Disclaimer: I am not a corporate lawyer, I do however own LLCs and C Corp as well as have degrees in business. The nature of an LLC is specifically to protect the small business owner by encouraging individuals to launch a business without fret of losing it all due to an unhappy customer or fr...
The first and most important thing is to figure out where your customers are. I saw a question not too long ago that said they wanted to market to "middle aged women who are into fashion". Then you should spend all of your time on Pintrest! I've taught a lot of wedding professionals how to s...
There are different ways that you can make a profit from a Facebook group. The key is to understand your audience and know what type of services/products they would be interested in. You can charge businesses or companies that are looking to target that specific audience a flat fee and post the...
Here's what you need to do to recruit any cofounder: 1) Prove or at least instill *high* confidence that you can fund the business or raise the funds required; 2) Demonstrate that you are someone worth following. What have you done previously that clearly shows to others that you have what i...
As a restaurant owner myself, i feel that if you can show me how you can save money, improve productivity , improve marketing and also able to finance the Pos then I am interested. Since this is a large investment , restaurant owners are usually not looking to upgrade unless their system is out ...
You can read about Zaarly, which was a 2-sided reverse Craigslist, and their struggles with pricing and the ultimate impact it had on their decision to change to a storefront only tool. * http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/09/zaarly-shutters-its-reverse-craigslist-marketplace-goes-all-in-on-virtual-...
Microsoft Azure. For startups they give you a ton of stuff for free, and if you talk to someone there you can probably get even more. And when you're eventually ready to pay, you can just continue with them. Google's cloud offering is also free or cheap, but it's unclear what the future of tha...
Groupon made a billion dollar business out of email marketing. I don't think it is underrated by people who are good at growth. Most startups do think email is boring and rather invest in third-party platforms. This is a mistake as email is the true social network and reflects the raw habits an...
This sort of depends on how established or large your company is, and what you want as your messaging. A good copywriter can certainly help you find *a* "why", though it might not be *the* "why" you actually began with. For example, if a web hosting company got started because two college roommat...
Hell no. I've been in the startup world since 1995, and no one has ever asked me for such a thing.