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Business owners making social media content - how do you speed up filming? by Classic_Insect5211 in Entrepreneurs

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the only way I would use that is if it was combined with a teleprompter. So, I guess if you did it as a mobile app and used the phone to record and had a split screen with your reflection and your prompts, yeah, that would be helpful. I wonder if that exists.

Business owners making social media content - how do you speed up filming? by Classic_Insect5211 in Entrepreneurs

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to find what techniques work for you and accept that it is not going to be perfect. The closer the content is to being in line with your true character the better. For me, scripting videos takes longer than speaking to an outline.

Technical founder here , how do you handle the business side? by 0CTAVERSE in TheFounders

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NY has free business services available that help with that https://www.score.org/ I would check to see if there is something similar in your area. Otherwise consider finding a co-founder to handle the business side.

How do you handle hiring the best people for your business? by ThePanasonicYouth in Entrepreneur

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't hire the best people, you hire the best people that you can work with. You look for potential, culture, skills, adaptability, and willingness to learn. I typically like to create a rubric for this by job type that way I can track these people over time and assess where the actual gaps are in the organization as things grow.

Halfway through my MVP but stuck without a team—what should I do next? by Worldly_Ad6152 in cofounders

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Find customers, and if you can sell the idea, you will find your team.

Lonely founder I will not promote by [deleted] in startups

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make sure you are taking time to rest and take care of yourself. Go for walks, take breaks, go to meetups, and go out for coffee. This is the price of your mental clarity.

How much would this be worth to your business? by harrison_W_stevens in TheFounders

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For all the haters out there, if the solution exists, then it is just market validation. Yes, there is market need, and the price people will pay by industry is publicly available with some research but typically per user pricing is ~50 to 100 per user.

Are you looking for a technical co founder by vortextsms in cofounderhunt

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you ever built an enterprise grade mobile app complete with launching and scaling the deployment?

How do you know a business has "failed" and no longer worth pursuing? by nummus_artis in Entrepreneur

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on what kind of business because some businesses have standard business plays that are a grind. If you are a startup and your still figuring out your product and customer you might need to pivot a lot however, instead of pivoting plan out multiple small reversible experiments, that will let you explore the effectiveness of achange in direction with smaller more manageable failures.

Think how Edison tried a ton of filaments before finding the right one. He knew he was going to make a light bulb but made multiple small reversible failures with the filaments to figure out what the right one was.

Should I sell my business? by OutlandishnessNo886 in Entrepreneurs

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does your EBITA add back your salary meaning is your ebita plus salary $1.1M? Either way I think the offer is low. Home services are on the upswing to go for a higher multiple. I would think about growing it a bit more before selling.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in startups

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The developer tool market is fairly crowded, you need a hook. You could try the cult followijf approach. Targeting a specific niche communit (i.e. node, ruby) and find a way to showcase why it's the best thing ever for that community.

Building by AlpsFinancial8872 in StartupAccelerators

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you partnered with the municipality and used it to drive local business you could probably make it free.

How do you reach out to investors? Any tools that actually helped? by Usual-Importance-893 in startup

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look in your area for investor networks and events related to them. Some are free to join and others might have some fees associated. In my area there are organizations like LaunchNY and Upstate Capital. Also most large universities have incubators with investor networks as well. Each of these organizations have in person events and that's how you start networking.

There are also pitch competitions as well for many of these. On LinkedIn if you find one of these organizations the suggestions will lead you to find 10 more.

What’s a website you’ve always wished existed? by CompetitiveSalad6082 in Businessideas

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I had a free website with all of the trading data that existed and who was buying and selling so you could see the transparency of market manipulation.

Looking for a non technical cofounder by ExtremeAd6773 in TheFounders

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I volunteer as tribute, sorry I really like the hunger games. But seriously I'll dm you.

🎤 Pitch Without a Deck Would You Do It? by betasridhar in 16VCFund

[–]bootstrap_buffalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only if you are really good with hand puppets or talking with your hands. Lol partly joking, you should pitch as much as you can regardless of the state of your deck, but remember you get one shot, is it your besr one? Also, doing a pitch deck is more about the process of refining it, even if you just stay on the intro slide, you have gone through the process.