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Depending on what type of business you're, for online/software it does not matter that much, for local restaurant it can be fatal to have bad reviews.
There are many businesses you could start. Some with relatively low funds to get started. When it comes to starting a business you need to set monetary objectives on what you want to spend to get started. I would love to chat more with you. Message me and I would love to set up a time to chat.
Hi, as a former client services director for a dutch software agency I think I can help you with this. 1. Always stay in the lead if it comes to communication. Make sure you know what the customer wants and make sure your agency is the middle man that gives the orders to the developers. This is ...
1. Contract, contract, contract. Both with the client to avoid going directly under severe penalties, both for employees (even subcontracting entities or freelancers) to scare them off such behaviour. And of course, keep your guys happy and on interesting projects, that will help nowadays more th...
I have worked with many businesses who have both made the shift to hosted solutions and back to self-hosted solutions. Many ecommerce brands have been making a shift to hosted solutions such as Bigcommerce and Shopify. There certainly are benefits to using a hosted solution - software management...
Cold emails! Using a tool like prospect.io find the best people in each company to contact. Once you have contacts in mind setup a drip email campaign. Each email in the drip should be strategically written to bring some sort of value to the client reading it. (they don't have to be super lon...
Not easily answered without further info, best way for you to approach it would be to use comparatible service (be it shopify, attlasian, wix) and do your own market research on potential customer base as well as CVL. If you need help it would be fun to digg in, did a lot of research in this are...
To response to this question one needs to understand various other aspects of your offering , your market , your current team strengths, current stage of growth of the product as well as your current problems. I have been a SaaS sales leader for couple of products and have built and mentored thes...
Hi: It can be tough to focus on a market niche at first, especially when you believe in your solution. Yet your best results will come from focus--and you can expand later. Key considerations for you as you make your choice: * Where have you gotten the most customer validation for your platform? ...
You can only make money by helping others. Every startup that's successful is based around providing value and being of service. Money was invented to exchange it either for goods or services. Paying someone and not getting anything in return is a rare case. So, don't focus on making money. Foc...
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