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Using Google Surveys to Validate Your Idea and Market

Kicking off a survey to validate your market

Want to save yourself a ton of time, money, and headache? Then validate your idea and market fit before getting too tied to your specifics. Easy to say, harder to do, right? I figured you might think that – because I’ve heard it before. Over and over. So here’s just one of several ways to […]

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Business, founders, growth, marketing, sales, small business, Startup, venture

Perform Customer and Market Validation Early

I almost titled this post “Find Your Niche” but as I thought through it, a lot of the content I would have written was about customer and market validation. But let’s start there… Find your niche When providing a service, selling a product, solving a problem, etc. you can’t be everything to everyone. You can’t […]

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customers, lean, marketing, sales, Startup

Startup Communication and Collaboration: Living Documents

I’ve been noticing an issue more and more lately with many of the startups and small businesses that I mentor. This is a much bigger problem than most people realize and it isn’t something that seems to be addressed (or at least not well) in incubators and accelerators. The problem is communication and collaboration – […]

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business plans, coaching, Finance, marketing, mentoring, sales, small business, startups

How To Get Some of Your First Users/Clients – Community

When you are just starting up your venture you’ll likely be anxious to get your first few clients, and at the lowest cost possible. What I recommend to startups that I mentor is to be sure you hit the low-hanging fruit first. One thing to do is some very basic SEO optimization so people can […]

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angel, customers, growth, sales, Startup

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About Brad…

Professional:
Certified Business Value Builder
Certified Financial Planner

Previously founder & CEO of OrcsWeb, CloudServers.com, and Cytanium (all sold).

Personal: Christian, husband, father, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and mentor.

Recent Posts

  • The Key to Scaling Up a Service Business
  • The Value of Financial Advice (Updated Research)
  • How to Defer Taxes on up to $55k when Self-Employed
  • How 8 Key Investing Indexes Performed In The Past 10 Years
  • How We Made Our Second Million

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