YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2012

Between 2005 and 2007, Starbucks aggressively opened new store locations and made several operational changes that diluted its customer value proposition, diluted its high employee engagement culture, violated its real estate site selection controls, and weakened its high value-added ‘experience’ business model.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 28, 2013

For years, HBR and most of the country’s leading business schools taught entrepreneurship as if the strategies, processes and techniques were some sort of amputated versions of the business models embraced by “real companies.” The lean startup model is not new. The book was published in 2005.)

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Since 2005 startup accelerators have provided cohorts of startups with mentoring, pitch practice and product focus. Over 10 weeks each team gets out of the building talking to 100 customers to test their hypotheses across all 9 boxes in the business model canvas. You can see the entire presentation here.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 24, 2019

Luck plays a big role in entrepreneurship and we were at the right place at the right time with our pioneering business model. And then eventually, as we built the business retail customer win by retail customer win, we became known for the company we kept. this was 2005. Application Service Provider. Then SaaS?—?Software

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Software Review Cofounder eCommerce Austin 48

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 19, 2014

In 2005, GoDaddy.com became the world’s largest ICANN-accredited registrar on the internet. In addition to being one of the most popular domain registrars in the world, it also offers website hosting and a whole range of business related technology solutions. Look at your business model – where have you been playing safe?

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Technical Review Private Equity Hosting Advertising 104

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In the early days of every business the incumbents tend not to respond because you’re too small and insignificant. As they see you grow the become intrigued and probably analyze your business model and potential. But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. Choose that market. Microeconomics.

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

We make a majority of our investments in those sectors and prioritize proven business models. Cover Page Golden Seeds Golden Seeds When Golden Seeds was founded in 2005, women entrepreneurs represented less than 3% of all companies receiving start-up capital. Fueled by Gayle Jobyrne and Kathryn Finney.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage 48

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Since 2005, they have been the two leading investors in Africa, investing $31 billion and $16 billion on the continent, respectively. How / must your business model evolve to leverage these new opportunities? Check your ego firmly at the door when evaluating business models. In the U.S. Your India strategy? •

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Africa Brazil China India 104

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2019

But there’s a huge difference between a small, traditional company and the digitally native powerhouses we consider models of this digital age. The key is looking at your own business — and finding the business model that fits — to chart the best course. should all retail companies become like Amazon).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out. An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe. And the bursting of bubbles isn’t bad for everybody.

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

It had a gut-wrenching pivot as the first business model didn’t work and today is thriving with its new one. At the beginning of Bazaarvoice in 2005, the market risk was whether or not we could convince retailers to embrace both the positive?—?and Our pivot wasn’t a business model pivot?—?it and negative?—?voice

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B2C Austin Cofounder IPO 51

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

2) New market (less common form, examples are Lyft and eShares) and 3) New business model (least common, non-K9 portfolio examples are PriceLine and SolarCity). Direct Revenue, meaning no three-way business models and no advertising, media, or content. New Technology or New Market, meaning no “me too” ideas.

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San Francisco Early Stage Portfolio Software Engineering 48

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. Page 4: Business Model. I am very grateful to my friend Zoli Erdos for finding this retro posting for me at web.archive.org. Page 3: Competition.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

YoungUpstarts

JULY 13, 2020

Ecommerce has been on the rise for a while now, but the lockdown period has placed this business model at the forefront of purchasing decisions like never before. In fact, businesses who previously relied on retail stores are now seizing the opportunity of a direct-to-consumer (D2C) model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

Paul Graham built the mold at Y Combinator , which he founded back in 2005. So, in my favorite terms, if the team has a Market, some powerful Magic, a solid business Model, and an abundant supply of Moxie, they can qualify to get both the Mentors and the Money they need to pull off a strong launch.

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Incubator Programming Virginia DC 201

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2014

million in 1955 to over 9 million words in 2005. Taxes are difficult enough for certified accountants who specialize in taxes, let alone business owners who have to focus on growing and managing a company. When you factor in individual state, county and city tax codes, interpreting your tax obligations becomes un-DIYable.

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Connecticut CPA eCommerce Florida 160

Version One Ventures

JUNE 7, 2016

eBay was relatively successful when it acquired marketplaces like Rent.com (2005) and StubHub (2007). Be sure to set your expectations and business model accordingly. In fact, the only reason you’d ever acquire a marketplace is if it were a large, standalone unit that could grow on its own.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 24, 2018

This spirit of purpose and empowering those around us led to our purpose-driven business model called Community Commerce, which equips underserved people and communities with access to the opportunities and resources that enable them to create lasting value for themselves and others. How are you incorporating CSR in your business?

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Member since 01/2005. While Ive made at least my share of mistakes taking equity in lieu of pay, I continue to see this as a key part of my business model. AOL, Tech Crunch and What Selling Your Business Means. Business Models. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011.

