1. Get an introduction 2. Be clear and short with your request.
Practice makes perfect! If you have friends, family and/or mentors, practice for them and ask for constructive criticism. If you do it 100+ times and it's all positive feedback, there is no reason not to feel confident. I just went through @INcubes accelerator program - probably practiced my p...
A few years back, a blog written by hackers emerged on the Romanian market. Back then, I was working as a web developer for the biggest jobs site on our market (>3M revenue). One morning, we got an email from the guy who started the hacker blog. It was a simple SQL injection that revealed a lot ...
From a corporate law perspective, the money is being invested into a COMPANY, not a product or portal. From an investor perspective, they are investing in 1. Team 2. Business NOT in a portal or a product. As an investor, if you're doing two completely different things with one company, I would...
Depending on the size of your test you could always establish a "TEST" account with a gateway/payments provider that understands this is a primary step for your proof of concept.
The best way to learn is by starting a company yourself. This could be anything from a web development company, e-commerce or even a lemonade stand! The second best way to learn is to work closely with another entrepreneur, either at a startup or as an assistant to the CEO/executive. It's import...
100+ unit Apartment Buildings. With the ever increasing mortgage lending guidelines disqualifying an estimated 80+ percent of the U.S. population, America is fast becoming a renter nation. This is why guys like Robert Kiyosaki, Grant Cardone, etc., are bullish on apartments. Ridiculous financin...
After advising and marketing for tech companies for over 13 years, and for as much as I value my own profession, there is no escaping this path: Start by getting your first 10 customers. No joke. That is harder than it looks. You can do this via social media, cold calling, personal networks, do...
First, congrats on getting to MVP stage! Second, since you have a minimum viable product - what you need at the moment isn't investors or cofounders - it's users! I'll strongly urge you to spend your time getting your product in front of your target users, and gathering feedback diligently. ...
People face problems – real problems they may or may not see ... problems you might help them fix. If you're not fully established yet, then you must pitch your services to people who haven't fully realized that they need you. Trouble is, people are naturally reluctant to pay for advice. And t...