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Re:Will Your Hardware Startup Make Money? by lawstudent2 on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @12:57PM (#10117876)
Those salaries seem absurdly low.

Also, why is the cost of employees with overhead lower? (NB/EDIT: Pointed out below this is for 3/4 of the year, not the full year - but the rest of my point stands.) That makes zero sense. Surely they are paying payroll tax, unemployment insurance and health insurance for their employees, no?

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Re:Will Your Hardware Startup Make Money? by AmirS2 on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @12:59PM (#10117889)
> Also, why is the cost of employees with overhead lower?

I think that's the cost of the employees for the 9 months (not 12) it takes them to do the required work.

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Re:Will Your Hardware Startup Make Money? by lawstudent2 on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @01:03PM (#10117919)
Oh right. Math. Yes. Good call.
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