You should ask a patent attorney.

Does it pass the "smell test"? Does the information make sense? Does it seem logical? Did you try it? Call me skeptical, but when I see folks selling the "proven blueprint to making millions in your sleep", I keep walking. If I had the secret money-making formula to make everyone in the world rich, why would I share it for $79.99? Why would I have to "sell" people on the idea. I would just show my friends and family and retire knowing I helped them. To make money, one must follow some well-established, foundational traits. Buy low, sell high. Repeat. A lot of great education can be found online, in books, and by speaking with some of these experts. But it should be applied to your unique situation, you are not like them and they are not like you. If you are looking for a risk-free, guaranteed way of making money and believe it can be found in a single book ... you are exactly who the author hopes will buy it.

Happy to sign a reasonable NDA and take a call.

The first question I have is why would anybody pay for something they can get for free... Unless the free "whatever" is so difficult to get and free ends up being a lot of money (ie time). If you have a value proposition to take away the pain, then that's a start. Once you have established value, then you can determine who is willing to pay what for it.

Choosing a business name is a real hang up for some people. I've met would-be entrepreneurs that get so hung up on the perfect name that they never start! That being said a great name is very important. Gone are the days when a name has to have any industry specific meaning (look at Google, Twitter, Apple, etc). In my opinion Logixess and Logixeed are a little hard to pronounce and do not roll off the tongue. Below is a link to a great tool for choosing a name, which also gives you available domains. I created the name for my company "Zapaty" with this tool. Best of luck! Here is the link. http://www.bustaname.com/word_maker If you have any more questions, feel free to reach out.

Your emails have a lot of room for improvement. You have to: 1) Give a 1 sentence intro 2) Get right to the point quickly in a clear and easy to understand way. Eliminate all the long winded and confusing language (i.e. everything in quotes: "business attitudes towards....provision") 3) Most people will be very wary of clicking links in a cold-call email. Both because it would take time, and because they're expecting to see a huge survey and/or a crappy app made by some schmo. To get around that negative bias, include an impressive screenshot of your app, and include all the questions of your survey, or if it is super long, include just the most interesting questions to pique their interest. Have those things be in-line, not as attachments. Doing these things will help make them curious and help convince them that it's worth clicking on the link (they'll trust you more). 4) If allowed in this project, look into other routes other than emails. For instance: A) Post it to relevant subreddits (https://www.reddit.com/r/AlphaAndBetaUsers, https://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject, etc.). B) Mail a small gift (e.g. a small chocolate) to companies, and have a note on the chocolate with an intro and a link (use an URL shortener) and QR code. Even if they don't go to the link on the note, you could do a follow up email in which you mention that you previously sent them the gift, which will increase your success.

Where do millennial and gen z artists hangout? What are their burning pains and aspirations? What language do they use? Do you truly understand what they really want? My perspective is that creating solutions to your target market's burning problems will increase your chances of success as a business. Your business having the same values as your target market is fantastic, but it won't mean much if you're not delivering what they're willing to pay for. I hope I understood your question correctly.

I am not an accountant or an attorney and this is not "professional advice." As a Canadian living in the US, my understanding as you have dual citizenship is that you must pay US taxes on everything you make anywhere in the world. So in addition to any taxes you may pay Canada, you must pay taxes on those earnings to the US as well. I don't yet have dual citizenship, so I have not crossed this Rubicon myself. However, it has been on my mind the past five years or so. Speak to a US tax accountant specializing in these situations and get their advice. Spend the $200 or whatever for an hour consultation with that accountant if you have to--it's a tax-deductible expense and money well spent. Maybe speak to more than one, because you know if you speak to two people you can get two completely different answers based on their personal knowledge and experience. Off the cuff, if I was in your shoes I'd incorporate in the US. But again, I'm not a tax accountant or an attorney and don't have all the information.

Why don't you put "Company" from the beginning? Your branding should also reflect this without losing the sense of community, no matter how big it gets.

What an interesting concept (and I'm being polite with the word "interesting'). Your customers, who pay for your service, should do the leg work to be your cheerleaders for your business so that you can lock in your Biggest customer (the end business buyer)? There is absolutely no reason your customers should be talking to the "potential suitor" in a cold call (they make the outreach) scenario. If it's a "suitor" (they are pursuing you), then they already have interest. Your focus instead should be on how to turn "interest" (which is about as a common as bad ideas) into "motivated interest". The subtle difference being that they have a specific, motivating reason to pursue the deal with some margin of urgency and seriousness.

At the agency I started, we tackled this by working toward higher visibility in the industry. For example, when I was growing the agency years ago, I wrote articles for sites like Smashing Magazine, Nettuts, CSS-Tricks, and so on — this granted authority and presence to my agency. Then, my team and I started attending (and, ideally, speaking at) conferences wherever possible. Again, this lent us authority and presence. In both cases, we were putting ourselves out to the community at large as a professional agency with deep expertise that was capable of handling large projects. This alone led to inquiries from several agencies, which was great: we had effectively manufactured a referral network for ourselves by writing and speaking. After that, we started attending local design meetups and events. I'd seek out agency developers, product managers, producers, and anyone with the title "technical lead" from the larger agencies, and then — WITHOUT PITCHING ANYTHING — I'd try to get to know them and hear about their problems, and I'd share anything I could to help. Word got out that my company was friendly, helpful, and not just trying to work angles for contracts. And as a result we landed a lot of contracts from agencies, and regularly booked $50K+ projects. It's not exactly a quick formula to follow, but that good will has followed me AFTER I sold my company, and I'm still working with fantastic companies who seek me out — so while it's not fast, it's a very sustainable approach. I'd be happy to discuss specifics with you and help you lay out a concrete strategy if you're interested. Good luck!

