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Rise Up Radio Interview with Tyler Jensen Founder of The Startup Garage

Rise Up Radio San Diego with Tyler Jensen

You are listening to James Carmody and Jared Kelley here, in studio for SDriseup.com We are looking to hear stories in your life about local leaders in San Diego. Whether it is the small business owner, your Pastor or leader of your church, your kid’s school teacher or maybe it’s their Little League coach. James: […]

5 Excellent Startup Tips on Securing a Bank Loan

Bank Loan Tips From The Startup Garage

It’s no secret that securing bank funding for your startup is difficult these days – but it’s not impossible. Give yourself better odds with these 5 simple Startup tips: Write a clear and convincing business plan. Business owners must build a strategy from the very beginning around being “lendable,” so a business plan helps lay […]

How to Craft an Effective Mission Statement For Your Startup

When developing a business, an important component of your overall strategic plan is a mission statement. This brief statement declares the purpose of an organization and defines the reason for the company’s existence. It provides the framework to help guide the company’s strategies and actions by spelling out the business’s overall goal. Ultimately, a mission […]

How to Create a Social Media Profile For Your Business

As a startup or small business owner, you have to be smart with the resources you have. Oftentimes, traditional marketing doesn’t exactly fall within your budget. That’s why social media is a great alternative in generating the results you want to achieve. It’s not only low-cost, but it also gives you direct exposure to current […]

Crowdfunding For Equity: Title III and Equity Crowd Funding 101

Business Plans and Crowdfunding

What is Equity Crowdfunding? Equity crowdfunding is on the rise after the signing of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act was signed by President Obama in April 2012. Simply put, it is a type of crowdfunding that enables broad groups of investors to fund startup companies and small businesses in return for equity. Three […]

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 […]

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 […]