These next few posts have been in the queue for a long time. But, they are still relevant- and can help us learn how to run our own businesses better. Hope you enjoy them!
Continue reading Startups are hitting a wall?
This just came up the other day.
One of our clients started a business this year and still has yet to earn its first dollar. Oh, they’ve set up systems, marketed the concept, etc. So, they weren’t going to file a tax return, since they had no revenue.
Today, you are reading a guest blog written by Nicola Reid.
Continue reading Your New Business Starts with a Plan
Ah, you have to love it when companies have an agenda they want to promote and tailor their research findings to so yield.
Continue reading And the survey says…
I hope today’s discussion (as opposed to yesterday’s) is less emblematic of the joint ventures we just arranged.
Continue reading Joint Venture Trial
Remember when I said, “we’re all startups now”. I even offered a short (30 minute) video (that is the link you see above) for those who needed to learn how to ensure we’d survive the pandemic quarantine.
Continue reading Ready. Aim. Pivot!
We’ve survived the pandemic- at least personally. Now, the question is- will our businesses? (Basically, only the ‘beltway bandits’ have no need to change their business model or service offering. Everyone else has a whole new landscape to survey and capture.)
Continue reading The New Reality
Entrepreneurs.
Do we need a team? Or can we go alone? Well, if you are looking for venture funding, then a team is the way to go. Not because that makes your venture better or not- but because that complies with the group thinking venture firms employ.
Continue reading Startup Positioning
Over the decades, I’ve started a fair number of firms. I’m not going to count the ones I started before I was 18, since they were what I would call solopreneurial ventures. Businesses started to provide me the money I needed to live. I had no desire to create an enterprise, one that would hire employees and make a lasting impression upon the world.
Continue reading Founder Success?
I had a meeting the other day with a very talented musician. He’s been preparing a brand new album and he wants to begin operating as a real business.
