Hello: Sounds like you have some pieces in place, which is good. To get the rest secured, consider the following: * Develop a financing plan that encompasses how the money you raise will drive your business' growth as well as how much you need - it sounds like your initial approach fell a bit sho...
Finding focus is a constant struggle, especially when you're in a position that requires you to respond to other people (clients, contractors, employees). Between the outside forces that tug at our attention and the internal tendencies to procrastinate and spiral off-topic, it's very easy to feel...
Web development jobs ask for experience, but what they're actually referring to is ability. You can "hack" this process by building projects publicly. Use GitHub, contribute to open source, and continue building for-fun projects to grow your skills. Send your GitHub link along with applications...
By far, it is managing cash flow. You need to be VERY good at it. There is an extremely fine balance between the speed you can invest and the speed at which you get new customers (i.e. revenue). And it is very easy to tip it of one way or another. If you are too risk averse, you will not invest...
I haven't done it personally but I know of a few that have. I think it's a brilliant way of doing things though. Check out some campaigns on kickstarter and indiegogo to see what works well. Look for Pebble on kickstarter or space monkey. It's also worth doing some customer development with...
No, unlikely any customers will trust you with their money. Better to get a worker job, go back to college or grad school, and/or learn a trade, where your conviction will not matter.
I do similar work. I don't always find that inbound startups and founders know as much about how to really do an "MVP" as their using the language of Lean Startup would suggest. There are certain pockets in major startup markets that do understand the language, but in those cases you're more like...
So this model has been attempted before in various formats. As a direct comparison, 3-4 years back there was a company called WidgetBox. They were a startup. Successful in getting funding. Raised at least $8 million. Their changed up their model a few times but their most successful one was nearl...
It sounds like you need design with backend programming to accomplish this. If you are interested contact me directly to go over your tech. needs for this... Maybe Visit CodyL.com They are a team I am aware of that implement code with easy to use backend for clients own updates and build tools fo...
This is interesting, but not interesting enough. Not yet. You need to work further on your branding. What KIND of promotion for artists & designers? How is what you do DIFFERENT from anything else? What do artists & designers GET from you that they don't get anywhere else? Your target market are...