Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 15, 2019
Today HuffPo is one of the most well-read and well respected online media outlets but when she started it in 2005 she had lots critics who dismissed her unpaid bloggers and editorial content. She found her audience and her business model and focused on scaling her concept and she made it work. Tell us in the comments below.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
dominated by a few very large incumbents who control much of the distribution or are you going into a market that is “fragmented” where nobody controls the industry. In the early days of every business the incumbents tend not to respond because you’re too small and insignificant. Choose that market. Microeconomics.
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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. Free product.
Version One Ventures
JUNE 7, 2016
The acquiring company can just plug that product into their existing distribution channel to help round out their current product suite and grab more market share (and some might argue that even this is happening less frequently). eBay was relatively successful when it acquired marketplaces like Rent.com (2005) and StubHub (2007).
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.
ReadWriteStart
APRIL 26, 2012
"What's happened in the last decade, the cost of launching an Internet product - forget other technologies, we'll focus on Internet - has dropped from $5 million to $500,000 in 2005, to $50,000 today," he continues. Two orders of magnitude. Having a little less money to burn drives the EGC to get its product to market on time.
Professor VC
JUNE 20, 2011
I took a look back at our original financial model we presented to VCs in 2004. The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. offering to invest $75K if we could find another $250K by September 30, 2005.
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