Fractional CTO
Lucrative work will be WordPress site design. This is a great starting point for techies. After you've done this for a while, you'll find all sorts of other related side work you can offer existing + new clients.
Joseph Chikelue Obi | Professor | Doctor | Advice
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Environmental Planner, Life Coach and Author.
This question happens to many people including me. I have made a wise decision before amidst a confused situation. Similarly, my wife also had experienced this kind of situation, again this is not unusual but rather commonly happens to us all. In my book "Wise Decisions", I have clarified my thoughts on what to pursue despite its negative feedback or positive one. Yes, its risky for you but the thing is what your fear is not yet happening. What if after you made a decision to accept the higher position and in turn the law school feedback is positive. I am just wondering why this would have a negative impact on you (I am not a lawyer though). But as a life coach and personal experience, taking a risk only happens to a few people. I am not saying that you should consider promotion or the other thing. Its confusing, and I have been there. At this point, you should clarify your goals. Whether it contributes to your whole plan or else disregard it. My closing tip is to ask yourself again and again, "Is this what I really wanted?" Will this help me achieve my goal?" Should you have further questions, I am just a call away.
Growth Consultant & Founder of Upreports
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International Doer of Things
Simple answer. Yes. Do less. Kick ass at the things you do. I too was very much a doer of everything when I started out, and learned the painful way that one of the most successful traits I see across the successful entrepreneurs I meet daily is FOCUS. Try to start with the big questions. What problem are you solving, for who? What are your own personal goals (do you want to sell the company? reach a certain revenue level? etc) Then work backwards and work out the minimum things you need to do to achieve that. Then say a firm no to everything that comes your way. Its hard, a lot harder than saying yes but saying no is a highly underrated strategy that is well worth investing in. Cut out all pointless calls. Cut out all pointless meetings. Free up your calendar so you have time to breathe and think, and to focus on the (real) priorities. Don't fool yourself into being busy. Working hard doesn't actually achieve success despite what media mumbo jumbo will try to tell you. Working smart does. Happy to share more in a call including some practical tips and tricks I've learned along the way from a fairly unfocused entrepreneurs to a much more more focused one.
Software Testing and Writing
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Mentor, Entrepreneur, Lawyer, Public Speaker
I'm sure that this question has more complexity to it, but the 2 best options are: 1. a multilingual website with the 3-4 main languages that you are targeting. There are many wordpress templates and plugins that enable this. The only problem is that it can make the website a bit 'slower'/heavier and can eventually cause bugs if not programmed correctly. 2. Create multiple websites - one for each country. This might be better for SEO and makes the websites simpler and faster. But managing it might require slightly more time. I think that the costs should work out more or less the same. Good luck I've successfully helped over 300 entrepreneurs and would be happy to help you. After scheduling a call, please send me some background information so that I can prepare in advance - thus giving you maximum value for your money. Take a look at the great reviews I’ve received: https://clarity.fm/assafben-david
Creative Concept Development
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Co-Founder and Director at Vidico
Getting a single freelancer to win massively here is hit and miss — I would say 90% of the best creative talent are either in agency or high-growth tech startups. You could try Upwork? At least there's some ratings there and some examples of writing. You need an excellent copywriter and someone who can also put together a visual moodboard. If you'd like your campaign to extend into video or crowdfunding, check out some of our work: https://vidico.com or a specific case study example from one of our video productions: https://vidico.com/case-studies/koala-video/
Recruitment Advertising
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Fractional CTO
This all depends on your income targets. Tip: If you're looking for highest rates, you'll avoid new grads like the plague. They have no experience, so you're talking about competing on price. For example, I work as a Fractional CTO... charging... well... a massively high hourly rate + percentage of profits. Agencies who pitch my services have very little competition + the rates they're targeting are stratospheric, compared with new grad rates. Tip: Start with your income requirements + amount of work you can tolerate. Also client quality you'll be working with + applicant quality you'll be working with. All these factors set your marketing. Tip: All the marketing you've listed above leaves you competing with every other similar company on price, so you'll work as hard as everyone else, have very little repeat business, with lowest possible profits/engagement. Look for marketing venues with zero competition. For example, speaking at https://Meetup.com groups or other events related to your niche.
Small Business
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Clarity Expert
The answer to your question is YES But before I continue to think about this beautiful concept, Maybe I should check out why cars in the 90's and 80's are no longer circulating in Japan!
