Getting Started
On your startup
Taking the first steps on your entrepreneurial journey?
Learn how to launch your business the right way!
The beginning is the most critical stage of your startup.
Every possible option is open to you because nothing is set in stone.
Many of your early decisions will lock you into specific paths.
Once you start building, changing direction is expensive in both time and money.
Taking outside investment commits you to pursuing an exit.
Early hires lock in company culture and management structures.
These articles and videos will help ensure your first steps are in the right direction and establish a firm footing for future growth.
Why do you want to be an entrepreneur? It's an insane job with super high risk and crazy hours and totally unknown outcome at the end of the day.
Take care with the titles you give to early hires. While everyone likes having a fancy-sounding job title, they can come back to bite you later.
For technical founders, coding and development are our comfort zone. Learn how and why to put that on hold and talk to your prospective customers.
Should you bootstrap your startup to greatness or take outside investment to accelerate your growth?
Why should you put off automating business processes as long as possible? Learn the benefit of doing things by hand in the early stages of a business.
If you need to choose a problem to solve, identify your customers, and settle on a solution. In part 2, you will learn to identify your best option.
If you need to choose a problem to solve, identify your customers, and settle on a solution. This framework will help you through the process.
Building a business is risky and expensive, but you can minimize the risk and avoid unnecessary expenses by testing your assumptions early in the process.
One of the most frightening moments as an entrepreneur is when you finally quit your day job. You can risk reduce that transition and improve your chances for angel funding at the same time.
Sometimes you need to make a sacrifice to get your big dream off the ground. What’s it worth to you?
What if you could pivot before building your solution or going to market? Imagine the resources you could save!