You will always have to give people something they want (and you should give them even a little more than that as a gesture of being a good person), so you have to be imaginative and find the right people. To do this, the most valuable assets you have are [1] your location, [2] how cool and fun of a person you are, [3] what you can offer in terms of connections / networking, [4] how cool your product is, [5] how cool the name / logo / website of your company is, [6] how good of a job title you can give, [7] 'bonuses'. The biggest pool of people to look into are high school or (less likely) college students, because they're relatively early in their career, and have the most to gain from what you can offer. The closer you are to scoring a 10 out of 10 in all of the things listed above, the easier it will be to find someone that's willing to work for you. You would be paying them in greatly enhancing their current life and future life prospects. Here's more details on the items in the list: [1] If you're located somewhere cool (e.g. on the beach, in NY, SF, etc.), and could provide some kind of housing for free to someone from out of town (i.e. crash at your place or the office), that would be huge. [2] If you're a fun and nice person and have fun friends who would make the work atmosphere a lot of fun, that will help hugely. [3] If you're connected, or are obviously 'going places' that will help them with future job prospects, and just generally in connections with other cool projects. Even if you just went to a university that they want to go to for college or grad school, you could write a letter of rec for them. [4 - 6] You need something that would be cool for them to put on their resume, and that will be impressive if people (e.g. parents, friends, future potential employers, etc.) look up the website. This will help them in future jobs, self confidence, etc. [7] You should really give bonuses to show that you appreciate them and aren't completely just giving them stuff that you have 'lying around'. Give them money to buy lunch every day, or cook food for them yourself or something. Give them some stock, even if you multiply your stock by a million so it's essentially monetarily very little, giving them a couple thousand stock will still be giving them a part of something they helped with, so it's much bigger than it is monetarily. If you can think of other 'bonuses' like these, they'll help a _lot_ too. As you move forward, if you want to discuss any other aspects of a lean early startup phase just send me a message, best of luck! Lee

Congratulations on the launch of your Beta testing! That is half the battle. My advice would be to slowly do another round of Beta testing and inviting people who you know will give you good feedback and help you improve your app. Then in the mean time get PR to pump up your app again for launch in a month. Not every app when it launches is perfect, we all have to update apps on our phone constantly so do not be afraid to go live. If you would like to set up a phone call I would love to chat more in depth because I have two friends who have get apps that I may be able to connect you with who have been in the same shoes as you!

First of all promote on search engines and social media. Start a blog and write at least 2 articles a week about the problems, how your product is solving them etc. Use tools such as http://ifttt.com to automatically post content from your blog to all the social media profiles of your business. I will suggest you to look at the list of social media site available at ifttt.com and create your account on all that are relevant to your needs. Reddit.com is the most famous social media platform that will help bring much attention to your business. Gain more followers in that area by using apps such as https://www.crowdfireapp.com/ You can also promote your business for free on local sites such as mentioned here: https://www.modernghana.com/blogs/713888/8-free-websites-to-promote-your-business-in-ghana.html Also, you can go for Reddit ads, Facebook ads or Twitter ads targeting only builders of Ghana. For a detailed explanation about these platforms, give me a call.

I am not a software development or technology expert, nor have I managed this type of a company. However, I am an efficiency and cost control expert and will address some of your concerns. It is normal that young companies in all fields will encounter efficiency problems after a prolonged time of growth. As a company expands, it must evaluate and re-invent its structures and processes on a regular basis. The more employees a company has the more are processes and procedures diluted and outgrown. A process evaluation originating from the different tasks and services would give indications of strength and weaknesses. A further point might be that your department leaders are more technology oriented then drawn to business management. The size of their duties could have outgrown their management experience or capabilities. The implementation of simple but well designed structures with measurable processes will give a good management foundation for these department heads. Business coaching classes or mentor programs will further amplify new found management capabilities. It seems to me that you know exactly what the development of a new website or an app should cost and what resources must be called upon. You also know how much the customer will have to pay for this service in order to create a sufficient gross margin. I do not doubt that you have metrics and measures in place for these day to day operations. If this is the case and you have healthy margins, your efficiency problems stem from structural, administrative and goal setting deficiencies. It is most likely that your corporate structural set-up (organization), chain of command and departmental goal setting need an overhaul. Streamlining procedures that mirror present and future needs and that increase ease of execution. You likely experience also an expenditure and cost overrun problem that needs to be harnessed. Fast growth creates in many cases a cumbersome administration that tries to capture intelligence in a catch-up setting and often tends to cause operational grid lock. I also expect that the overall corporate culture has changed during the last few years, causing a divergence from the original mission and vision. This cultural change, if not captured, can even derail the most recent corporate goal settings. The more people that work in a place the more cultural change is happening. This does not need to be a bad thing, but the company has to account for it in its most recent business model. Without knowing details about your enterprise, I would strongly advise that you look for the help of an experienced operational expert. An efficiency strategist that will lead the design and implementation of growth oriented processes and procedures that are coupled with metrics and goal settings. The refined structural or organizational modifications must reflect the values and the vision of the company. This process will involve a task force from your company, people chosen from different areas and rank. The active involvement of this group will ensure that your company values and characteristics are carried in the plan and the company employees have a solid buy-in. Changes might be subtle or they can be sever in places. Only an analysis of the present situation can produce a conclusive answer. Please let me know if I can be of further help, either by answering specific questions or by further explaining the process improvement actions. Please feel free to contact me with your follow up questions - I'll be happy to help.

