Mark - you've mentioned the importance of founders building relationships with potential investors - but how do you do that as a founder with no connections? How can I ask investors to meet with me when I'm not raising?

Start by getting to know other early-stage startup companies. Earn their trust & respect. Over time they’ll intro you to their investors. Ditto lawyers.

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I'm in my 1st year college degree ( business), I have a difficulty meeting/finding people who are more on the technical side (developers, programmers). I've attended events...

Answered by Dan Martell – Founder & Investor.

Learn how to code - it's not hard. You can buy a "Learn Ruby on Rails" in 21 days and you'll be good enough to impress a developer. Ethan (my co-founder in Flowtown) wasn... (more)

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Answered by John Laramie – Founder of ADstruc.

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What advice do you have on forming a content strategy for a new SaS business?

Answered by Benjamin Yoskovitz – Partner, Year One Labs Posted in Marketing

I still believe that writing a good blog is a cornerstone for a content strategy for almost any business. You have to do some research into your audience - are they online,... (more)

My tech co-founder and I are building a startup and we're about to launch in the next couple of months. The thing is that I really want to move and I'm seriously considerin...

Answered by Brad Feld – Investor and entrepreneur.

The better question is "do you as a founder want to have your co-founder somewhere else?" In my experience, physical proximity of founders is a huge advantage, but not a ... (more)

I have read couple of times, and I believe that the company / environment matters. Now, I am facing this problem. I am a systems man. I can think of web based startups / pr...

Answered by Tim Berry – Founder of Palo Alto Software Posted in Management Lessons

A wise and brilliant business school professor, Steve Brandt, once told an entrepreneurship class I was in: "you may not be able to just start your company right now, but, ... (more)

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