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Marty Greenberg

Starting and running a company can be extremely stressful and difficult. One of the hardest parts is running into roadblocks and not knowing how to remove them. I ran into many operating my own companies.

I've personally built companies as the CEO and founder that have done over $20M in revenue and have raised over $7M in venture capital from Venture Capital funds in Silicon Valley, New York, and Boston. I've gone through multiple accelerator programs.

I've advised and invested in over 50 early-stage tech startups from inception to Series A fundraise.

This includes everything from company formation, fundraising, ideation, product-market fit, sales, finance, operations, analytics, and HR for early-stage companies.

My style is no bullshit. If I don't think I can help you I'll tell you straight up. I don't sugarcoat feedback because it is the only way you as an entrepreneur will grow.

My time is super limited with a lot of projects but feel free to reach out to see if I can be helpful.

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EARLY STAGE FUNDRAISING!

I've raised over $7MM of early-stage funding as the CEO/Founder. I learned an insane amount through the process and can share with you how to navigate the waters of fundraising.

I've worked with 100+ early stage startups on fundraising for their early-stage company.

I can share the tough lessons on:
- Properly constructing a deck
- Having a compelling story
- Getting introductions to investors
- Managing a fundraising process
- Term sheet negotiations and closing the deal

My style is straight up. I don't sugarcoat feedback because it is the only way you as an entrepreneur will grow.

If you're considering fundraising or in the process, let's chat!

GET INTO YOUR DREAM ACCELERATOR!

I've been accepted into two of the top accelerators in the country. I then went on to raise over $7MM in Venture Capital.

Getting into a top accelerator can be a major boost to your brand, traction and most importantly raising money!

If you're considering applying or are in the middle of an application, let's talk!

HIRING!

A BAD APPLE SPOILS THE BUNCH! I've been the CEO of companies that have raised $7MM in VC and done $20MM in revenue. I've personally hired 40+ employees and gone through a lot of the challenges that come with effectively hiring.

- Determining what type of people to hire
- Finding great hires
- Communicating your vision
- Final negotiations
- Building a strong culture
- Firing bad apples

If you're dealing with any of these, or just need to chat about your team in general, give me a call!

STRATEGY & PROBLEM SOLVING!

As a founder your time is important! In my past companies that I've been CEO, I've raised $7MM of venture capital and done over $20MM in revenues. I've also advised 100+ startup companies. I've seen a lot of problems!

If you're dealing with challenges around company strategy or jumping into a specific problem let's hop on a call!

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Marty Greenberg answered

Where can I find more information to learn about how to market my store?

Great you're interested in starting a business!

Since you're starting a t-shirt business there are loads of different options for marketing your company.

Many of the best e-commerce companies market on Instagram and Facebook. Instagram is great for t-shirts because someone can be browsing, they can see a shirt they like, buy it and stay in the app and continue browsing.

You'll want to make sure you have good pictures and that your e-commerce website is optimized for converting interested leads into customers.

Happy to chat more on the strategy.

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Marketing Strategy

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For those startups within an incubator/accelerator, at what point should they begin to market themselves? Why?

I've gotten accepted into two different accelerator programs in the US. Both were ranked in the top tiers (Gold and Platinum Plus).

For startups in an accelerator with limited resources, there are a handful of ways to get cheap traffic. Depending on the product, they may find that certain growth hacks like SEO, LinkedIn, Craigslist or Reddit can all be great channels. Its important that the product being marketed is relevant otherwise it will feel like spam. Another method for cheap traffic is to pitch a PR story and try to get coverage from a media outlet.

There are many different avenues to get traction and customers without immediately using paid ad channels.

If you have more questions on finding good cheap marketing channels feel free to call me.

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Marketing

Early-stage Startups

Product launch

Marty Greenberg answered

Our startup applied to numerous accelerators by 12/31 and haven't heard back. What is the typical wait time? Any advice to help our chances?

I've personally been accepted into two accelerators.

The wait time depends on the accelerator. For one accelerator, I didn't hear back until at the absolute last minute (the week before it started). For another accelerator I heard back about a month before it started.

In terms of improving your chances for an accelerator, having an alumni give you a reference is a big help. Also continuing to show signs of traction and growth is a big help as well. There are a handful of other ways to get the attention of the decision makers at the accelerators too.

Call me if you need help getting into an accelerator.

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Accelerators

Startups

Accelerator

Marty Greenberg answered

Is there a US fundraising equity platform similar to Seedrs - specifically that would help coordinate a pre-revenue F&F raise of approx. $50k?

When I was starting my company we used a platform called FundersClub in the US.

We had to go through a pitch and get formally accepted in order to work with them.

We went on their platform and proceeded to raise $100K. Our company also received some great publicity from being on the platform.

Another option is Republic Labs which is similar and also based in the US.

Call me if you have any questions on the equity platform process.

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Crowdfunding

Fundraising

Startups

Marty Greenberg answered

How do I grow from a one man startup when I don't have the money to hire & don't have skills or time for investors?

Ok first lets talk about one man startups:
Jeff Bezos - Amazon
Elon Musk - SpaceX
Larry Elison - Oracle

Sound familiar? Some of the most incredible startups have been started by one person!

If you don't have the skills, you need to either learn them or convince someone else to join your startup for some equity in the company.

