Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 8, 2013

As John writes, being “built to last” is an idea that is arguably most relevant in the technology world, where customers invest in products that are strategic to their businesses and where there are relatively high switching costs. Built to Last: How MapR’s Business Model Supports That Goal. I couldn’t agree more.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2018

“But I’ve also dealt with many successful entrepreneurs who were exposed to that model for bootstrapping and trying new ventures through their parents and others close to them,” he adds. “I I think that’s helped many grapple realistically with the demanding aspects of business ownership, and also set them up for success.”.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

There are also societal and political factors at play including a growing acceptance among physicians of the practice of home care, as well as pressure to alleviate the demands placed on hospitals and an overall desire to find cost efficiencies in the health care system. “In Technological upkeep and maintenance. percent in 2000 to 19.6

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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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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

While credit was relatively easy to obtain in the developed markets for much of the last 20 years, the 2008 economic crisis made it more difficult for even the middle class and small businesses to obtain loans. Low cost medical devices: In 2009 in India, GE partnered with Wipro to launch low cost medical devices including a $500 portable ECG.

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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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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The Lean LaunchPad class teaches students how to build a Lean Startup using business model design, customer development and agile engineering. Starting this year all 750 incoming freshman at the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering take the required Innovation and Technology Forum class. Spend it Wisely. It is a great book.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Technology versus market risk in angel investments.  It implies that selling to the market is a task that needs to be accomplished, but that the business is focused on an existing market that has high demand for the product. Technology versus market risk in angel investments.  And risk comes in many varieties.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

A few of the detailed case studies include: Tech legend Bill Gross building an MVP in 1999 to test demand for online car sales, which grew into CarsDirect.com. Scott Summitt iteratively leveraging the emerging technologies of digital fabrication and 3d-scanning to change people's lives. It's a big tent.

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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? Destroy Current Business Models?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2021

We just finished the 11th annual Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford — our first version focused on deep science and technology. This allowed us to emphasize how to differentiate a technical spec from a value proposition and expand on the parts of the business model that are unique for science and engineering startups.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model. .   And if they are built from the top down, they’re pretty much useless. [3]

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JULY 22, 2013

Rebecca Henderson on Sustainability in Business, World Innovation Forum 2013. Almost every company you can name would love to make money while doing good, but that mission seems out of reach for too many firms. : A plausible business case for the value they aim to create. Dan Pink at the World Innovation Forum (2013).

Technical Review 93

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2014

While there may be generational gaps about fashion or social conventions, millenials are often at the forefront when it comes to technology. Whether Millennials, our largest generation at 80 million strong, can harness their enthusiasm into viable businesses models remains to be seen. At the end of June, U.S.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Anton already had experience in the cleaning business, so that’s where our journey began. Over the years, we discovered that UK homeowners and tenants needed more domestic services which we added to our portfolio as and when there was a demand. We are the one-stop-shop for every home’s needs. Thanks to Reginald Swift, Rubix LS ! #9-

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 22, 2019

In 2013, Foodee CEO Ryan Spong had the idea to connect the top local owner-operated restaurants with innovative companies looking for a competitive edge. Our food trucks and restaurants, though popular, struggled with the problem of peak demand: dead at 11 am, lined up out the door at noon. Foodee is a proud contributor to this shift.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

And finally, if you only want to offer guest checkout or use third-party checkout - and you aren’t interested in collecting user data – social login might not be a good fit for your business. More detailed and reliable data allows you to tailor your business model, monitor trends and measure how they might impact future demand.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. The Laws of Supply & Demand. The most basic chart of microeconomics is a supply & demand curve. Demand represents a buyer and supply a seller. The result?

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2015

However, the next evolution of the subscription commerce will become the curated subscription business model. The concept is, rather than simply sending a random assortment of products in a box, the customer tells you what their preference is and you as the business tailor each box specifically towards them.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

How much attention we apply to a task will vary depending on what the task demand is.” The study, cited by MotherJones, was based on a survey of 1,000 workers by Good Technology , which was done in 2012—eight years ago! Image source ). 17% of Americans check their email immediately upon waking up. It gets even more interesting.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Juniper Networks Inc acquired Altor Networks, a company specializing in security for virtualization technology. Virtualization technology is increasingly in demand as large corporations try to cut back on hardware in their data centers. The technology was developed in collaboration with Bar-Ilan University.

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 17, 2014

That was December 2013, and digital health funding for the year exceeded $19B with 195 venture deals (where over $2M was raised). These examples are a few of many that validate how technology can increase affordability of care and provide more accurate diagnoses without a loss in quality. appeared first on Version One Ventures.

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Up and Running

MARCH 29, 2017

At the same time, I was starting to realize that both the elegance of cloud-based software and the business models it enabled were what really got me excited. So I applied and was lucky enough to be accepted at Harvard Business School, where I started in the fall of 2013. Find your own magic.

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Term Sheet Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Valuation 60

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Updated Business tools for Startups. Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. An additional list of business resources for startups is available here. Ad Serving Technology.

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