Dear Lucas… I want to get your opinion on my product, and some strategic advice if possible. Reading the lean start-up and watching countless videos, entrepreneurs always say it is easier to raise money before launching and I wanted your thoughts on that. I think raising money is a huge factor for whether I have […]
Dear Lucas… My product automates a task that is currently manual and labor intensive for most companies. I started the company almost a year ago and I am putting the finishing touches on the product right now. We are about two weeks from launching. My technical co-founder is building it out and we have hired […]
Dear Lucas… I have an idea I’ve been working on that I’d love to get your feedback on. I’d also like a little mentoring on startups and the like if you’re willing. It’ll probably take me a couple more weeks or a month to have my prototype ready and my idea crystallized. What I could […]
Dear Lucas… My co-founder and I created a startup almost a year ago now. We put together a friends and family round, but it is running dry and neither of us have paid ourselves anything for months now. I have about 60 people signed up for my service right now. They are not paying yet, […]
Dear Lucas… Question for you: I had the opportunity to speak at a conference in Vegas last month. Ran about 20 minutes — a good toe dipping in the water experience. I’m hooked. I’d like to speak at future conferences — have any recommendations or articles that might help me formulate rock solid speeches? —Newbie Speaker Hi Newbie Speaker, […]
Dear Lucas… I’m developing a marketplace gaming startup. It’s my first time starting my own company and I’m learning Rails and HTML5 game development as I go. I have a fair amount of programming experience but my focus has always been scientific computing rather than software development, but of course the two are inextricably intertwined. […]
Dear Lucas… I have heard that if you plan on raising money from VCs, you also need to believe you could become a $1B company or $100M in revenue within 10 years, but I have been thinking lately that we don’t need to be a $1B company to be successful. We could certainly get there, […]