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

This is the kind of question I usually get by most of my clients and love the opportunity to help with a few ideas. Since you are planning to offer the spaces mainly for art events, meetings and popup shops, you are mainly targeting locals rather than tourists in the first place. So I would focus on those clients first. Start using local social media and invite people to a cocktail on one of your spaces. You can either have a mini showing, art-gallery style. Go to the office buildings in the city and invite the employees. Show up at artists' coops and handle invitations to your cocktail. Go to the places your users already are. Once in the cocktail collect the information of those attending and ask them specifically what use they would give that space (meetings, events, etc.) Once you have filtered their responses you can email them with specific tips and suggestions on how to discover the best spaces the city has to offer for their specific needs. You can even sponsor a local, up-and-coming artist and offer invitees to let them know when the artist would do a popup shop in one of your spaces. We can definitely brainstorm more about this if interested Good Luck Elba Nino

In a word: Forensics. Computer forensics is the art of examining a system and determining what happened upon it previously. The examination of file and memory artifacts, especially file timelines, can paint a very clear picture of what the attacker did, when they did it, and what they took. Just as an example - given a memory dump of a Windows system, it is possible to extract not only the command lines typed by an attacker, but also the output that they saw as a result of running those commands. Pretty useful in determining impact, eh? Depending on the freshness of the compromise, it's possible to tell quite a lot about what happened.

A simple Google search will give you answers to this question. I am not an accountant or a banker and this is not "professional advice." From the articles you will see, it is clear that setting up an account for a foreign company is possible. However, you must provide plenty of paperwork to satisfy the bank that you are who you say you are. Apparently there are online banks that may allow you to set up the account remotely. Another caution the articles will show you is that while some bankers may earnestly give you the advice to set up a US corporation--which is indeed easy and inexpensive--if you do, you are then getting into the mess of having to pay US taxes. If I could find out this information from good sources in a few minutes, you could have as well.

A reseller typically purchases the SaaS at a discounted price and bill their client directly. I've seen reseller discounts range between 10% and 50%. The discount should be competitive with your industry, and allow a reasonable ROI for resellers. The reseller discount is typically for the life of the user otherwise expect resellers to offer their clients a competitor's SaaS. An affiliate or partner program that pays a commission for referring clients creates a direct relationship between your company and the users. In these types of programs, your commission could be a one-time payout upon referral, a recurring % of sale for the first year, or a recurring % of sale for the life of the client.

You can raise funds if your service generates good traction and you manage to get long term subscriptions. Your clients will play a significant role in the funding process by providing their positive feedback and the prospects of the business in long run. You can run a survey asking your customers whether they will stay in long run? If you get a yes from most of them then this will serve your purpose of convincing the investors. Pricing should be defined by the market forces, the demand and supply will work to get you a optimum price. Try A,B,C price with X,Y,Z demand and plot it in a graph through excel. I can help you in the entire process.

We do marketing partnerships with some of our ongoing accounts. Terms vary from fixed-fee retainers through fixed amount + 10-20% split share to 30-40% fee on new deals. Depending on the specifics of the business and the marketing services provided, the percentage could be for a specific product/service, or the entire business. We do inbound marketing and partnership outreach which increases the brand awareness, grows the email lists of our clients and allows for scheduling cross-promotion campaigns and webinars that support the entire business - hence the added benefit of shared revenue across all products and services. Limiting revenue share for a product is more applicable for larger businesses that have an established marketing and advertising strategy and bring a good number of customers this way. Then a marketing strategy could be shaped around a specific product or a solution which justifies partnering only on a specific venture.

Hello! If you are also considering outsourcing, you'll see that there are plenty to choose from. I'm here to offer you contact MobiDev (https://mobidev.biz). It's a software-development company with offices in several countries, one of them is in San Francisco.

I would recommend building a STRONG LinkedIn network, boosting up your profile, recommendations, endorsements, ask to join relevant groups, etc. In the meantime, I would also develop a simple WP site and start pushing quality content on a regular basis. Would even explore trying to hop on a few trending podcasts for credibility & re-purposing. Check out Viveka von Rosen, she's the Queen of LinkedIn for business.

