Here are two things I might try if I were in your position: 1) One idea might be to partner with a chef and host a "open house". Send the invitations out to owners of other restaurants that are doing well (pitch it as an expansion opportunity), and also commercial real estate agents. 2) Reach ou...
It's certainly not unusual to see debt on the balance sheet when we look at opportunities. I wouldn't let it hold up your process of trying to find additional new investors, as it can usually be worked around to all parties satisfaction. Having said that - a specific answer to your question wou...
Did you checkout http://www.angelfairafrica.com ? http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/23/u-s-investments-surge-for-african-tech-entrepreneurs/ It does not matter where you are. Most of the Angel or Seed investors associated to startup accelerators in US or UK are accessible to anyone in the world as l...
No idea is a bad idea !! And what works only they (world) can tell. Who knew the 140 characters could have revolutionized the world creating a parallel universe... So.. try it.. you never loose.. My personal opinion - I like it. There are some startups I have heard of who are doing the same thin...
You can use any theme for this purpose. and for the functionality you have to build a WP plugin that will offer the features. I build a similar plugin a year ago for one of my clients. It may cost 1K USD to build the plugin.
As I understand , you have domain expertise in travel industry and have a unique idea that you think will is needed in the market. I also assume that you did some study and came to conclusion that website is what you need (Not mobile first .. re-think !!) If you are a first time found I would s...
Having looked for something similar for a number of our own clients, I feel your pain here. You've got a couple options here depending on (1) Your level of Wordpress Development Experience and (2) Your budget to provide those features. For our agency, we use the Hubspot Platform to deliver "Sma...
What's your end goal? Do you want to be a great employee? Or a business owner? What kind of a business owner--hands on, or Olympian? Big differences. Specialized skills are what's necessary for being a great employee or hands-on business owner. If you want to be a leading, delegating, deal-mak...
If you have your CAD design done, you can get it printed in plastic first using inexpensive printers at 3DHubs for example. Do tweaks to the design and reprint. This can't cost more than $5 or so per print. Once you're happy you can then send your design to shapeways or i.materialise to be prin...
Could be! You do raise a good, unexplored space of connecting and monetizing referrals. I've been working with a few HR startup types and I do know that this would be valuable resource. The trick is the angle you take - is this 'buddies helping buddies' in a quiet, hidden informal way, or is th...