Upcoming Topics on how2startup
February 25th, 2010 ShareWord seems to be trickling out about this blog so I guess I better get it in gear!
As part of the open nature of how2startup, I wanted to share some of the topics I am slating for upcoming posts. I’d like to leverage an embeddable voting widget to let people suggest new topics and vote these up/down (considered UserVoice but their price ramp is pretty steep) but that will come later. For now, some topics I am mulling or feel I have an opinion on worth sharing:
- Fundraising
- Angels, VCs, and Vangelis (yes that is my working title, no do not steal it)
- FAQ: “When is the right time to talk to VCs?”
- how to pitch, what to expect, how to prepare
- Founding
- What defines a founder, how to choose a co-founder, how to divide equity
- Outside CEOs
- 1st-time and college entrepreneur FAQ (re: http://venturefizz.com/blog/encouraging-student-entrepreneurship-demystifying-startup-world)
- Customer Development
- Getting feedback on your startup: when, why and how
- Marketing
- Customer acqusition, conversion funnels, viral loops
- Matt Brezina’s 4-metric view of customer acquisition
- People
- Inefficiencies in networking, contacts, job matching
- Recruting for startups, guerrilla techniques
- How to meet the people you want to meet
- Are 3 heads better than 2? Decision-making at startups
- Local
- Lessons from the trenches at Going
- Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp and precursors
- Resources
- Bloggers to follow, entrepreneurs/angels/VCs to meet, funding sources, coworking, etc.
- Grab Bag
- Who’s using Twitter
- Why Mark Weiser would heart the iPad
As always, comments, suggestions, requests are most welcome. Now I have some writing to do…