I'd recommend talking to a business consultant or coach, preferably someone with experience in your industry. As someone outside your industry, I would recommend that you think more about how you can consolidate into fewer brands. Managing five brands means splitting your resources, time and mone...
As an Accountability Coaching for over 15 years I realize this is the most ask question of most startups. It truly depends, on if its mindset or resources related problem with the efficient of your business. The basic keys to managing a business more accurately is a commitment to time managemen...
I cannot tell if you are asking a legitimate question or have stuffed a poorly-constructed answer in the question to attempt to influence website traffic. Regardless, since barbering is a geo-limited profession - meaning you would not seek out licensed barbers in Seattle if your salon was in Den...
Since Shaun's answer accurately addresses the main question, I am going to address this in a slightly non-technical, business-strategy way that does not deal directly with SEO rankings. As a business, the blog is really to get people to learn about you, your e-commerce store, and your products...
I am sorry you've had difficulty finding a reputable designer. As with any industry, there are good and bad players. Fortunately, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of skilled, ethical, and reliable developers out there. You just need to go where they hang out. When you say, "none are able to...
To formulate a strategy that is a match for the outcome you are trying to accomplish we would have to further understand your business model, the issues you are encountering, and many other business specific questions. I would love to help and talk further about this.
Go to thisweekinstartups.com and scroll down to find the Startup Basics button. Felix Dennis was crystal clear in his book How To Get Rich that giving up equity was crazy. I agree with him. If, and only if, a co-founder can strongly impact the growth and effectiveness of the business...then I m...
Start today. Do small spends every day. Test. Test. Test. Keep what works (produces profit).
Startups are, by definition, "temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.” (as reported by Steve Blank). The main bits differentiating startups from mature companies are: * Narrow target - startups always start small, focusing on a narrow niche/subset...
I have built the revenue of client companies as well as my own startups and built a consumer-facing company to $9M in five years. 1. Never rely on friends and family input 2. Do the Due Diligence 3. Know your product's core customer 4. Justify the value your product provides to its core customer ...