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The Virus Survival Strategy For Your Startup

Steve Blank

But next the question is, ‘What happens to my business?”. The questions every startup or small business CEO needs to ask now are: What’s my Burn Rate and Runway? What does your new business model look like? And how much are variable expenses (salaries, consultants, commission, travel, AWS/Azure charges, supplies, etc.?).

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Joining Get Satisfaction

Venture Chronicles

I moved through marketing and sales role, and then venture capital to general management but all along the way I missed the hands on aspect of product and connection of products to people. Tags: Get Satisfaction Azure Capital First Round OATV Social CRM.

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The Startup Pivot

Reid Hoffman

Microsoft went from MS-DOS to Windows to Office to many new reinventions, including Azure. Needless to say, this isn’t a business model that works in the pandemic world. Frequently, however, you need to pivot your business model and find new ways to make money. Apple went from Apple II to the Macintosh to iOS.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Windows Azure. Boilerplate Venture Funding Documents. National Venture Capital Association â?? model legal documents. TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents â?? Raising Venture Capital. Venture Hacks equity section.