article thumbnail

“Fantastic” beats “efficient”

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Customers gleefully avoid the Blockbuster none-of-these-look-good-just-pick-one-already-zombie-walk — and NetFlix just put Blockbuster out of business — but is this a workable business model? Turning a profit at a growing company is nearly impossible regardless of business model.

article thumbnail

Don’t Sleep on Lightning

Version One Ventures

Given these key advantages, I believe that Lightning (or something like it) will ultimately eat all of the USD payment networks and create the foundation for MoIP (Money over IP). . account-based identity model to the Web 3.0 bearer asset identity model.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Ubiquitous Computing and the Misguided Frenzy About “Mobile”

Agile VC

Also divide the world among business vs consumer usage, and then subdivide consumer into the three business models of the internet… commerce, premium services, and advertising. Businesses large and small are still figuring out how ubiquitous computing will impact their employees, customers, and business partners.

Mobile 160
article thumbnail

Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model. a deal in which you gain valuable, incremental bandwidth while mitigating your cash outflows. link] Chris Puttick.

Equity 40
article thumbnail

How to Flip Your Startup in 5 Steps

ReadWriteStart

Unlike Lean startups, their priority isn't to learn in order to create a scalable business model. However, this will impact the value of your IP. You have a limited fund, bandwidth for deals you can work on, and a portfolio of existing code and skills. What would be the methodology for startups that simply want to flip?

Lean 144
article thumbnail

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 8 – AI – Chris Lynch and Nand Mulchandani

Steve Blank

This is where I brought in the thinking of how we build businesses here in Silicon Valley. We needed to be building leveraged business models in scale. Instead you need to find the patterns, where I can build a single piece of IP or technology and then “sell it” to all the combatant commands and services equally.”

article thumbnail

Special: The 56 Israeli Companies Exhibiting in Mobile World Congress 2011

VC Cafe

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.

Mobile 103