It IS about hiring. And that comes from the attitude of the leadership. If you have lazy workers, have a look at the hiring leaders. You can easily adapt methodologies like SCRUM or SREDIM to your situation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_%28software_development%29 Instead of project manage...
Hi there, I'm going to assume based on numbers and that you can't pay a salary to yourself at $165k in revenue that you're working with an ecommerce business or some type of business that has a hard cost to what you're selling. You have a good growth rate so far. But let's shift focus towards g...
It's always better to be great at 1 thing, then average at everything. You can still offer multiple services, but you REALLY want to push 1 as what you are best at. There are a couple factors that go into which one specifically you should choose. Message me if you want to go into more detail.
The core underlying factor for this is that platforms and behaviors took hold which did two crucial things for commerce, communication, and entertainment driven companies. The first was provide a graph to leverage for quick scale, Zynga on Facebook being the best example. Many others were able to...
neither. Your name is too broad and has no catch. Try writing a user profile. who she or he is, what are they doing in the morning? where do they live? are they married? financial status... type of hurdle, what are they seeking? what's most valuable to them - advice or step by step... based on qu...
I think there are great lessons to be learned from Exec. They started out wide, but have gone very deep on cleaning. It depends on the core thesis of your vision. Do you have a different product experience that could be competitive to existing marketplaces? Or are you just going for land-grab...
The most effective way to do this is through customer development. Customer development is a non-sales conversation with potential customers to get a feel for their roles, goals, and pain points. Don’t go for the sale during these conversations. Customer development is about applying a hypoth...
Seems like you're headed in the right direction, especially with the webinars and the guest blogging - these are a great way to increase the interest to your service. Also, 900 subscribers by May sounds totally realistic. However, the website definitely needs a lot of work. It looks like a gene...
The answer is: as soon as possible. Trademarks can take 1-2 years before you go through the entire process. You can apply for a trademark yourself on the USTPO site. Might help to have a lawyer or paralegal help you if you are inexperienced. A simple filing costs a few hundred in fees depending o...