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The pandemic supercharged big tech companies, but now those companies have seen share prices drop dramatically. Smaller tech startups are feeling the pain, too, as companies lay off employees and look for other ways to cut costs.


ALLYN: It's hard to say. These companies have been surging for more than a decade, remember? And let's stick with Google for an example. I mean, it has more than 150,000 employees. It's worth around the same as Italy's entire economy - right? - a huge company. So some analysts say, you know, some kind of adjustment was going to happen eventually, it's just this particular slowdown in big tech and the startup sector is spooking the entire industry.



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ALLYN: Yeah. So like I said, the startup sector is experiencing a big - a bit of a pullback here. Remember, all of the tech titans - so Google, Facebook and the rest of them - all began as startups. And now we're seeing trouble there. So-called unicorn companies - so companies worth more than a billion dollars - are seeing their value sink.


ALLYN: Yeah. Making sure that the business works - it almost sounds ridiculous to say that out loud, but look - for a really long time, startups were getting lots of easy money based on, sometimes, a good feeling about a company, not whether the company actually had a way to make money.


Determine your startup costs and major expenses you expect to incur over the next two years. Forecast your revenue, costs and profits in a profit and loss statement (income statement). Typical expenses include:


One area that many startups fail to properly consider is pricing. You want to charge a reasonable price that fully reflects the value you provide to the customer. Ascertain those value components and clearly communicate them as benefits.


Before you make your first hire, get advice from a human resources consultant or attorney to ensure you set everything up properly. Consider outsourcing your payroll to ensure you pay all payroll taxes on time. The IRS and state revenue departments strictly enforce employee tax payments and often act quickly when they discover an error. Managing your cash flow will help you avoid missing payroll, an issue that startups often struggle with.


With capital at a premium, right-sizing your technology is essential in a startup. Control your tech spend by running cloud-based apps, and selecting the best phones and PCs for the unique needs of your business and employees. Cloud based applications are a good way to reduce your technology spend and have your team collaborate remotely. Consider what computing devices your team members need to most effectively do their jobs.


Most startups take far longer to get underway than people think. This is especially true for small, self-funded startups. That isn't a bad thing; it's just what it is. What this should be saying to you is to start your own small business as soon as possible because it'll take longer than you think to get it going. Start it while you have a day job. Start it in your spare time. It won't be easy, but the time is there. Find what time you can, and put it to work.






So, start now. Start slow. Take some time to think about it and explore the possibilities. Following are the first two things you'll need to do to launch a slow startup to make it sustainable for the long term.


The first step is to get a realistic understanding of what it takes to wake up an idea, as well as the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship and how to plan for both. Ageless startups can be launched as smart, inexpensive enterprises, operated and grown at your own pace. Sustainability is the key goal.


Warm up online, and start building your brand identity on major social platforms. You don't necessarily have to have all of your startup ducks in a row to do this. In fact, building early buzz before you roll out the business is one way to get on the radars of potential customers. Start with something as simple as a basic web page or Facebook business page. Post about your MVP there without giving away trade secrets. You can also let a small group of people know you're launching: friends, advisors and thought leaders in the market you are entering. Ask them for feedback. Think of test marketing as commercial speed dating. Many people and ideas will pass by during this phase.


As an ageless startup, the answers to the questions posed in your business plan can highlight your experience, training and all the industry knowledge you've gathered through the years. You can use your plan to highlight the breadth of the networks you've developed that can be leveraged to bring a unique value proposition to customers. Your know-how is an asset. Put these to work in your business plans. Your age is your advantage.


As layoffs continue to rock the tech world, Indian companies are no exception to the sad trend that has left many in the tech and startup economy jobless. Data from website Layoffs.fyi shows the companies which have let the most people go in the past 17 months when tech layoffs in the aftermath of the pandemic intensified around the world.


Matt Patterson and Cam Doody used to help people move from house to house with their Chattanooga-based moving startup Bellhop. With the launch of their latest venture, the pair is now hoping to move full companies down to the city.


Patterson and Doody self-funded the first 16 startups coming through its residency program over the last year. Outside of the Southeast, Startups moved to Chattanooga by way of San Francisco, New Jersey, Austin, Vancouver, New York, Boston, London, San Diego, and Chicago and represent industries like AI, gaming, blockchain, and biotech.


Now, Brickyard is ready to move even faster. In just over 5 weeks, it raised its first official fund of $17 million with the goal to bring upwards of 40 new pre-seed and seed stage startups into the Brickyard portfolio.


Nestcoin set out to make crypto and its opportunities mainstream in Africa through its interests in crypto-gaming, decentralised finance (DeFi), media, and digital art, as well as investments in a number of startups including Lazerpay which does crypto payments.


The startup is backed by several investors (around 19 or so funders) among which are local funds and foreign investors. The latter group include Alameda Research, the sister trading arm of FTX which is strongly implicated in the web of misdeeds that took down the exchange that was valued at USD 39 B before the implosion.


FTX and Alameda also invested in other African startups, leading the USD 150 M series C extension closed by the African fintech unicorn, Chipper Cash, as well as additional investments in Bitnob and Mara, while also establishing a relationship with AZA Finance (formerly Bitpesa).


While Bitnob has since issued a statement declaring that it is unaffected by the FTX contagion, there are murmurs that the startups that raised equity from Alameda likely held some of their assets with FTX like Nestcoin and may now face problems.


It is the latest example of a transportation startup struggling to survive. A week ago, autonomous platooning startup Locomation denied published reports it was closing. But it acknowledged laying off an unspecified number of employees.


On the heels of the second largest bank failure in U.S. history, startup founders are managing communication through media professionals, laying off employees while ensuring they have enough cash and insurance to weather an expected recession.

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