Let's Birth This Baby!

We've been nurturing and caring for the new venture in its embryonic stage for awhile now, and we're almost ready to birth this baby!
We sent out a philanthropic investment proposal to one prospective investor and are waiting for their response. This will be the seed funding we need produce a fully developed Business & Strategic Plan and Plan of Action.
Are we nervous? You bet! Like a first-time expectant dad! Not nervous about the future of the venture, but more about the actual birth day. Like bringing your brand new baby home from the hospital the first day, we've been planning for this for months. But when the actual day arrives,

Starting Up the Start-Up

Do you know who Kim Linehan is? Well, back in 1981 she held the world record in the Women's 1500-meter freestyle. According to her coach, Paul Bergen, the then-18-year-old was the leading amateur woman distance swimmer in the world. "Kim does endless exercises and swims 7 to 12 miles a day. The hardest part of her regimen? 'Getting in the water,' she says."

Starting up a new venture is a lot like that. Whether it's a brand new venture being pulled out of the ground for the first time by its creators; or (like us) a new venture of an already-established organization. I'm not sure which is more difficult,