Hello! Thank you for asking. My name is Humberto Valle, I'm an MBA strategist with years of successful experiences. I'm the guy new business owners call when they don't know what to do for growth. First off, without any further information I think that the net worth of the founder is irrelevant and can be interpreted as egotistical if is seen as an issue. The net worth is obviously a good thing to have because a non-profit, like any other new enterprise, requires an initial investment of either a TON of "sweat equity" or bit less of that plus actual capital. Ok, now to your actual question. You failed to mention who is your market, what's the purpose of the events and what is the outreach you're hoping to engage in - so my response should be interpreted as generic rules of thumb that could apply to any given np... 1. Start with answering the criteria you didn't mention. This will help you generate a good list of possible vendors, venues, partner, and guests for these events. I know you may think that you already know who they are but trust me I guarantee 100% that you don't Right now. At least not to its full clarity and niche. On niche; have a select group of people, a hardcore far out type of persona that you are targeting. This is important because you want their embrace meant and evangelism and if your message clicks with them you're set as long as you stay true to them and have consistency, and keep just "showing up" so that is obvious that this target, this np reflects the founding group or person. 2. Try to leverage an existing organization, this can be a business, a person, a purpose brand, a city, anything... But it would have to be one that is currently being leveraged by your niche target market... Because the whole point is to have a strategic partner that can give you access to key assets your np needs: space, people, support, exposure. 3. When marketing (in its purest meaning of talking about the np to anyone) focus on the goal, the missing, the difference your np is trying to make through its events. Don't focus on the admin, the financial, the person behind, etc.. That's irrelevant and your Weirds don't care about that. We don't care about that ever, as customers, donors, etc - we never care about that. 4. Craft a story! A story is not a short novel or a made up anecdote of why. A story in marketing is crafted through consistency and congruency of messages through out the website, social media, personal outreach, core values, core benefits, etc... If someone's comes across your ad or your website or banner or flyer.. Whatever it may be - what story will it help us create in our minds? Who of our friends are we going to think about? I hope this helps you get started with your np and if you have any questions or want to hire me or my team for anything strategy or marketing let me know. - Humberto

I've worked with a number of business coaches and used a few different frameworks. I also have a post coming up in Smallvile (http://smallville.com.au/) on just this topic in the next week or so! The framework I like best is quite simple and I first heard about it from Taki Moore, although I just found it on another site (http://katelmccarthy.com/throw-the-business-plan-out-the-window-still-build-a-kickass-business/) Basically, you create a grid. In the top left corner, you create your dream - where do you want to be in 3-5 years. What do you want your business to look like? What do you want your life to look like? The next box is where you write your 12-month goals. In order to achieve your 3-year vision, where do you have to be in a year? What must you achieve? The next box is for the next 90-days. Where do you have to be in 90-days in order to be on track for your 12-month goals? What key things do you need to have completed? The last box is for this week, and you can use a post-it note for this. You list what tasks you have to have completed for you to stay on track for your quarterly goals. List 3-5 things you can do this week to ensure you're on track. Each week, put a new post-it note on this box. At the end of the quarter you can flick through and see everything you've achieved! You can also put a post-it note on the 90-day plan so that you use the same plan for a year. Each year, review your plan to ensure you're still going where you want to go, and making the progress you need to make. Use this tool to stay focused on and on track - but not to beat yourself up! I hope this was useful! If you need more information, I'm happy to jump on a call with you. :-)

Hello! Actually that is a pretty standard clause and request. I happen to have that for one of my companies (services) and for convenience sake I originally reached out to my home owners insurance (Geico) in the US. They sourced a broker for me and I pay less than $2k a year but an added convenience is that you pay quarterly. You can ask why the $2MIL option? And or maybe get insurance but don't include that particular one to save you money and maybe pay closer to $1500 or less... When you do get the insurance if you do get it, make sure that you request to add this company in the coverage. Each commercial client you get should be added there even if the client itself doesn't ask for it...

There are multiple survey software platforms. There maybe one that is better than another based on your specific needs. See below link to review the Top 10 survey software. http://www.capterra.com/sem/survey-software?headline=Top%2010%20Surveying%20Software&gclid=CLXsmM6SoM4CFQoJaQodgGUOFA

The best idea is the one that A) you are passionate about B) people want C) is scalable See below for further discussion: "A" is useful because it helps ensure that you'll stick with your startup over time and through difficulties, and that you have an above average knowledge of the field to which the idea is being applied. This means that you will know how to best pivot the idea during development if necessary (always is), and it's less likely that someone else has already thought of your idea and is doing it better. For "B", you'll need to quantify this in some way specific to your product. You can start with the idea that you think has the most market potential, but you'll need to quickly find out if _you_ yourself can make something that people want. That means making some sort of prototype which you can show people and gauge interest on (by collecting interested emails, by having them take the time to test the product and give feedback, etc.). "C" is also important because coming up with a good idea that people like, and coming up with an idea that would be good for a startup are two different things. If you don't have a business background, always talk to one or two people that do, in order to hash out whether the idea is scalable.

