Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

It dawned on me that the plans were a symptom of a larger problem: we were executing business plans when we should first be searching for business models. So what would a search process for a business model look like? And in 2003 the Haas Business School at U.C. He called it the “Lean Startup.”.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2014

For those who don’t know, I wrote the book Open Innovation in 2003, and followed it with Open Business Models in 2006, and Open Services Innovation in 2011. A startup is a temporary organization in search of a repeatable, scalable business model. When companies want to innovate a new business model (vs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2019

MySpace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. They are usually thinking only of costs required to get “in business,” rather than the total costs of marketing, scaling up, and going international. MySpace wasn’t ready for this, and it soon faded.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Jason does an excellent job explaining the math behind more complex subscription forecasting, but also touches on topics like marketing and company culture. It’s a great blog to visit, especially if you need help with your subscription business. Follow Jason on Twitter @ASmartBear. Above the Crowd. Follow Bill on Twitter @billgurley.

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Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Cyndi Thomason , president and founder of bookskeep, has channeled her energetic nature and passion for her work into the perfect business model for assisting small businesses, entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations. Backed by a B.A. 7 at Collective Bias (social media agency). Backed by a B.A.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2011

Don’t let Forbes ‘s chosen name for the best of the best fool you; nobody gets to consult Fortune 500 companies on internet marketing strategy by building a technique based on fortune alone. Many aspiring online visionaries focus solely on moneymaking when they devise marketing strategies for themselves and others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Myspace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. They are usually thinking only of costs required to get “in business,” rather than the total costs of marketing, scaling up, and going international. Myspace wasn’t ready for this, and it soon crashed.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 20, 2014

An entrepreneur who starts his own business can break free from this actuarial perspective and redefine the value he brings to the market,” he says. If you believe in your business model and it is something the world needs, starting a business is an effective way to ensure your vision is achieved,” he says.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2017

MySpace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. They are usually thinking only of costs required to get “in business,” rather than the total costs of marketing, scaling up, and going international. MySpace wasn’t ready for this, and it soon faded.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 22, 2012

And in assessing the two markets, my conclusion was that the New York market had a stronger pipeline of pre-IPO companies that would be attractive to the public markets than Boston. If any technology hub can build a strong middle market public company ecosystem, it should be NYC.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 12, 2014

But a lot of people were funding marketplaces and other online “things” in this arena – well over $500 million of VC capital went into the home improvement market alone. In 2000, Michael and Rodney cut the business drastically, changed the business model to a lead-fee system, which they pioneered online.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster was at its height, strongly battling MySpace after raising its premium round from Benchmark and Kleiner in the fall of 2003. Press and analysts characterized LinkedIn in one of two ways: “LinkedIn is an interesting niche that might be worth paying attention to” or “LinkedIn is the Friendster for business”. we had no revenue.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Newzoo estimates the global games market revenue at approximately $150 Billion in 2019, across all platforms, devices etc. This makes the gaming market already much bigger than the movie or music industries combined. 2019 Global Games Market – Newzoo. 2019 Global Games Market – Newzoo. Billion in 2019.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 8, 2017

Through it all, I found that I had a knack for bridging business and technology perspectives to capture market opportunities. Tell us about your business. incentaHEALTH was formed in 2003 around the idea of rewarding people for healthy behaviors. It’s maddening for the consumer to navigate.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Philip Bouchard : You’ve started teaching at Berkeley since 2002, Columbia in 2003 and at Stanford since 2011. Steve Blank: When I first starting teaching, the capstone entrepreneurship class was how to write a business plan. And as part of that we’ve developed a set of tools that could be used to search for business models.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

At the time, Word for Mac was a relatively small market. It was only $60M vs. Windows which at that point was more than a $1B market. PowerMacs were just hitting the market, which had significantly faster chips and more memory. Martina has gone on to have a remarkable career, in both product management and product marketing.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The emergence of mobile platforms has broadened the array of internet-enabled businesses somewhat, and overall it obviously marks a massive shift in computing platforms. But at its base level, ubiquitous computing or “mobile” hasn’t actually changed that much from the desktop web when it comes to fundamental business models.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 6, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

On January 29, Virtualitics announced the release of VIP 2020, the newest version of its AI-driven data visualization software that enables users in a wide range of industries and government agencies to obtain actionable insights from complex data faster and with greater accuracy than they can with any other software on the market.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 14, 2021

