There are plenty of US based dev shops that do good work. You can try that. If you are looking for a CTO you should use your network. There will probably be someone looking to do something new.

The only quantitate criteria for our recruiters in an engineering company is to get s""t done: mainly how long you get the right fit in the position and if those hired people are quality with their meeting milestones. Remember to target quality and not quantity. Hope i gave you something different than other.

Start by fixing phones! Make a name for yourself as the guy who can fix phones. Fix your own phones, fix them for friends and family for free/discounted rate to start with and you will build a name for yourself.

When I was starting out freelancing, I was also starting in a new city without much of a network at all. I built my network by looking at local meetups, conferences, mixers, and pretty much anything else I could find where people would show up who were either A) doing the kind of work I do, or B) were the kinds of people I wanted to work with. I volunteered to give small sessions to help other people in my industry, which established me as a perceived authority. This led to referrals from people in the industry who were overbooked or had a lead they weren't sure how to handle. I met as many people in my target client group as I could, helping for free (with advice and ideas only) in person, connecting them to other freelancers when it was appropriate, and generally being nice and helpful. This led to word-of-mouth referrals. One note: this is a slower way to start. However, once I built momentum (this took me maybe a year, and I was working a full-time job in addition to networking), it's NEVER slowed down. I have never advertised or marketed myself, and I'm nearly always booked enough that I have to turn clients away. The agency I built and sold using this method is still referral-only and profitable, even after two years of new ownership. Running ad campaigns can be effective, but it requires constant money and attention. Building a strong network requires a lot of upfront effort, but costs little and becomes less time-consuming as you become more successful. I'm happy to talk more on this if you want to work on a specific action plan. Hit me up for a call and we'll hammer something out.

Hourly rate is the worst way to charge for your expertise. That's an employee mentality. Charge per project and charge for outcome. People don't care what the hourly rate, they want to know if I pay you X, you're going to deliver the Y results I am looking for.

A good way to find devs that most probably haven't tried is Stackoverflow. Look for devs that have answered a lot of MacOS app related questions. Let me know if you want to chat more about this and other ways.

I will recommend you to use EasySendy, Vero or AutoPilot. You should know anyway than sending emails is expensive and that should be considerate in your costs.

hi, start from the issue you want to solve or need you want to fulfill. Then find a consumer for whom the issue or need is really important and/or urgent. Take Uber, the issue they solve is helping people to go from place A to place B. This is important for many segments: - Business people - People going out at night - Moms without a car -... Each segment has different pain points. Business people might dislike waiting in the street for a taxi, or not being able to know when a taxi will pass by, or paying in cash because this make their expense reporting more complicated. Uber is solving those issues. In general, list the pain points for each segment your product or service is relevant. Then order by priority the segments by estimating the following: - Size of the segment: is it large enough to generate enough sales? - Potential to win with that segment?: is competition high, is your offer differentiate enough? - Can you reach the segment with your communication in a cost effective way? - Profitability of the segment Once you ordered the segments, you can start testing. Your ideal consumer will be the segment that is fulfilling all above questions and buy your product or service. You might think one segment has more potential, but if you can't make them buy, then you might decide that you don't have the right to win with it and move to another segment. I'm happy to jump on a call to talk more about your offer and how to ensure you define segment that you can target and win with. Serena

There will not be one optimal size. Each affiliate will have their own needs. Here is a list of the common sizes: http://designerstoolbox.com/designresources/banners/ I find it most helpful to send out a survey monkey poll to affiliates directly. I'd also ask your top affiliates directly. Don't rely on stats from the network panel, as many affiliates will strip off the banner and use the URL for a text link, which will skew the reporting. Once you decide on the best sizes for your affiliates. Change your banners at least once a quarter. Ideally, create themed banners for each holiday. Changing banners frequently will drive more clicks and sales.

This Udemy course is the best introduction to lean startup marketing that I know of: https://www.udemy.com/growth-hacking-masterclass-become-a-digital-marketing-ninja/ The content is very well explained in an engaging way with downloads, and screencasts which all help to show explicit examples of how to do everything that is described. You'll learn all the fundamentals tools you need to implement a 'growth hacking' mindset of rapidly testing, learning, and iterating your marketing strategies. Bonus: It costs only $15 when it's on sale. Disclaimer: It's possible that an interview with me may be in one of their future courses.

If you don't have a previous relationship with these bloggers, then the subject line will be very important. You have to come across as delivering some value rather than a means to an end. I would recommend emailing them first and asking if it's already for you to send them your press release, to establish they are interested in receiving news releases like this from you. To get them to say it's ok, otherwise you run the risk of coming across as spamming them. Once you gain their acceptance you can ensure that what you are sending them will be well received and done something with. If you don't take the time to build the relationship, don't be surprised if they don't do anything with what you send them and you can even expect them to mark it as spam. So my best advice is to contact them and ask them very nicely if you are permitted to send them your new release to gain their permission.

