Sep 23, 2022
Signs of a Bad Startup Idea
Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.
In reviewing startup ideas for your business here is a list of signs pointing to bad ideas:
You know absolutely nothing about the market, product, or community.
While great...
Sep 22, 2022
Screening Startup Ideas
Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.
In reviewing startup ideas here is a list to screen them:
Are you excited about the idea or just okay with it?
You should have some sense of excitement about it.
Does anyone else...
Sep 21, 2022
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Adam Spector, Co-founder, and COO of AbstractOps.
Located in San Francisco, CA, AbstractOps automates all the key aspects of running a startup. This includes covering the Human Resources (HR) function, documents & contracts, financial (such as payments, taxes,...
Sep 21, 2022
Testing Your Ideas at Low Cost
Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.
It’s important to validate your startup ideas.
Here’s a list of low-cost methods to do so:
Search the web for competitive solutions.
Look at how they are positioned in...
Sep 20, 2022
The Acid Test of Startup Ideation
Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.
It’s easy to generate startup ideas.
It takes work to research and validate them.
Once you qualify an idea apply the acid test to it.
The acid test is can you set up a...