Hi, Great question to post. I've been in your situation a number of times so understand where you are coming from. Both from startup's i've had through to working on Go To Market strategies in large businesses. The first place i would look to is defining geographically where i wish to cover e.g ...
I am an early investor in a company that was lucky enough to be selected to Y-Combinator back in summer 2015. First of all, the process is very competitive, so you should a) expect that despite following all of my advice, you will more than likely not get accepted into the program b) have a so...
I recommend targeting the brand owners/marketing departments directly. You then can likely find out the decision makers and can make your pitch directly to them. I have found this easier than going through ad agencies.
Do it! I would love to support in any way possible! Not talking about getting paid for it, I would love to be a part of it. As a single dad for 3 boys, this is something I would like to see grow. Do it!
It really depends on your thinking. If we have the mindset that something or someone is going to annnoy us, then it probably will. The reason being is because you have already turned your power over. However, if we keep the mindset that we will not let things interfere with our emotions negativel...
You can either 1) load it with other peoples content, or fake content to prime the pump. 2) recruit an initial group of users to create the content or provide the supply. It's really that simple. For Clarity I recruited 1000+ experts before launching the site. It's not easy, but not impossible.
I'll first answer this from a product and development perspective: This answer is written assuming you have done everything right to launch a product that has already established product/market fit. First, you want to fix the "leaky buckets." Brett Martin wrote a post-mortem of his startup and w...
Like anything to do with a startup, it's about proactive outreach. AngelList is a great way to research what people have done before. You want to optimize for relevant experience. AngelList however is very ineffective for making cold connections. Instead, I use LinkedIn and ensure to always w...
In my experience, every step you take to complicate your company's structure and ownership rights reduces the likelihood of investors providing your venture with seed funding. To attract seed funding, investors expect a single-minded laser focus on the entrepreneurs' assessment of his or her bes...
Before we dive into the equity,salary and such. Motivation and retention begins with the CEO. Ask yourself what is the culture of the company? If you don't know anything about culture then start with the basics: 1. Do you value employee opinions? Do you ask for others opinions? 2. Do you encour...