Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2013

The Harvard Business Review is offering free reprints of the May 2013 cover article, “ Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything “ Available here.

Lean 330

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2014

In late 2013 Cowboy Ventures did an analysis of U.S.-based A pivot can change any of nine different things in your business model. A pivot may mean you changed your customer segment, your channel, revenue model/pricing, resources, activities, costs, partners, customer acquisition – lots of other things than just the product.

Business Model 330

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2013

The Harvard Business Review is offering free reprints of the May 2013 cover article, “ Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything “ Available here.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Key Digital Marketing Trends For 2013 | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. Andreessen Horowitz, Github, and Box Share 2013 Enterprise Insights - [link]. Good read about how Aviary changed its business model | The Verge - [link]. Key Digital Marketing Trends For 2013 | crowdSPRING Blog – [link].

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

As a startup, you’re working with limited resources and a lean business model. A steep discount may not fit with your business plan and current financial state, but make sure you find some way to compensate your initial believers. Your business’ success depends on a similar feedback loop. Always remember.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

If you’re creating or growing a startup, you’re likely thinking about: Getting off the ground: Creating and filing a company name, registration , tax ID, logos, business planning , social media, websites, marketing, and income streams. Start business planning. Then dive into the Marketing Plan and Operations.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. 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. We were putting the plan before the planning.

Lean 286

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Certainly we tightened our business model by talking to many different people. . Steve : You mean no business plan survives first contact with customers? We decided to really target the issue of absenteeism and try to engage families more towards the end goal of trying to improve student attendance rates.

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David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

For example, Qualcomm Ventures hosts an international business plan competition called QPrize , which targets mobile technology startups. The accelerator model has produced some notable companies, and some of the Fortune 500 also want to get in the game.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2017

We didn’t know anything about small business accounting or finance. We didn’t even know how to write a business plan. In hindsight, it’s understandable that friends and family were skeptical when we told them about our business. We’d never hired anyone. We’d never had anyone pay us for a product or a service.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. 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. We were putting the plan before the planning.

Lean 178

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Most investors will assume that if the business plan is solid and a large market opportunity exists, there will be vigorous competition from other players. Here are just a few examples: Creating and revising a business plan (copyright, trade secret). By 2013, the U.S. Creating product mock-ups , wireframes, etc.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Conceived in my Princeton dorm room, TerraCycle’s original business model of worm poop fertilizer was like a lightbulb going on in my head: we could take the school’s food waste, feed it to worms, get beautiful worm poop, and sell it. Thanks to Reginald Swift, Rubix LS ! #9- 9- People, Planet, and Profit. Photo Credit: Tom Szaky.

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Up and Running

JULY 20, 2020

And to do that you need to develop your business plan. Create a list of all items your business needs to start and operate, including things like computer equipment, POS systems, office supplies, furniture, and salaries. As you’ve written your business plan, you’ve had to outline your staffing needs and current team.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 21, 2011

How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan. First develop a business model.   If you've been through a plan review with someone like a potential investor, think for a moment about the questions you get asked. How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan. April 2013.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 19, 2012

April 2013. January 2013. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. .    And, of course, be prompt in your followup.   Search. Signup for email updates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2013

This occurs when a new product, service, or business model renders the old way of doing business obsolete. It used to happen only a few times per century, but now I see disruptive innovation highlighted in almost every business plan I read. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/26/2013.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Over the last few years it’s become clear that the days of teaching “how to write a business plan” as the cornerstone of university entrepreneurship are over. We now understand the distinction between startups – who search for a business model – versus existing companies – that execute a business plan.

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Up and Running

MARCH 4, 2013

Entrepreneur Zack Price is guest blogging his experience this week on the 2013 StartupBus as it makes its way from Chicago to SXSW in Austin. Change business models on the fly. On StartupBus a team of strangers, traveling at 60mph, have about 72 hours to conceive, build, and launch a startup. Easiest thing ever … not.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Is Business Model Analysis Important To You? Investors love entrepreneurs who understand their business model, and can describe it accurately. In my mind, a "business model" reveals the structure of the profit engine that underlies the venture. Is Business Model Analysis Important To You?

