If you can shell out few bucks, reach out to them directly via phone and emails. Creating this database is crucial and may involve expert assistance. LinkedIn is good to get traction but the process is slow. I have worked on similar lines, so if you need any help, reach to me. Best of luck.
Number one way is talk to people in your network, they don't have to be in SV. You might be surprised who actually knows who, once you start asking. Outside of that you can try looking on platforms like gust.com and or use https://angel.co/jobs, hope this helps! Call me for more help!
Your best bet would be to connect with a few folks in the talent acquisition departments at each company on LinkedIn. Once you are connected, you can follow up with a kind note asking for more information on employment opportunities and advice on getting started in those organizations. They will ...
As the business environment and economy can vary drastically from one area to the next. That being said, if you're thinking of starting an ecommerce business, there are a few things to keep in mind: 1. Make sure you have a good product - If your products aren't good enough, no amount of marketin...
I really like the idea of specific benefits. "Have more time" is vague, but "get to your daughter's dance concert" is specific. Generally, if you can make the value proposition specific and something that your prospective clients can relate to, you've got a much stronger position than if you off...
This is difficult to answer because you haven't given us much to go on. What type of hardware are they building, and how big and fast do they plan to grow? It really doesn't sound like they have a growth strategy in place yet, so my guess is you would need to create that for them, right? If that...
It's great that you have a ton of experience in sales and business growth, and this will likely boost your credibility in many ways. However, startups are often looking to hire folks who can be extremely agile and switch to a new strategy as soon as they learn that the current one isn't working. ...
It really depends on what you're building here. If you can do any part of your product manually, I would suggest doing that in the first version. The absolute fastest way is to hire a contractor to get it done, but that can be expensive. If your first prototype can't be built with a prototyping...
What do you/the founders want to do? The scenarios you describe all have their own positives and negatives, and all represent very different paths. I'd like to dive more into your statement, "we have tried in the past to get our marketing team up and selling..." I suspect your marketing team wa...
I've worked on large civilian and defense projects for the Federal Government while working for two top-tier management/technology consulting firms and one smaller technology consulting firm. Have you considered approaching some of the big management/technology consulting firms that do most of th...