Entries by Graham Treakle

Early Stage Growth Part II: Branding and Expanding

StartUpGrind SoCal was good for our team on many fronts. Our story is not so much different than other start ups, but there are some exceptions. Our team is from the East Coast, and since our team was traveling across the country to Southern California, we wanted to maximize our time and booked appointments for […]

Early Stage Growth: Part 1

Contemplating the “what’s next” is a serious dilemma for any entrepreneur who is starting a company and building it from the ground up. Gone are the questions like “Is this going to work?” “Am I going to be able to see my product?” The new questions are: How am I going to get my product to […]

Start up: The Journey Part IV “What Numbers?!”

Oh… the many adventures of a “start-up.” A “start-up” is commonly defined as a company or entrepreneurial venture in the form of a company, a partnership or temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. There can be several variations to this definition. Some attach a length or time in business, […]

How can we serve you?

This past week marked an important step in the start-up processes here at Pass the Plate. What is that you may ask?  Validation. Let me explain… When we started Pass the Plate, we made several hypotheses: First, we believed that there would be a slow adoption rate of our new technology directly from non-profits. Second, […]

Start Up: The Journey Part III

There is quite a bit going on at Pass the Plate these days. In this post, we are going to update you a little on what is happening behind the scenes. As with most businesses, there are two faces to the business. The side that faces the public (in our case the Pass the Plate […]

Start Up: The Journey Part II

In the previous post, I mentioned “community”. In this post, I will summarize what I have done in the past 6 months.  What I hope that you get out of this summary is immersion. Immerse yourself in the community – work hard and learn. Several mornings a week I get to the office earlier than […]

Start-up: The Journey

Moving into a co-working space was one of the best things we could have done for the Pass the Plate business. In Winston Salem there are a few options, and we choose to work out of Flywheel. There are several reasons why. Energy – Being around other start-up companies and other entrepreneurs makes for a […]

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The Christmas Season with Pass the Plate

I must admit, traveling with Pass the Plate has been very interesting. First and foremost, I have had the opportunity to learn and hear from other tech entrepreneurs on the East Coast through the TechBreakfast forum’s. Over the Christmas holiday was no different with the exception that I was able to take my family with […]

Startup Weekend – Winston-Salem, NC

My Startup Weekend began with a trip to Washington DC. The day before I had driven to Washington DC to meet with the  programming team at OmniTi. We needed to re-evaluate our scope and focus on the next release of the Pass The Plate. With the “Launch itus” issues experienced with the first release, it […]

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TechBreakfast – Philadelphia, PA

Heading off to the Philadelphia TechBreakfast, I was a little apprehensive. Pass the Plate has just released its first version into “Open Beta” and we were working out the kinks. TechBreakfast is a show and tell, not a pitch, thus not having a product that worked caused concern. My fears were put to rest immediately […]