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Home» Email Notifications » Startup Q&A #21: Evaluating an Idea, Choosing a Bank, Investing in IPOs, Building an Email List, and Partnership Agreements

Startup Q&A #21: Evaluating an Idea, Choosing a Bank, Investing in IPOs, Building an Email List, and Partnership Agreements

Posted on April 24, 2017 by matt in Email Notifications, Online Business, Startup Q&A Show 1 Comment
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This Week’s Questions

  • How can you get better metrics prior to jumping into a specific marketplace and evaluating the success of your idea? – Bryan Cargill
  • How do I select a bank or a credit union for my small business? – Marissa Poppens
  • Snapchat’s IPO got a lot of talk. Where do you weigh in on investing in IPOs like Snapchat, being someone with an expertise in investing? – Troy Klongerbo
  • I recognize that you have built massive email lists providing a lot of email content. For those who are just building a list, are giveaways baiting subscribers the best/only way to build a large list? Like providing “The 40 Best Tips for …” as a free download. – Micah Kennedy
  • What does a good partnership agreement look like?
    • Partnership agreement checklist- In my partnerships, I include:
      • The responsibilities of every partner in the business. In other words, who’s doing what in the company?
      • What happens if someone wants to get out
      • What happens if someone dies
      • Who owns what percentage of the business
      • How and when profits will be distributed
      • Whether or not anyone will be taking a salary
      • What money people are putting into the company
      • What rights people have
      • How disputes are settled
      • Whether or not there is a non compete

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One comment on “Startup Q&A #21: Evaluating an Idea, Choosing a Bank, Investing in IPOs, Building an Email List, and Partnership Agreements”

  1. Oluwole says:
    September 18, 2018 at 6:31 am

    Hi Matt,
    Do you have a sample Partnership Agreement you could share? If yes, I did appreciate it. Thanks.
    Olu.

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