Just because your startup didn’t or won’t succeed doesn’t mean it was a failure or you are. In the start up lifestyle you get to learn things that other individuals at larger corporations don’t. You understand what it is like to raise money, work with little to no money, and really pour your soul in to your company. If your startup comes to an end, many companies would love to hire someone with your passion and who is willing to do the small stuff to get to the top. Entrepreneurs think differently than others so it is great to have that point of view in any office setting. I don’t think you should have a problem finding another job in the start up world or continuing as a financial analyst but many companies would love to have you on their team to bring a different dynamic to their company. If you want to discuss anything further feel free to set up a call with me ☺

It's worth noting I'm not a lawyer (I advise you to check in with one) but have played a major role in 4 acquisitions. I would have the contract read that your client pays the success fees, seems a bit odd to have the acquiring company pay the success fees. Let them negotiate with the acquiring company on covering it, but contractually have them responsible. If the above is not an option make sure the assignment clause in you contract with your clients reads correctly. That said keep in mind that a lot of acquisitions are not whole business entity acquisitions - meaning in a lot of cases it is really an asset sale. By only purchasing assets the acquiring company can protect itself from litigation and debts. If it is an asset purchase they may be able to get out of paying you - again this is why I would push for the success fees to be paid by your client.

This issue could be something the founders are unable to control. Now it has become a trend that founders (and early employees) can liquidate some of their shares on a Series A or Series B round. Investors found this a necessary step, so the founding team don't think of selling out the company too soon just because they didn't have any money. This article would give you some guidance on the matter (and also a few situations you have to beware of.)

I'm afraid they will not take you in if you're working with another company. They would see this as a potential conflict of interest. However, that position you're describing -Country Manager- could come with a good salary and opportunities to grow within the company. What you should do is to make a list of every company you want to work with, and look for other "Country Managers" (that's the position you're describing) in the company are: their background, profile, M.O., etc. If you fit the profile, you should pitch them as hard as you can, and you have to have a good strategy to do so. Remember, if you can't reach them, it means you will not be able to fulfill your duties as a country manager. You have to show them what you're capable of doing.

You would have to be a little bit more specific. But what I would suggest you do is to go to Meetup.com and look for startup events in your area, also search for Startup Weekend events. Good luck!

The short answer is yes. Long answer: All of the systems you're talking about can be modified by a competent developer, so if you're willing to invest in custom development, you can definitely create the system you're hoping to put in place. Out of the box, it may be possible, but you'll need to coordinate your questions between the support teams for the tools you're using. The math isn't hard, so the custom development would be a matter of doing the math in the right order, and feeding the adjusted amounts to the next link in the chain. How easy that is to actually perform will depend on how developer-friendly each tool is. I have extensive experience modifying WordPress and WooCommerce, and I've used AffiliateWP system for clients in the past, so if you need help with planning, I could give you a high-level implementation strategy to carry down to your developers. Or, if you need developers, I'd be happy to make an intro to a team I trust that has been customizing WordPress and its plugins for years. Good luck!

Hi, I have worked with several companies helping them with the same challenge. First of all, I don't know exactly what your mhealth app does for the user or what benefit it gives the healthcare provider. But I would encourage you to work with large Managed Care Organizations because to the ease of working with them and the variety of types and severity of health conditions that their patients have. For more information on business and marketing, click More on under my profile. https://clarity.fm/michaelvonirvin I hope this helps. Best of luck, Michael Von Irvin, MBA, RN upvotes and shares are always welcome.

Hi, I love naming and branding! Plug.Press would be great for it! Feel free to book a call to help you decide on variations or if you need any more assistance.

In my experience, what I've seen is that you should clarify right from the beginning that they should use it within a year (365 days). Also, you should work on to your strategy to bring clients back to the platform. What you want is to people to spend that money as soon as possible so they would spend more and more. Remember, a great e-commerce platform gets 50% of their revenue from returning customers.

The answer depends on how many patients are in the study, how many investigational sites are in the study, and how long the study length is. Other facts that can affect the cost is what sort of materials must be provided to each patient (smart phones? tablets? etc.). So, the cost could be several hundred thousand dollars, or perhaps much more than that.