I Don’t Have the Money to Incorporate. How Can I Attract Cofounders and Structure Their Stock Options for When We Incorporate?

How to attract cofounders:  Share your vision with others.  See who buys into it.  Start with friends and family then expand to other networks. If you are scared of having your idea stolen:  Leonard Kim’s answer to What’s the best way to discuss an idea for a startup in public without it being stolen? How … Read more

Why You Need A Strong Personal Brand and How To Build One

Post was written by May Busch When I was starting out in my corporate career, the idea of personal branding hadn’t yet come into being.  So I did what any self-respecting “nice Chinese girl” would do:  put my head down, worked hard to learn and become excellent at the job, and waited for someone to recognize … Read more

The Instagram Big Picture – How To Make Epic Photos That Totally Wow!

This is a guest post written by Sandra Christie — Believe it or not, more than 50 million pictures are being uploaded to Instagram every day. The iPhone changed digital photography in 2007 and Instagram revolutionized it. For six years the purpose of the app has remained consistent; still, Instagrammers have made it more sophisticated. … Read more

6 Social Mistakes You’re Making at Networking Events (And What to Do Instead)

This is a guest post written by Katrina Razavi. Free three-video mini-course: How to Shut Up that Inner Voice & Beat Awkward Conversations — I used to think networking was bull****, until I actually put some effort into it and the following things happened: I raised $100k in capital for my startup I got a $20k … Read more

I Dropped out of College to Work at a Startup That Failed. What Should I Do Now?

Someone on Quora asked for advice: I am feeling confused about my life’s direction. I’m 23. I dropped out 2 years ago to work on a startup and my startup was cash positive during the second year. The startup failed due to ego conflicts between founders. I was the principal founder. But due to my … Read more

Do Many Startup Founders Go to Therapy?

I personally didn’t when I went through hell and back.  However, reflecting back in hindsight, I’m pretty certain that I should have.  It would have probably helped me ease a lot of the anger, frustration, and the disastrous thoughts of what to do when I lost something like a client who was paying us $20,000 … Read more

Is It Okay for My Boyfriend to Pursue the Same Business as Me?

On Quora, someone asked: Is it okay for my boyfriend to pursue the same business as me? I’ve been pursuing my fin-tech startup since almost a year now, part time. Recently got funding, some solid partners and looking to take it on full time in the next month onwards.My boyfriend got around 500K USD last … Read more

I’m Unemployed, Penniless, and I Want to Start a Company. What Do I Do?

The first step would be to find a job.  You need to pay to keep the roof over your head, food on the table, etc.  If you truly want to be an entrepreneur, I would suggest getting the worst job you can possibly think of.  Something you will absolutely loathe and hate.  That will inspire … Read more

How Do You Motivate and Lead a Team to Work Their Hardest?

On Quora, someone asked: How do you motivate and lead a team to work their hardest, when there isn’t the same incentives (monetary, fame, etc) as a regular job? In areas like a university student club or volunteer service. This was my response: I would recommend Ken Blanchard’s book Gung Ho! In his book, he … Read more