Joe MerrillWant to De-Risk Your Startup? Here’s How To Think About It.There are literally a million things that can kill your startup. Worrying about all of them will likely drive you nuts, and distract you…4 min read·Jun 4, 2021----
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsFundraising: Don’t Waste Time Convincing SkepticsFind investors who share your “gospel” and understand what you’re doing.2 min read·Jun 22, 2020----
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsBlitzfailing: How to NOT Grow a CompanySome time around 2016, a company that was raising at a lofty valuation pitched to me requesting capital from one of Sputnik ATX’s…3 min read·May 22, 2020----
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsCHANGES AT SPUTNIK ATXWe’re adding more follow-on funding, and here’s how our interview process and classes will look during the pandemic.2 min read·May 15, 2020----
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsFive Things to Make Your Business CoronableAfter talking to entrepreneurs over the past two weeks, it seems most businesses are imploding or exploding, depending on how well their…4 min read·Mar 19, 2020----
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsWatch out for the most common scam in startup worldThree rules to avoid getting scammed by advisors3 min read·Dec 9, 2019--5--5
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsWhat Entrepreneurs Really Need (and It Isn’t Funding)I recently saw data from Y Combinator comparing what founders consider their biggest obstacle, then contrasting that with a list of the…2 min read·Nov 25, 2019----
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsIs Your Start-Up Struggling for Sales?The more non-price barriers disappear, the more customers will say yes.2 min read·Jul 15, 2019----
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsWhat Defines True, Artificial Intelligence?To create a truly self-thinking, self-aware intelligence, not just a complex program that fools man’s ability to detect a fraud.2 min read·Oct 23, 2018--3--3
Joe MerrillinAustin StartupsThe Worst Start-Up, Ever!Angel Sheet is the world’s first fully-social, AI infused, machine learning toilet paper, on the blockchain. Yes, you heard me correctly.2 min read·Jul 23, 2018----