Hello: That first toehold in the market can be the toughest to get. Especially when you’re working two sides of the street. Validating your idea is essential, but that means you’re in a listening phase more than a selling phase. Don’t simply write a blind email or two and wait for a response. You...
Email is likely a poor choice for this. Reminds me of the guy who goes to a bar + tries to hook of with strangers. To many steps missed between initial meeting + hoping into the sack. Repeat/Persistent business builds on relationships. Rather than email, go speak at local events. When you're c...
I am not convinced you need an investor for what you are doing. Why give up part of your company and someone else having a say in your dream. I would start with some simple videos at Udemy, going through that you will learn a lot and move up from there. You may also consider a local intern ...
Primeiro é importante saber com qual tipo de TI você trabalha, mas no geral existem muitas empresas canadenses que hoje realizam recrutamento de forma totalmente remota, e oferece vagas em home office, se o seu desejo for trabalhar presencial a modalidade híbrida seja uma boa opção.
Reviews can make or break some businesses. It can be very important for places like restaurants or other service related places to have good reviews. While reviews are still important for tech places they can be less important especially if the tech item can be easily dowloaded and removed. I wou...
I have 35+ startups in my background in multiple industries and multiple roles. There is good advice from others on finding a real problem you inherently know and build a service you and others would find valuable to use. If you do not have this idea (not one suggested by us), it could be the f...
There are a lot of options here, but I think you may have already found the best option which is setting up a holding company to own separate subsidiaries. It's not uncommon for a holding company to create a conglomerate which owns many different businesses across multiple industries, even busin...
Hello, Congrats on creating your own agency. Software developers and clients often speak 2 different languages and your job is to communicate between then effectively. For your questions 1. This can happen, the agency is the project manager. Manages requirements, user needs, spec document, ...
1. Contract, contract, contract. Both with the client to avoid going directly under severe penalties, both for employees (even subcontracting entities or freelancers) to scare them off such behaviour. And of course, keep your guys happy and on interesting projects, that will help nowadays more th...
I have worked with many businesses who have both made the shift to hosted solutions and back to self-hosted solutions. Many ecommerce brands have been making a shift to hosted solutions such as Bigcommerce and Shopify. There certainly are benefits to using a hosted solution - software management...