Startup Money Ball Determined not to make the same mistakes as with our first business, we adopted a "money ball" approach to product development and focused on building a profitable business rather than optimizing around a venture raise.
Startup: End of Year 2 Here’s my long-overdue quarterly update to close out our second year building Wavve. December 16′ * Continued fruitlessly to find product-market fit for the mobile app. * Reached the conclusion that radio is a dying industry and not the way forward for our business model. * Invested more time and energy into
When to Pivot? We've already got paying customers for this new audiogram tool I set up. Wondering if this could be our new focus?
Pitch Event & Name Change This period covers months 11-14 of my startup journey. March Introducing Wavve, Inc. We changed our name to Wavve and re-incorporated in Delaware. April Pitch Event. Dig South. We also introduced Wavve to a few thousand during Tech Night at a local Charleston Riverdogs game. Media passes for the entire
Building, Raising Money, and Trademark woes I'm long overdue for an update here. Since launching the MVP in August, it's only gotten crazier over the last 6 months. It's hard to raise venture money in SC Everyone wants to know when you plan to relocate to the Bay Area or
The MVP Has Landed > If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late - Reid Hoffman Our MVP is now public. Embarrassed? ✅ In mid July we released the alpha version to our advisors and a few other private beta testers. I'm still
Building uTalk Sports *** As of March 10, 2016, we’ve renamed our startup Wavve Did you know there are 86,400 seconds in a day? The last 90 days have forced me to take an honest look at how I manage each and every moment. A few months ago, I started an exciting
Can I build a startup while working a day job? Yes. But you'll need to realize that weekends and evenings are overrated! At least that's how I'm choosing to view it. If you rely on the income of your normal 9-5 job, it's pretty simple. You need to spend your free time
Starting Up: UTalk Sports It was a busy few months as my cofounder and I formally kicked things off. And Finally, a chance to use that overpriced law degree! In May I drafted our articles, business partnership agreement, and officially formalized the business as a South Carolina LLC. That last part is way easier