I would really need to see the ads that you're selling to be able to suggest what method to scale them with... but you hit the nail on the head...You have two options really...building internal sales processes or going through an agency. Usually companies go through an agency first, to get professional handholding in "sales product" development...ie. they help you scale your pricing and ad units and offerings...and get your foot in the door with bigger clients...but you can do a short term contract with most agencies...say 6 months...so that after 6 months you are in a much better spot to handle it on your own and stop paying 30% to an agency...

If done properly LinkedIn Outreach and be very lucrative. I believe the instructor was talking about the general concept of using LinkedIn to generate leads. The simplest example is how recruiters use it to find new college grads looking for jobs. We can hop on a call and chat about how LinkedIn Outreach can benefit you.

Every company is different in terms of how they handle the interview process, but when it comes to companies like Facebook and Google, I have heard that knowing current employees is a big help especially if they have worked with you before. Besides that, I would say their process is differently not systematic enough that you can check off all the boxes and expect to get a job. There are many stories of people that are more than qualified than most people that did not land a job. They are large enough that they have that luxury. I don't know your specific situation, but I would start talking ALOT with current employees, perfect your specific skills (be great at 1 thing, not ok at a lot), and keep trying :) If you want to hop on a call I can help you with your specific situation. I have gotten pretty far in the interview process at Google, before I decided not to proceed and instead started my current startup Due.com.

I don't think anyone would fault you for asking for more info that could help make you a better candidate. The sales team will definitely get you up and running the fastest. If you think something in your current situation would make you think otherwise, we can hop on a call just to make sure it doesn't hurt you.

While I appreciate prior documents or assets being shared, it's best to review the ToS and verify if there is an NDA included in it. With marketplaces, such as Upwork, there are NDAs that are implicit when contracting. Not sure if it's on here.

The most effective way to do this is through customer development. Customer development is a non-sales conversation with potential customers to get a feel for their roles, goals, and pain points. Don’t go for the sale during these conversations. Customer development is about applying a hypothesis to your business model to validate your ideas rather than assuming they are true. 1) Start with a hypothesis of your Ideal Customer Profile, why you think your product will be necessary for their situation, etc. 2) Set up informational interviews with these people. You’ll be surprised how receptive people are to conversation if you take a consultative approach with a lead asking for feedback and advice rather than a sale. 3) Begin the interview with questions about their company, then dig into questions about the individual’s role, goals, pain points, and specific questions about what pains your product may be able to relieve (i.e. how you handle employee on-boarding if that is your product). This is about deep customer insights vs. selling your product. -Ask open-ended questions instead of yes or no questions. 4) Take the feedback and iterate on your ideal customer profile hypothesis, refine interview questions, repeat 10+ times, and record all data in a uniform way. 5) Make product or messaging tweaks after these conversations.

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The average affiliate program will pay commissions in the 10-30% of the sale range depending on your margins. Affiliates are concerned with the commissions, but are also concerned with how well your website will convert the traffic that affiliates send to it. If you have a strong conversion rate and a good commission rate, that is usually a good formula for a well-performing affiliate channel.

Domain expertise and talking to users. By working with the users you want to sell to or even just the industry, you will see how they do things - and more importantly, see what it takes to influence their behavior. You may realize pain points you didn't see in the first place - and may even end up rethinking your parameters/format of downloadable as well. It's a huge commitment, however, so most people do the second, which is talking to users. Read Paul Graham's essay on launching. Startups are a marathon, not a catapult. You are looking for consistent, incremental progress and growth over the lifetime of the company, not one short-term rocket-ship blastoff.

The IRS wants quarterly estimated tax payments based on an estimate of what the business will make that year. They want you to pay 100% of the previous year's tax over the course of 4 quarters or 90% of the current year's estimated income. However, since this is their first year in business and they've only been operational for a few months it's possible to have your "under payment penalty" waived since it's their first year. Their tax professional should be able to apply the waiver. Best

Hi, I been looking around for some options for some startups business planning. I found an interesting free platform called SurveyMonkey.com, where you can create customized questions and you can spread to your friends and to public, using the results to understand your target market, and more such as branding to concept testing, know what your consumers want with surveys. Check it out, and if you need any help, let me know. Cheers, MM

depending you target education application (medtech, mechtech, early stage....) and age i would consider for example Gamar/Rovio/ThingLink (angry births guys) and for other Alchemy/discoveryVR. For resources i would recommend FBdesign,VRTO,github if you code .Let me know if you need more