is no rule in capitalism that employees and other stakeholders can’t equitably share in the returns. As an angel investor, I see too many business proposals that are heavy on sustainability, but light on financial realities.

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

I guess I don’t think I appreciated how being mission-driven is really important, and if you look at how you’re able to grow, attract employees, attract customers, it all comes down to mission — in our case, to build a better internet. It’s not obvious – students probably under-invest in that.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2019

As a result, businesses that want to be successful need to address this relationship-building deficit in their employee training. The Relationship Economy is where the primary currency is the emotional connection made with customers, employees and vendors that results in your organization becoming the brand customers can’t live without.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg can tell you a horror story about how his early informal breakup with a co-founder ultimately cost him a settlement later worth four billion dollars. For many others, shortcuts have cost them everything. Filing a provisional patent costs very little if you do it yourself, and it holds your place in line for a year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2013

Most customers today won’t pay you five times the cost of alternatives, just because yours is “green.” There is no rule in capitalism that employees and other stakeholders can’t equitably share in the returns. As an Angel investor, I see too many business proposals that are heavy on sustainability, but light on financial realities.

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Transformify

JANUARY 22, 2024

This allows contractors to receive their earnings through the PSC, potentially reducing tax burdens and offering the option of dividend distributions. Working through an umbrella company grants contractors the benefits of employee status, including legal rights and potential access to company benefits.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

It is well known that the costs of mental illness in the U.S. ” The consequences of employee depression cost billions of dollars in lost productivity. Mental health issues in the workplace have consequences that strike beyond the individual employee himself. are enormous. days in those who are depressed, up from 8.7

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Small Business Force

JANUARY 9, 2012

Now, as your small business has slowly grown, maybe even added a bunch of employees, do you still celebrate small victories? Or one of your customers being able to reduce their product cost due to part you made for them, more cost-effectively. Like one of your customer's 100th year in business. He's been there.

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Up and Running

JULY 18, 2014

BUT – there’s no Social Security or self-employment tax due on the dividend pass-through. Only the costs related to business are deductible–the expenses must be allocated between business and personal use. If you use the actual cost method, you can deduct each lease payment as a rental expense. You’ll pay the same 15.3%

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

Potential return on investment cannot be calculated without a clear understanding and evidence of actual costs, revenue flows, and margins. Due diligence also normally involves onsite visits and employee discussions, so the entire team needs to be fully aware of expectations. Undefined business model or very low gross margins.

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Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Seed Stage 120

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

C corps, LLCs, and S corps differ significantly in the areas of taxation, ownership, fundraising, governance and structure, and employee compensation. I generally avoid LLCs as most technology startup companies need to grant options to employees and consultants, and there is no easy “off the rack&# method to do this.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

It doesn’t usually bode well when they distribute monies to employees as dividends. Depending on the goals within their strategic plans, nonprofit boards are wise to consider how they can tie executive compensation into things like fundraising goals, cost-reduction practices, or specific program outcomes.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The cost to start a nonprofit and keep it running can be substantial. Your staffing plan will predict the workforce you’ll need a year from now and when you foresee adding additional employees. You can’t offer dividends or shares for an investment in your organization, so it can be a challenge to secure funding.

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Intellectual Property Government Dividend Canada 78

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2015

When you were an employee for a company, many of your tax obligations were taken care of directly through your employer. This might include: Costs of maintaining your home office. You could also deduct costs of cleaning your home office as well as expenses for office supplies including things like a new computer or printer.

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