When it comes to business growth, you must keep finding better ways to improve your business model. It can benefit you in a number of ways, and one of the main reasons is to increase your clientele, which is the ultimate goal of every significant business. Fewer Errors and More Productivity.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2012

chief, came to the rescue in 2003 and helped turn the company around for the better. He has remained true to his company’s mission and, although he may have lost profits in the process, his innovative business model has certainly paid off big. Whole Foods Market. Believe it or not, but the uber successful retailer, J.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. eBay is likely the most efficient “accelerator” to have existed to date.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. Above that is product power, and for me that's about what is the path to getting to product-market fit? Then above that is business model power—so, how do you make money? I've been in venture now twice.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

The ingredients used are all human grade, and we strive to use organic and local farmer’s market/CSA ingredients when possible. I started a real estate business because I needed more freedom and to be in a career where I had full control of my schedule, my growth, and my income. 20 – To Blend A Beautiful Business Model.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

After years working in fashion PR/Marketing in NYC and Milan, and then as a co-founder/owner of a Brooklyn-based rock ’n’ roll play space for kids under 5, I found myself becoming overly excited about my friends starting new businesses. 14 – Concept Behind the Business Model. 22 – Know What the Business Was.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I grew up in Los Angeles and went to undergrad at UC Santa Barbara, graduating in 2003 with Honors in Economics. In my case, I am breaking down “business” to its fundamentals, which begins with a definition of what, exactly, is a “business.” That is, understanding your business model and the different variables that go into it.

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BeyondVC

JULY 7, 2010

We did have some large initial customers but quickly realized that we were far from capital efficient in a market crash and that we would have to refocus and restart. We bought that company in 2003 and invested some more capital. Frankly we did this to keep ourselves around long enough to figure out what to do next.

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BeyondVC

JULY 7, 2010

We did have some large initial customers but quickly realized that we were far from capital efficient in a market crash and that we would have to refocus and restart. We bought that company in 2003 and invested some more capital. Frankly we did this to keep ourselves around long enough to figure out what to do next.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Asocs – Founded in 2003, ASOCS develops and markets MultiComms™. Datanetis’s solutions enable organizations to leverage, for the first time, social networks and social influencers as part of their marketing activities on a large scale. Together, we build joint solutions and define a clear go-to market.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

And going even further back there have been a few random ones have been built before like Salesforce.com and e-tailer RedEnvelope (IPO’d in 2003 though now defunct as a company). I think the long-tail (size in terms of market cap, revenue, employees etc – pick one doesn’t matter) is moving towards the city.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

It seems appropriate to have this discussion as Kent Desormeaux grabs Big Browns reins and goes after the Triple Crown tomorrow at Belmont.There is an age old debate in the venture business on whether it is better to bet on the horse (business/market) or the jockey (management team/founders).

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

It is the B2B advertiser’s Mecca, but it is an undeserved market when it comes to user experience and consolidation of services. Yair Margolin: I was a member of the core team at Peerapp in 2003, a supplier of caching solutions for ISPs. VC Cafe: What can you tell me about the market for BizMe2? Is it big enough?

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

It is exciting to see an idea turn into a physical product that fulfills a market need. 4- Building a new market and bringing change. One of the things I enjoy most about my role is that we are defining and building a new market, a new category, Software Intelligence. It’s busy, challenging and rewarding.

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www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Sunday - September 28, 2003 at 03:37 AM in. To all those entrepreneurs with innovative, unique business ideas who want to capitalize on them before someone else does, I have one piece of advice: Get over it. 4) If others find out about my unique idea, they could bring it to market first, and steal the advantage from me.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

After failing dismally at making disposable digital cameras in 2003 Pure Digital Technologies reinvented their company in 2007 to make the Flip line of camcorders. For the first 25 years HP’s business model was static. However, no markets last forever.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Not everybody can, especially if they need to run with the idea to get to market. Pitching to investors before building is a waste of time especially if they do not understand the timing to enter the market. By now it is useless except bragging rights as traction and market disruption have been lost.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Founded in 2003, ASOCS develops and markets MultiComms.processors that provide seamless connectivity over diverse wireless networks. The solution is applicable both for postpaid & prepaid market segments. Established back in 2003, Comarcom Ltd. Established back in 2003, Comarcom Ltd. Ceedo Technologies.

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