startups
RocketClub Will Help You To Get Shares In New Startups
By VisionwizTeam at October 1, 2015 | 11:41 am | 0 Comment
RocketClub: RocketClub is a new platform that aims to help upcoming startups to build their products and help users to get shares while trying it out. RocketClub will work with you and your startup to better understand your goals and requirements, and provide guidance and best practices for creating a successful campaign. It also aims to reward users with a more...
How To Exit From Startups While Gaining Profits
By Martin at September 30, 2015 | 7:27 pm | 0 Comment
Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur. Although many won’t admit it, true entrepreneurs can’t wait to exit their current startup, and build a new and better one with their next great idea. In addition, current investors want to see every startup go public or be acquired, as an exit event, so they can get their due return for that investment which has been tied more...
5 Tips For New Entrepreneurs & Startups
By Martin at June 22, 2015 | 11:37 am | 0 Comment
The cost of entry for an aspiring entrepreneur has never been lower, and the total wealth of opportunities has never been larger. You can start a new web site business on the Internet for as little as $100, with cheap smart phone apps, new technology innovations, or tapping the multitude of opportunities brought by capitalizing on our concern for dwindling natural more...
How Startups Should Improve Their Team’s Productivity
By Martin at April 29, 2015 | 11:36 am | 0 Comment
If you are like most entrepreneurs I know, there just aren’t enough hours in a day to get all your own work done, as well as run the many one-hour meetings each team member seems to demand for decisions and mentoring. I have found it to be more productive and effective to lead with the model that no meetings will take an hour, and may be done in as little as five more...
5 Interesting Startups
By VisionwizTeam at April 28, 2015 | 11:19 am | 0 Comment
5 Interesting Startups 1. Trustfact Trustafact is a new startup that aims to help online shoppers check the trustworthiness of website before they visit. It is a user-friendly app that brings awareness to the facts behind websites and helps users stay safe while shopping online. 2. Sumry Sumry is the world’s first introduction tool. Use your more...
How Startups Should Balance Risk With Right Opportunity
By Martin at March 31, 2015 | 11:28 am | 0 Comment
Outside of dreams, there is no real business opportunity without risk. Serious entrepreneurs know that, but too many “wannabes” still fall for that elusive get-rich-quick scheme with no risk. As an active Angel investor, I still hear entrepreneurs asserting large opportunities with minimal risk and no competition. My conclusion either way is that they have no market, more...
Strategic Planning Initiatives For Startup In 2015
By Martin at January 1, 2015 | 11:08 am | 0 Comment
Even though it has been a long haul since the recession, it’s nice to see more optimism as we close out this year and head into a new one. A November 2014 report by Kiplinger asserts that economic momentum is back on track. Growth is projected to continue at a 3 percent rate, consumer confidence is gaining strongly, hiring is on the rise, and job openings are at a near more...
What Startups Should Learn From Early Adopters & Late Adopters
By Martin at November 24, 2014 | 11:20 am | 0 Comment
Every technical entrepreneur is an early adopter of technology, so naturally they build things with people like themselves in mind. Unfortunately, for most solution markets, early adopters represent only 10 to 15 percent of the total opportunity, so it’s easy to get mislead on the real requirements of mainstream customers. Psychologists call this the confirmation bias. more...
5 FinTech Startups To Watch Out For VCs
By VisionwizTeam at November 14, 2014 | 11:15 am | 0 Comment
5 FinTech Startups To Watch Out For VCs 1. CrowdCube CrowdCube is a new startup that aims to raise funds for your startup company from professional investors, equity route and other crowd funding ways. By using this platform each entrepreneur creates an online pitch explaining their business and what they aim to achieve with the investment. The Pitch will more...
4 Startups from AlphaLab
By VisionwizTeam at July 18, 2014 | 11:23 am | 0 Comment
AlphaLab provides early-stage technology companies with an extensive mentor network, educational sessions with industry leaders, and a rich entrepreneurial work environment within a nationally ranked accelerator program. 4 Startups from AlphaLab 1. SitWith SitWith aims to bring people together for relaxed and interesting conversations over a shared meal. By more...