Hi, Your problem is one of corporate structure. You need to create an organization chart and define the different roles that exist in the business. You then need to fill in your names to each box. The different roles may have salaries or commissions attached, likewise, each partner is likely going to have their names appear in the 'board of directors' box but they could also exist as 'licensing partners' outside the structure if they're due revenues from previous work contributed. Give me a call if you want me to walk you through this process. Once done, each person will know what roles they play at any given time and what their compensation will be. Cheers Dave

I would like to start by saying that I am a big believer that coding is not for everyone. It is popular and there is definitely plenty of job opportunities out there, but if it's not your thing and you have difficulty learning, maybe another career path is best. As for LAMP vs MEAN, I would say in general LAMP is taught before MEAN for a number of reasons such as being well known longer, fewer steps to get up and running, and a general agreed upon consensus that it is good for beginners. That all being said, I don't want to discourage you from learning. It could just be that you need to be taught a different way. I have taught a number of programming languages if you want to hop on a call and dive more into your specific case. Hope that helps :)

The most obvious answer is SalesForce's app exchange. Most CRM platforms have similar marketplaces so even if you don't integrate with SalesForce those would be a great starting point. After the marketplaces I would look to partner with sales consulting firms. There are a lot of sales operations firms and individuals out there, develop a partnership system where these firms a trained on your plugin and incentivized to sell the plugin to their clients. Happy to chat if you want to go deeper on any of these points. - mike

There are 2 best business email lists provider company. - InfoUSA -EmailDatas [https://www.emaildatas.com/] These customers gave consent about receiving emails and are most likely the ones that earned your trust already. Buy a targeted business email list that emphasizes clients who are receptive to your offers. This will generate more than 90% accurate business leads.

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Well, technically - Any. ;-) Hey there - I'm a new business technology trainer with 6 years experience helping new online business owners get off the ground. If your goal is to make money quickly, then a service based business will be the fastest - you figure out what you can offer to whom, find them and then perform the service. Info-products take longer to create and market, but have the appeal of, after the initial huge amount of hard work has been put in, leading to passive or residual income. ECommerce and selling phyiscal products is the final way to go. If you have something that people really want, then it's just a matter of getting that in front of as many people as possible. For ALL of these - knowing what you want to do (enjoying it is important - it's going to take a lot of time!), and having some idea of who is going to CARE about what you want to do, and WHERE they hang out is the best recipe. Feel free to book a call if you want to chat in more detail. :-)

When I was starting my company we used a platform called FundersClub in the US. We had to go through a pitch and get formally accepted in order to work with them. We went on their platform and proceeded to raise $100K. Our company also received some great publicity from being on the platform. Another option is Republic Labs which is similar and also based in the US. Call me if you have any questions on the equity platform process.

Sounds like you are trying to get insights as to what business to start. I can help you find clarity and hone in on your goals and best possible target market. I have helped others in the past and can definitely help you find a product offering that you are good at and passionate about and help get you started on your right target market.

From what I understand, you are trying to help an SEO agency sell to other agencies that themselves sell to dental/medical companies? It's tricky without knowing more details, since this question keeps coming to mind: Why is the SEO agency interested in white-labelling their services to agencies instead of selling direct to clients? It seems oddly specific and convoluted. However taking the question at face value, I would say consider the following: * There is likely a very small pool of agencies who specialize in medical/dental. How do you know the ones that do don't already offer SEO services? * If you can pull together a list of agencies you think would make good leads, the simplest thing to do is just cold call and try to book a meeting with their owner or account director to show how you can white-label your services. I wrote a blog post about agency lead generation for targetted niches: https://www.proposify.biz/blog/lead-gen-system hope it helps. Feel free to book a call.

I've set up a number of online courses, and also supported other business owners in their online course creation and hosting. This is a huge topic with a number of variables. You may decide to host your course on your own Wordpress platform, in which case you'll need: - a website (if you don't already have one) - a member plugin - e-commerce plugin or means to accept payment There are lots of options within each of these, so a lot of decision-making to do! What's often considered simpler and easier is to use an online training platform. Again, there is a huge range of options and the choice will partly depend on your budget and the features you're after. There are a number of online articles that compare and contrast the features, but I've found the reviewer usually recommends the product they're affiliated with - or the one that suits them best. That doesn't mean their preference is best for you, it depends on your needs and resources. One product that seems very popular at the moment is Teachable. Prices range from a free plan to $39-$299 a month depending on the volume and features. Teachable has a stunning builder, a huge range of features and powerful marketing and analytics. It also integrates with MailChimp, Ontraport and a range of others. You'll need either a Stripe or a Paypal account to accept payments. If you want to give me a call I'd be happy to discuss your specific requirements further so you can have a clearer idea of the best course of action for you. I hope that helps. :-)

It's got three pins, connect + and - to power and ground, and connect the signal pin to an Arduino I/O pin (e.g. pin 2). If you need to read fast data transfer refer to Adafruit's great page on it: https://learn.adafruit.com/ir-sensor/using-an-ir-sensor

The common approach is to use the RXTXcomm.jar but the main issue is this jar is not well maintained in maven repos. Looks like a good option is to use is http://fazecast.github.io/jSerialComm/

Checked your website; very very cool. I used to have an advertising agency, responsible for sales & client strategy. I'll cannibalize an answer I gave on Quora for this one: About getting clients, do: - charity work - hackathons and Startupweekends and such - design competitions - direct work for customers you’d like to work for (show them how you can make them look better) About direction: - observe which content categories are on the rise (check trends on Google searches, Twitter, etc), focus on those Hot in my view right now: animated gifs, infographics, video of all kinds.

