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6 Cost-Cutting Recommendations For New Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. The same is true for filing patents, registering trademarks, and filing copyrights. Social media facilitates marketing and sales. Martin Zwilling.

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5 Keys To A Viable Spending Rate And Cash Management

Startup Professionals Musings

Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year.

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5 Ways To Conserve Investor Cash And Ensure Survival

Startup Professionals Musings

Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year.

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5 Keys To Minimizing The Burn Rate For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year.

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Entrepreneurs Today Don’t Need A Big Budget To Start

Startup Professionals Musings

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. The same is true for filing patents, registering trademarks, and filing copyrights. Social media facilitates marketing and sales. Martin Zwilling.

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8 Key Rules for Starting a Business on a Shoestring

Startup Professionals Musings

In a new startup, there is tremendous competitive value in registering intellectual property early, but you don’t need to contract these tasks to expensive experts any longer. Trademarks, copyrights and even patents can be completed online by anyone through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office site for a few hundred dollars.

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5 Steps To Maximizing Your Startup Cash Flow Runway

Startup Professionals Musings

Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year.

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