Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Given that 2011 is already behind us, I’d like to take a brief time-out from the usual legal and financial wonkery to wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year. What kind of risk do we run of being put out of business by others’ IP rights ? Designing and producing marketing and PR materials (copyright, trademark).

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Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). Now, for very early stage companies, you may be thinking, “I don’t have any cash, so outsourcing isn’t an option.&# PR/Marketing. Advertising.

Software Review 65

Software Review Offshore Startup Boston 65

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

The 2011 Inc. The 2011 Top Lists. Over the past year or so, work-for-equity arrangements have become an integral part of Arizona Bays business model. Last fall, Arizona Bay launched its own venture capital firm, Arizona Bay Technology Ventures , which will invest from $50,000 to $750,000 in early-stage start-ups.

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Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. For instance, if a consultant proposes to help you with public relations, pay them a commission equivalent to the greater of a flat fee per story placed or a percentage of revenue generated from the PR coverage. Pyramid Power. Consultant.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 40

The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

The other most common focus areas for platform teams are to employ talent and PR/marketing experts who give advice to portfolio companies on strategy in these areas and have relationships and discounts with pre-vetted agencies who can deliver the work. Business model. Entrepreneurship is becoming more science and less art.

Portfolio 84

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

But whether you are trying to build daily, habitual products for business users like Slack or InVision or trying to reach truly mass market consumers like Wayfair, Jet, or Chewy, there is someone in the Guild who has faced this challenge at the early stages of a business and at scale. Jared Cluff, CMO at Blue Apron.

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Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2021

Note that if you’re familiar with the business model canvas, Steps 1-4 below are equivalent to a visual map of the choices a founder makes as they develop a business model canvas. It bears repeating: an early-stage startup must focus on making one customer group excited by a mission-aligned product.

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