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Most useless expenses at startups
Marina F
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What are the most useless expenses you’ve seen or made in a startup? How to avoid burning money at early stage?
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Anne A
We hired an expensive marketing consultant who just gave us generic advice we could’ve found in a HubSpot blog ❌
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Kseniia Po
Spent a fortune on lawyers customizing employment contracts, only to revert to standard templates later 🤦♂️
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Alex Levkin
Best way to save money: do it yourself first, automate next, then hire.
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