If it's email, my experience has been keep the touches valuable and consumable. By that I mean, don't send them a 2 page email with all kinds of content about how awesome your company is and why they should use your product. Take the education marketing approach. Send them little nuggets of usefu...
Website Developer. That being said you want to have the content (words) and the layout (design) of the site complete first so that they know what to build you. Alternatively you can do it yourself using a site like www.squarespace.com, www.weebly.com, or www.swixx.com
Just find a Wordpress theme for it, I expect if you google "wordpress theme business plan" you'll find many free and paid options, select the one you like, and you can have your b-plan website up in no time either self-hosted or on Wordpress.com
Looks like an e-commerce platform, so you'd be well suited to AngelList (angel.co), where there is a lot of expertise on Web2 and SAAS. This is really the best platform for making yourself visible to investors.
Stop attending events and start making stuff. You'll quickly find out if there's any demand and if you care about it enough to do it for 10+ years.
If it's an online venture better to get a prototype or proof of concept ready before spending on registration.
I know some accelerators and angels (eg. Vancouver's GrowLab) actively seek founders from other countries - they've had mutliple startups come through from Romania for example. Also, 500Startups is working very hard to expand internationally, even launching programs in India, etc. Reach out to ...
Don't confuse the automation of lead nurturing with the fact of nurturing leads. You absolutely need to ease prospects along, encourage discovery and maintain contact - full stop. But there are a lot of different ways to do it. Hubspot, Marketo et al are good tools - but they might not be what yo...
I moved to SF from Michigan for my startup a few years back, best decision ever. Lots of events, lots of talent and very accessible vc's. Its all quite natural. Just get into the mix. there is literally events all day everyday somewhere in the San Francisco Bay area. Use some of the free ticket...
The best mentors aren't those who are super successful and noteable, they're the ones who have been through what you're about to do 3-5 years ago. Using that filter, find companies that you admire the are growing and have a great brand around them - then approach the founders/CEO and ask them if...