Simple: The right investor is someone who wants to invest on standard terms at a good valuation relative to your current stage. Extra bonus points for someone who has relevant industry connections that could accelerate your business and is willing - at the right time - to make introductions for...
Investors on the East Coast and West Coast are polar opposites. It's a generalization, since there is variation within those regions as well, but here are a few generalizations to help you play to your audience. BAY AREA: Big ideas (with some foundation under them) win, the kind of ideas that c...
There are still countless opportunities! We live in an exciting era. As humans, we still want to connect and share our experiences, meet new people, and deepen our relationship with those already in our circles. We must balance our privacy (which is unique to both users and publishers), as well ...
I know there are a number of healthcare incubators in the US such as Start-Up Health. This is a community of healthcare start-ups with some connection to the delivery system entities in Avia.
Assuming links work here, a couple good articles: http://www.techinasia.com/xiaomi-reports-monthly-revenues-49-million-miui-android-ecosystem/ http://thenextweb.com/asia/2013/09/06/heres-why-you-should-care-about-rising-chinese-smartphone-firm-xiaomi/ http://www.rioleo.org/xiaomi-miui-and-the...
The best ones are done over the weekend. My favorite schedule for it is from Saturday morning until Sunday noon. You could make it a competition for people to build something to solve something specific. They have the liberty to do whatever tool they think best to solve that problem. Also, mak...
Start by organizing a Startup Weekend event. It is more like the franchise model, and they will provide lots of support for you, collateral, etc. The second time you can spin off into your own thing once you have the experience.
Grass roots marketing is always best (and cheapest). If you are near schools, "partner" with the schools and offer incentives for the school - for example, 15% of sales this Tuesday will go to John Smith Elementary, just come in and tell us you are with JSE. Get the school's buy-in and they will ...
It really depends on what type of industrial application you are interested in since industrial is a very fragmented market with multiple verticals. Most big SI companies like TCS, Accenture, infosys, Wipro, have IoT practices these days and do both application and hardware development.
Hi, giving farmers ownership, such as shares, in your business would only invite confusion as the level of business awareness is likely to vary among all the different parties. Instead, create a relationship whereby the farmers have a direct benefit tied to their sales to you such that they will...