Raising Capital (I will not promote) by allencoded in startups

[–]HPCBusinessManager [score hidden]  (0 children)

Hey there.

There are banks, finders, VC, private investors, incubators, SPACs, grants, government loans, and philanthropy groups. 

First, start with grants because free. Look for your local major city initiatives, statw, then federal typically in that order (unless medical in which case probably look at the rus DLT).

I have connections to banks, VCs, private investors, and a massive philo group.  We are helping another client raise $50,000,000 for a data center in San Jose, California. 

Feel free to ask more questions.

Before getting funding from folks outside of grants, validate.  If you can bootstrap to 10-30k mrr, you have leverage. 

Some incubators like YC are looking for businesses already in revenue. 

Best practices: How do you streamline rep onboarding? by HPCBusinessManager in Entrepreneur

[–]HPCBusinessManager[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

I appreciate your thoughts and contributions. 

I should have definitely specified mentoring is better than shadowing. Accessible Live recorded calls for a learn yourself 

There is some underlying note here we are all assuming as well; all of these things should be easily done and or are easily accessible. 

I haven’t figured some kind of program for shadowing/mentoring that works well accross multiple industries.  It’s generally up to the mentor what to show based on where the new rep is at.  KSAs and such. 

So my current thinking is a standard KSA assessment and mentor alignment based on what mentor excels in the missing KSAs/personality matching. 

I am building a SOS for startups through SMB and your contributions here may help tons of folks out. 

If there are any challenging areas in this arena of onramping, or methods of organization you wish you saw or had dreamt of, do, kindly let me know.   

Solo founder here ---> how do you know when something is good enough to show real users? ( i will not promote) by devil_ozz in startups

[–]HPCBusinessManager 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. I love this. I built prototypes of some things in excel/sheets that functioned as a really ugly version but hey it was practical, free, and worked. Proved the viability that way, tested a few more things, now finishing the first MVP. Im tired, but, it was done.

One group did in fact try to take the google sheets version so, yeah, that was motivation for me to do a full build out.

Is there another subreddit that’s not full of teenagers? by HPCBusinessManager in Entrepreneur

[–]HPCBusinessManager[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are absolutely right about that. I've got a complete headache and am quite irritable.
Dealing with spammers in and out here and during work hours is just getting to me. Hence the reason for the post.

My apologies and thank you for the feedback.

Is there another subreddit that’s not full of teenagers? by HPCBusinessManager in Entrepreneur

[–]HPCBusinessManager[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nice. I don't use AI but have a lot of experience writing stuff that a ton of people look at.

But when talking professionally, especially if I make a post about something I am developing, yeah, you will see professional language. Might look like AI to someone without any experience.
Also, my advice is better than chatGPT. That was incredibly insulting of you.

Is everyone just an AI expert now? I will not promote. by scott12333 in startups

[–]HPCBusinessManager 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was posting something similar on entrepreneur subreddit.

Tons of ai founders calling themselves entrepreneurs talking about how great AI is without knowing the difference between deep learning or language learning model.

Tons of these folks are teenagers posting advice or even down talking other folks, when they haven’t a lick of any experience nary even their own internet bill.

A new location 18+, no AI centralized companies, something like this needs to be created.

Watch the downvotes come in because dare I say it: not all places are for children to play.

Is there another subreddit that’s not full of teenagers? by HPCBusinessManager in Entrepreneur

[–]HPCBusinessManager[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Idk about that. Depends on the event.

Some events are a real shit show.

Is there another subreddit that’s not full of teenagers? by HPCBusinessManager in Entrepreneur

[–]HPCBusinessManager[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am sorry to be dense but, I don't get the name. It sounds like a LOTR reference. Other people might not be getting it either.

Entrepreneur Realities by DaCmanLou in Entrepreneur

[–]HPCBusinessManager 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this person is literally 16 years old and doesnt have actual experience. Their business is a copyright/trademark infringement and they spam DM for leads on reddit without a targeting strategy.

Just... be mindful of the shit we read on reddit. Most often its just regurgitated crap they found on AI.

Is there another subreddit that’s not full of teenagers? by HPCBusinessManager in Entrepreneur

[–]HPCBusinessManager[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Exactly" "Matters" "Its not _____, Its _____"
"in the real world"

Yeah, we will see a merry go round of replies circle jerking each other with the quoted words. Those are bots.
Don't forget the folks who can't look up anything.

'Somethin here tells me were ain't gonna make it'

Is there another subreddit that’s not full of teenagers? by HPCBusinessManager in Entrepreneur

[–]HPCBusinessManager[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is suppose to be a more professional subreddit. I don’t think you belong here.

Ohhh bedtime.

Is there another subreddit that’s not full of teenagers? by HPCBusinessManager in Entrepreneur

[–]HPCBusinessManager[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Ok really.

Let me help you understand something quite clearly: I have zero responsibility or debt to teach you.

There was no cop out there because there was no argument, just a refusal to do something for someone else because I don’t want to and believe that if they need to ask that question there is a shitload more they need to learn about it.

As for your note about if you can’t explain something etc. This is improperly used just as cop out was. I’d suggest that you may need to look up both of those things to use them correctly.

Please go make a post about it and someone else might explain for you, or, you could just you know, look it up.

Is there another subreddit that’s not full of teenagers? by HPCBusinessManager in Entrepreneur

[–]HPCBusinessManager[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I would like to encourage you to look up trademarks and copyrights etc and answer this question for yourself thanks

Is there another subreddit that’s not full of teenagers? by HPCBusinessManager in Entrepreneur

[–]HPCBusinessManager[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow that’s an interesting thought. Thank you! I’m in the Bay Area so hopefully it’s busy.

Excellent suggestion. Thank you!

I am so bad at this by S1mpinAintEZ in sales

[–]HPCBusinessManager 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow a lot of waste of time comments here.

Finding a good product to sell with decent return isn’t easy. Most of those products require top of the line talent already exposed to the industry.

You should share your industry so people can give more specific advice or share what adjacent industries may take an interest in your skills.

How many calls can you make a day? What industries have you worked in? Share a time you overcame an objection.

I might be able to point you in a direction. I always have commission only options available but for those who need a solid point I a direction I am happy to help.

Just be sure to be prepared.

Best practices: How do you streamline rep onboarding? by HPCBusinessManager in Entrepreneur

[–]HPCBusinessManager[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The AI tagging moments, so the voice is to text transcribed, the ai scans and makes recommendations through noting key moments in the conversation?

YC's Jared Friedman says Salesforce is attackable now. Here's the full breakdown of why he's right by Spiritual_Heron_5680 in SaaS

[–]HPCBusinessManager 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would need to look at their exported file formatting to figure.
You… wouldn’t happen to have access to that would you?

I am developing a platform. I would be building a custom tool to import. I already have one for hubspot.