In a previous post, we talked about the startup trinity and how everything needs to be perfect in order to raise money. The vehicle to bring those three components to life is what your pitch and executive summary are all about. This post will focus on the pitch (see [Executive … [Read more...]
Great Article on Class and Innovation/Entrepreneurship (with Graphs)
Andrew Sullivan has a great article on Class and Innovation It's pretty poor that the US is below the line. The US needs to get its act together and start investing in more startups and basic research. The good thing about the Class and Entrepreneurship is that we might … [Read more...]
Business Structures
A frequent question among my SCORE clients is: What type of business structure should I setup? There are several different types of business structures to consider. All have there advantages and disadvantages. The first thing to think about when considering a structure is the … [Read more...]
Let Me Introduce Myself
It seems fitting that before you spend the time to read this blog that you get a sense of who writes it. I am an Engineer: Specifically, an Integrated Circuit (IC) design engineer. I have spent my whole career around chips. From massive parallel processors to speech … [Read more...]
Update: NFTE Business Plan Competition
The judging was tougher than I thought. In the first round, we have four businesses to look at. Three were food related while the other was a service. Each of the plans used a pretty good template that looked better than most things I see at SCORE. It was informational, had the … [Read more...]