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Entrepreneurs know that running a startup isn’t just a huge part of your life; it is like a relationship. It takes hard work, dedication, consumes nearly all of your time, and drains your bank account. Just as with relationships, startup journeys have their problems, their ups and downs, their bumps in the road. Bailing because the going gets tough is a bad move in either case; however, just...
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“It’s not you, it’s me.” The immortal words of clichéd breakups everywhere. Business partnerships, like any relationship, can come to an end. With any luck, the end of yours will be amicable and for reasons that benefit you both, but this won’t always be the case. When it comes to unpleasant breakups, things will naturally be harder; but perhaps a tub of ice c...
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Last week Thomas Taylor a director at Legal Document provider Net Lawman wrote a fab post on why forming a company shouldn’t be a priority when starting a business and this week he returns, this time with a subject that becomes all important should a co-founder leave the business after it's formed. Over to Thomas to explain all... If you start a business with a co-founder, you’ll do s...
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We all remember the first time: your eyes meet across a crowded room and before long you’re talking passionately. Never mind that it’s at a networking event and you’re getting excited about the advantages of open source versus Microsoft. This is a special moment: you’ve just found your business soul mate. Boy, it’s difficult being by yourself sometimes, especially wh...
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Hi, I am Neil McClure and I am the founder of a new social network for film fans, filmies. Its all about connecting film fans with people with similar tastes, helping them discover new films and making film selection much easier. We are still in very early days of filmies. We are live testing a product at www.filmies.co.uk whilst continuing to build. We are hoping to launch in August 2014. ...
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Last week Entrepreneurial Spark Start-Up Craig McDonald Co-Founder of StorkUp started a 3 part series on building a high growth web start-up. In the first post he highlighted building an awesome deck, prototyping and grabbing yourself some beta users as three key pointers. Here's part 1. This week Craig starts with a typical issue for many starters - getting a technical person on board. Over to C...
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