Scaling Your Company: Choosing a Growth Strategy
Rory O’Driscoll discusses “Scaling Your Company: Choosing a Growth Strategy.”
Rory O’Driscoll discusses “Scaling Your Company: Choosing a Growth Strategy.”
Jeff Bussgang, entrepreneur, venture capitalist with Flybridge Capital Partners, and educator at Harvard Business School, offers advice on how to stand out to an investor, how to know when you need venture capital funding, and what to watch out for when negotiating your deal.
Starting with a random array of marketing tactics is never a good idea, no matter how free or exciting the tools are. Diving into marketing without understanding your niche in the market or where your competition stands in comparison could end up costing you greatly down the line.
Steve Blank discusses “Getting Out of the Building: Customer Development.”
The whir and high-pitched screech draw my ear, but the flashing specks of bright light shooting up from a work station across the garage force me to look away. The mentor and student working around the station do not flinch. They’re both used to all the excitement by now. MINDDRIVE has become their second home on Saturdays, as it has to all the other mentors and students participating in the program that teaches kids how to build cars–from scratch.
Brad Feld discusses “Startup Boards: Forming & Organizing Your Board.”
Rory O’Driscoll discusses “Scaling Your Company: Scaling Product Development.”
A mentor can increase the success of your business or point out a flaw or upcoming hurdle for your venture. But finding the right mentor is not always an easy task. You need someone who cares about you and your business, but also brings an outlook and perspective that tells you the truth–even if you might not want to hear it.
There is one consistent asset all successful entrepreneurs have in common–a pivotal mentor. For every other resource that helps an entrepreneur turn their dream into a venture, a mentor who helps to make a connection, point out an unseen pivot or lend an intellectual ear is crucial and mandatory along the way.
Starting a business around a great idea can be an exciting option for a young person. But how do you go about getting the finance to accomplish such an undertaking? Millennials are coming out of college with more and more student loan debt, and little to no credibility to show financial lenders. Where can they turn?