The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2022

However, nonprofits can’t generate revenue through conventional means due to their nature. Many nonprofits use CRM (Constituent Relationship Management) software nowadays to boost workflow, efficiencies and reduce costs. Not only is social media cost-effective, but it allows organizations to target specific demographics.

Social Media 147

Social Media Government Salary Software Review 147

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 6, 2024

Research and Development Costs: Heavily dependent on novelty and technological advances, the electronic industry has to bear the hefty costs of research and development. That is why consumer surveys, interviews, discussions, and opinions matter the most, and so R&D costs are sky-high when talking about this industry.

Operations 134

Operations Management Software Review Technical Review 134

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Business agility is defined as the ability to adapt rapidly and cost efficiently. Moving forward, you should expect the market volatility to increase, driven not only by customers, but by new technology, changing government regulations, and a surge in new competitors.

Agile 379

Agile Technical Review Leadership Social Media 379

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. Apply for contests and business grants.

Intellectual Property 219

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 219

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2023

Even good social causes need to bring in revenue to continue their worthy efforts. New smartphone apps cost only a few thousand, if you have the programming skills. Sometimes your solution is impressive, but mass acceptance requires a big culture change, a large support system, or government legislation.

Technical Review 267

Technical Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property Internet 267

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

So you’re interested in raising capital from a Revenue-Based Investor VC. A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors (“RBI”) are emerging. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Rational burn profile, up to 50% of revenue at close, scaling down. Bigfoot Capital.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2020

Even good social causes need to bring in revenue to continue their worthy efforts. New smartphone apps cost only a few thousand, if you have the programming skills. Sometimes your solution is impressive, but mass acceptance requires a big culture change, a large support system, or government legislation.

Technical Review 434

Technical Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property Internet 434

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. Almost overnight the floodgates opened, and risk capital was available at scale from venture capital investors who rushed their startups toward public offerings.

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. Apply for contests and business grants.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 283

VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

billion in annualised revenue , an a myriad of new companies were born, from open source LLMs to application layer startups that were able to move fast and do much more with less. As Viola points out, there are 5 main barriers to adoption: Security, privacy, intellectual property, performance, and cost.

Generative AI 109

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Open Source 109

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Business agility is defined as the ability to adapt rapidly and cost efficiently. Moving forward, you should expect the market volatility to increase, driven not only by customers, but by new technology, changing government regulations, and a surge in new competitors.

Agile 315

Agile Technical Review Leadership Social Media 315

David Teten

MARCH 31, 2012

I’m exceptionally excited to announce that I’m now Chairman and lead investor with some other angels in a new company, Spright Governance Inc. Spright is a spinoff of the Singaporean government, which will leverage their proven expertise and technology to run other cities, states, and nations globally. Photo credit: Wikipedia).

Government 154

Government Singapore New York City Non-Compete 154

Board Effect

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Mission-driven organizations are inherently adept at doing more with less, but AI has the potential to further enhance their efficiency, improve operations, and reduce costs — allowing these organizations to be a greater force for social good. Using cost-per-acquisition bidding on Google ads, they’ve had a significant increase in new donors.

Artificial Inteligence 52

Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Government ChatGPT 52

Board Effect

AUGUST 10, 2021

Tuition costs only cover about 20% for public institutions and 32% of college costs for private nonprofit schools. Private for-profit higher education institutions fare better, however, tuition costs only cover 91% of the total college costs. It’s a good system for managing known costs for necessary expenses.

Software Review 98

Software Review Technical Review Revenue Security 98

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. Apply for contests and business grants.

Intellectual Property 309

Intellectual Property Technical Review Venture Capital Startup 309

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. Solicit funds from friends and family.

Intellectual Property 134

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 134

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

Act II was “revenge of the luddites” in which some local governments banned them and some annoyed citizens stole them or broke them. The company started the year with no revenue and at it’s peak had a run rate well in excessive of $100 million / year. The key is being able to dial back variable costs during these period.

South America 250

South America Global New York City Software Review 250

View from Seed

MARCH 20, 2020

This has the potential to dramatically reduce cost and increase access to higher education. While online education brings considerable positives in the form of increased access and reduced costs, there are several downsides to consider. Healthcare costs more in the United States than in any other nation in the developed world.

New York City 374

New York City Demand Technical Review Non-Compete 374

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2019

While governments and emergency services have their role in preparing, warning, communicating, evacuating, and restoring the areas that are afflicted by a disaster, startup and all business owners must put in place appropriate measures that ensure their enterprise survives a disaster even when government assistance is absent.

Reputation 89

Reputation Government Social Media Revenue 89

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 31, 2023

Business owners must deeply understand their company’s financial health, track their expenses and revenues, and adjust accordingly. Adopting best practices and implementing effective tools and strategies can streamline your financial processes, reduce costs, and improve your bottom line. Unsurprisingly, 97.2% 7. Manage risks.

