Ben

Depends on size. If you're in the millions of revenue, you can hire investment bankers who will shop the deal for you. But the best thing you can do (which is what bankers do anyways) is research what companies are out there who could benefit from acquiring you, then reach out. Contact CEO, CFO, Founder, "Strategy", or "Corporate Development" people to speak to the right people who can make...

Abusing promotions Users would sign up and collect a promotion, then cancel their subscription and use the bonus we gave for signup. This took a bit for us to catch on to and made a pretty big impact on our margins. Keep a lookout for incentives for scammers!

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If you have a few ideas or paths that you want to test, a great way to get out of analysis paralysis is to just run a smoke test and pick a winner. My buddy did this. You just develop simple landing pages for your ideas. Then, you run ads to them and ask for payment. Once people submit payment, you don't accept it and say, coming soon. That way you can see exactly how much money the thing would...

Another great way to get started when you don't have a clear idea is to go on websites like cofounder's lab and Y combinator cofounder matching and just shop around ideas. This will give you the ability to shop other people's ideas and infrastructure and become a cofounder without the pressure of coming up with the original idea.

Hey Victor I LOVE this post. One micro directional change can have massive implications downstream, so this is the most important and exciting part. Here’s a different way that I would suggest approaching the issue: Instead of looking for a good opportunity generally (this is what everyone will chase and has lots of competition), you should first figure out your purpose. Your unique thing that...

Complete an acquisition with a strategic buyer

This is a GREAT question!!!! There's 4 ways to make money in a business: Acquire new customers (conversion / ROAS) Charge more (ASP) Keep existing customers (retention / churn) Expand existing users (upsell rate / net retention) Where you should focus depends on which lever you pull has the highest output and your goals. If you want to make as much money as possible in a big market, then you...

It depends on the employer. I'm the President of a tech company with 200 employees and I've done a lot of hiring. I've found that people who come from entrepreneurial backgrounds tend to think much more holistically. With a typical employee, I tell them to solve a problem. They'll try to do what they think I'm asking and usually create something that requires several iterations of feedback for...

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