Sentences with phrase «take upfront investment»

But it does take upfront investment and hard work.

Not exact matches

A small upfront investment in key perks, as well as simply taking a sincere interest, pays large dividends in the long term

Rather than funding an entire project upfront and risk losing the entire investment if the company's strategic plan and actual results do not parallel each other, the VC has the «safety net» of incremental funding, which offers a level of assurance that precise objectives will be met before the VC takes more financial risk.

A way that doesn't require you to make a huge upfront investment on inventory, but allows you to take advantage of your author discount in addition to the Lulu discount?

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

Self - publishing and digital distribution enables authors to make their work widely discoverable and accessible with much less upfront investment and much higher potential to make money without a publisher taking the lion's share of royalties.

If you're lucky enough to be around and looking and take advantage of one of those, you can get your hands on this cash out with absolutely no upfront cost, making it the cheapest and easiest way to get your hands on a large sum of money for a future investment.

Creating a blog takes significant time and can require upfront dollar investment, which is not required by any means.

Developing a game takes a significant investment upfront, with long periods until revenue streams begin to flow, and little guarantee of success or return.

Steve, many of the measures that can be taken have negative cost — that is they actually save money — but require an upfront investment that serves as a barrier to implementation.