Mentor Advice for Startups
"Get your product/service right. Make it great/different by focusing heavily on the end-user. Start with a profitable business model – don’t scale without one." -Michael Stich, Chief Operating Office...
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"Always stay in learning and listing mode – Too many companies pitch to me and press forward with a sales pitch without pausing to listen to questions and heeding advice." "As Socrates said, “He who is...
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"Be committed to your strategy but don't fall in love with it. Go steady but don't get married. You have to maintain the passion but retain enough objectivity to know when something isn't working and a...
View ArticleStartup Lessons from Dropbox [presentation]
Dropbox just finished raising a $250 million round. Obviously there are some good lessons to learn from them.Dropbox startup lessons learned 2011View more presentations from Eric Ries
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8 companies launch at 2011 Brandery Demo Day
Yesterday we launched our eight 2011 graduates at Demo Day. In front of a crowd of over 350 investors, the companies did an amazing job and we could not be more proud. The 2011 graduates...
View ArticleStartup Lesson from Max Levchin
Over on Quora, Max Levchin provided a great response when asked about his greatest lessons in entrpreneurship: Among Max Levchin's lessons learned as a young entrepreneur, which are the greatest? It's...
View ArticleWe are hiring a General Manager for The Brandery
With the tremendous growth of The Brandery over the last 18 months, we have decided that it's time to bring on a full-time General Manager for our program. This role is going to be at the epicenter...
View ArticleBrandery hires GM
After a little over a year and a half and two classes through the Brandery's start-up accelerator, it was time to bring on a full-timer. We're happy to welcome Mike Bott to the Brandery as our first...
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ChoreMonster gets Funded!
Congrats to Brandery Class of 2011 alums Chris Bergman and Paul Armstrong for getting funded! Their business, ChoreMonster, received $350,000 in funding from CincyTech and private investors. With new...
View ArticleBrandery Office Hours at SXSW
Ever since Twitter received a much needed boost in visibility at the festival, SXSW Interactive has become an annual launching pad for aspiring startups. This year, The Brandery has decided to join in...
View ArticleLeap is Live!
Congrats to 2011 Brandery Alums James Dickerson, Ryan Tinker and Nick Cramer, the three co-founders of Leap on the launch of their iPhone app today! Awesome work, guys! “Leap lets you create...
View ArticleLeap is Live!
Congrats to 2011 Brandery Alums James Dickerson, Ryan Tinker and Nick Cramer, the three co-founders of Leap on the launch of their iPhone app today! Awesome work, guys! “Leap lets you create...
View ArticleStartup Bus Feedback Needed!
Mike Bott here from The Brandery, and I need your help. We’re flying down I-75 in Cincy Startup Bus on our way to Nashville, and we need feedback on our business idea. When we arrive at SXSW in...
View ArticleBrandery in Entrepreneur Magazine
A strong brand can set you apart from the competition and lead you to success.This month in Entrepreneur Magazine, the Brandery is being featured as place to help businesses identify what...
View ArticleBrandery in WSJ
As recently highlighted in the Wall Street Journal, marketing guidance for start-ups is growing and offering a range of new programs promising to provide start-ups with better access to traditional ad...
View ArticleOffice Hours
Applications for the next Brandery class are now live, so we're hosting multiple "office hours" to help applicants get to know The Brandery a bit better. This will give founders and startups a chance...
View ArticleSparking Educational Innovation
By Kathy Merchant, President/CEO of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation At The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, we’ve been on a long path of supporting education in its many forms. But why fund a spot at...
View ArticleChoreMonster is a Web app that actually makes chores fun for kids
It doesn’t happen often, but when an entrepreneur truly gets kids and tech, the results can be amazing. Take Everything Butt Art, for example. The charming app was first a book, but seeing the idea on...
View ArticleStartup Interview: Roadtrippers
Roadtrippers centralizes discovery, planning & booking into one beautifully designed experience, making it easier than ever to create & share epic trips or 'bucket lists' of must-see places....
View ArticleStartup Interview: Choremonster
Choremonster is a suite of web and mobile applications that makes kids want to do their chores. Parents set the chores and kids gain points for doing them that they can turn in for real life rewards,...
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