Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2021

The specifics of these shortcomings are hard to nail down, but I was impressed with the good summary provided in a new book, “ Make It, Don’t Fake It ,” by Sabrina Horn. The best approach is to listen and learn from them – and clarify your brand marketing, customer service, business model, or just find the right customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. I support her assertion that a business model consists of at least the first seven of the following ten basic elements: Value proposition.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2019

These are examples of “blue ocean” opportunities, as defined by the popular book Blue Ocean Strategy by professors W. New product features may be enough to differentiate the product, and enter a world free from competition, even within a competitive industry. One of the more obvious points of differentiation is price.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2022

I learned some good lessons along these lines from the classic book “ The Way of the SEAL ,” by Mark Divine. He spent many years with the SEALs, but has since started and built six multimillion-dollar business ventures. Offense, for entrepreneurs, means leading with a new business model, new marketing, and new technology.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 30, 2024

Rich Horwath is founder and CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute He is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books on strategic thinking, including his most recent work, STRATEGIC: The Skill to Set Direction, Create Advantage, and Achieve Executive Excellence. And I think those are great starting points.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 26, 2022

So how can founders differentiate? Well, they’d know it if you wrote a book, of course! I’m not saying you have to write an actual book. I certainly don’t plan on writing one—but in a way, I write a book’s worth of content every year on my blog/newsletter/Substack/whatever the kids are calling long form these days.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 18, 2024

09:13] Why are service businesses hard to scale? [16:21] 16:21] How do you help people differentiate between growth and scale? [22:16] Visit DTM world slash scale to book your free advisory call and learn more. Book your call today, DTM World slash scale. (01:03): It's time to transform your approach.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

20:21] Where can people find out more about your programs and your book? His book — Surviving a Startup: Practical Strategies for Starting a Business, Overcoming Obstacles, and Coming Out on Top. But I, what I wanna do in the a book is tell entrepreneurs, you can't just dive into it. So you are your, your business model.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

For example, if you’re going to build a travel planning website (as many, many startup entrepreneurs do) your basic research would be: How much do people spend on travel books / guides today? How much money will airlines companies, hotel companies or event companies pay me as a referral or for booking? Choose that market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Investors are looking for technology, process, or business model breakthroughs, to move costs to a new level. Successful entrepreneurs start early building their own brand through social media, industry forums, scheduled events, book publishing, and speaking engagements. Clear product differentiation and a singular focus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Harris, in his classic book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers. Create a formidable and durable business model. Your business model is your value proposition. It is not an option.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

07:11] With so many tools claiming the same space, how does Databox differentiate itself? [08:43] In fact, when Brian and Dharmesh were actually creating it and wrote the book Inbound Marketing, that's when Duct Tape Marketing was really around and I had a lot of conversations with them early on. Go to [link] and book your call today.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 5, 2023

How To Write A Business Book That Matters written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Josh Bernoff In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Josh Bernoff. Questions I ask Josh Bernoff: [01:59] What are the essential elements that a business book needs to be good? [02:49]

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

I love the way you differentiate. Reply Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic -- Pivoting the Business Model , on April 14, 2010 at 6:32 am Said: [.] to see if they need to make a Pivot to find a better model. The search for a profitable and scalable business model might require a startup [.]

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2012

Between 2005 and 2007, Starbucks aggressively opened new store locations and made several operational changes that diluted its customer value proposition, diluted its high employee engagement culture, violated its real estate site selection controls, and weakened its high value-added ‘experience’ business model. magazine.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

You’ll never have the staying power to commit when things get tough or to get really good and build real differentiation if you just keep jumping to the next new thing. That’s a heck of a lot better than founders that do everything by the book or don’t push the envelope (or worse, don’t do things that you don’t agree with).

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2017

by Amanda Setili, author of “ Fearless Growth: The New Rules to Stay Competitive, Foster Innovation, and Dominate Your Markets “ Growth has always been fundamental to business success, but it’s never been more critical than it is now. Problem is, the same forces that make growth imperative also make it incredibly daunting.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

You’ll never have the staying power to commit when things get tough or to get really good and build real differentiation if you just keep jumping to the next new thing. That’s a heck of a lot better than founders that do everything by the book or don’t push the envelope (or worse, don’t do things that you don’t agree with).

