Archive for the 'Start Business' Category

Raising Money Today and Venture Capital

On Tuesday, I introduced one of our clients (Steve, CEO) to a Venture Capitalist, Joe.
Once Steve explained the business premise (business model) to Joe, Joe asked two key questions!
1. Will you meet your financial projections?
In other words, are you SURE in this economy that you will generate enough sales revenue and control your costs so [...]

Sales Dilemma: How Much Free Work is Right! - Part 1

Recently, a number of our clients have asked us to help them evaluate what is the Right amount of FREE work…In other words, how much FREE Before FEE. This is a delicate balance (depending on your field). Sometimes it’s customary to give free work to develop the business or win the client. But, the difficulty [...]

New Business Success Secret #1: Hit the GO Button

The Best Way to Expand Your Business is to Get into the market and test your products and services ASAP.
Don’t make the classic entrepreneur’s mistake and wait too long to enter your market. Or it’s likely you’ll likely refine yourself out of the market and miss the boat. In other words your target [...]

The Best Time to Start Your New Business

Yesterday morning, my son Mike and I played soccer in our traditional Sunday game. Then I grabbed my favorite: well done bacon (burned!), egg and cheese on a roll for breakfast at my local deli. Umm.
 
A young man who was a senior at Syracuse University was also ordering. I asked him what he wanted to [...]