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5 Startup Cost Realities Most Founders Underestimate

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Flickr by Phil Gyford Starting a new venture still costs real money, even though the entry price has come down dramatically in last few decades. For example, I come from a software background, and back in the early PC days, it could easily cost half a million dollars for a team of professionals to produce a commercial product.

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7 Startup Costs That You Assume With Outside Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s usually the small investors who want the most frequent updates, or phone calls before every direction change, and investor relations costs only go up as your business grows. It’s very common for founders who find venture capital funding, to soon find out that they are being replaced by a CEO who has “more experience.”

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7 Likely Criticisms Every Founder Needs To Anticipate

Startup Professionals Musings

In my role as an advisor to entrepreneurs, I often find founders who have such conviction and passion for their new idea, that they can’t believe anyone could challenge it. In fact, leaders are not remembered for their dreams, aspirations, or intentions – they are remembered because they achieved results.

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7 Costs To Consider Before Taking Your Startup Public

Startup Professionals Musings

There are real ongoing costs of maintaining a public company. million in annual recurring costs as a result of being public. Most startup founders voluntarily exit or are pushed out, and the fun is gone. The costs of an aborted IPO are sizable, and may not be deferred to a later period or offering.

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How to Optimize SaaS Development Costs

Up and Running

The largest cost component of establishing a SaaS company is product development costs. Often, SaaS company founders are not aware of steps, tools, and checkpoints they should follow while building their product. How to optimize SaaS startup development costs. They were able to take their market valuation to $1.0

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The Demographics Of New Venture Founders Are Changing

Startup Professionals Musings

Additionally, research has revealed that the average age of the founders of technology companies in the United States is a surprisingly high 39 - with twice as many over age 50 as under age 25. One new incentive is the falling transaction costs and barriers to entry for entrepreneurs of every age.

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10 Ways Your Startup Co-Founder Is Like A Good Spouse

Startup Professionals Musings

The challenge is to recognize and recruit that ideal partner match early with minimal cost and risk. In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO.

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