Likely best to setup some phone conversations with people here you find provide advice which seems to resonate with you. USP may be useful + likely better will be to buy highly targeted traffic (to local area) + also use Meetup + other networking venues. Search for my name + Meetup in Clarity + likely you can take what you find + generate a highly lucrative lead gen system.

You could potentially try to get a good amount of products on your marketplace through your friends and family as a start. Also make sure that you go city by city so that way you can focus on one city and once you are doing great there you have the credibility and the experience to move to a new city. You could also look at other marketplaces like facebook marketplace, craigslist or letgo and duplicate some of the postings on your site (Check for the legality of this). But you can definitely talk to some of the people that are selling on these platforms and try to get them to post on your platform as well. If you have some investment money behind you, you could buy some stuff off garage sales, craigslist etc and put it for sale on the platform. Then you can advertise the platform to the general public through social media etc.

Developing an Online Classifieds Business is not an Easy Task ; most especially in this Day and Age. Before you Start , I would strongly advise you to visit Gumtree.com ; to Carefully study how they have successfully converted it from a Free Classifieds Website into a (Global) Money Making Machine. Good Luck !

The real question should be what type of life do you want to live? Each individual you mentioned will have different expectations for paying for a service. That will reflect on the type of life you personally want to live. So first, start thinking about your life and how you want to live, what type of clients do you want and then start building customer personas. From their you will get a general idea of who you want to serve, hence where to create your niche. Let me know if you need more guidance, I'm always open to helping you.

So, is the charity whats receiving the funding or is your for-profit company. From the sounds of it, it seems the for-profit company is more important than the for charity. I would raise money for your for-profit company and create a structure that when your "profit" company does "X,"you're not for profit company gets "X." Think Warby Parker, buy a pair of glasses they give a pair of glasses. Or bonobos. I know this isn't exactly what you were looking to hear, but I only say it because you seem to be a caring individual putting the not for profit first to help others, but you can continue to help others if the for-profit succeeds. Otherwise, you should create a not for profit.

You can use apps like https://aligntoday.com/ to help you manage clients, as to the best platform there is no one best. You can use upwork, clarity, fiver and a lot of self promotion. Go to networking events, pitch days, blog on medium, create youtube videos. It's a consistent combination that will help you build a sustainable career. Attract people with the knowledge you have.

The answer is: it depends. Noone can really give you a 100% accuracy answer. Marketing is all about experimentation, people surveyed different checkout pages and every industry seems to find different results - mainly because their audiences differ. (Age groups, etc) With email, it's much of the same. That said, here are some tips: *Headlines* By far your most important piece to email marketing. Do a small A/B test for the headline to maybe 10% of your mailing list. Your headline is by far the most important part to email marketing - weak headline, low open rate. *Personalisation* Emails coming from a "person" as oppose to a company do really well. And if you can, always address it to the individual (first name etc). *Email length* This really depends. You see long sales letters do well, you see short and snappy emails do well. It depends on the action/service/price you're asking the user for. If it's a free app, as commitment is minimal you can probably keep it short. If it's a paid app, you may need a follow up sequence and a longer email (or video). If you provide me with a little more detail, I'm sure I can help - if you even just drop me a message with a little more info about: 1. Your product 2. Your email subscribers (Where you obtained them) 3. Your price point 4. The problem you are solving 5. Any demographic data on your users I can help you with some more detailed recommendations. I hope that helps. Thanks, Nitesh

First, make sure you know who your product and or service is for(customer persona). Next, segment the data according to your prospect information. After, Create exciting AD's to capture their attention (you can do a small ad test and split test the ad to make sure it's useful.) Have the add lead to more information and then into a buy! Capture abandon services, then target with a different ad. Remember, you always want to provide them value in your service, so make it about their needs not what you think they need.(this requires you understanding your customer) If all this is too much, you can always create a simple AD dependent on what you want to accomplish and push that.

Don't doubt yourself:) My suggestion is: start off doing the reviews and getting the word out there. It doesn't have to be perfect. As you gain traction, confidence, and understanding of the market - you can always go back and update the reviews. You will surprise yourself; the journey of learning the industry is often the motivation to provide good content and value for your readers. Those who fail, often put the monetary aspect in front of it. Hope it helps and good luck!

Hi, The problem with small businesses is that profit is totally under the control of the operator. Lots of personal expenses can get buried in the company to lower taxes. This is why you don't want to be a minority shareholder. This deal should be structured as debt. I do these deals often and wrote a book about it in 2014 called Invest Local. You can get it from Amazon and it's on Kindle and audio formats. Hope this helps. If you'd like to discuss the specifics of your case, just arrange a call. thanks Dave www.DavidCBarnett.com

There is no exact formula but just some quick thoughts you might find useful. I would consider sharing a list of a questions with the expert ahead of the meeting (like an agenda) so they know and can think ahead of time of what their responses might be. Also, point out things like wanting to be "a good steward of your time" so they realize you are being conscious of their time commitment to the meeting. Lastly, always leave yourself time at the end for scheduling a next step/follow-up with a specific ask (e.g. could we touch base again via a cal in 2 weeks etc.)

There are excellent answers here already, my comment is to add to those: network amongst your clients, before your peers and competitors. Join the associations your clients join, attend the events your clients attend, learn through the same channels your clients use. This is how you will know who to target and how.

I've been a freelancer/contractor/solopreneur since 1974. My advice... Do freelance. Don't work for one company. In other words, have many clients. Be sure to arrange your hourly/ad-hoc work so it drives to some form of continuity. Work hard, till you have your first $10K/month of continuity in place, then take stock of how to grow your business to the next level.

