[thedz]

> 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.

[ciupicri]

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.

[scott_karana]

$3000/year is a lot of ramen.