Category: Entrepreneur

2020 has arrived. It’s likely (now more than ever) that whether you’re a lean mean, start-up or you’ve been in business for decades — your market may be getting a little crowded.  In our “limited attention span” world, you have 15 seconds or less, to capture someone’s attention. For reference: 15 seconds is barely enough […]

I was in South Carolina recently attending VentureSouth’s annual Summit when managing director Matt Dunbar, speaking to the crowd about valuation, said a phrase that I have heard repeated frequently throughout my career in finance as it relates to dealmaking:  You can choose the valuation as long as I can choose the rest (specifically, structure).   […]

If you’re not trained in sales but you are in charge of sales because you’re the founder of the company, treat the effort like you would any other: execute and measure. Most entrepreneurs have no idea what it takes to sell but what they do have are the guts and the discipline to do it, […]

Fall is often known as the season of plenty… for me, it was the month of plenty events for entrepreneurs. Last week I went to 4 (and probably said no to several more). Monday was a local angel group monthly company pitch.   We are blessed to have 6 formal angel groups here, plus several […]

More than three-quarters of U.S. adults say being in shape and looking good are “very important” to them, yet less than a third exercise regularly. Aron Woolman is the CEO of Soflete, a local tech company with an organic following that reaches all across the world. He saw an opportunity to leverage technology to make […]

Your company has an interesting name and logo, is there a story behind it? Gemelli means “twins” in Italian. While we have a pair of twins within the Gemelli family, the name also refers to a “twin purpose.” We bring healthcare tools to market, but we also strive to advance a second mission of philanthropy. […]