How to identify a first-mover

Photo credit: NaPix — Hmong Soul
Within the first 3 minutes of my conversation with a business owner, I can if he is a first-mover (my target), a mainstream-adopter (save for later), or if he will never adopt new technology (a waste of time).
As the sales person for your startup, it’s your job to not only [...]

UPrinting.com Giveaway: Win premium business cards for your startup

The great people of UPrinting.com have partnered with me to giveaway Premium Die Cut Business Cards to 3 ambitious entrepreneurs.
Details of the prizes

The retail price + shipping for these prizes is $232.95! Here are the details:

250 Die Cut Business Cards for One (3) Winners
2 x 3.5”, 2 x 2” (square card) or 1.75 x 3.5” [...]

How to sell to small to medium-sized brick-and-mortar stores

For the past 4 weeks, I have gone store to store selling our yet-to-be-completed mobile application.  When other startups focus purely on the technology and hope to make sales once they launch the product, our team has attacked both sides of the equation: sales AND product.
Who should read this post: A founder of an early [...]