Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers?

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad. Flexible VC: Revenue -based. Of the Inc.

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www.instigatorblog.com

MARCH 2, 2010

The Importance of Advisory Boards for Startup CEOs Tweet When a startup receives financing it will need to setup a Board of Directors. The Board probably existed beforehand, but was made up only of the founders. Mark Macleod spells it out beautifully in his post on Advisory Boards. Why wouldn’t you?

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

We are purpose-built to not only invest pre-product but also to help accelerate your path to product-market fit with our decades of entrepreneurial and investing experience along with our active CXO advisory board. Some of these themes include privacy/ML, next gen CMS, intelligent automation, and developer productivity.

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Small Business Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

You have some actual customers, driving real revenue and maybe even have an employee or two. All those case studies never mentioned midnight calls from your website developer whose system crashed and won't be able to roll out the new website that your already-implemented email campaign is counting on. So you proved your concept.

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Small Business Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

You have some actual customers, driving real revenue and maybe even have an employee or two. All those case studies never mentioned midnight calls from your website developer whose system crashed and won't be able to roll out the new website that your already-implemented email campaign is counting on. So you proved your concept.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2018

Earlier this year at the FUND Conference in Austin, Texas, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. Apptronik Systems specializes in developing robotic systems that can live and work with humans to make our lives safer, more productive and easier. Our people!

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. Here the rigor in qualifying the GLG Share members helps, because we want the conversation to be valuable on both sides.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2012

It was great to watch him embrace the spirit and practice of customer development. I got to spend time inside his company while I was using their software to analyze early-stage ventures. He should make sure that there aren’t other parts of the business model (revenue model, pricing, partners, channel, etc.)

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2010

What startup stage do they typically invest in? Do they “get&# Customer Development ? What Startup Stage Do they Invest In? Certain VC’s like the new class of Super-Angels and small VC funds specialize in the early stage of a startup where you are searching for a business model. Is Your VC Founder Friendly?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So Leon and I have met numerous times, about marketing strategy and the music one is that developed after Chicago became a customer. I mean, it’s easy to talk to very little bands and just say I feel like the amount of revenue for you is very little. Interviewee: Well, I’m talking web development. Jason: Why?

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2020

She is a strong STEM advocate and an active member of the advisory board for CompTIA ’s Advisory Council. Fortunately, even in this early stage, the IoT is maturing. She formed RUMBLE because the future is all about real-time data and its power to increase efficiencies and drive revenue.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

It’s very powerful to have a model that you can email to everyone in the firm, because then everyone sees clearly that you’re communicating the exact same message to the whole team (including outside consultants and the advisory board, if any).

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 14, 2011

a leading provider of online veterinary healthcare content and services, announced today that Raul Calvoz has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. The list was developed after more than 30 events on five continents over the past 10 months, as part of the Innovate! PetsMD Inc.,

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

Army Signal Corps advisory board, and the Army was going to acquire their first computer for research. We Changed Our Mind In 1966, 10 years after Hewlett’s memo, Hewlett Packard’s revenue and headcount had grown ten fold; $200 million and 11,000 employees – all from test and measurement equipment.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

As I’ve helped entrepreneurs find their own product-market fit and connected them to potential clients, investors, and Advisory Board members, I’ve spent a lot of time telling them about the “cool kids”. Develop a personal board of advisors about that topic. it isn’t easy. Go seek out the experts.

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Up and Running

MAY 14, 2019

And then there are government regulations, strategic planning challenges , changing tax codes, organizational growth, membership, revenue, and other barriers. A new nonprofit must develop a strong and comprehensive fundraising strategy to have any chance of securing the funds it needs to operate. Develop a fundraising strategy.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

based Angel capital with early stage technology companies in Israel, and do so in a way that substantially mitigates the risk of seed stage investing. You can get fantastic deals in the Israeli market because of this capital vacuum for early stage start-ups. Our aim is to connect U.S.-based

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