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Eric Rafat

Building 50 Products in 10 Months with Nick Duncan
Founder Spotlight Nick Duncan

Building 50 Products in 10 Months with Nick Duncan

Building 50 products in 10 months? That's right. We have Nick Duncan from Codecabin started about eight years ago in 2012. It all originally started with a WordPress plugin called WP Google maps. At the time, there were about four plugins that were using the Google maps API to help people create maps online with…

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Tech Toronto: Finding Your Way Forward
Tech Toronto

Tech Toronto: Finding Your Way Forward

This is especially the case if you are currently job hunting. "Spray and pray" is not even an approach any more. Figure where you can add value to the team or the company. What skills sets and competencies do you bring that is unparalleled? 2. Do something.  The principle of doings something is such a…

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What’s it Like to Work at Clearbanc

What’s it Like to Work at Clearbanc

Clearbanc provides entrepreneurs with the fastest and most affordable growth capital without taking any equity. How we got started is with our two amazing co-founders, Michelle and Andrew and I would encourage everybody to look up the story because no one can tell it as captivating as they can and how they came from such different…

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Prelaunch the Damn Thing! Generate Leads Without a Product
Prelaunch Startup

Prelaunch the Damn Thing! Generate Leads Without a Product

3. The blurb: what's so exciting here?  This is your chance to get your users excited. No one cares about another product. Here's Disney's blurb: Streaming Anytime, Anywhere Disney+ delivers your favourite entertainment to smart TVs, phones, laptops, tablets, and gaming consoles. 4. Product Preview Some great pictures and branding here! It’s Disney of course…

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The Most Complete Guide to Starting a Startup in San Francisco

The Most Complete Guide to Starting a Startup in San Francisco

In this post, we bring you the most complete guide in starting a startup in San Francisco. San Francisco is known to be arguably one of the best places to start a startup. Here we go: Startup Meetups The Startup Club SF Big Analytics San Francisco User Experience Designers Startups Greater Asia Growth Marketing Entrepreneurs…

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Find a Cofounder in San Francisco
How to Find a Cofounder in San Francisco

Find a Cofounder in San Francisco

Facebook Group.  Facebook groups are great a way to connect online and meet potential team members. We have a localized and Facebook Group.  This group is dedicated for local startups in San Francisco. Check it out here. Post your project on our compelling cofounder description. Fire up your social media.  Fire up your social medial…

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How to Validate Your Business Idea in Less Than 24 hours
Startup Idea Validation

How to Validate Your Business Idea in Less Than 24 hours

Facebook group. Check out the flyer below. 3. Create an ad on Google with a pre-launch to get a feel of interest.  Ads can be incredibly useful for startups. Figure out the keywords for your industry and put an ad together with a pre-launch page to see the interest. Check the analytics and the data…

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Founder Spotlight: BioRender

Founder Spotlight: BioRender

BioRender. BioRender is a web-based software that helps scientists create and share scientific figures in minutes. It’s backed by an incredible group of investors, including Y Combinator. Let’s tune into our chat on how it all got started: How did the idea of BioRender come about? After graduating from my MA at Johns Hopkins Medical…

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Find Beta Users for Your Startup
Beta Users for a Startup

Find Beta Users for Your Startup

Start with a pre-launch landing page well before you build your product. In my first startup, we used this tactic to get early sign ups. You write a blurb about your product and the value prop with a call to action. Integrate the sign up with Mailjet or Mailchimp and get those emails rolling. Once…

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