Sales cycle, prospects, warm vs. cold leads…the world of selling can look overwhelming to someone new to the game. And for folks launching startups or planning to open a business, it can be the one area that appears hardest to … Continue Reading
Ah, marketing…it makes the wheels of business go ’round and ’round. And yet it’s an aspect in business-building that many entrepreneurs (who are more interested in making than marketing) miss out on.
And it shows when sales suffer, new … Continue Reading
So you want to launch a business.
First question to ask yourself: Are you sure you’re ready?
That’s not to say you’re not a fantastically savvy entrepreneur, or that there’s reason to assume your venture will crash and burn. But … Continue Reading
It’s the inventor’s dilemma – make the product themselves, or sell the idea?
There’s no easy right-or-wrong solution, and both methods can make innovators cash. But it’s a decision best made early in the game, and requires an assessment of … Continue Reading
To bootstrap or to fundraise? That’s one of the many forks in the road entrepreneurs have to decide between.
Although seed capital is abundant these days, there are incentives to launch a business on your own dime. Bootstrappers have more … Continue Reading
It’s one thing to convince people that your startup has potential – it’s a whole other thing to convince people that your potential startup should be their next place of employment.
This is a challenge that plagues business big and … Continue Reading
You may have grand visions of breezily launching a business from concept to product, with not a hitch in between…but let’s be practical. Few startups make it up the success ladder without planning, testing, and revising.
And that mean beta … Continue Reading
Patents and copyrights and trademarks, oh my!
That’s what a novice entrepreneur might think when facing down these aspects of intellectual property law, right?
And to be fair, these are not elements of running a business that come intuitively to … Continue Reading
