K9 Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2010

What started out as a generic web-based chat solution morphed into a full-fledged product for a distance education that we called iClass. (We We really were doing the i-thing before Apple came out with its first iMac in 1998. Our products were iClass, then iMeet, iServe and iShow.). The product worked.

Revenue 72

Revenue Developer Java Customer Development 72

YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2015

Here’s how to change your business model in order to mitigate or leverage seasonal demand: Level out revenues. How about instead, making a scarf for the winter in a similar design to your summer wear? The production cost of a scarf should be similar to that of a pair of shorts. Mitigating Seasonality.

Startup 100

Startup Bankruptcy Campaign Demand 100

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I started with some basic theory: that a startup is an institution designed to thrive in the soil of extreme uncertainty; that traditional management techniques rooted in forecasting and planning would not work well in the face of that uncertainty. These business model assumptions are then ripe for testing, measuring and iterating upon.

Lean 167

Lean Entrepreneur Agile San Francisco 167

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

But nine months after the first call was made in 1998, Iridium was in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. But Iridium’s business model assumptions were fixed like it was still 1990. No Business Plan Survives First Contact With A Customer. Customer Development, Business Model Design and Agile Development could have changed the outcome.

Business Plan 335

Business Plan Customer Business Model Customer Development 335