by Joe Procopio March 2, 2021 .
Editor’s note: Joe Procopio’s “Teaching Startup” series appears on Tuesdays. This is the third in a series about building your business. He is the founder of teachingstartup.com and the COO of IoT/Beer startup Precision Fermentation. Joe has a long entrepreneurial history in the Triangle that includes Spiffy, Automated Insights, and ExitEvent. More info at joeprocopio.com.
DURHAM – There are a lot of entrepreneurs out there trying to use technology to broker services. Seriously, I get emails from at least a few of them a week asking for advice.
I get emails from entrepreneurs building ride sharing apps in Africa. I get emails from entrepreneurs using the web to monetize artists in Mexico. I get emails from entrepreneurs trying to hustle invention assistance in the Midwest.