If you don't have the time for investors, then consider joining an accelerator program. If you are accepted they will give you some initial funding so you can free up your time to run the startup and talk to more investors.

Everything has a trade off. As a one man startup you have 100% ownership in the company. With two founders you might have 50%. Sometimes founders will find another co-founder for their first startup. Then after their first startup is successful the next one they do they may do it alone.

Don't give up!

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Growth Hacking

Raising capital

Lean Startups

Marty Greenberg answered

Where can I find a mobile DevOps Consulting Services Provider?

If you're looking for a company that can help you with consulting on your DevOps I can refer you to a few options that I have personally worked with and are excellent.

I'm based in Silicon Valley, the heart of innovation, and have helped many companies build their products with either outsourced engineering or with firms that consult on your internal engineering teams. Feel free to call if this is helpful.

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Software Development

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Where should I incorporate my company?

The best place to start a company is Delaware. It has the most protections for businesses and has a long history of being the state of incorporation for almost all of the major companies in the United States.

The incorporation process can be difficult but there are some services that help like nitrouscompany.com.

If you need any help feel free to reach out.

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Business Strategy

Corporate Law

Tax Law

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Our Financial analyst spent a week and prove that our idea has $15 Billion TAM.It is a Freelancers platform but in focus niche. What`s next? Start MVP

Great to hear!

CUSTOMER DISCOVERY
Your first step is to talk to customers to determine if this is something they would want. The best way for you to find out if your market has interest is to talk to them early and often.

MPV
Once you've determined there's enough interest from the market your next step is to make an MVP. The simplest possible version of your solution that will still appease your customer. Once it is ready, bring it to them and have some early customers try it out. Get feedback very early in the process! Don't build too much before getting lots of feedback.

IMPROVE PRODUCT
As you're getting feedback continue to improve the product. Be careful not to build too many features just for one customer.

PITCH DECK & STORY
Once you have enough traction, you can share you story with investors. There's an entire process involved with finding investors as well as constructing a pitch deck and a story. I've worked with many tech companies who have raised money to do that.

Feel free to call if you have any questions in your journey!

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Ideas Development

angel investing

Raising Venture Capital

Marty Greenberg answered

How did you find your niche market or your passion?

This was something I struggled with early on. I didn't really know what would be my calling.

At first I thought there were some "logical" paths. So I started studying for med school, and even though I wasn't excited about it, it felt like it made sense.

After some really hard reflection I felt this wasn't the best path and just started meeting with everyone I could. People from every type of industry and asking them what they do.

Over time I would get very drawn in to certain conversations and I'd realize that I was getting excited imagining doing the work they were working on. This is what I call "the pull", that intuitive excitement that is initially really hard to explain. I followed that pull, ended up starting a company that went on to raise millions and impact thousands of peoples lives positively and haven't looked back since.

TLDR: Talk to as many people as possible. When you start to feel excited about something, follow that feeling wherever it leads.

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Entrepreneurship

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What is the best job to get to learn to become an entrepreneur? Working at a VC as an analyst? Work in Sales? Work in Marketing? Consulting?

The best way to learn is by starting a company yourself. This could be anything from a web development company, e-commerce or even a lemonade stand!

The second best way to learn is to work closely with another entrepreneur, either at a startup or as an assistant to the CEO/executive. It's important to see exactly how the startup works on the inside so you can bring experience when you start out on your own.

Being an entrepreneur isn't easy, don't forget to have fun.

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Career Counseling

Career Development

Marty Greenberg answered

How to make cash cow products in a shoestring budget with limited hours & part-time team while running high on passion? Tips finding seed investors?

That's great what you've done so far!

I've raised over a million dollars specifically from angel investors.

Raising money is usually a full time job. In order to get angel investment you need to put together a good pitch deck, practice your pitch and be prepared for good questions.

Next you need to find angel investors. Usually the best way to meet angels is through introductions from other founders.

Finally when you meet with the angel investors you want to tell them about all the progress you've made so far and how their investment will accelerate your progress. You also need to explain to them how your company has a lot of prospects for either making money, getting acquired or eventually IPO.

It can be a very difficult process. If you need any help feel free to reach out.

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Product Development

Equity Funding

Early-stage Startups

Reviews

Martin was awesome, he was super smart, asked great questions and was a wealth of knowledge that helped point me in the right direction. I high recommend him!

Avvinash Radakrishnan Source: Clarity

Could not recommend enough. Martin is genuinely interested in helping you and your business and gave clear actionable advice that I more than acted on.

Thank you Martin!

Zohaib Ali Source: Clarity

Very knowledgeable and helpful!

Jeff Burbank Source: Clarity

Martin was very helpful in helping me determine next steps in our fundraising process! His advice is very actionable. I will definitely come back!

Alexander C Source: Clarity

Amazing. I completely changed my outlook on the fundraising process! I'm setting up another call next week for us to chat more. Thanks Martin!

Alexander Hammy Source: Clarity

Martin was super helpful and detailed as to raising my pre-seed round for my startup. He had a lot of knowledge on setting up, the deck, how to lay out financials for this stage, and types of questions that I should be prepared to answer. Will continue to use him as this process goes on, and for future rounds.

Humaira Khan Source: Clarity

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