Hi! It's always worth trying to negotiate for a higher step when offered a new position. However, whether or not you can negotiate a higher step in your case may depend on the specific policies and regulations of your agency. In general, the federal government has regulations in place that gover...
It's really ill-advised to solicit your vision from anyone. In my 20 years of building, investing and supporting tech companies, I don't know of a single success story that has it's origins in someone with your approach. Running a tech startup is incredibly hard. It demands sacrifices few are ...
Hello Areriel, It can be hard to know where to start at beginning. What I suggest you do it to start a blog about the things you'd like to be doing. Then start building you following on the social media. Use Facebook, Twitter and Google+ to connect and engage with industry professionals. Go to...
Congratulations on jumping head first into the digital age! And good for you for having the passion and enthusiasm to learn about new ways to market your business ideas. There are plenty of free resources out there to help you learn from top internet marketing minds. Check out this list of the t...
It is, but you have to understand that you will need to: -Find a partner in the US, or and -Get a company that will do the distribution for you -License the product to another company to produce If I was you I would listen to this podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mixergy-interviews/id...
Start by interviewing people who do have experience in the field and determining to what extent they feel the pain for the problem you're solving. Your biggest risk with an idea where you don't have domain expertise in is that you're solving a problem that doesn't need solving. If after speakin...
Please resist the urge to pull the band-aid. I'm not a fan of keeping a poor performer, but unless this person is a behavioral or "for cause" termination, he deserves some professionalism here. 30-day Performance Plan, make the goals aggressive and stick to it - he can consider that his head star...
I'll urge you to reconsider. Speaking slowly and clearly in a presentation goes a long way in retaining attention and interest from your audience. I'll quote Paul Graham of Y-Combinator here "Err on the side of speaking slowly. At Rehearsal Day, one of the founders mentioned a rule actors use:...
Hi, If you mean for someone to check - then I'm happy to help you with this. I've helped hundreds of entrepreneurs prepare their pitch and pitch deck. If you mean investors - then you have 2 options: 1. You can search for all the available investors online, and send your deck to the relevant on...
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