No reason whatsoever. Sacrificing all of your time (consequently trading that in for your health) is a very dangerous and unsustainable approach. I've seen many entrepreneurs burn out quickly because of this. When I'm coaching other entrepreneurs, I always encourage putting yourself first (food,...
It's a tricky situation. In my experience, it makes the CEO of the company not strong enough if he can't handle the fundraising efforts. It might be different in biotech, especially because the R&D and the work that has to be done is way more time consuming than a regular startup. Also, investo...
Assuming, that you're able to effectively communicate to others why your project is a 'tremendous opportunity', then here are some options: - Look up local universities and email the chairperson of whichever programs relate to the type of cofounder you need (i.e. electrical engineering, marketi...
My assumption is that fast-food chains begin as restaurants in a single location. Then, if they're successful, they expand – with or without franchising. Honestly, I know next to nothing about running a business in the food industry. But I can help you with 1 important first step: creating you...
I highly recommend Mandi Atkins: http://veteransnationallending.com/staff/mandi-atkins/
Bear in mind that the approach Amazon took was during a time in which e-commerce was still just taking hold and was far from commonplace. Of course, starting with your own products and building an audience of shoppers gives you some leverage in attracting sellers when you change to a marketpla...
1. Get your marketing collateral together. Your case study and testimonials from your beta trial. Make sure you have a demo app ready so you can walk into any medical clinic and show the product on the spot. 2. For this industry, perhaps consider a small digital signage campaign. If you don't kn...
In my opinion your cannot make something "go viral" organically. It is something that happens naturally and with a great marketing campaign. There are more than 1.5 million apps on iTunes and the chances of your getting found are minimal. You need to create a marketing campaign that uses paid tra...
You are comparing apples to oranges. WordPress is a platform, Ruby is a web framework. If you are looking to develop a completely custom platform, you could certainly do it in Rails, but you could also write it in PHP (like WordPress). I'd do some digging and see what is out there for pre-made...
There are a number of pre-built social media platforms designed to allow people to quickly create their own social networks such as ning.com and Dolphin. The problem is that if your idea is truly unique, then these platforms probably won't have the tools you need to accomplish what you're looking...