YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

by Erin Yurday, CEO, Co-founder and Editor of NimbleFins. Losing documents. Sometimes, documents get lost, and if they are valuable, you can be sued for losing them. It’s a good idea to back up all documents, for example by using an external drive or cloud software. People make mistakes, as do computers.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 2, 2020

The operating agreement isn’t just there as a token document required to form the company; it’s a living entity that provides guidance, and that also represents the first component of learning to love paperwork for the sake of your company and your personal assets. Be able to prove due diligence whenever you can.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2021

I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. Serious investors expect founders to have their homework done before the first interaction – documented executive summary, business plan, and financial model. Great entrepreneurs, like Bill Gates, are great at both.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Along with lack of oversight, outdated software or hardware, inadequate cybersecurity, or one bad tech investment could seal the demise of a small enterprise. is any liability incurred in the development, acquisition, use, and retirement of technology — i.e. hardware and software systems, or the skills set needed to support them.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2019

by Peter Johnston , founder and CEO of Kalo. Micha Kaufman, CEO and co-founder of Fiverr, believes the freelance ecosystem will become a viable solution for entrepreneurs who need assistance with a variety of tasks for their growing businesses. But what about freelancers? But what type of technology can help?

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Board Effect

JULY 20, 2023

Both staff and board members should be responsible for defined tasks, such as preparing financial data or reviewing the budget draft.   Preparation starts with the collection and distribution of financials, reports and any other materials that should be reviewed prior to your higher education board meeting.

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Board Effect

JULY 18, 2023

Both staff and board members should be responsible for defined tasks, such as preparing financial data or reviewing the budget draft.  Preparation starts with the collection and distribution of financials, reports and any other materials that should be reviewed prior to your healthcare board meeting.

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Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In a couple of cases, the founders played lawyer on their own; in the other cases, the founders either used (i) a Web service that did not address IP issues or (ii) an inexperienced law firm. This would arise as a result of a founder improperly “moonlighting” (i.e., Any IP created by a founder (e.g.,

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Board Effect

APRIL 28, 2021

An important thing for founders to know is that getting 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status takes time. It takes time to gather the appropriate documents. Due Diligence in Applying for 501(c)(3) Status. After the IRS reviews your Form 1023 application and any supporting documentation, they will issue a determination letter.

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Up and Running

JULY 28, 2022

Still, you can use accounting software or work with a tax professional. Develop a founders agreement. A founders’ agreement is a legal contract defining and governing the relationship between cofounders. Its importance is to outline founders’ rights, responsibilities, ownership, and roles.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Saurya Velagapudi is a senior software engineer at Google, based in their Cambridge, Mass., I recently chatted with Saurya about how he approaches hiring engineers at Google and what founders can learn. We also talked about how he’d want to be interviewed if approached by a non-technical startup founder. (I’ve

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2015

Deal with this myth by sharing with colleagues some of the highly practical tools for making sense of the issue – such as ethics audits, behavior codes, risk strategies, targeted training and leadership guidance. Unethical behavior in business is just due to a few ‘bad apples.’ Ethics can’t be managed.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2019

Businesses of all shapes and sizes are always looking for ways to innovate and increase their productivity by investing in the latest tools, software and training programs. Only keep the necessary documents. Companies inevitably collect documents over time that no longer provide value to their business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2013

“Scope creep” (or feature creep) is an insidious disease that kills more good startups than any other, especially high-tech ones, and yet most founders (who may be the cause) never even see it happening. Here are five basic rules to live by: Document the requirements. Define milestones for cost review and sign-off.

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David Teten

MARCH 29, 2015

Ever since I studied Total Quality Management in college, I’ve been a bit obsessed with documenting processes. I was particularly influenced by Dr. Atul Gawande’s “ Checklist Manifesto ”, which underlined for me the value of collecting, documenting, analyzing, and continually re-optimizing best practices. ” 3) Design the code.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 18, 2010

My software was the first commercial tool for code review.) I would explain how my tool cuts code review time in half, but was that actually true or had I just repeated the argument so many times that I stopped questioning it? As it turns out, it's not even just business founders. Aren't I too young?

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

But have you ever had the opportunity to pick the brains of founders who created amazingly successful startups and companies like Envato , Backblaze , Simple , or Treehouse ? Few people like talking about their mistakes, but thankfully nine founders took some time to share some of their hard-earned knowledge with you. Find your niche.

