The meaning of costs – Insights from tech startup founders -- Costs & Entrepreneurial Startup Lifecycles – Early Stages -- Costs & Entrepreneurial Startup Lifecycles – Mid-to-Late Stages -- Cost Planning & Intellectual Capital Development -- Costs & Three-Dimensional (3D) Business Models.

The internet, peer-to-peer technology and mobile devices are radically changing markets for digital media such as recorded music. Incumbent companies in these industries have severe difficulties in reacting to these changes and finding effective business models. The fundamental challenge is how...