After depleting your savings, maxing out your credit cards, and selling your unwanted valuables in order to support your venture, who do you go after next? The people who know you best… your friends and family.
 
Albeit, the relationship that you have makes them feel more prone to hand over the check, it also creates a flurry of questions/concerns/comments. Here are three important points to cover in order for both the venture and investor to feel comfortable with the transaction. 

Innovation Month may be over, but the entrepreneur scene continues to have tons of great events. There are over 25 different Boston startup entrepreneur networking events and office hours this week. Check out the show and notes below to find out all about them and all the other great happenings in the community this week. And don't forget to check out the Greenhorn Connect Calendar for all your Boston startup entrepreneur networking events and office hours needs.

 Frank Levinson, a successful Entrepreneur, investor, and teacher has highlighted the top 10 must have for a start-up in a talk at MIT. The following list is from a recorded video session.
 
 

Number 10: Comfortable/Cheap Furniture: 

Spend everything you have on great people and great product. It does not matter how you look, but what and how you do it. 

Every Entrepreneur uses different methods to validate an idea for starting a venture. So the next time you think you got that great crazy new idea, follow the 3 steps of venture screening to help you determine if you should pursue it or not. 
 
***Note: any of the following can be done individually but it is always a good idea to have a discussion with a few friends, family, and people you trust. 

Week 3 of Innovation Month was another great week with awesome events like Web Innovators 26 and DartBoston's own Capitalize.  Week 4 has even more great events as there are over 35 different Boston startup entrepreneur networking events and office hours this week. Check out the show and notes below to find out all about them and all the other great happenings in the community this week. And don't forget to check out the Greenhorn Connect Calendar for all your Boston startup entrepreneur networking events and office hours needs.

Starting a service-based company, especially a Web 2.0 website or 3.0 depending on your site, is far less costly and easy to start then any product-based company. Follow the 5 principles of starting a Web 2.0 company and you’ll be sure to survive the tough water.

This is another big week in the entrepreneur community. There are over 30 different Boston startup entrepreneur networking events and office hours this week. Check out the show and notes below to find out all about them and all the other great happenings in the community this week. And don't forget to check out the Greenhorn Connect Calendar for all your Boston startup entrepreneur networking events and office hours needs.

Every Entrepreneur reaches this pivotal point: “How much to Charge” his/her customer. Charging too little will leave money on the table and will not maximize profits. Whereas, charging too high of a price might push your potential customers to other vendors or products.

So what is the right dollar amount to charge for a product or service?