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7 Modern Day Business Strategies For Long-Term Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

These days, a popular approach is to create a “pop-up” store or “flash mob” event in the midst of another gathering, like a Super Bowl, to get attention and scaling for your brand. In this context, connecting with other complementary brands will help you share costs, as well as audiences across your industry.

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3 Key Steps for a Successful Backup Strategy

The Startup Magazine

Sensitive information can be safely stored in several different formats and mediums, including hard copies, encrypted flash drives, offline computers, and other devices. By choosing to host your own cloud, you may reap the efficiencies and cost savings of cloud computing without giving up control of your data or any administrative powers.

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Why That $1 Million Doesn’t Always Mean Your Crowdfunding Campaign Was A Success

YoungUpstarts

While many think about crowdfunding as a top-line sales number, it’s critical to evaluate all the costs associated with the campaign, as the balance between raise and spend absolutely factors into your outcomes. One of the first non-product costs is building out your campaign and website.

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5 Popular eCommerce Trends That Might Be Costing You Conversions

ConversionXL

It keeps flashing too quickly.”. The post 5 Popular eCommerce Trends That Might Be Costing You Conversions appeared first on ConversionXL. I’ll give you 5 super solid reasons why your image sliders suck: 1. image source. In the same study, it was noticed that they also create banner blindness and are often ignored by people.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. ” If you’re not profitable you’re purely a cost center to them. Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) =. Operating Costs.

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How To Reduce Trade Show Shipping Costs

YoungUpstarts

Whether you are a first-time exhibitor or a seasoned one — cost saving is always at the back of your mind. If you do want to invest into something, consider customized flash drives. This way, you save not only on shipping, but also on printing costs. And rightly so! Now you have to pay more for their shipping. Ship early.

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Back In The Filtering Game: Entrepreneur Drawn by The Siren Call Of The Startup

YoungUpstarts

In a flash of brilliance, we took our dial-up filter technology and built a software product that would run on any computer regardless of its Internet connection type. It was a great idea. There was just one problem. Soon after we launched, dial-up began its slow, miserable death at the hands of broadband.