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6 Keys To Proving A Viable Startup Business Model

Startup Professionals Musings

How do you convince investors that your business model will really work, before you have a revenue stream that exceeds your expenses? Even if you are bootstrapping your business, and you are the only investor, you should be asking yourself the same question. Start selling it before you build it.

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6 Reasons Startups Should Skip the Big-Bang Launch

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, for startups, it usually makes sense to announce your solution on social media and blogs even before you have built the first one. Startups need the agility to test various business models and positioning messages. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/18/2015. Proceed with caution.

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The Digital Transformation Is Affordable For SMBs: Where To Start In Your Digital Strategy

YoungUpstarts

The digital revolution is disrupting the traditional business model for small and medium businesses (SMBs). Here’s a sample of tasks an AI can do using machine learning techniques: Sort an incoming business lead into the proper category. Post to a social media network. In 2016, SMBs used an average of 4.8

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

The trick is we use the same Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum — and the same class structure – experiential, hands-on– driven this time by a mission -model not a business model. It was adopted by the National Institutes of Health as I-Corps at NIH in 2014 and at the National Security Agency in 2015.

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How to Become Your Own Boss in 2015 (Webinar Recap)

Up and Running

She’s a seasoned entrepreneur, a professional speaker and small business coach, and she develops audio video and written content to fulfill her mission to end small business failure. People have problems and you’ve got to manage that and figure out how much of that you’re willing to deal with in your business.

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7 Lessons They Don’t Teach You In Crowdfunding School

Startup Professionals Musings

Crowdfunding is the hot new vehicle for raising money to support your entrepreneurial efforts, with over 1,250 website platforms around the world to help you, according to a 2015 industry report. Don’t forget to account for the time and cost of crowdfunding campaigns. Naïve entrepreneurs believe crowdfunding is essentially free.

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These 8 Disciplines Define A Fundable Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Even before you build a product, you should be interacting with potential customers in person, and through social media. Seeking investors before you have a business plan, or a product or even a few customers, is premature unless you have built previous successful businesses. Confidence lost early can never be regained.