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First, congrats. Having real revenue probably puts you in the top 5% of startups already. Great work. - Incorporate. You want the legal protection of (at least
by mikekij 12y ago
First, congrats. Having real revenue probably puts you in the top 5% of startups already. Great work.
- Incorporate. You want the legal protection of (at least) an LLC.
- Really think about if you need to raise money. If you do, it should be easy to raise $100k-$200k with real revenue and traction. But it sounds like you're in a position where you could actually bootstrap this. Equity is expensive. Think twice before raising money.
- Think in terms of milestones. What can you do to get to $XX,XXX in revenue per [week,month,year]. Then, what can you do to launch at an additional school while still staying cash-flow positive? This sort of thinking breaks the process into bit-sized chunks. Much easier to digest.
- Your biggest problem will likely be scaling the ad sales efforts. Walking into local businesses works great for 1, 2, 3 schools. But it will be hard to scale that to 100 universities.
I'd love to help out in any way I can. I started a company in grad school that I sold last year. I've been through many of these issues before. mkijewski at g mail.
- giarc 12y agoI'm thinking they should set up school representatives. Post an ad at each school they are interested in. Have a 3rd/4th year student at each college who is familiar with businesses that are particularly keen to attracting students. They know the student area's and housing issues.