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Shi Hawthorne

Helping entrepreneurs start, scale, or sell.

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Managing Partner at Business Flipper | Private Capital | Private Equity | Private Debt | Mergers and Acquisitions | Business Coaching | Business Optimization

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Human Resources

How does one build clients/reviews/reputation initially when wanting to start their own business?


Shi Hawthorne

Helping entrepreneurs start, scale, or sell.

Through word of mouth and recommendations. Ask your network. Offer free consultations in exchange for referrals.

Marketing Strategy

How to develop marketing & growth strategy and plan for the saas platfrom?


Shi Hawthorne

Helping entrepreneurs start, scale, or sell.

Honestly, through trial and error. Be lean and nimble. If something is not working, change. If it does work, keep sticking your bucket down the hole until the well runs dry.

Mergers & Acquisitions

How can I build an Ecommerce brand to eventually be acquired by investors?


Shi Hawthorne

Helping entrepreneurs start, scale, or sell.

It's great that you're considering your exit now. Some buyers like to be the first capital to the table so having multiple rounds of funding may be fast no. While other buyers will get in on the fun and hope to make big wins once the company is public. Focus on building a good company with significant revenue...you will have no issue finding a buyer.

Small Business Lending

If SBA 7(a) loans become directly available through the agency if it's under $150K, would an established business be more advantageous than a new one?


Shi Hawthorne

Helping entrepreneurs start, scale, or sell.

An established business with revenue is almost always better than a new LLC. You can consider registering your LLC as a foreign entity in CA.

Small Business

Hello people, I have run two separate businesses and I was thinking of providing the services of each of them under one company...


Shi Hawthorne

Helping entrepreneurs start, scale, or sell.

It's a wonderful an idea and that practice has many names: "leveraging assets", "cross integration", "economies of scale".

Entrepreneurship

how to hire & fire easily and build remote team upwork is total waste of time


Shi Hawthorne

Helping entrepreneurs start, scale, or sell.

Upwork may not be a waste of time, how you're using Upwork may be a waste of time. But if Upwork just isn't working for you, try posting freelance jobs on job boards. To the second part of your question, there is no 100% surefire way to ensure confidentiality. With that being said, success moves at the speed of trust.

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Business DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipBusiness StrategyFundingMergers & AcquisitionsGrowth StrategiesLoansRevenue & Profit GrowthCommercial LendingSmall Business Lending