In my opinion, I would consider your long-term goals. If your plan is to build a brand around yourself and become established as a major influencer, it certainly makes more sense to go that route. On the flip side, your low hanging fruit is to build a brand around the concept by which you intend to cover. For example, Start With Why became a household name and Simon Sinek has built an entire company around that premise. It comes down to what aligns and resonates with you and what you intend to accomplish. Hope this is helpful, all the best!

Congratulations on starting your new venture. I think you have a couple of different routes and I'm a firm believer of finding a platform that "feels right" to you and focusing your efforts on it. For me, my podcast gives me direct access to my target audience of entrepreneurs and I also target followers of major podcast influencers on Twitter with ManageFlitter. This allows me to continue delivering quality content through my show and driving downloads on iTunes while also furthering my brand awareness on Twitter. I use other social platforms but have really concentrated my efforts on exploiting said channels. Maybe you consider a YouTube Channel, blogging and/or guest blogging for relevant platforms. Facebook is pay-to-play but undoubtedly drives the best results, in my opinion. Whatever you decide, educate, engage and build awareness. Do yourself a favor and conduct some strategy research before you just dive in. Hope this was helpful, best of luck! *Build your email list! Can't stress that enough. Find ways to capture emails through your content in the form of quick freebies, resources, etc.

Charging per lead shows that you are setting your pricing based on the value you bring to clients, and that you are willing to put a personal stake in getting them results.

I am not an attorney and this is not "professional advice." Consult a lawyer. If you get involved with a partnership ever again, get an operating agreement in place and TALK ABOUT SEPARATING at the beginning. Get it figured out immediately. Be up front with it: "We should talk about what happens if one of us dies. Or wants to move on." It's not offensive, or confidence-gutting...it's smart (as you probably now see.) Generally speaking, an agreed-upon independent third party firm would assess the value of the company. This firm would be named in the operating agreement provisions so there wouldn't be bickering at the time of separation. Another typical provision is that partners have first right of refusal on share sales. But since you don't seem to have such an agreement in place, it's probably going to be tough for you now. The more you fight the more the other shareholder is going to fight back. Consult an attorney. Find out if there are any restrictions on selling your shares. My guess is that with a negative cash position due to debt, the company isn't worth a whole lot. You may be able to have a value assessed based on revenue...but if you leave, how much of that goes with you? Is the business model based on repeat customers, or one-time sales? You need more expertise than a Clarity answer to solve this one. And remember, the more mean-spirited you approach this question, the more resistance you will get. My opinion--which again is not "professional advice" and is merely for discussion--is for you to quietly discover your options by consulting an attorney and accountant good at digital business evaluation (most are not), and wait for the company to return to profitability.

Interesting. I have done this on a couple of occasions, maybe not this exact model but close. One approach would be a Speakers Bureau. Another would be to structure it as a full service agency or as "full" as your colleagues' backgrounds permit. Be sure to create a vesting schedule, even sweat equity can get away from you if one is not careful (says the voice of experience). A third option would be an equity crowdfunding startup. indiegogo has partnered with MicroVentures to offer the JOBS Act of 2012 based solution for US based companies. I would enjoy sharing some war stories or answer any pointed questions at your convenience, let's schedule a time.

Create a niche database based on your criteria and try and reach out to them with your needs..Repeatedly follow-up and you will see the results. If required, I can help you.

It can depend on the type of book and goal for your book. But the strategies I know of working and that have worked for me. Involved building an audience of your own and leveraging other peoples audiences. So if you don't have an audience go through and find the thought leaders and personalities in that space. Chat with them about the book and see if you can get them on your launch team. Start Sending out advanced copies to these people to get their feedback and support. Then you want to create some pre-sale freebies. With Mark Mason The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck. Had a bunch of freebies if you pre-orded it for 20 bucks or something. He also appeared on a shit load of podcasts and had a bunch of people promoting his pre-launch.

This all depends on the size of your store. If you are just starting out you can get a feature-rich store on Shopify for $29 per month. You'd be surprised how many features they provide. For small to medium sized business, Bigcommerce is also a good option. If you are a bigger company, both Shopify and Bigcommerce have enterprise-level options as well. There are also some free options like WooCommerce, which is a plug in for Wordpress.