Growing your Business by Building a Network
Love it or hate it, everyone has some sort of opinion on networking. And let’s be honest, it can seem like a daunting task, especially if you are attending a conference filled with events, seminars and after-hour meetups. One such…
Are you Netflix or Blockbuster? How a Clear Vision is Vital to Innovation
There is tension in our modern business economy, between scalability and adaptability. On one side, start-up companies are agile, rapidly evolving as they look for a successful business model. Their goal is to standardize this model and scale. On the…
Finding Your Inner Entrepreneur
Spending a few seconds searching the Internet for “what it takes to be an entrepreneur,” will net you thousands of responses and opinions. Likewise, there is a growing field of academic research analyzing how entrepreneurial principles have sparked growth in…
Scaling Your Business
In the first Trep Tip we discussed how to construct a value proposition—distilling the fundamental premise of your business into the problem you’re solving, the solution, and the corresponding price. Nailing down a value proposition is complicated, and will likely…
Value Proposition
Welcome to Trep Tips! These are quick but informative tips that entrepreneurs (i.e. treps) can reap benefits from if implemented correctly. A great idea poorly implemented gets you nothing. A really good idea, skillfully implemented gets you everything. Let’s jump…