15 Steps for Attracting Investors
Over the past 3 years, I have been blessed to do the following things…
- work with the Desert Angels, one of the nation’s largest angel investor groups located in Tucson, Arizona, redesigning their website, deploying the web-based deal management system Angelsoft and helping to perform investment due diligence
- volunteer as a business advisor for the Arizona Center for Innovation Business Incubator
- study venture capital at the University of California Berkeley
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First Commercial Video for Post.Bid.Ship.
Next week, Post.Bid.Ship. will be officially debuting our first ever commercially produced web video. My team and I at Post.Bid.Ship. are very proud of this video and would like to give you my loyal readers an early debut as thank you for following us on this journey. Enjoy!
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Who’s that on The University of Arizona homepage?
I was contacted last week by The University of Arizona and informed that I would be highlighted on their homepage. As you can imagine, I was very proud of such an honor.
To read the article that The University of Arizona wrote about my entrepreneural life and how I used The University of Arizona to improve my business skills, click here. (To see a larger version of the homepage, click here.)
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TruckItNow Featured in Arizona Daily Star
The Arizona Daily Star featured TruckItNow (now known as Post.Bid.Ship.) along with a quote from my business partner Jarret Hamstreet. It isn’t the Wall Street Journal but it is a pretty good start!
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Post.Bid.Ship. appears on Arizona Illustrated
My Post.Bid.Ship. co-founder Jarret Hamstreet and I recently appeared on Arizona Illustrated where we shared our insight on the state of entrepreneurship in Arizona. Press the play button on the video below to watch our interview and see Post.Bid.Ship.’s TV debut.
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How Post.Bid.Ship. Does A Tradeshow
This past week, Post.Bid.Ship. (formerly TruckItNow) held our first official tradeshow as a company. Coincidence has it that Dr. Randy Accetta of the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship at The University of Arizona the previous week invited us to share with his students our insight into how to best prepare for a tradeshow.
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My Outsourced Life
Last month, I was invited by The University of Arizona’s Professor Amar Gupta to speak to students of his Outsourcing of Professional Activities class and share with them my experiences with professional outsourcing and off-shoring.
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What Gets Measured Gets Improved
For the last 10 years, I have been an advisor in the technology industry helping companies implement technology that helps improve their business metrics. Many of my clients can repeat my most common question: What business metric are you seeking to improve?
Simple question right? Not always.
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How ‘NOT’ To Thank Your Customers
Last month, I recommended my blog readers emulate a company called Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes for promoting their corporate message to their customers (click here to read my post if you missed it). This month, I share with you an example of how ‘NOT’ to communicate with your customers.
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Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes Knows Promotion
I enjoy visiting new and different restaurants when the opportunity presents itself. If you friend me on Facebook by clicking here, you can compete with others by guessing ‘What’s for Dinner?’.
Today, I stopped to enjoy a Tucson, Arizona restaurant called Souplantations and Sweet Tomatoes. What I really liked about this restaurant besides the food (which was great) was how they integrated their message into the surroundings of your table.
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