A couple of things: 1) Picking a co-founder should be treated as seriously as picking your wife or husband. So the best way to avoid conflicts is to really date as long as possible. 2) 50/50 splits almost *never* work between co-founders. Unless you are already very close friends with a lot o...
Assume 1,000 air conditioners are sold each year, 50% of housholds have a smart phone, and 25% of households with a smartphone have wifi. Then your potential customer base is 1,000 * .5 * .25 = 125 customers. But that's a top down analysis; generally, bottoms-up analyses are more robust.
I hold scrum meetings with my developers and tech team every day, so I think a good agile software and a disciplined project manager are probably the best source for scrum and learning about it. There is nothing like a good project manager to act as a scrum master, but one experienced specificall...
There are quite a few issues multiplying apps on the app store itself. So I'd save that for a time when you have some very precise discovery to do. My recommended growth hack strictly for a short-term test is to price the app on the store at the lowest figure you want to test, while naming a ran...
I heard of a startup that recently launched called http://sketchdeck.com that has become pretty popular for fundraising decks. Happy to do a dry run of your pitch with you in a call.
I would focus on having each page optimized in such a way to serve your target client within each specific geo location. Simply make sure they don't share duplicate content.
Generally bootstrapped startups should avoid salespeople, for a few reasons: a. they typically can't afford the base and overall comp required to attract sales people who can actually sell / or afford to support them with marketing, management, etc b. it will be very difficult to find the rare pe...
If I'm understanding your question correctly, you're asking if it's a good idea to use a video to explain to potential crowdsourced investors how your platform works? The answer is yes. Video content is an excellent medium for conveying a succinct, compelling message in a crowdfunding campaign. H...
I have built several multi-million dollar businesses using (2) very simple questions: "What makes you say that...." and "Tell me more...." No matter what someone says to you, you just keep asking one (or both) of the questions. If you do it 4 or 5 times in a row you'll learn everything you ever...
In terms of technology and metrics you'd be looking at probably these guys: http://www.mybasis.com/ These guys received indiegogo funding but havent' launched yet: atlaswearables.com