Who Top Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Follow on Instagram
We all need inspiration in our life, even successful Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs turn to visual content giant Instagram, for daily encouragement or perhaps a welcomed distraction. The Startup Garage Team complied a list highlighting a handful of standout accounts they follow on Instagram, and what their personal photo posting style reveals. Tony Hsieh @Downtowntony […]
How Does A Convertible Note Works For Startups?
A convertible note is an investment instrument intended to provide a startup company with early stage financing. It’s a compromise of sorts, blending the downside protection associated with a loan and capturing the upside potential of selling equity shares. Why are they used? It can be very difficult for investors and entrepreneurs to agree on […]
Top 8 Success Tips For First Time Founders
As a Startup entrepreneur it’s easy for your work to become your life, and 8 years to effortlessly slip by. I founded what has become The Startup Garage in January of 2008 with passion for helping entrepreneurs start and launch companies of impact. Our business, team, and services have evolved, transformed, and changed many times […]
Why To Take Caution With Investor “Finders”
There are many service providers that offer to help startups with attracting investors, colloquially referred to as “finders.” While they prefer to be called business brokers or consultants, most finders are either CPAs, insurance brokers, retired executives, or former entrepreneurs. They mostly operate in the Angel landscape, targeting deals between $100K to $2M. Typically, they […]
How To Understand Customer Lifetime Value and Customer Acquisition Costs?
The Key to Profitability for your business Understanding customer lifetime value and customer acquisition costs. It comes as no surprise that a company must earn more revenue over the lifetime of any given customer (referred to as Customer Lifetime Value or CLTV) than it costs to acquire the customer (referred to as Customer Acquisition Cost […]
Ready to win over $10,000 in Prizes for your Brilliant Business Idea?
The Startup Garage is excited to co-sponsor in “The Ideator December Challenge.” A challenge designed to bring your business idea into conception. Submissions currently open now until Dec 13, 2015 at 5pm (PST) entering is easy and done completely virtually. Enter here today >>>December Challenge Idea Competition The winner will be walking with $10,00 plus […]
Tweets. Hearts & Pivots: 5 Startup Business Lessons To Learn From Twitter
As Twitter shares plunge 13% and user growth & revenue pale in comparison to other social networks. Investors, shareholders, and tweeters alike fear the legendary tech startup is doomed. #TwitterTurmoil Founded in 2006 by by turning “moments of panic into moments of inspiration” Twitter is no stranger to the art of the pivot and is […]
6 Reasons You’ll Want To Attend The USD Legacy Entrepreneurship Conference
On Thursday Oct 8 2015 The University of San Diego School of Business Administration and the Center for Peace and Commerce proudly present the 3rd annual USD Legacy Entrepreneurship Conference. If you find yourself sitting on the fence, debating whether or not you should attend this premier networking and coaching opportunity for entrepreneurs… Here are […]
How To Optimize Your Board of Advisors
Every company – from high-growth startups to slow-growth enterprises – can benefit from an advisory board if it is well-structured and well-managed. Some of the obvious benefits of an advisory board include credibility for you and the company, domain expertise, and/or a well-established professional network. This blog post will provide guidance for assembling a well-structured […]
Furry Innovation: Pets Are Startup Businesses New Best Friends
It’s no denying it, we love our pets and we’re willing to spend countless amounts of money in order to enhance their health, happiness, and even appearance. According to the American Pet Products Association an estimated $58.5 billion was spent on pets in 2014. With nearly $330 million on pet costumes for Halloween alone. From […]
