The Startup Journal: Building a team for a niche market

Building your team, or the right team, is probably one of the biggest challenges for a founder as success of ones’ company could ride on the talent, experience, passion and personality of team members. If you are founder who has … Read More

The Startup Journal – Gaining early adopters

Video contribution by Xavier Smith

Investors want to see it and startups need it, early adopters. This edition of The Startup Journal, CEO HealthiestYou Jim Prendergast shares his lessons learned about gaining early adopters and developing an effective engagement strategy.

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The Startup Journal: Minimizing risk

Risks are part of the game for any entrepreneur. However, taking small, calculated risks will be key to minimizing risks that could effect your business. In this edition of The Startup Journal, CEO and founder Greg Rudolph Board Blazers talks about how … Read More

The Startup Journal: Marketing your video game

Building your own video game is one thing, getting it in the hands of consumers is another. Many startups underestimate the need and cost to market video games and get out from under all the noise in the gaming space … Read More

The Startup Journal: Getting pre-orders to attract investors

Video contribution by Xavier Smith

For startups with capital intensive products, it’s one thing to have your product demoed, used on a trial basis and liked, but once it comes to converting the customer, many enthusiasts won’t pull out the … Read More

The Startup Journal: Persevering through tough times

Have you ever thought about giving up? Many founders will face this question when tough times and challenges seem to confront them time and time again and wonder if it will ever get better. However, it’s how a founder reacts to … Read More

The Startup Journal: Finding the right agency

When you have a great idea but don’t know what to do next.The right agency can help you market your ideas correctly into the app you are building.

Link2Golf co-founders, Kevin Curry and Laurent Lebihan, sit down … Read More

The Startup Journal: Giving up equity

Whether it’s an investor or an accelerator who takes a cut of your startup, you as the founder must decide if giving up a part of your company makes sense strategically.

Andrew Chaifetz, CEO and Founder of NoteBowl, sits down with us … Read More

The Startup Journal: Unplugging makes you a better leader

When things don’t seem to be going your way at work, and you are getting a lot of “Nos,” it is good to step back and find time for yourself. Taking a break can help you get back … Read More

The Startup Journal: Stop the blame game

There will be more good days than challenging days when you build a company. During those challenges, companies will lose productivity if they spend too much time finding fault instead of learning from the experience and move forward.

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