SoCal CTO
MARCH 5, 2007
There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. One of his companies - Gluecode - was sold to IBM for a pretty good price. Common revenue streams are consulting, training, support, customization, upgraded versions for corporate applications, etc.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan. Every startup is in a race against time.
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Steve Blank
MARCH 31, 2014
Metrics like Return on Net Assets, Return on Capital and Internal Rate of Return are the guiding stars of the board and CEO. As Harvard professor Clayton Christensen noted, these efficiency metrics provided wise guidance for times when capital was scarce and raising money was hard. Act Like a Startup.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. Choose one.
Steve Blank
MARCH 17, 2020
But next the question is, ‘What happens to my business?”. The questions every startup or small business CEO needs to ask now are: What’s my Burn Rate and Runway? What does your new business model look like? What does my business model look like now? What are the new financial metrics? How do you know?
Board Effect
MARCH 11, 2020
Before the recession of 2008, it was generally assumed that higher education institutions were performing well in most, if not every regard. Appropriate metrics should measure the end outcome because they provide a better indicator of how students may or may not be successful in the real world after their college days are over.
SoCal CTO
JUNE 9, 2010
Solving the "marketplace" business model - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 10, 2010 A sizable percentage of Capital Factory startup submissions take the form of the "marketplace." " In fact, 3 of the 10 selected companies from the past two years has followed this business model.
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