Mentor, Entrepreneur, Lawyer, Public Speaker
Hi First of all, well done for successfully developing a product/business and gaining market traction! There are various 'models' that you can use to estimate how many shares/percentages your new partner should get. These include (a) his/her investment in time and/or money, (b) the current + potential value of the company, (c) the time and/or money that you as the original founder already put in and various other models. That said, at the end of the day, it's all about value and psychology (both side's feelings). Between the lines (of your question), it is easy to tell that you do not feel that a new partner should receive 50% of the business due to the time that you've already invested, and that is understandable. That said, you yourself understand that you do need an additional founder if you won't to grow the business without overworking yourself. Also, it is better to own (for example) 50% in a business worth $1,000,000, than 90% in a business worth $500,000. I am not saying that you should offer 50%, I'm merely stating that if the partner will increase the size/profitability of your business, your overall enrichment will be bigger - regardless of how many shares you give him/her. Bottom line: 1. It all really depends on how much value they are giving you (not only financial, sometimes even just moral support goes a long way). Some founder's 'should' get 5%, some should get 50% or more. 2. Ask the potential partner how much shares they want (before you name a number). 3. Have an open conversation with them in regards to each of your expectations. 4. Use a vesting (or preferably reverse vesting) mechanism - meaning that the founder receives his shares gradually, based on the time that goes by (during which he fulfills his obligations) and/or milestones reached. I've successfully helped over 300 entrepreneurs and would be happy to help you. After scheduling a call, be sure to please send me some background information so that I can prepare before - thus giving you maximum value for your money during the call itself. See the great reviews I got.
$50 MILLION+ In Revenue Made From My Brand Names
I recommend using a cold emailing marketing solution like mailshake, woodpecker, etc.
Fractional CTO
Start with https://PostCardMania.com which allows you to start with very good list, as they mail massively every day. And a postcard sequence can quickly churn out (butter churn causing cream to rise) the "cream" of every list which will produce your highest profits. These guys manage intersects + sorts of many other lists, so generally they have far "hotter" (more responsive) lists than other list brokers.
Mentor, Entrepreneur, Lawyer, Public Speaker
Good luck 1. Ideal Partners: accelerators/incubators and anyone else who work with startups and small - medium businesses looking to develop software. 2. Terms: there are various structures. It all depends on your needs and budget: A) A low set monthly fee + bonuses. B) Commission based (set commission or gradual commission based on the value of the project) C) Lead based (referrals). 3. Shares: do you mean shares in the new company that you're creating or shares of the profits? You need to clarify your question. Either way, the 'shares' should be based on the value that this person is providing you. Better to have half of a $100,000 dollar 'cake' (business) than 100% of a $10,000 'cake'. I can give you advice on any of the above, and help you draft any of the above agreements if/when you reach that stage. I've successfully helped over 300 entrepreneurs and would be happy to help you. After scheduling a call, be sure to please send me some background information so that I can prepare before - thus giving you maximum value for your money during the call itself.
Content Marketing Advisor & Agency Consultant
It has been my experience that, since Startups.com purchased Clarity, the site has been abandoned. I have gotten no support and, from the looks of it, the site is no longer being supported or improved upon. Is there something the community can help you with?
Psychiatrist, Therapist and Counsellor.
I am a psychiatrist in private practice and I feel like I have come across almost the entire range of different individuals. Each of them with their various talents, interests and careers. Some have been successful others not. Some loved what they did for a living others despised it. It was not obvious how people chose what to pursue as a goal and why some were successful and happy and others not. One day while listening to the Canadian psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson he reminded me of something I had read twenty years earlier in my life. When I was twenty years old I devoured the books (the complete written works) of the great Psychoanalyst Carl Jung. Peterson reminded me that it was Jung who had said: people don't have Ideas, Ideas have them. This same thinking applies to what you find "interesting" or feel "passion" for. You don't choose what interests you, it is very much the case that your interest is somehow suddenly captured by something completely unexpectedly. Later you most likely will struggle to articulate clearly to others why "this" interests you and not "that". The reason, I believe, is that you have very little choice in the matter. It is frightening to think that we are governed to a large extent by forces within us, beyond our control, of which we are, for the most part, completely unaware. However frightening though it is, at some point we need to face this reality. Human beings are incredibly complex creatures, so complex, in fact, that we are ultimately a complete mystery to ourselves. There is far more to us than what we can understand and put into words. We don't even know how much more there is. I don't claim to understand such things as mysterious as our Unconscious Self. However, it has been my observation as a highly rational professional, trained in the scientific method that Intuition, for lack of a better term, seems necessary in making major decisions, under uncertain circumstances, when we don't have all the information available to us. However, you soon realize you will never have all the information available to you. Intuition can be thought of as perceptions we experience that do not arise though our normal sensory modalities. They simply seem to appear, to manifest themselves, often with incredibly deep insights about who we are, what we should do or where we should go. How can we know, or where do we store, so much important information about ourselves and our lives at such a deep level that we are, for the most part, completely unaware of it? Intuition seems to be a cognitive skill that can be improved and refined with practice. In the beginning our intuition is unsophisticated and immature. With practice and time, one's intuition becomes a highly refined cognitive skill with striking accuracy. We need our intuition, as it serves as the guide that plots a trustworthy course for us to follow, in a world where the amount of information and possibilities would be overwhelming to our consciousness. Many people completely ignore their intuition, and it has been my observation that generally they end up walking a sub-optimal, or even destructive, path through life. If you have the necessary ability and are conscientious enough then I suggest the following as the next best step to take towards success. Make your absolute best attempt to act in accordance with what you feel, at the deepest level of your being, to be true, despite the potential cost. I truly believe that if you do this, your manifold talents will naturally manifest themselves to you and success will find you without any need for you to seek it out. That is a fool's errand and often ends in anger and bitterness. Usually I advise younger people to start pursuing a goal they see as worthwhile as soon as possible. It very often will not turn out to be the thing that they end up doing as a career. However, just moving in a "good" direction, opens doors, widens your horizons and expands your mind. There is so much more I could tell you regarding this particular quandry and please call me if you found what I said to carry some value or meaning for you. In the meantime I will leave you with a quote taken from the great German writer and poet Goethe: "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has Genius, Power and Magic in it". I hope my thoughts have provided some help in answering your question and I look forward to speaking to you in more depth, in the future.
