Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2012

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

I'm just reading a post  from Wisbusiness.com  by Joe Kremer of the Wisconsin Angel Network.  If the venture with these characteristics is worth investing in, the business is going to take longer and cost more to get to its milestone. Lower values, higher risks? Or a paradise for investors? Google Ads.

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Seth makes extensive use of social networking tools, and web videos to maximize the impact of his training. Seth also worked as an Auditor for United Government Services, a division of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Wisconsin auditing Medicare cost reports under contract with HCFA (Health Care Financing Administration) from 1996 to 1998.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2012

.  And, now they come to discover that they'd created a problem that would cost their customer millions in lost sales.  If they mailed the catalogs at each individual city location from southern Illinois no northern Wisconsin, they'd get there in time. Resources for startups. Angel Capital Association website.

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

  It was simple   - Reduce costs and improve consumer experience for the large retailers.   Today, we have an angel investor network, the Golden Angels, as well as an entrepreneurship center to spread the entrepreneurial word across campus. . It was bootstrapped.   We had a customer and a value proposition.

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Transformify

MARCH 4, 2018

Most companies are shifting to in-house hiring, but sometimes using the services of a staffing agency saves time and cost. The fourth- largest women-owned business in Wisconsin, Seek addresses the needs of information technology, industrial, and corporate support sectors. Integrity Staffing Solutions. JWilliams Staffing.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 21, 2011

  "How did you calculate the cost of goods?" Because a fully committed scale up in manufacturing will cost $450,000 and we are not prepared to do that until we have growth rate assumption risk eliminated by actual sales test results. your ability to scale your sales efforts, future costs in acquisition, product, etc.,

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

It welcomes feedback from potential customers and experts, reduces the cost and risk of the startup and can potentially drive success quickly.  It welcomes feedback from potential customers and experts, reduces the cost and risk of the startup and can potentially drive success quickly.    It's low risk for them.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The most amazing and rewarding story from our start is the fact that 2 cousins Tim and Bob both born in rural Wisconsin could come together to create a product that has been so successful in the natural body care industry. That usually costs time and money. In the end it is the cost of and education and that is priceless.

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Tim Keane

JULY 16, 2007

She wants to triple her current occupancy costs and build a new building. There may be some efficiencies to be gained, but at a huge cost. If occupancy costs, as an example, go from $45,000 to $135,000, thats almost $600,000 in new sales - just to stay even with the business as it is today. New salespeople? in new revenue.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 14, 2008

If we see that our total accounts are underpenetrated in one market, can we test how much it costs and how long it takes to acquire new ones? As another example, can we reduce our costs to the level of best practices in our industry? As another example, can we reduce our costs to the level of best practices in our industry?

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 2, 2007

How much will the product cost to produce? What other structural costs are inherent in the business? Are we planning for the lowest customer acquisition cost the industry has ever seen? How much will the product cost to produce? What other structural costs are inherent in the business? Resources for startups.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 24, 2008

Of course, in the interest of being a low cost provider, your call center is staffed by folks with a good customer service orientation, but no medical training. Of course, in the interest of being a low cost provider, your call center is staffed by folks with a good customer service orientation, but no medical training. Google Ads.

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Tim Keane

JULY 20, 2007

I was in Italy a couple of weeks ago at the request of the US State Department to discuss angel investing with IBAN, the Italian Business Angels Network. We actively discourage companies from hiring when they can use contractors, from thinking about developing their own manufacturing, or in any way building too many fixed costs.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Cibi lives and works in Sheboygan,Wisconsin. I live in Sheboygan, Wisconsin but I was born in a small town in southwest Texas called Crystal City. In the mid 80’s, my mom and dad decided to move my younger brother Rigo and I to Wisconsin to make a better life for us. How do you use social networking to promote your work?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Cibi lives and works in Sheboygan,Wisconsin. I live in Sheboygan, Wisconsin but I was born in a small town in southwest Texas called Crystal City. In the mid 80’s, my mom and dad decided to move my younger brother Rigo and I to Wisconsin to make a better life for us. How do you use social networking to promote your work?

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

  It is very expensive if you’re the entrepreneur since it doubles the cost to the company of paying dividends to the entrepreneur.   It is very expensive if you’re the entrepreneur since it doubles the cost to the company of paying dividends to the entrepreneur.   I’ve never seen it in practice. Google Ads.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2007

If its click rates, or purchases per hour, or acquisition costs, give it a try. You may find that while your initial cost/per is higher than planned, it is OK if your repetitiveness is more frequent than you had thought. If its click rates, or purchases per hour, or acquisition costs, give it a try. Resources for startups.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 22, 2006

When they miss their projections, the cost to recoup and try again is often prohibitively expensive. During the next month, additional inventory is purchased, again in small lots, and at relatively higher costs. And, if it is a flop, it doesn’t cost much, leaving lots of cash for the next test. You’ll like it. You’ll like it.

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Up and Running

MARCH 5, 2015

Not only can you network, but you can also offer to cater or host chamber events. Consider hosting a party centered around a holiday, an event like the Super Bowl, or an aspect of popular culture—for example, a restaurant in Wisconsin hosted a Man Men dinner, based on the hit TV show. . Join the local chamber of commerce.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 13, 2006

What it costs if it does; 4. What it will cost? This cost and timing can easily be laid out in a matrix that may yield to testing easily. Timing relates to cost and I’d like a sense of the total cost of each of those 100 orders. This includes selling costs, marketing costs, and so forth.

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Tim Keane

JULY 16, 2008

Make everything possible an indirect cost. Then, and only then, investigate ways to use capital investment to lower per unit costs. Make everything possible an indirect cost. Then, and only then, investigate ways to use capital investment to lower per unit costs. Resources for startups. Angel Capital Association website.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 30, 2007

That pricing drove the system that assigned a shipping cost to each order. That pricing drove the system that assigned a shipping cost to each order. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! Not much of an ROI on a $5500 savings. Resources for startups.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 8, 2013

Wisconsin is a dairy state with fabulous cheeses to choose from. From an HR standpoint, GiftZip.com cuts down the costs associated with buying plastic cards, eliminates the need to hold a burdensome inventory, and allows instantaneous incentivizing via email. Three-month memberships cost $35.99 The Meeting Cost Calculator ?

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Wisconsin is a dairy state with fabulous cheeses to choose from. From an HR standpoint, GiftZip.com cuts down the costs associated with buying plastic cards, eliminates the need to hold a burdensome inventory, and allows instantaneous incentivizing via email. Three-month memberships cost $35.99 The Meeting Cost Calculator ?

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Wisconsin is a dairy state with fabulous cheeses to choose from. From an HR standpoint, GiftZip.com cuts down the costs associated with buying plastic cards, eliminates the need to hold a burdensome inventory, and allows instantaneous incentivizing via email. Three-month memberships cost $35.99 The Meeting Cost Calculator ?

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