> The cost of software for startups is so significant that it can lead to bankruptcy.
What? Here's the software you listed:
Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Windows, Google Apps, Evernote. All of these added together comes to less than $3000 a year per employee (and I've generously padded pricing and then rounded up).
That's $250 a month per employee. I'd argue that if your startup cannot afford $250 a month per employee in software costs, then the startup is hiring too fast and cannot sustain the number of employees it has.
Maybe in the US, but in poorer countries things are a bit different. And let's not forget that money are scarce in startups unless you have some investors.
What? Here's the software you listed:
Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Windows, Google Apps, Evernote. All of these added together comes to less than $3000 a year per employee (and I've generously padded pricing and then rounded up).
That's $250 a month per employee. I'd argue that if your startup cannot afford $250 a month per employee in software costs, then the startup is hiring too fast and cannot sustain the number of employees it has.