Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

And when we do make bets, they’re small bets on incremental products or acquisitions that simply add to the bottom line.”. I suggested the best place to start the conversation is with the 21 st century definition of a startup: A startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Business schools teach aspiring executives a variety of courses around the execution of known business models, (accounting, organizational behavior, managerial skills, marketing, operations, etc.). In contrast, startups search for a business model. (Or to optimize this search. to optimize this search.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Developing O&O (owned & operated) businesses (outside of YouTube). Having business models that aren’t only ad-based. For starters I’d like to tell you what I tell every startup that wants to “build a YouTube business.” I will talk about these strategies in my next blog post. ” Don’t.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Benchmarks are typically specific to stage/business model/geo. In Rob Go’s words: For seed and Series A deals, investors will also need to see a high-potential team with founder/market fit , a large and attractive market opportunity , and a business model with increasing returns to scale.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

The book dedicates quite a few pages to the ‘customer-centric stack’ and argues that because you’re now able to know when someone is in the market for a solution like yours [via IP lookup or 1st or 3rd party intent data], you don’t need to “spam” them. Is ABM right for your business? Reverse IP Lookup.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

That’s why the free business model is so popular in China. They don’t have a good IP (intellectual property) to defend their technology. Companies like that tend to be great M&A (merger and acquisition) targets, as you cannot repeat it by throwing money or a team as it’ll take time.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

It doesn’t mean that you should change your business model because one person suggested it, but listed to the feedback and if you see similar patterns over and over again, make changes. Patents are nice but… in a consumer Internet business, it’s most likely that you aren’t re-inventing the wheel.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Well, Uber has actually made new things possible in cities, new business models possible, uh, new businesses possible. That the life of the, in which you can monetize, uh, a new piece of IP shrinking. I, I think the question to be asking, you know, is whether the goal is acquisition or whether it's shaping, right.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

How you approach it will depend on your business model and ideal accounts and how (or if) you plan to expand campaigns. For 90% of companies , the top goal for ABM is new business generation— new clients, new contracts, new logo acquisition, etc. Tools for IP-targeted ads: MRP ; Terminus.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2007

« Is Business Model Analysis Important To You? It means that the entrepreneur hasnt done the hard work of figuring out a business model at a detailed level, nor allocated the total investment required to achieve their goals. If they have protectable IP, their growth should accelerate.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. John is currently a partner at Rincon Venture Partners , a venture capital firm investing in early stage web-based businesses, and is a Co-Founder of RevUpNet , a performance-based online marketing agency.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Wants to promote intrapreneurship to extend its business model and retain creative employees like Google, Amazon, and Facebook do. Startups are developing IP relevant to the disruption. Acquiring a growth-stage private startup can provide a faster ROI at lower risk than the acquisition of an early- stage startup.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model. Yet the team got the new service up and running and used this to power and grow their business for another 7 years, until they disrupted themselves again by moving aggressively to the streaming model.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

Others take bets on certain verticals or business models, such as marketplaces, SaaS, or enterprise technology. The physical office hasn’t been rendered obsolete by any means, but IP video conferencing has fundamentally changed how and with whom many people work on a daily basis.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I’m not afraid to pick up the phone, cold call someone, use LinkedIn to find someone who’s recently left a company that might be considered competitive and ask them for advise around the business model and marketplace. Acquisition / Lifetime Value, etc. Now our biz model is lighter, more flexible. So build a strong base.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Another assumption is that you’ve actually conducted due diligence on your own business, and these are the areas of your team, financials, your competition, your IP, market trends, because the best pitches I’ve ever delivered were when investors were raising their hands and asking me questions about, “How is your IP protected?”

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Microsofts originalplan was to make money selling programming languages, of all things.Their current business model didnt occur to them until IBM droppedit in their lap five years later. So the acquisition came toa screeching halt while we tried to sort this out. Theyre not something you couldhand to someone else to execute.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2011

Unlike Lean startups, their priority isn't to learn in order to create a scalable business model. The idea is to build a hit that would make the founder(s) an appealing and quick talent acquisition (sometimes referred to as an acq-hire). However, this will impact the value of your IP. Create Buzz. Photo by nighthawk7.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? . -

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The JAIC is a tiny team, yet we have a product directorate with 32 products that we’re building across six verticals – all the way from warfighter health to Joint warfighting to Business Process automation, humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, cybersecurity and predictive maintenance. JAIC Is Applied AI – Focused on Impact.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Allot is a leading provider of intelligent IP service optimization and revenuegeneration solutions based on Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology, Allot Service Gateway solutions for mobile broadband are compliant with 3G.4G/LTE Our solutions provide peace of mind, improve quality of life and save costs to users and service providers.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Site-centric analysis is primarily focused on looking at direct competitors, or adjacent ones, and learning from what is happening with Acquisition, Behavior and Outcomes on their website (desktop and/or mobile). Every website in the world has a unique business strategy. In our scenario there are two types of CI analysis.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

IP Location Tools. great web customer acquisition tutorials. British Library Business & IP Centre : Funded by the London Development Agency, the British Library supports inventors, small businesses and entrepreneurs from that first spark of inspiration to successfully launching and developing a business.

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