Get on AngelList (angel.co), it's widely used by web and e-commerce investors. Best way to get visibility.
We use Salesforce for CRM, so we implemented Financial Force PSA. This has been an excellent solution for us, but it definitely requires a lot of customization to represent your business processes (like any holistic solution would).
There are three ways to grow any business: 1. Increase number of clients 2. Increase average sale amount 3. Increase frequency of sales If your company is already fully booked, I suggest that you start by simply raising your prices. You might lose some clients, but usually when a business raise...
Create something new that builds a strong connection (brand) with customers. See Bonobos, Betabrand, Huckberry. You can always increase traffic and conversion rates if people like what you're selling.
Some people it's security. They're afraid that their credit card information will be stolen. Personally, I pay everything online. You also have the older generation that feel more safe writing a check and paying a bill online.
That depends on how differentiated you are from existing products and if having your product next to a dozen competitors on a shelf will help sell it. Do customers need to touch it to see why it's different/better? If not, brick-and-mortar might not be necessary, at least initially. Warby Parke...
Keep it so simple that anyone at your company can understand the process and the steps for using the CRM. If there's no accountability or confusion with the company's process, you'll be one of those companies that says their CRM sucks when it's more a testament of your own internal controls that ...
Make a list of all the con's of making a decision. For each con, answer: 1) What's the worst thing this could mean to me? 2) If this did happen, how could I fix it? If you do this, you quickly realize that the "potential" downside is actually not that bad, and if you're successful - the upside...
Very little. At the angel/seed stage, they're investing in the founders, so there's no expectation of patents, etc... They might check that you're incorporated in good standing, and ensure you have a solid startup/corporate lawyer, and have good employment and IP ownership agreements with your s...
The fastest way would be: 1) Ask on Clarity! :) 2) https://angel.co/canada/investors 3) Contact the incubators and ask if they have a list they'd be willing to share. 4) Email entrepreneurs who recently raised and ask them for 2 names each. 5) Contact Series A/B investors and ask them who they'v...