As someone who has built TAM models for various industries - I can attest this isn;t always easy. Many analyst firms (former analyst here) typically do some surveys and research among public company revenue reports for the year and then do some pixie dust extrapolating. The hard thing about a ma...
Are you asking how to find travelers to reach out to, or what to say when you get in touch with them?
I'll first answer this from a product and development perspective: This answer is written assuming you have done everything right to launch a product that has already established product/market fit. First, you want to fix the "leaky buckets." Brett Martin wrote a post-mortem of his startup and w...
Suppose you're a customer buying from yourself. Why? What reasons do you find persuasive? If identical products can be purchased for a fraction of a price elsewhere ... and that "elsewhere" is more visible than you, then you'll have a difficult time. If, on the other hand, your offering is un...
Sounds like you're doing a great job already. Well done. Based on the continuous increase in growth, and assuming that there is a growing market for your product, it shouldn't be too difficult to find an investor. What you would need is to create 2 investor pitch decks (presentations): one whic...
Your support software should cater to your needs, depending on how your business operates. Fiver uses Vanilla forum and Zendesk. Thumbtack uses Zendesk. Not sure about AirBNB, their help center seems to be custom. Depending on how well funded your are, I would recommend starting with a free pla...
You missed the opportunity to try and describe your service here, I wonder if you're generally missing the ability to effectively describe what you do to who you think is your customer? Strategy is simple. Tactics and implementation are where wins and losses are made. By "the brand connectin...
Hi, in my opinion no, you should test first the device in your local saloon. After you improve the product, and after you are satisfied with the product is working, the next step would be branding and marketing. Before you come to market then you should fill for the patent. Kind regards Kruno.
Have you looked at products similar to yours? It maybe helpful to talk to companies that private label. I can assist you in keeping ownership and setting up legal protection. Do you know anyone who worked hard on an idea for years, then lost it all? Let's talk further on a call.
I wonder what differentiates your site so that people want to pay to read the blogs. Who is your target market? Are all bloggers having established social networks? In another words, how is their social influence? Is $25 a one-time deal? Can they pay through mobile?