Mentor, Entrepreneur, Lawyer, Public Speaker
1. If you're looking for programming companies (companies that create mobile apps), I can refer you to 2-3 such companies. 2. If you're looking for someone to help you manage the project with the programming company, I can connect you with someone. *** I strongly advise that you sign a service provider agreement regardless of who you use, and I would be happy to give you some pointers on key things that you need to do in order to make sure that the project is completed to your satisfaction. I've drafted tens of these contracts for both sides (startups and service providers) and know exactly what they should include. I've successfully helped over 300 entrepreneurs and would be happy to help you. After scheduling a call, be sure to please send me some background information so that I can prepare before - thus giving you maximum value for your money during the call itself.
Mentor, Entrepreneur, Lawyer, Public Speaker
Hi First of all - good luck. Second, the TAM is less important, the SOM (relevant Share of Market) is the important piece of the TAM, and this is much smaller. Either way, not everything that shines on paper shines in real life, or as mike tyson said: "everyone has a plan until they get punched in the punch" - in this case, business plans often don't survive reality. 1. My advice: unless your service is something that already exists in the market and has been proven to work, I would wait with the business plan (BP) and instead create a Business Model Canvas. If you want to write a BP nonetheless, I would be happy to review it for you (I even teach a course on it). 2. Stage 2: create an MVP / validate your idea. I am happy to explain to you exactly how to do this. Doing this properly, will save you a lot of time and money down the line. [see more info on validation in one of my previous answers: https://clarity.fm/questions/6423/how-do-you-do-market-research] 3. Improve MVP + create deck + write BP (only if you need investors which I assume you do because you mentioned the deck). I can happily give you comments on your deck, refer you to someone who creates beautiful decks at reasonable prices, and help you prepare your pitch via online video chats. 4. Create (almost) final version of product. The MVP is the most important stage. It doesn't even have to be a working product to first check the demand in the market. I've successfully helped over 300 entrepreneurs and would be happy to help you. After scheduling a call, be sure to please send me some background information so that I can prepare before - thus giving you maximum value for your money during the call itself. Good luck
Prev. Founder/CEO, Raised $7M in VC, $20M in Sales
Great you're interested in starting a business! Since you're starting a t-shirt business there are loads of different options for marketing your company. Many of the best e-commerce companies market on Instagram and Facebook. Instagram is great for t-shirts because someone can be browsing, they can see a shirt they like, buy it and stay in the app and continue browsing. You'll want to make sure you have good pictures and that your e-commerce website is optimized for converting interested leads into customers. Happy to chat more on the strategy.
Strategic Partnerships
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Mentor, Entrepreneur, Lawyer, Public Speaker
If I understood correctly, you are planning to create the app for free in exchange for percentages/shares in the business/startup? If so, the best option would be to partner with accelerators/incubators and other organizations that work with startups who have good ideas. I personally work with hundreds of startup each year, so if you're interested, we can talk and possibly collaborate. Good luck
Serial Entrepreneur
From what i know basically, a cell phone booster works by pulling in weak signal, boosting it, and then rebroadcasting it inside your area in need.
I am a medicall student and teach lessons online
Ok, I wish you had specified if the photo's are full body or just face so to give an accurate answer
Joseph Chikelue Obi | Professor | Doctor | Advice
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Serial Entrepreneur
Sometimes you get too caught up, and as a result, your site gets slower and slower because you keep adding more and more. It's called code bloat, keep your site lightweight