Discussion on: Are early-stage startups "dead-by-default" when Coronavirus is causing significant harm to the world’s economy?

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I think you may have misunderstood. A lean-agile startup. Many cases will see founders and team members working remotely. Reducing any possible operational overhead costs to a minimum.

Regarding hardware three VPS servers wouldn't be needed. Simplicity is in the complexity of the programming provided by technology providers. Resulting in services made available in remote areas.

I am open to discussion if you would like to continue this conversation on the topic.

What did you mean as I may have misunderstood but after you read my reply please get in touch so I can understand.

Ali Sherief • Mar 20 '20

Thanks for replying, I was trying to say that remote working infrastructure might be a large part of startup's operational costs.

I think you may have misunderstood. A lean-agile startup. In many cases will see founders and team members working remotely. Reducing any possible operational overhead costs to a minimum.

Yeah, I definitely missed that part ☺️. I haven't followed remote startups much so there are a quite a few things I'm not aware of. So is remote working "baked" in such companies business model, and costs incurred by it are manageable?

Bernard Baker • Mar 20 '20

Well the idea is to reduce operational cost and maximise organic growth.