How Startups Should Make Their Product Different
By Martin at June 30, 2014 | 8:34 am | 0 Comment
Every entrepreneur believes that their product or service is different, and that every customer will quickly see the advantage over competitors. Yet true product differentiation in the eye of the customer is rarely achieved. According to a survey by Bain & Companya while back, 80% of businesses believe they have differentiated offerings, but only 8% of customers more...
How Startups Should Approach Investors
By Martin at June 26, 2014 | 11:11 am | 0 Comment
Don’t bash the competition. Every investor knows how vulnerable a new startup is to competitors, so investors always ask about yoursustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. How an entrepreneur answers this question speaks volumes about their knowledge of business realities, customers, confidence, and their ability to handle investor more...
Five Strategies For Customer Engagement For Startups
By Martin at May 26, 2014 | 8:06 am | 0 Comment
The days are gone when a techie or a genius could build things in his garage and customers would find and buy the product, based purely on the “wow factor” of the technology. New technologies are everywhere today. People have seen so much that they are blasé, or actually fear pure technology. They want a personable brand, before they will consider the more...
Startups Are All About Execution
By Martin at May 17, 2014 | 9:38 am | 0 Comment
I’ve always said that startups are all about execution. Sometimes I encounter self-proclaimed entrepreneurs who have been “thinking” about a concept for many years, and haven’t started yet. Some of these may be visionaries, but none are real entrepreneurs - yet.Elon Musk has built several innovative companies, including SpaceX and Tesla Motors, and is worth about more...
Fundamental Truths Of The Startup Industry
By Martin at May 10, 2014 | 9:07 am | 0 Comment
Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). New crowd funding platforms on the Internet, like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo, as well as the Jobs Act of 2012, are expected more...
4 Startups From Chicago
By VisionwizTeam at May 9, 2014 | 8:33 am | 0 Comment
4 Startups From Chicago 1. Chitter Chitter is a new startup that rewards you with free offers and special discounts for doing something you already do: posting photos to your social media! 2. Foxtrot Foxtrot is a new startup that aims to handpicked & curate best food menus and deliver it within one hour at your location. more...
4 Beta Starups For SignUP
By VisionwizTeam at March 4, 2014 | 10:28 am | 0 Comment
4 Beta Starups For SignUP 1. Polylinguo Polylinguo is the first web app specifically designed to teach existing programmers their 2nd, 3rd, 4th... programming language 2. Quantave Quantave is the world's first and most advanced cryptocurrency market insights platform 3. Aircall Aircall is a new beta startup that aims to manage your business more...
4 Startups For SignUp
By VisionwizTeam at January 31, 2014 | 10:30 am | 0 Comment
4 Startups For SignUp 1. Levisto Levisto is a new beta startup that aims to help you figure out what posts are generating discussion and which author's content is performing the best so you know where to focus your future efforts. 2. Sherlybox Sherlybox is a new beta startup that aims to help you sync, share and backup your sensitive files while your more...
How To Avoid Common Mistakes While Running Startup Company
By Martin at January 8, 2014 | 8:30 am | 0 Comment
I’ve been advising and mentoring startups and growth companies for years, and find myself always pushing them to try something new, for the sake of growth and survival. When you try new things, you make mistakes, and I’ve seen many. Smart companies learn from their own mistakes, but some don’t pay enough attention to other people’s mistakes. In the spirit more...
4 Upcoming Startups To Explore
By VisionwizTeam at September 18, 2013 | 11:23 am | 0 Comment
4 Upcoming Startups To Explore 1. DatasheetLib DatasheetLib.com – is the most complete up-to-date library of online datasheets, created to help engineers easily find and look through wanted datasheets. DatasheetLib database consists of more than 720,000 PDF files and keeps on growing daily. The service is free and does not require any sign up. Just fill more...