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Up and Running

JULY 6, 2016

They are used for different things, such as: Some business plans are intended for outsiders, as summary and description of the business, to serve the purpose of raising money with investors, backing up a commercial loan document, and so forth. I’ll join in the due diligence for my angel group, test for myself, and develop my informed opinion.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MAY 31, 2010

Every founder frets about competition from a big company, me included. What if a huge company with a hundred software developers and a million dollars in marketing budget decides to copy my idea? What if a huge company with a hundred software developers and a million dollars in marketing budget decides to copy my idea?

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VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

There is a new wave of ‘ spontaneous social apps ‘, as documented by Techcrunch. It has however, a clever marketing launch to build traction: a new user can reserve a username (capture interest), but requires 10 followers (or some hustle) to get an invite code. Like in the early days of Web 2.0,

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Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

It’s possible to have a company with literally millions of customers (users) that employs only a handful of people, working in a small rented office, with hardware and software costing in the tens of thousands rather than millions of dollars. One common mistake is to equate “IP” with “code” or other technical contributions.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 20, 2019

by Chris Grey, co-founder and COO of CapLinked. The move to specific tools and software programs increases speed and accuracy of processes. This used to be one of the least automated components, but now software like Workday and 15Five are building platforms to assist workflow with related systems that support employee management.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2016

The service provides you with a dedicated conference number, code, and host code. There is a reason the company was awarded the Top 10 Reviews’ Gold Award in ‘Best Conference Call Service’ 2. Google Docs have clearly changed the game for word processing documents, spreadsheets, and slides.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 25, 2019

7 Reasons Why Proposal Software Will Boost Your Sales written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. If you’ve been writing a lot of them, you may have thought about investing in proposal software to make the process easier. However, is proposal software really all that great compared to writing the proposals yourself?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 27, 2019

by Christopher Grey, co-founder and COO of CapLinked. They were promised that their hard work and diligence will earn them an attractive job and a high chance of success. Often young founders don’t think about basic concepts like unit economics, which is selling something for more than what it costs to make.

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Mucker Lab

JULY 11, 2023

SEO Meta Tags are, at its core, snippets of text that describe a page's content and don't appear on the page itself but in the page's source code. Page Speed Page speed is a critical factor in SEO rankings due to its impact on user experience. SEO Meta Tags What keywords would you like Google to rank for your digital property?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2019

by Vinnie Fisher, co-founder and chief visionary of Total CEO and author of “ The Best Investment: A Better You “ As the end of the fiscal year approaches, many new business owners are finding themselves panicking to get their books in order. Vinnie Fisher is the co-founder and chief visionary of Total CEO.

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Board Effect

JULY 13, 2023

In addition to Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code, there is also a Section 501(c)(4) which is more appropriate for social welfare associations. The IRS will also consider homeowners associations and volunteer fire departments under the social welfare classification as long as they meet the criteria under the 501(c)(4) code.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2011

“Scope creep” (or feature creep) is an insidious disease that kills more good startups than any other, especially high-tech ones, and yet most founders (who may be the cause) never even see it happening. Here are five basic rules to live by: Document the requirements. Define milestones for cost review and sign-off.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

“Scope creep” (or feature creep) is an insidious disease that kills more good startups than any other, especially high-tech ones, and yet most founders (who may be the cause) never even see it happening. Here are five basic rules to live by: Document the requirements. Define milestones for cost review and sign-off.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. I have interacted with a lot of founders who funded their initial business expenses through credit cards. The summary is a two-pager document summarizing the overall business plan. They will surely help you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2015

“Scope creep” (or feature creep) is an insidious disease that kills more new business solutions than any other, especially high-tech ones, and yet most founders (who may be the cause) never even see it happening. Here are five basic rules to live by: Document the requirements. Define milestones for cost review and sign-off.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2020

Visitors are more keen to share their positive reviews and experiences on online travel sites, and their circle of friends and family. Nowadays, as problems get more complicated, having the exposure to a range of courses, be it in coding, cyber security, hospitality, economics, et cetera will be helpful. Please share/ describe.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Even when someone is aware of what a CTO does, they often have limited context due to the wide variety of CTO roles. They will manage the steps necessary to identify, select, and integrate your software and IT vendors, including third party product dependencies, email, network, wiki, intranet, project management, and telecommunications.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JUNE 20, 2021

” As the only technical founder of the group, I could offer some suggestions regarding the software development aspect. The two founders complaining about the quality of their product were also often referring to their velocity. In the software development world, you can look at techniques like the Planning Poker.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 13, 2022

The IT industry is made up of a wide range of sectors, such as software development, hardware manufacturing, and telecommunications. Despite the issues in the translation industry, I'm optimistic about it due to its continual market growth & how it will still be an integral part of any business wishing to expand globally.

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