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3 Simple Things Every Budding Company Should Measure
My rule of thumb for what to measure is that if it is important enough for you to be doing, it’s important enough to be able to measure performance around it. Obviously doing is more important than measuring, but often […]
Part 3: An Insider’s Tour of the Third Floor of the Innevation Center
Welcome to the Innevation Center! In this 4-part blog post, you’ll get an insider’s tour of the University of Nevada, Reno Innevation Center – Powered by Switch. In Part 1, we visited the first floor of the Reno Innevation Center. […]
WES 2019, Growth in the Age of Unicorns & Zebras
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to attend the Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium 2019: Growth in the Age of Unicorns & Zebras at the University of Nevada, Reno. It was a great event with wonderful keynote speakers including Angela Lee […]
How to Handle Q&A After a Pitch
Preparing for a pitch is one of the most valuable, difficult, and time-consuming activities a founder will partake in. Done right, founders will effectively communicate what their company is, why it’s valuable, and why their audience should be a part […]
The Three Sentence Pitch
The purpose of the three sentence pitch is to communicate who you are, what you do, and what you want in three sentences. There are many fancy ways to slice this. For example, you can include a catchy intro, articulate […]
Two Biggest Challenges IoT Founders Must Face
Endeavoring to start a company is extremely challenging regardless of what kind of company it is. However different industries present their own unique challenges. Software, hardware, and service companies must all take very different approaches to carving out a profitable […]
Why join an accelerator as an IoT company?
An accelerator is typically a 2-3 month program where start-ups trade company equity for cash, mentorship, additional investment opportunities, and access to industry experts and customers. The program length and what is traded varies greatly, and while the big names […]