Hello, my name is Humberto Valle and I focus on growth strategy and marketing for companies around the world, i run an all inclusive digital marketing platform with a team out of Arizona. Here is my feedback: This is not an ideal situation you want to be in. Just as with crowdfunding campaigns ...
The easiest answer to this is something a mentor told me a few years ago when I was working on a niche app....she said "do you honestly feel like you could be passionate about this for the next 10 years"? That may not sound like it's relevant but it is...honestly that's the only thing that matter...
Congratulations on the credentials you've earned to date and I admire your ambition. I started my first company at 13 and was hired by Apple (in part because I had started my company first) by 15. Especially in today's economy, I would suggest that you seriously explore learning to program. ...
Look for Amazon books with "Side Hustle" or "Work at Home" in the titles. Amazon sells numerous encyclopedia style books, some with 100s to 1000s of ideas listed.
Alexa is probably the worst tool you could use specially if you are trying to gauge international traffic. Try something more advanced like similarweb.com to measure traffic volume and geo breakdown. Appannie.com will help you to analyze apps on itunes and google playstore.
Most people are lazy. They won't do anything other than daydream about becoming your competition. Next point: if the barrier to entry to your marketplace is low, then it's all about selling. Rather than focusing on features or what you do ("We make websites"; who cares?), start talking about ser...
Lot of ways 1. Target their fans on facebook - if they are big (20k+) you should be able to select them as an interest 2. Bid on the same keywords as them on adwords search and/or display - this requires some technical chops but there are ways to find your competition's placements. If you can ge...
Business lead generation. Give the reader a taste of the content and have them fill out their info to get access to the entire report. Then you build a list that you can market to later. Hubspot does this well - http://www.hubspot.com/marketing-resources. As a rule of thumb nowadays content shou...
The best approach for building referrals into your sign-up process is going to depend heavily on what it is your users are signing up for. Is it something performance-based, like a fitness or language learning app, where the user can challenge a friend to compete with them for a higher score? Is...
Not sure about the investment to be honest. It could be good for investors to check when you ask them for funds. I would do it, BUT I would hold on announcing a round of investment on AngelList until you have at least half of it. That's my advice, I hope it helps!