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 25, 2021

Knowing my background in philosophy, Brad Feld and Dave Jilk recently invited me to contribute a foreword for their new book, The Entrepreneur’s Weekly Nietzsche: A Book for Disruptors. Entrepreneurs develop their companies with new company cultures and new business models.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2019

I learned some good lessons along these lines from the classic book “ The Way of the SEAL ,” by Mark Divine. He spent many years with the SEALs, but has since started and built six multimillion-dollar business ventures. Offense, for entrepreneurs, means leading with a new business model, new marketing, and new technology.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Will his digital presence measurably affect sales of his newest book What Unites Us ? He has nothing left to prove, and he can crank out profitable books and tour the speaking circuit easily enough. But, it is likely the major differentiator between a win and a loss whether you are selling B2B or B2C.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

A true industry luminary will help in deal flow & differentiation . These folks are rare, expensive, and often have multiple side obligations (book deals, speaking engagements, etc.). The ability to answer quickly and confidently when your business model is having holes poked in it during diligence is really powerful.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Doing so requires creating a hybrid business model, one that prioritizes the need for innovation while keeping in play the best aspects of operational excellence — for example, its focus on relentless, constant improvement. In other words, you have to create an idea meritocracy.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

You’ll never have the staying power to commit when things get tough or to get really good and build real differentiation if you just keep jumping to the next new thing. That’s a heck of a lot better than founders that do everything by the book or don’t push the envelope (or worse, don’t do things that you don’t agree with).

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Having read the majority of Peter Lynch’s investment books, I knew not to ignore the overwhelmingly positive feedback from our team. Also, many of these companies were built with heavy doses of advertising spend, a clear red-flag in our book. This is business model nirvana. Company: Stitch Fix.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

I learned some good lessons along these lines from the classic book “ The Way of the SEAL ,” by Mark Divine. He spent many years with the SEALs, but has since started and built six multimillion-dollar business ventures. Offense, for entrepreneurs, means leading with a new business model, new marketing, and new technology.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

What I find exciting about Freshdesk is that they may be able to do the same thing in customer support that Zoho did in CRM: a drastic downshifting of the price-point of a full-functionality, differentiated, cutting edge customer support solution. The company already has paying customers and a validated business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2013

Create a formidable and durable business model. Your business model is your value proposition. Free” sounds like a great model, but it doesn’t imply value. Make your business model your competitive differentiation, like Fred Smith with Federal Express, or Ingvar Kamprad with IKEA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Harris, in his classic book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers. Create a formidable and durable business model. Your business model is your value proposition. It is not an option.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

Thus I was pleased and a bit surprised to see a new book, “ The Purpose Is Profit ,” by Ed “Skip” McLaughlin, an entrepreneur who has both succeeded and failed in starting multiple businesses. Remember you can’t sustain a business or social cause with no revenue or profit. Be able to differentiate your offering from competitors.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2019

The key is looking at your own business — and finding the business model that fits — to chart the best course. My experience of working with cutting-edge technology including AI and the latest thinking on organizational change really shaped the book. Companies like Amazon were built on a platform of digital systems (e.g.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

You can check out part one of this series here: Part 1: Which Is The Best Business Model For Your Startup – B2B Or B2C? B2B” – means that you are selling a product or service to other businesses. In selling terms, selling a commodity is exceedingly difficult and it is very hard to differentiate from the competition.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 9, 2017

by Rich Allen, author of “ The Ultimate Business Tune Up: A Simple Yet Powerful Business Model That Will Transform the Lives of Small Business Owners “. One of the key challenges facing Small Business Owners (SBOs) is what to delegate and what to manage. Setting Customer Engagement Standards.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Business success is still more about the people than the technology or idea involved. I was just perusing a new book, “ The Science of Success ,” a collection of essays by and about Napoleon Hill, who is most recognized as the author of the best seller “ Think and Grow Rich ” from way back in 1937. Applied faith.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

For this webinar, we were joined by Jennefer Witter, CEO and founder of the Boreland Group, and author of the new book, “The Little Book of Big PR: 100+ Quick Tips to Get Your Small Business Noticed.” Also, what differentiates that is critical. With that being said, Jennefer, welcome and take it away.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2012

Harris, in his new book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers. Create a formidable and durable business model. Your business model is your value proposition. It is not an option.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2018

The new competitive landscape is shaped less by firm-specific strategies and more by new business models powered by ecosystem-centric strategies. Competitive advantage has shifted from seeking market differentiation based on a specific product or service to orchestrating capabilities from a diverse set of actors.

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