How I Pitched Mark Cuban My Business Idea Without Ever Going on ‘Shark Tank’
Back in late 2011, I got the opportunity to pitch Mark Cuban. I was just a student at the time, ...
Tag: Startup
Are You Getting Your Fair Share of Startup Equity?
I always tell entrepreneurs that 2 heads are better than 1, so the first task in many startups is finding ...
How We Raised Over $1M in Our Seed Funding Round
After Blank Label raised outside funding through a seed round of $1.1 million, I started getting emails asking me how we did it. The ...
A 5 Minute Tutorial on How to Value Your Startup
As an entrepreneur looking for professional investors, one of the quickest ways to lose credibility and get rejected is to ...
3 Reasons Your Idea is Not Taking Off and What to do About it
You have an idea and you think it is awesome. You get pretty psyched about it; maybe you mention it ...
5 Ways to See the Bigger Picture as an Entrepreneur
Running a business is hard enough, but building a brand while serving as president for another company, trying to be a ...
How to Create Customer Value and Profit to Survive
As a startup advisor, I see too many entrepreneurs get distracted by technology or their favorite cause, and then wonder ...
Stop Selling the What, Start Selling the Why
You gotta love entrepreneurs. All their passion and excitement around the innovative new products they are building. And, they love talking about ...
10 Ways to Win a Coveted Job in That Hot New Startup
In a corporate environment, the focus of a job interview has long been demonstrating your match to the skills and ...
Startups Providing a Service are Difficult to Scale
The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin ...