It’s not about taxes or any public policy, or economic statistics, or red tape. The right time to start your new business is … When you think you can… When you’re pretty sure people will buy what you want to sell… When you understand the market… You know why people might make purchasing decisions, and [...]
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Joe Stump, CEO and founder of SimpleGeo, put together this slide deck on starting your startup. 99% of the presentation is key for anyone starting a business. The other 1% is for people starting a technology startup. Choosing your technology stack is one of many decisions you’ll have to make when creating a company from [...]
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I was happy to pick up this quick piece from Jeff Bezos last month on Business Insider. Jeff, founder of Amazon.com, ought to know. In Business Insider’s Instant MBA series, Jeff says Business Plans Are Important and Necessary. He says it’s not about being right and guessing the future correctly. It’s about guiding your business [...]
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I dealt with some disturbing stuff on this blog yesterday. Before I explain, here’s what I wrote in Women-Run Tech Startup Successes, on this blog, in January: I believe there are disproportionately few women heading interesting tech startups; that this is bad; and that it’s neither their fault nor their preference. If you disagree, that’s [...]
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I was asked this question in a comment under an earlier post: I am starting a very small company and I am the only employee, and want to keep it that way until I know when and how to take my next step. Could you recommend where to start? I didn’t publish the comment because [...]
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I don’t get it. I believe it, but I still don’t get it. John Tozzi posted “Startup Activity at Record Low” today on his New Entrepreneur blog on BusinessWeek, quoting outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Here’s his summary: Challenger says just 3.7 percent of job seekers leaving its outplacement program are going into business [...]
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Is your company in Oregon? Is it a startup or early-stage company looking for angel investment? Does it have the kind of team and growth prospects that can make money for investors? If you answered yes to those three questions, please go to the Willamette Angel Conference (WAC) website and submit your company for WAC [...]
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Here’s a question I got yesterday in e-mail: I’m 25. I have a good degree, I did OK with my own online business, and then I did really well in a dealership, brick and mortar, selling major brands. But I want to go back and start my own thing again, only slightly different than where [...]
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We all forget too easily: The best startup funding is sales. Sure, we all think of angel investment, friends and family, and SBA loans; all of those options are necessary for most startups. But sales is better. If you can, find the early customers. Give them a deal, make them important, work with them to optimize [...]
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“Unconsciously, everyone expects a startup to be like a job,” says Paul Graham, programming language designer, author, and venture firm partner. “It explains why people [in startups] are surprised…and why the surprises are so extreme.” Graham’s recent post, What Startups Are Really Like, talks about the surprises in startups. He sent an email to all [...]
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