You can do this through having a webinar for corporate executives. Run traffic to the webinar through Facebook and LinkedIn then at the end of the webinar have a soft sales pitch. Follow up with all participants through email and messenger.

Any Scrum Master or Team Member is keenly aware that they are expected to deliver software each and every iteration that provides value. Reporting, measurements, and metrics are vital part of that effort, which going forward I will just lump together in only one term called “reporting”. Some of us already know that reporting has been with us since before the dawn of software. We need reporting to help guide us, to alert us, to inform us when a change or course correction is needed. Without reporting we are running blind in the dark. Whether the organization you are working in runs 2, 3 or 4 week Sprints, reporting is as necessary as breathing air. Reporting is the direct result of the inherent need to measure, digest, and understand key data for decision making. In Agile, that reporting part must be quick and easy to get, read, and understand. Add to this the fact that in Agile you do not have time to build reporting during the execution of any iteration. That has to be already setup and available before the proverbial gun goes off at the starting line of the Sprint.

We normalize the income statement, compare with other frozen food companies that have been sold, then make an operating capital adjustment based on the type of sale foreseen. It all comes down to cash flow. (assuming you're making money) If you'd like to discuss this particular case just arrange a call. David www.DavidCBarnett.com

The first part if focus. Is there one user set that you are ideally suited for -- solve their needs and build your value prop around that. Many times, companies want to serve everyone so they end up with a watered down value prop that end up appealing to no one. Ironically, a strong value prop works better even with the audiences it isn't intended. for. Take the Nisson Xterra from a product standpoint. It was marketed to be peope with an active, outdoor lifestyle. Nisson targeted the person who might strap on a surfboard and drive onto the beach. Now, most users end up not using it that way. But, because they built the brand and value prop around the active user, they establish a strong car brand that attracted a larger audience. That said, people often misunderstand branding to mean that you have to always only be that one thing to that one audience, which is not true. Start with that simple value prop, and then develop more detailed communication. The value prop itself should be able to be conveyed in a brief sentence. It should be true to who you are and what your organization delivers. And it should be differentiated from your other available options. And, great if it is a psychological benefit! Nike's "Just Do It" is one of the great examples of a modern value prop. IBM had the informal, "no one ever got fired for buying IBM" -- a safety benefit for the risk averse. Find what you do really well that appeals to your core client base, then do that even better. Hope this helps!

For my money, nothing beats good content marketing. it drives your SEO (if optimized and framed correctly), establishes your level of expertise and gives your site visitors many layers with which to interact with as well as helps ultimately with conversion (abandonment follow-ups, drip campaigns etc.) ultimately your conversion is only as good as your traffic is qualified, so content marketing helps on both sides of the funnel in terms of getting more/better leads and converting those leads once they hit your pages.

I would probably structure it so that there is a Master Services Agreement with the general terms of your relationship which reference subsequently attached Service Orders (or Scope of Work) each time you engage with them for project or service. When a customer signs up for the SaaS product, I would incorporate SaaS-specific policies by referencing them in the corresponding Service Order.

Typical pre-seed (100-500k) is 5-15% Seed (500k-2M) is up to 25% And over depends. The "potential of the next FB...." is just that, a potential. Don't fight over equity early but make sure you never give up more than 15%, don't offer board seats too early and no "right of first refusal" or "right of next round lead"

When it comes to writing a book, there's some groundwork that needs to be done beforehand. There are even a few things you need to know before you begin to outline. Every good story is comprised of... 1.) A protagonist 2.) main goal/conflict of the book 3.) multiple tries and fails to accomplish said main goal and overcome main conflict 4.) satisfying resolution There are obviously more moving parts to this outline, but that would take a really long time to get into, and I'd rather have you go watch the video tutorial I did on how to outline a novel since it's free, it isn't too long, and it will break up the process of outlining a novel into actionable steps that make sense and are easy to understand. You're welcome! https://youtu.be/rlQDW9n0NyE

It is difficult to make risk-free shipments for the battery of the products. But you can minimize the risk. The most effective way is to start working with a reliable battery cell in your product. This will solve most of your problems. Moreover, pay attention to work with a factory which has enough equipment to test batteries. Not only outlook and function check but also a comprehensive life cycle and safety test with a strict AQL. Make sure that their incoming quality control team is doing the process regularly for each lot. Ask your factory to provide these IQC reports to you. If you have a chance, go and check in person, or do it via a 3rd party company. Besides this, in the outgoing inspection process, you can repeat these life cycle and safety tests based on an agreed sampling qty. This will help you to verify that the IQC of the factory is doing their job. Another suggestion, please make sure that your batteries have date codes on it and do not let your factory to use more than 3 months old battery. Considering the production and transportation time, when your customer receives the products, your battery will be probably 6 months old already. Usually the brands give 6 months guarantee to the end customer to replace their batteries which in total accumulates to 1 year from the production of the battery to the customers' 6 months usage time. This is usually the warranty that the battery suppliers. There are also proven design requirements for the batteries. If needed, I would like to help with further information. Regards, Mert.

I've used Bana Boxes for years. They have a massive plant in the middle of rural Texas, right no 287 near I-35. This means their prices tend to be orders of magnitude lower than other companies + close I-35 access means shipping is cheap + fast. Ask for Marshall Boenker @ 817-919-3589 for assistance. They also do box printing, so you can print Amazon AISN numbers or UPC numbers right on boxes, to meet box pull requirements of large companies.

Everyone thinks they will be the next big billion dollar company. Ideas are worthless without execution. Part of the equity equation will be based on the founders, their track record and how far along the idea is. Other factors include the market, your timing around fundraising and if you have any traction. Raising on a deck vs. actually having revenue result in very different outcomes. There are no rules when it comes to investing and equity. It's a negotiation.