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Ryan Downs: scaling Proxibid started with culture, right people, process
(Guest post by Ryan Downs) A strong culture is arguably the most important element for a business to have sustained success. Scaling a business is not easy. The demands on employees are heavy. There are surprises and setbacks along the way. Things don’t always go as planned.
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What David Graff learned scaling the Hudl team from 3 to 170
(Guest post by David Graff) “As the company grows, this change can be hard for some of your early associates. The company that person first signed up for may not the company they work for now and may not be the type of company they want to work for. As a result, you’ll lose people…
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Luis Lopez: Drive, focus, homework, play are all needed in the accelerator
(Guest post by Luis Lopez) I’ve lived in a few countries, but the one that has marked my entrepreneurial spirit the most is Belize. At age seven, along with my family, I relocated to Belize for four years of missionary work in some of the poorest areas of the country, aiding the less fortunate with…
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NextStep CEO shares why accelerators are about going slow to grow fast
(Guest post by John Schnipkoweit) So, first off, we did not “win” the accelerator. No one did. We all “won,” but that doesn’t mean it’s over, it means it’s just begun. You don’t “finish” in three months. Accelerators guide you in your business, because they know that after those three months, it’s not them running…
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Why NMotion accelerator was a “no brainer” for Nobl’s Brett Byman
I learned at an early age that as entrepreneurs, the odds are against us. That’s because I grew up in a family full of entrepreneurs. I grew up cleaning public toilets at rest areas along Interstate 80 in Nebraska. My parents own a janitorial company that had contracts with the state Department of Roads and…
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To accelerate or not to accelerate? Men’s Style Lab answers the question
(Guest post by Derian Baugh) When I first started my company I had no way to fully grasp all that is involved in getting a startup off the ground. I had no understanding of all the logistics and financial complexities that would be involved. I didn’t know how I was going to be able to…
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Adam Coomes: “As entrepreneurs, our job is to solve problems”
(Guest post by Adam Coomes) These days, we’re trained to be analytical. Just look around you. We have fitness devices tracking our every step so we can analyze our habits. We use services like Google Analytics to analyze the results of our work. We use numbers for everything. Entrepreneurs especially are analytical by nature. We…
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Why entrepreneurs don’t really retire, but just start something else
(Guest post by Bill Goedken) Crazy. Insane. Out of my mind. That’s what I was called when I came out of retirement to start yet another company. So why do I feel so lucky? Quick background: I founded an Omaha-based software and service company called Profitstar in the ’80s. My team and I built up…
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Hurrdat CEO Kunalic: 5 personality traits that’ll make your startup
(Guest post by Adi Kunalic) “People are not your most important asset. The right people are.” — Jim Collins, “Good to Great” As a young entrepreneur in the Midwest, I’ve been fortunate enough to be a part of two startups, Hurrdat and opendorse. At Hurrdat, we’ve grown from two founders with a crazy idea to…
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How Ryan White went about hiring the first employees at Huntforce
(Guest post by Ryan White) Just about a year ago, my dad and I found out we were accepted into the Straight Shot accelerator. Things got real for HuntForce, real fast. We debuted our trail camera photo software in front of hundreds last October. And then the real work began. While we still had the…