Startup Grad Class Talks Cash

Tech Talent South's Graduate Class is over halfway through its semester. Two projects are shaping up nicely & one is currently pivoting into something pretty nifty. Last week the discussion (led by Standard Code's head hancho, TJ Muehleman) was centered on revenue. Take a sneak peak at the class notes below and plan to attend the classes' Demo Night on April 2nd. Location/time/details will be on Hypepotamus' calendar soon.

"Atlanta is more focused on 'how do I build something useful' vs 'how do I build something cool" - TJ

Things to consider-always be experimenting with price -early adopter pricing works wonders - they are more wiling to give you feedback because they have skin in the game and also provides for client recommendations later on -Mailchimp's Ben Chestnut has written a killer post on the freemium model-hiring - ideally a co-founder that's a polar opposite of you & hire sales folks in twos because sales people are hunters and you can make them compete -'profitability is freedom' -aim for profitability as soon as possible

Things not to do
-don't focus on monetizing through ads - it's super hard
-don't hire a big sales force

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