License them the idea. Retain ownership. Did they flat out SAY "Yes, we want this; if only we or someone else would develop it?" You can hire support teams, you know. I wonder if you are letting a few shadow issues stand in the way of a good order.
We have a few programmers in house but when we have to we outsource to a NJ based Software Development company - www.BetaBulls.com, their leader Sree is amazingly talented and well adapted to working with startups as his niche market. I know they have taken clients on equity before but is always ...
Hello, maybe you didn't explain the question right. Do you want to be a consultant? or do you want to start an online business? If you want to start an online business selling Japanese products online you just need a website with shopping cart, a payment gateway that is trustworthy to consumer...
Having sold to these businesses in a variety of capacities I agree demonstrating the value and benefit to them can be quite challenging. The smaller a business is the more cautious they will tend to be with their limited marketing dollars. My advice is to focus on low risk strategies where you of...
1. commercials / Advertising / leads. 2. In-app purchases of things that they actually need. 3. Freemium model - they only pay for extra services (like maybe you can have a dating feature or a business feature). 4. Offering complimentary services such as loans, help submitting forms, help befo...
I am a bit confused why you are starting a business, but asking how to best monetize it. That is a red flag, at the start. In my experience, when you are starting (or looking to gain more clients), defining a niche is a far better strategy than being a generalist. That said, once you are establi...
Have helped a number of people when it comes to generation of leads with an experience of more than 13 years in marketing and sales. There are a number of tools that will track leads for you and they vary price and functionality. Personally I would recommend to use Google Analytics because it is ...
This is an extremely vague question, but let's see if I can help you out. When deciding what product or service you're going to provide, it's very important to be sure there is product market fit and you have a unique selling point. When deciding what your products should be, you should first dec...
Perhaps, rather than focusing on acquiring new customers in new areas, you ought to evaluate first what additional services your existing clientele pays (or might pay) others to perform. If they come to you for writing but then go searching for something else, then perhaps you could efficiently ...
Hello! I am a former automobile dealer, and I had an auto repair shop, body shop, and licensed vehicle inspection station in central Missouri. I am very familiar with this industry. I entered this market at the wrong time, grew quickly, and hit the Great Recession at the wrong time. My goal was s...