It can be as simple or as complicated as you need it to be. For my first startup we have a few board members, compensation was .5 to 1% equity for monthly meetings vested at 1 year. They are advisors and as such you should ask them what they expect from you, you from them and provide a framewor...
The first question I would ask back to you is how many clients you have currently. What is your retention rate? Your capture rate? From there you could develop a strategy to capture the next 5,000. If you haven't enlisted certain marketing channels or networks, you may be able to make a predictio...
Go with PayPal or Braintree, its your vanilla option. If you have expertise in integration, go with Stripe as well. If your business is high risk, go with ccbill or instabill. Also consider adding a Coinbase or BitPay account for bitcoin payments. It costs nothing to set up and is also immune ...
I would love to know what others say in response to this question. I am facing the same challenge. Seems more folks need to know about the potential for growth with Clarity?
For simplicity sakes, try Quirky.com For DIY: first step is being afraid of sharing your ideas. Research has proved that ideas are a revolving cycle among many, before you had it chances are a few people already did and didn't pursue it or failed at it. It seems people don't typically steal idea...
Of course my answer to this is Bias as I am a Greek living in the United States but Greece is my choice. All of the media attention is overblown. Greeks are very resilient people who are proud of their country and heritage. Like the tipping point in the U.S. came right around 2010 - 2011, Gree...
That's usually the case with early start-up entrepreneurs wherein every one struggles to create a "Happy Equity Index" to be able to decide the right proportion of equity division. In your case, it seems there are too many stakeholders with diverse contribution to the business. Hence, all of yo...
I would suggest looking into 500 Startups or other accelerators that target developing markets. They will help you get up to speed and make invaluable introductions. After going through the right accelerator a lot of doors will be open to you and then you can expand your network in Silicon vall...
This is a very broad question, there's a few experts here that can help you with that. Instead of telling you how here I'll provide you things to consider: Social media is not just updating your feeds on Facebook, Instagram etc is about engaging the person past the post. Once you get their atte...
Rails is a full-stack framework that emphasizes the use of well-known software engineering patterns and paradigms, including convention over configuration (CoC), don't repeat yourself (DRY), the active record pattern, and model–view–controller (MVC)