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

April 2013. January 2013. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model.      Search. Signup for email updates. Enter your Email. October 2012. March 2011.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

In 2013, North America accounted for just over 40 percent of the global home health care revenue. Step 1: Formulate your business plan. If you’ve never written a business plan before, you can find out more about the process here on Bplans. See Also: 12 Tips for a Wildly Productive Home Office.

North America 95

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). An additional list of business resources for startups is available here. Added – March 2013* Startup Intelligence tools. Read post Why Learning should be your top 2013 new year’s resolution  for a full list.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2019

My company was founded in 2004, but we didn’t have a BHAG until 2013. I designed our first BHAG in 2013: keep all junk we pick up out of landfills. Business model. It’s a bigger, scarier, more audacious goal than you’ve ever chased. Its prime purpose is to drive you and your team forward to do the impossible.

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wordsting.com

APRIL 4, 2013

April 1, 2013. Our chosen problem was logic models , which are the non-profit equivalent of business plans. In return for a substantial fee, the client received a long PowerPoint describing elaborate logic models. So, we did the next logical thing and pursued The Really Big Plan. Instead we were sinking.

Lean 61

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2014

A new study by CT Corporation shows that 61 percent of recent college grads want to start their own business, 45 percent believe that it is likely they will start a business, and 51 percent say starting their own business will in the long-term provide greater security than a job with an existing company.

Las Vegas 113

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

April 2013. January 2013. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. .  It solves the problem of what to do if one of the founders quits. Signup for email updates.

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Up and Running

JULY 3, 2013

Business Insider reports the pay television industry lost 80,000 subscribers from May 2012 – May 2013, the first time the industry has seen dramatic losses like this. This brings up 2 business planning questions: What can cable television companies do to remain competitive right now? Adapt Business Plans or Die?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

This lesson was first shared at Lucky7 on June 12, 2013. Writing a business plan is a must; failed entrepreneurs rarely take that step. Taking over an existing business is always the best bet; failed entrepreneurs prefer to start from scratch. So here we go with the fifteenth lesson from The Entrepreneur’s Essentials.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2008

April 2013. January 2013. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. .  In the workplace, if under-performers are systemically pushed out, where do they go? 

Technical Review 60

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Most first-time entrepreneurs write huge business plans, instead of creating a short pitch-deck. Focus on building a prototype, test your business model and create a clear strategy to become a sustainable and scaleable business fast. I became a CEO, and I wasn’t fully prepared.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 19, 2006

April 2013. January 2013. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. We communicate to customers and competitors by how we price, and it is not simple to change.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

Soundtrack Your Brand , founded in 2013 as a joint effort with Spotify, offers businesses world-class tech to provide a valuable all-in-one solution for streaming music in commercial settings, importantly that is properly licensed and ensures correct royalty flow to artists.

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Tim Keane

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

April 2013. January 2013. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Marquette's Entrepreneurship graduate certificate! Signup for email updates. Enter your Email.

Wisconsin 68

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Tim Keane

JULY 2, 2010

April 2013. January 2013. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Signup for email updates. Enter your Email. Preview | Powered by FeedBlitz. October 2012. March 2011.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

We’re big fans of the subscription business model here at Bplans—after all, our product LivePlan is subscription software that helps you write a business plan. That being said, as popular as the subscription business model may be, it’s not foolproof. Determine the saturation point. “As

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

On July 17, Ultimate Software, a $10B HR software gorilla, announced the acquisition of Peopledoc for $300m - the largest software exit in France since the acquisition of Neolane by Adobe in 2013. Jon and Pierre working on the first business plan in 2007 A few brainstorming sessions later, and a new strategy was born.

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