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How to Make Sure Professional Services Don’t Take Over Your Software Company

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This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. deliver profitable revenue that while on gross margins of 50% vs. software at 85-95% it is still profits to help you cover fixed costs. it's all in this article if you want the details]. Your goal should be to do PS as a way of accelerating future non-linear software growth.

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Intellectual Property – Worthless To A Startup, Priceless To A Big Dumb Company

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Intellectual Property (IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. However, to a Big Dumb Company (BDC), a startup’s IP is a thing of beauty. free weekly Infochachkie articles! How can IP be worthless to a startup yet very worthwhile to a BDC? Because IP has intrinsic value, but only in the right hands.

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De-risk Your Startup By Doing It Again: The Joy Of Getting The Band Back Together

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free weekly Infochachkie articles! Although the advantages usually outweigh the potential drawbacks, the negative aspects of Serial Teams should be heeded in order to minimize their impact: History – Serial Teams speak in shared code, based on their prior collective experiences.

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How to Block Unwanted Bots from Your Website with.htaccess

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Who is this article for? Before you rush to implement the things suggested by this article, I should probably mention the following prerequisites. This article is a practical guide designed to help webmasters who already know what they want to block. The IP address is a series of 4 numbers separated by dots.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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This is why investors really like SaaS software companies where you have recurring revenue and your largest customer accounts for < 5% of your revenue and your renewals rates are > 90%. In that article I linked to I outline the difference between gross margin & net margin. ” Just know the game you’re playing.

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Will hundreds of new domains complicate your online trademarks?

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“Many of our clients need help understanding the mechanics of trademarks on the Internet,” said Dr. George Edwards , a software and Internet IP consultant with Quandary Peak Research. Third, review your current website for SEO best-practices to solidify your online brand with the major search engines as well as customers.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. One of them is profitability.

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