Advertising Budget

How Much Should You Spend On Advertising?

The first time running an advertising campaign can be a daunting and time-consuming task for any business owner. From trying to run ads on multiple platforms, which also means creating new accounts for these platforms, to figuring out an advertising budget and worrying if you targeted the ad correctly, it can all be quite overwhelming. At…

Why I always Leave Tips at a Restaurant

Why I Always Leave Tips at a Restaurant

Managing a restaurant is very similar to managing a startup. For those who are at the beginning of their entrepreneurial journey, I’d suggest testing your own endurance one day by helping out in a small/medium-size restaurant or a bar. Let’s say for a week, to see and feel how it’s like. To me, it’s about…

To hire or not to hire

To Hire or Not to Hire

How many hours can you afford to spend on a single candidate while deciding to hire or not to hire? It’s no secret that job interviews are time consuming for all parties involved. Yet, I’m happy to share a few trade secrets when it comes to hiring. In our case, we are still a small…

What's It Like to Be a Female CEO?

What’s It Like to Be a Female CEO?

I get asked a lot, “What’s it like to be a female CEO?” The answer is not easy: I don’t have much to compare, I’ve never been a male CEO! During my corporate research job I was very driven to bring as many female colleagues as possible into the corporate research field. I asserted that…

What Is a Tech Company?

As a CEO of a tech startup, I receive a lot of introductions from other startup companies, who also claim to be in tech. In my own humble opinion, if your company is building apps, or provide software engineers nearshore, it will not qualify you to be called a technology company. If it’s pure software…

marketing is not science

Marketing Is Not Science

Online Marketing Can Be Confusing Understanding how online marketing really works could take years. However, it could also be very successful at first try, should all the right ingredients of the secret sauce happen to work in a perfect harmony. There are plenty of examples of successful marketing campaigns, worldwide. Still, if you were to…