Management 97

Management Software Review Finance Bankruptcy 97

Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. GPT-3 uses 175 billion parameters and was trained on a cluster with 1,024 Nvidia A100 GPUs that cost ~$25 million!

Artificial Inteligence 417

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Algorithm Technical Review 417

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2022

TailoredPay has discovered a gap in the industry due to online sellers’/merchants’ elaborate compliance with procedures and high-cost integrations concerning business payments solutions. But if you know what to look for you may be able to negotiate lower or perhaps reasonable prices that let you keep a higher share of your revenues.

eCommerce 145

eCommerce Technical Review Software Review Demand 145

The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

On the other hand, HR agencies offer cost-effective, standardized services, while consultants offer customized HR solutions (best for small companies). Cost-cutting. On the other hand, outsourcing human resource services eliminates all of the additional costs associated with hiring, training, and retaining your HR employees.

United States 137

United States Salary UAE Hiring 137

YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

This generated $16 billion in annual revenues in 2015. tests new technology on a province-wide scale for industry and government. The tech industry has this growth because of lower housing costs, affordable living, and strong incentives. Much of this was attributed to the low cost of living. billion in revenue.

Canada 167

Canada Hiring Artificial Inteligence Software Developers 167

Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

Its employees and investors don’t depend on an existing revenue stream. But often the legal obstacles confronting startups have been put in place by companies that look to the government and regulators as their first line of defense against new market entrants. Every Airbnb rental is a lost night of revenue for hotels that hate it.

Startup 275

Startup New York City Valuation Distribution 275

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 1, 2023

During such times a firm should take measures that have historically been thought to safeguard it, such as cutting costs, lowering goals, and keeping an eye on cash flow to weather the impending storm. If possible, settle debts before being subject to inflationary costs for your business. Thanks to Abdul Saboor, The Stock Dork ! #2-

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Software Review Technical Review Revenue 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2023

It won’t work, it costs time and money, and hurts your credibility when you need them later. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals.

Incubator 305

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 305

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2020

Medical industry manufacturers and suppliers can benefit from the injection molding manufacturing process because of its cost-efficiency. Being able to offer such products, along with using remote hosted desktops , can provide enormous revenue during this pandemic crisis. Check here for more details on injectiion molding.

Demand 173

Demand Product Artificial Inteligence Software Review 173

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

Information and communications technology industry players in Singapore claim that manpower costs due to recent changes to the country’s foreign manpower policy are likely to be the biggest challenge this year, according to the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF).

Singapore 133

Singapore Cost Technical Review Retention 133

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

But at this point, our government is so backward, dysfunctional and unresponsive that it’s not even on the agenda. Then the government says ‘hey, great news! Looking at an independent studies evaluation of government funded retraining programs shows that their efficacy rate tends to be between 0 and 15%.

Conversion 196

Conversion Alaska Dividend El Salvador 196

Up and Running

JULY 28, 2022

The size standards are different for each industry and are defined by the government body established to oversee such matters. Small Business Administration , an organization is considered to be a small business if their: Firm revenue ranges from $1 million to $40 million Number of employees is between 100 and 1,500.

Small Business 167

Small Business Intellectual Property Cofounder Software Review 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. Solicit funds from friends and family.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 120

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Direct government funding and tax support for business R&D. For example, the Candian companies can apply for a 43,5% refund for research and development costs if the R&D process landed in Australia. However, as a rule, the companies invest 3-7,5% of their revenue in R&D. Attract investments.

Offshore 140

Offshore Demand Germany Global 140

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad. Flexible VC: Revenue -based. Of the Inc.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 18, 2024

Still, there are a lot of downsides to taking venture money—the push to grow at all costs, our desire to be all up in your business, literally, and sometimes, we’re kind of obnoxious. They might not understand how a pre-revenue startup could be worth anything, let alone be valued at $5mm. It will save everyone a lot of cost and time.

.Net 88

.Net Cap Table Startup Technical Review 88

Up and Running

OCTOBER 14, 2022

By doing so, you’ll have more consistent control over budgets and expenses while also devoting more time to your company’s more mission-critical, revenue-generating tasks. Major events like the COVID-19 pandemic enacted a slew of government-funded programs, and you may not realize how many of them apply to you.

Management 81

Management Balance Sheet Forecast Software Review 81

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2017

by Jay DesMarteau, head of small business and government banking distribution for TD Bank. If hiring a financial planner or accountant is currently cost prohibitive, start with a banker – they will offer free insight. Use a Seasonal Staffing Approach to Meet Demand and Maximize Revenue. Better Manage Cash Flow.

Small Business 140

Small Business Finance Distribution Government 140