I think that's a hard question to answer in the abstract without knowing the extent of your IP, the relative market potential for the product, your desire or need for institutional investment, and the relative contributions of your future potential partners. Have you considered a dynamic equity split arrangements for the partners you wish to attract? I recommend taking a look at SlicingPie.com as one well thought-out dynamic equity split alternative.

Assuming each sales person is carrying a $1,000,000 quota then that works out to 2084 new users per year. That translates to an annual bonus of $125K USD on target earnings. If you are looking to motivate more sales, then I would suggest a sliding bonus structure that increases as reps sell more. I would also include a mechanism to prevent sales reps from sandbagging (defering deals for higher bonus). Assuming a monthly quota of 175 new users acquired per month. Example: 175 or less new users per month = 30% of value of first five months value If attained quota from previous month (over 175 new users): 0 to 175 new users earn bonus of 30% of value of first five months value 175 to 350 new users earn bonus of 45% of value of first five months value 350+ new users earn bonus of 60% of value of first five months value. I would also not underestimate the competitiveness of sales people. Run sales contest for your reps, and give the top rep for the previous month perks for winning. It could be as simple as a prime parking spot, or gift certificate for dinner. Have you considered a reseller/partner program/affiliate program? These programs are typically commission only and are very scalable as they do not require the same labor costs as a direct sales force. I've had great success growing international partner programs & affiliate programs for various SaaS companies. Cheers, Mick Kitor

I have been in the app and gamification business for the past 6 years which is an eternity in digital years. You mention that mini games and activities do not emphasize the outcome you are hoping to achieve, and I wonder if using a fun chatbot to talk to your patients wouldn't be more interesting in this case. Children ages 8-15 love to do two things with their phones: play and chat. If you say that playing is not working then chat with them and make it playful. Speak their language, have them ask you any question they want to ask, in their own terms and language and have a chatbot ready to answer them all. You can even create a voice chatbot for the smaller kids (4-8) that still don't write very well. Talking Tom was a great success among kids because they felt somebody was actually listening to them. Let me know and we can brainstorm more about this if you're interested

I own a software development company based in Dallas, Texas and over the years have experienced several of the issues mentioned in your post. Never start work with a client before having a signed contract in hand. The contract is the first step to making sure that both parties understand the expectations of the project such as payment expectations, the deliverable, the project schedule. I find it helpful to get a down payment from a client to be sure that they are "invested" in the project. If a client is unwilling to issue a payment at contract signing, then you should have more payment milestones at major points in the project such as; design review, first 10 seconds of animation etc. Frequent payment milestones will help your cash flow and will focus the project on meeting the expectations of the client where possible. Communication throughout the project is key. When a client goes silent that is always cause for alarm. Weekly updates using online services such as Skype or Join.me are essential when working with a client that are worlds apart. There should be few surprises regarding schedule. As the project is progresses, amended schedules should be prepared and forward to the client for discussion during your project meeting. It may be a good idea to engage someone located near your client to attempt to contact them to discuss a settlement. Some may suggest getting a lawyer or a collection agency involved, however there most likely is some way to solve this directly to receive (perhaps partial) payment from the client. I am available for a followup call should you have any additional questions. Regards, Eric Silverthorn

Does your prototype require a flexible circuit, or is your prototype the printer itself? If the former, you can just design a circuit on your computer and then send that design to a service that will print it onto a flexible surface for you. Source: I designed and built an electronic prototype for my past startup which raised over $1.5 MM in seed funding.

Snapchat is definitely not in the same age and situation than pets.com. Look how long it took Yahoo to be forced to sell... If Twitter doesn't start growing soon, it'll be in a similar situation within 24 months. If the table turns for Snapchat and does not grow, they would force the CEO to step down within a year, then give the new CEO 2 years to show results. If they don't want to sell, then they would replace the second CEO within 18 months. Of course, this is pure speculation and considering similar companies in hard situations. You should definitely read THE HARD THING ABOUT HARD THINGS by Ben Horowitz.

Hi, this is Ann, a business coach for small entrepreneurs. Your situation is no longer related to "small business". Instead, you are in the phase of "extension". Hence, I would recommend you contact some outstanding performance coaches. Again, OUTSTANDING performance coaches! If you expect to be outstanding, get around outstanding people :) From my own experience in the coaching network, I would suggest you take a look at the coaches from Evercoach. They are all amazing coaches. Rich Litvin, Ajit Nawalkha or Christina Berkley are among the best coaches right now. They are pioneers in the coaching trend. They have created an extremely strong and high postion for Evercoach, one of the most professional coaching tribes so far. I am not advertising their brand names. In fact, I am one of their clients, who have been fully convinced by the real quality of their services. If you want more information on this, please feel free to contact me. Best regards, Ann