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Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Colin Angle, CEO/cofounder of iRobot (2005 IPO). Michael Simon talked about taking years to discover the business model that led LogMeIn to be so successful. Scott Griffith, CEO ZipCar (2010 IPO). Gail Goodman, CEO Constant Contact (2007 IPO). Niraj Shah, CEO/cofounder of Wayfair ($500m revenue).

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder IPO Boston 45

www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Friday - May 27, 2005 at 09:21 AM in. And here are the facts I turned up: * They think their business is a huge opportunity, probably a billion-dollar plus market which nobody else is currently addressing (this last point could easily be naivete, which is common enough among entrepreneurs). * Gourmet Customer Service. Categories.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2010

Berkeley’s Haas Business School since the fall of 2004 and in a joint MBA with Columbia since 2005. Back in 2004, Jerry Engel the head of the Entreprenuership program at Haas Business School at U.C. I’ve been teaching Customer Development at U.C. A lot has happened since I first authored and taught the class. Four Steps.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 3, 2018

During the dot-com boom around the year 2000, and the years that followed (before I started this blog in 2005), I was a guy in his early twenties looking for a business idea to make my riches. The post What Is A Many-To-Many Business And How Can This Model Produce Billion Dollar Outcomes appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Examine the issues and vote your conscience, yes, but don’t take your eyes off the creativity, hard work, and proven business practices that keep the entrepreneurial engine humming along. We started the Barefoot Wine brand in our laundry room in 1986, made it a nationwide bestseller, and successfully sold the brand to E&J Gallo in 2005.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

And the same thing happened after we sold IT WatchDogs in 2005. After I sold Smart Bear, that division has increased revenue and profit every year, for five years, even through the 2008/2009 economic disaster. The crap of it is, those VC’s who continue to invest in Nguyen are acting rationally.

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IPO Flash Bootstrapping Private Equity 240

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

No, the heart of the “find the next Facebook” challenge is that the vast majority of investors are either too poor or - more interestingly - too rich to even consider an investment like Peter Thiel’s $250,000 into Facebook in 2005. Let's start with being too poor. Forget about deal access and acumen.

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Silicon Valley Private Equity Early Stage Equity 78

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2012

million in 2005. 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. Crew from bankruptcy by rebranding the store and giving it a new identity. Under Drexler’s leadership, J. Whole Foods Market.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The founders sold the two year old company to eBay in 2005 for $2.6 They devalued the company and sold 70% of the business to private investors in 2009. Questionable business model. This startup offered free peer to peer on-line phone service. This was a great service, but it generated very little income. Unprofitable.

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IPO Exit Strategy San Francisco Startup 162

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2011

In 2005 I had a similar 6 month trip. It seems like a natural fit me, and for the small business owners buying our offers. If I have a poor campaign with Google Ads, I'm not going to say Google has a horrible business model, but that seems to be what's happening with Groupon. How'd you end up founding a website?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 6, 2011

There is something really beautiful about a group that has shared motivations and beliefs, but very diverse businesses and business models.

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Small Business Marketing Social Media Engineer 58

Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

If you are pursuing an advertising business model, then in the early days you will almost certainly have to outsource, despite the fact that this could be a core long term advantage. Paypal, Google and others have great online payments tools that have low setup costs (but relatively high variable costs) and are easy to implement.

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Software Review Offshore Startup Boston 65

Growthink Blog

JULY 23, 2012

Since 2005, they have been the two leading investors in Africa, investing $31 billion and $16 billion on the continent, respectively. How / must your business model evolve to leverage these new opportunities? So from a business perspective, how can we make the Black Swan work for, and not against, us? This is HARD.

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Africa Brazil India China 76

The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

The watershed moment in entrepreneurship becoming more science than art as probably Eric Ries’s publication of The Lean Startup in 2011 (although some would argue for Steve Blank’s Four Steps to the Epiphany in 2005). Business model. Value add strategies make partners at VC firms more personally effective.

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Portfolio LP Venture Capital Partner 84

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 20, 2012

Answer: After your business model makes boatloads of money. :). When I heard that 10,000 people had signed up, I was stunned that 10,000 people had figured out (in 2005) how to drag the tagging button up to the bookmarks bar. There seems to be three windows, each with their own pros, cons and complications.

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Dilution Business Model Mobile Entrepreneur 126

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks.

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Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

It feels a lot like NYC as a whole did back in 2005--a handful of relatively disconnected folks, a few marquee companies and a whole lot of pent up interest in doing something impactful in the local community. What's the business model? Android Backlash.

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Technology Valuation Community Restful 116

Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

This whole process got me thinking about the textbook business model. Labels: business models , Grateful Dead , textbook. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Steve Bennet. at 7:05 PM.

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