You have a great idea. You have done everything right to protect and get your idea to market And you are ready to sell it, but sales and marketing are not your strength and you just don’t have the wherewithal or funding to hire a full time salesperson. So what do you do? First of [...]
Sir Richard Branson kicked off GrowCo, Inc Magazine’s three-day business building conference, with a number of important lessons for entrepreneurs around the world. After all, entrepreneurship is about creating and taking risk, which Branson is considerably familiar with. He is Founder and Chairman Virgin Group, a conglomerate with over 400 companies run by innovators who [...]
Please join us in welcoming Patrick Comer to our cadre of SBN contributors. He is the founder and CEO of Federated Sample, one of the fastest growing startups based in New Orleans. In 1998, he got his start as Chief of Staff at govWorks in NYC with a notorious scene in the documentary: Startup.com. Besides entrepreneurship and market research, [...]
The Atlantic – The Big Comeback: Is New Orleans America’s Next Great Innovation Hub? “Seasoned brain gain,” and the, “third wave,” are both terms frequently heard when referring to New Orleans’ business climate and entrepreneurship. Business Editor for The Atlantic Derek Thompson was sent to New Orleans on assignment during Entrepreneur Week to explore just [...]
Startups generally do not have large cash positions nor do they have substantial cash flows from operations, so they look for ways to pay sought after employees, managers, and executives with some type of equity compensation (at least partially) instead of cash compensation. Employee stock options are often used as part of the compensation and [...]
Let me first preface that this is just not one thing that determine an entrepreneur’s success. There are perhaps hundreds of articles that suggest qualities that make up a successful entrepreneur. I have had the benefit of forming a couple of successful start ups along with negotiating the sale and merger of a few companies. [...]
By: Mark Graffagnini, Graffagnini + Associates, LLC, www.graffagninilaw.com. Mark and his law firm focus on legal and business issues for entrepreneurs and investors. mg@graffagninilaw.com In the last few days, at least 10 entrepreneurs have asked me what I think about doing a convertible note round before they raise a larger financing round in Spring or [...]
You have a growing business and one of the keys to your success has been your people. Finding good people is tough, keeping them can even be more of a challenge. So how do you keep your key employees? More money is not always the answer as working conditions, qualify of life and other factors enter into a [...]
The Internet of Things was originally posted on the Nauance Healthcare blog after Peter Ragusa, CEO and Co-founder of VoiceHIT, was selected by Nuance to be one of 13 mobile healthcare experts to submit a 500-word opinion piece. ———————————————————————————— As the healthcare industry and governments around the world struggle with the rising cost of healthcare, many [...]
Spring is around the corner. And whether you’re about to graduate and making plans for summer break or just taking a short vacation on some company miles, as a tech savvy traveler you want your gear to fit your travel. To that end, Joshua Raley will be offering gear reviews dedicated to the best [...]
