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Markup material cost on startup
I was in a debate recently with someone on how we should go about pricing out our material costs to clients and we couldn't decide on what is the proper way in going about doing this.
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If a ...
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Cost effectively sending SMS?
I'm working on a startup idea (have been for a few months, in fact). Part of this idea revolves around sending SMS reminders/alerts to my customers (fairly heavy usage).
The startup is to be based in ...
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How to determine the cost of acquiring participants/beta testers for market research?
I am working on a proposal which will include the cost of acquisition for market research participants. The participants in this case will using a chrome extension and reporting back on their ...
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Small fee service and bookkeeping
I want to minimise startup costs so by reading many useful posts here I've came to a conclusion that bookkeeping and accountancy are the biggest cost if you are starting small.
My service is going to ...
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What's the cost and paperwork of dissolving a Delaware corporation?
I have been working with my co-founder for the past year and recently we decided to part ways. However, about 2 months ago we incorporated our business in Delaware. Each of us is starting from scratch ...
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What are the costs of selling digital goods from a EU country to a non EU country?
I am looking to setup a small business selling digital products, that are downloadable and or online questionaires.
I want to sell internationally and am a European business.
I have a potential ...
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Is 'free' a bad idea in business applications?
In the case of business SaaS, specifically in a market where this type of software is never free what are the arguments regarding launching your product for free?
More specifically the idea would be ...
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Ads cost for an iPad magazine
I'm working on the business plan of a daily iPad magazine project which revenues should mostly come from advertising. I've spent some serious time around (but still maybe not enough) trying to gather ...
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VC not needed? What am I missing from these costs?
My roommate and I are partners and only employees in a startup focused on a single web application (for now). We discussed VC, but based on the costs we thought of it seemed unnecessary. Here are the ...
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How do fixed costs scale with headcount? Can I use a rule of thumb ratio, say salary x 1.5?
I've heard that start-ups often write proforma budgets using a rule of thumb for figuring fixed costs (rent, utilities, fringe benefits, etc.) in other words costs that scale with headcount. The ratio ...
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Credit card processor fees
What is a cost of using a credit card processor? How much does it cost to set up for a small startup (lets say, a small store or a restaurant), what are the fees of using the processor, and what are ...
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How do you determine how much to raise for seed funding?
Foreward: Assume the beta release had been executed with lean a startup model and had generated impressive traction within a single city launch.
In preparation for investment proposals for a web ...
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How can I estimate the cost of moving one ton of earth one kilometer?
I am early in the process of making a radical invention of equipment for moving earth. At the moment I am having trouble estimating the cost of moving one ton of earth one kilometer in a setting where ...
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How much does a SaaS customer support cost on average?
For subscription-based B2C SaaS businesses where the business is not charge for the support, but for the subscription. How much does on average customer/visitor support account to?
In other words, ...
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How do I cost-estimate development?
I've developed a working prototype; interface and core functionality for a pretty complex system. (I need the prototype for capital-raising purposes and proof-of-concept.) I am NOT a professional ...
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Cost & Requirements in setting up a Startup Incubator Center Like TechStars, FounderInstitute
I'm in the middle of starting a Tech Incubator Center like TechStars and Founders Institute here in Africa. I am a web developer and IT Business Analyst. Please i need your input on these areas
Do i ...
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Figuring out margin on fixed costs
I'm currently hashing out my price points for a hosting service that I plan on launching on Amazon AWS.
The biggest line item in the budget is currently the machine time. I know that if I give a user ...
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How much money is needed to open a landing page?
I would like to know how much money is needed to open a landing page of a product or service. including domain registration, web design, hosting, adwords, etc.
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How can services like Dropbox be free for the first 2 gigs?
I know that Dropbox sits on top of S3. I want to provide a service that offers the first 2 gigs of storage free. How are services like Dropbox and Evernote able to pay their data storage bills after ...
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Where do you find “fair market value,” hourly costs of programmers?
In the building trades, it is pretty easy to ask around and get bids for work needed. I'm assuming this is also how the programming world works. Are there standardized costs for programming in ...
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How much is my website worth?
I want to know, from a purely programmers/developers point of view, if you had to pay build this website, how much would you ask to do it? The site is http://www.marketdock.com
Some features:
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Cost of Building Website?
We are briefing Marketing agencies next week about activity relating to the launch of our product (CRM system that is SaaS).
Can people please advise what the ball park cost for a website like ...
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Customer Acquisition Cost for a new Website
How do you (personally or generally speaking) calculate/estimate/guesstimate the cost to acquire a customer for a new website?
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Costs of a “Cheap” Start-Up
What is the cheapest anyone has been able to get a Start-Up from idea to full-time employment?
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How important is it to secure domain name variants
A recent disagreement between partners in a recent start-up was on how many variants of domain names should be registered early on.
My view was that just the main domain (.com and .co.uk as we are in ...
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Cutting corners: what costs to cut or postpone
Preserving cash is important. What are some classic business expenses that can be deferred or cut altogether in the early days of your startup?
For example, we still don't have "real" office space, ...
