Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 20, 2016
Thus the top priority of every entrepreneur who wants funding should be to build and highlight their “dream team” of co-founders, executives and advisers, to attract the biggest and best investors. Investor focus is on facilitating the scaling of a startup, after you have proven the business model.
www.drowningamerican.com
JUNE 22, 2012
Next → How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)… Posted on April 7, 2011 by Travis Biziorek. Any reasonable founder salary I pay myself (I’m ball-parking $70k… maybe a bit less) will already be a higher salary than I’ve ever earned in my life. Sounds like you pivoted from your original business model.
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Up and Running
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
This article is part of our Business Startup Guide —a curated list of our articles that will get you up and running in no time! Starting up a business requires a lot of different steps. True, your business aspirations may be on a more modest scale than these world-famous brands. But where to begin? Practical ways to get started.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 19, 2011
I recently sat down with Matt Coffin , the founder of LowerMyBills, which sold for $400 million but was very nearly a bankruptcy only a few years early, and talked “startups.&#. Matt is one of the most transparent, focused & honest startup guys you’ll meet. Passion is infectious – people respond to it.
Up and Running
JUNE 23, 2015
Meg Wirth and Allyson Cote, founders of Maternova. The business model is innovative and unique, and the business itself serves as a fantastic “how to” example for entrepreneurs looking to start a social, mission-driven business. See Also Robot Paper: What It Takes to Start a Comic Book Business.
Austin Startup
JANUARY 30, 2020
The relationship between a founder and their startup is a unique one?—?we’re We made it from nothing, built it up with sweat equity, do everything in our means to make this thing grow, and wait to see what happens. When we tested our now current business model, the results were shocking.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 13, 2016
How does your business model make money? Good causes such as feeding the world’s hungry may help your marketing but may not sustain a business. The business model has to clearly define who is your customer, market penetration expected, how much customers pay versus total costs and the investment required to sustain cash flow.
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