Introduction If you want to build your startup past the 1 year mark, you need to make sure that you correctly delegate startup roles and responsibilities between you and your cofounding team. Most businesses in the world start and shut down within the first year. That can be due to...
Introduction In the first year of starting a new business, it is critical to create your startup systems and processes so that you are as efficient as possible. In this column, we’ll cover what systems and processes are, why they are important, and how you can create them in your...
Friday Book Summary and Review As a continued effort to add true value to your life, I have decided to dedicate each Friday on the site to summarizing and reviewing a book that I have read throughout my life. I will focus on books that have had the greatest impact...
Getting to Know my Ventures Last column, I started a three piece series focused on evaluating the three ventures that I’m currently building. Read about the first quarter for ConnorGillivan.com! In this column, you’ll get to know FreeeUp a bit better and understand how it’s been growing in the first...
Quick Recap Before we launch into understanding how belief in your startup plays into the first year of launching your new idea, let’s recap. In our last meeting, I spoke about creating a short term strategic plan to guide your actions as you start your new business. It’s an extremely...
A Quick Review In my last column, I introduced the first step to turning your idea into an actionable business plan: understanding the four pillars of starting a business. The four pillars can be defined as such: People Product/Service Financials The Customer Market If you can answer all of the...
Quick Recap Up until now, we’ve covered the Four Pillars of Startup that help us to better understand the people we need, the product we are building, the financials necessary, and the customer market. As has been explained, it is important to fully understand these aspects of your business idea...
Quick Review Two weeks ago, we covered the 4 key aspects of your startup’s financials that you should fully understand before moving forward with your idea. The topics spanned the initial investment needed, financial management, economics of the business, and the exit strategy. For an in depth look, read here...
Over the past two months since the start of 2016, I have been focusing my content on the Four Pillars of Startup that I carefully created last summer. Throughout my columns, I have given you a glimpse into my life as an entrepreneur, but I haven’t revealed the full picture....
Startup Financials You Need to Know In the first part of this particular series, I introduced the first two aspects of your startup financials that you must understand in order to properly prepare your idea for launch. As a reminder, they are the investment to start and the economics of...
Are you ready to build supplier relationships so that you can obtain the products you want to sell through your online store? By now, you should have already read Step 1: Choosing a Product Niche and Step 2: Choosing a Fulfillment Strategy. If you haven’t, be sure to check them...
Quick Recap Last column, I introduced the second pillar of startup and broke it down into 5 key areas of understanding. Here’s a short refresher. The second pillar of startup is building the product or service. In order to reach its full potential, you must first understand your value prop,...
A Quick Recap In our last meeting, I introduced the Four Pillars of Business and went into depth on the key people essential to the start of any business. I talked about why the people involved in the first year of starting a business are critical to your startup plan...
Are you ready to choose the best fulfillment strategy for your blossoming eCommerce business? You’ve come to the right place and I’m here to walk you through the 4 main options that you have as an eCommerce business owner. Before we dive into fulfillment strategies, I encourage you to read Step...
Are you someone that has a lot of business ideas? Do you wonder if the could become profitable ventures and if you could be the person leading the charge? I have these thoughts all of the time and, in face, I’ve been having them for the past 10 years or...
I recently connected with Rafi Chowdhury from Chowdhury Digital and did some digging into his story and expertise. It was great to see another eager entrepreneur learning at a rapid pace and applying it to the growth of their business. I asked Rafi if he’d be willing to answer a...
Looking for the next best set of self growth books to help you advance your mindset as an entrepreneur? I’ve been studying and practicing self growth best practices for the past 5+ years. If you’re someone intrigued by the purpose of life and how you fit into the grand scheme...
Have you ever wondered what the CEO does at the start of a new business? What I first started learning about the executive team role and in which I may best fit, I scoured the Internet looking for definitions of the CEO, COO, CMO, CSO, CFO, etc. I found a...
If you don’t already know, the idea for ConnorGillivan.com came in early 2015 as I decided that it was time to start publishing my thoughts to the public through my own site. The Pre-Work I spent the first few months researching blogging to fully understand what it was, how it’s...
Are you interested in learning how to build your own eCommerce business? There’s a big difference between starting an online store and building an eCommerce business. I’ve been running eCommerce businesses for the past 6 years and have learned a tremendous amount about how to sell online. The first step...

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