All Things Startup: 43North, Pitching, Investing & Scaling Your Company | #AskGaryVee Episode 197

On this episode, India is not here and I talk startup life! I answer a few questions about how to grow and scale a company and what the emerging market is like.

Questions Answered on This Episode

• 5:15 – How does a startup know when to add staff? What positions are most critical to line up first?
• 8:03 – what are 2 or 3 things that makes one pitch stand out from all the others?
• 11:25 – Ideas alone can only get you so far, but once you’ve gotten off the ground, what does an investor need to see to invest in a startup?
• 13:19 – For an early stage startup that just received $500k, $600k, or $1MM in capital, what are the critical things they should be looking to address?
• 16:19 – When assessing the scalability of a company, what are the things you look for?
• 19:43 – It seems like emerging startup markets are becoming increasingly viable. What are cities like Buffalo doing right now?

Guest List

• Sam Blatz (my India replacement for this episode!)

Resources from This Episode

• 43North Competition Info
• Painless1099
• Plum.io
• Energy Intelligence