This is akin to asking: "How much does a car cost?" The most annoying, yet fitting, answer is: "It depends." Are you asking about software? Will you be creating and sending invoices? Do you have employees and HR needs? Do you have a website? Need one? Will you be managing IT needs on-site? Are...
I'm unclear about your requirement for "industrial". But i can offer Nimbus Portal Technologies as a success - they offer document management and secure team/client communications in the cloud. http://www.nimbushome.com/ They are the dominant supplier in AU/NZ mainly because they integrate with...
I would run a test with Search Ads in Google Adwords, Facebook Ads and LinkedIn Ads to see which one perform the best. That would be my short term! Then, Content Marketing (Blog), Social Media, Email Marketing and some Display Advertizing. I've worked with 2 companies like yours and these channel...
There are several options available which would work for SaaS. The best one I can suggest is Referral Program. The referral program would need to have Training Documentation well defined as well as marketing material. This would allow you to pay other consultants or individuals to pipe leads or ...
HelIo, I personally recently raised $1.2M seed investment for my own startup after one year of networking events, startup competitions and pitch sessions. Today I work for a network of 800 US Family Offices as external advisor. We are looking to invest in US based companies for series A,B,C round...
I echo the answers already given - but add that the skills in most short supply today are an understanding of data and analytics and how to tie these into the customer journey. Educate yourself using Avinask Kaushik's blog and newsletter. He wrote this blog post and it's invaluable as a starter...
By far, it is managing cash flow. You need to be VERY good at it. There is an extremely fine balance between the speed you can invest and the speed at which you get new customers (i.e. revenue). And it is very easy to tip it of one way or another. If you are too risk averse, you will not invest...
If you are US based, there are some nonprofit organizations that can help you connect with the right people. Two off the top of my head are: SCORE (https://www.score.org/) and SBDC (http://americassbdc.org/). Uncle Sam loves small business because they help build roads and stuff so this advice i...
A few thoughts. 1) Get a diverse group (geo + backgrounds) to use it. 2) Invite people to use your product in person (on their laptops), 3) Measure the impact using www.survey.io – iterate and fix all the user flows.