Startups Peer Support and Self Management Saturday’s - A Safe Place to Vent, Seek Emotional Support, Share Self Management Techniques and Experiences, or Just Rant |
- Peer Support and Self Management Saturday’s - A Safe Place to Vent, Seek Emotional Support, Share Self Management Techniques and Experiences, or Just Rant
- Best practices when selling to schools and other public institutions?
- Any resources on staffing for startups?
- Searching for 'business model' to 'perfecting business model'?
- What to use for B2B payment processing?
- Sunday’s Success Stories - Celebrate Your Successes From the Past Week: Anything goes, none too small!
| Posted: 26 Oct 2019 06:05 AM PDT Welcome to this week's Peer Support and Self Management Thread. This is a Safe Place to Vent, Seek Emotional Support, Share Self Management Techniques and Experiences, or Just Rant. The goal for this thread is to help one another manage mental and physical health so we can more easily find success. We all struggle sometimes and it is important to recognize that the struggle is part of the journey. The important thing is to learn how to overcome that adversity to grow and succeed. Be tactful and classy in how you vent your feelings and share your frustrations. Act in a mature manner. Ask questions, share experiences, and be there for one another. Practice empathy in giving advice and remember that what worked for you isn't guaranteed to work for others. Make suggestions, not demands of others. #Because this is meant to be a safe place to support emotional and physical health there is a zero tolerance policy in effect. Be KIND. Be sure to report any conduct that is in violation of that key tenet. You can also find more support using instant chat on the /r/startups discord. [link] [comments]  |
| Best practices when selling to schools and other public institutions? Posted: 26 Oct 2019 07:34 PM PDT Have a website that offers online educational services for students (help them get into college, test prep, etc). When I first created the site I allowed teachers to use it for free, and when I started eventually charging, some teachers even paid out of pocket for it, or raised money from parents (contracts were about $1000 per classroom per year). However, when I tried to get my product district level or even school level, it was an incredibly bureaucratic process and I just felt like a tiny player competing with Kaplan and all those other huge companies. I enjoy helping students , and teachers provide me with great feedback, but I'm just not sure if I can make money as a startup in this industry. I've also made money selling to individual students and their families, but feel kind of cringe doing that, especially with the negative connotation people in my industry get (for example the recent College admissions scandal). My products are expensive, so advertising myself as a 'college and SAT expert', and just helping out rich families, is not something I really feel good about being involved in. Wondering if anybody has tips for someone in my situation [link] [comments]  |
| Any resources on staffing for startups? Posted: 26 Oct 2019 09:39 AM PDT I am in the middle of working on a start up. I created a milestone, studied the market & the timing is good, since the business model works in other countries & having a competitive edge by starting first is a good idea. I also plan to talk to investors after I complete all the milestones & only thing needed is to make the website live. My biggest problem is that most start up videos or documents talk about timing, the idea, funding etc. I want to know more about the operations of a software company. Like if the website is automated do I still need some HR, Finance staff, marketing staff etc. Like I want to talk about if the product is good & all variables are good how do you know when you need the staff or if it is too early for hiring. Also when is it too early to hire so allot of your budget is also spent on salary. I do no some business fail because of that. So I am trying to find resources or guides about the actual business part of the operations side of a software company. [link] [comments]  |
| Searching for 'business model' to 'perfecting business model'? Posted: 26 Oct 2019 04:29 AM PDT Steve blank, the professor of Eric Ries (writer of lean start up) wrote that start ups search for a business model, and more evolved businesses execute and perfect a business model. I've read that for a business model to be perfected it is a mix of product leadership, operational excellence, and customer intimacy. Usually all three, with one emphasized aspect. In another stroke it is perfected by increasingly higher standards(metrics) for corporate/department/employee. This all has to fit in to the vision and mission. So in this way a startup has to find product market fit, then develop and grow the business model to fit vision and mission. Hypothetically, after hitting product market fit how should a business look to develop the business model further to meet the mission and vision? How does it develop operational effectiveness, and meet the annual metrics? [link] [comments]  |
| What to use for B2B payment processing? Posted: 26 Oct 2019 06:36 PM PDT Hello, I am embarking on my first business2business venture. I will be selling steel pallets at a competitive price to wood pallets. However, steel pallets last much longer and are easier to import/export as they don't require any special permits. Coming from a business2consumer background, I am at a loss of how to do payment processing/charging other companies. I assume companies use something more sophisticated than paypal/stripe. Do companies do bank wires for payments? What payment processors do they use? Do they usually do 50% upfront/50% when they receive the product? What does the ordering process between companies usually look like? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 26 Oct 2019 06:05 AM PDT Welcome to this week's Sunday's Success Stories Thread. A lot of us get way too hung up on the destination and the fact that we are not there yet. It is important to take a moment to reflect on a great quote from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., "The steps you take don't need to be big, they just need to take you in the right direction"- Jemma Simmons This is extremely relevant to all of us in this community. We should all be more aware of the successes we achieve every day that carry us closer to our goals. Celebrating these successes, no matter how small they are, allow us to stay motivated, focused, and happy while we struggle to achieve dreams of various sizes. The purpose of this thread is to share our successes from the week with one another and have something to celebrate together. So, let us know what successes you have achieved this week! Nothing is too small or insignificant! #Because this is meant to be a safe place to support emotional and physical health there is a zero tolerance policy in effect. Be KIND. Be sure to report any conduct that is in violation of that key tenet. You can also find more support using instant chat on the /r/startups discord. [link] [comments]  |
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