Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2023

Unfortunately, some are so focused on this principle that they forget that every business, even nonprofits, have to practice the basic principles of capitalism (build a business model to make money) to cover their costs to do good things another day. Stakeholder orientation. Conscious leadership.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 3, 2021

This is the definition of disruption and Rossanna not only represents a legitimate challenge to the clothing industry and their business models, but she is redefining the way people look at, get rid of and buy second-hand clothing. Henrique co-founded Brex, a financial service and tech company based in San Francisco, California.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 21, 2011

Last week the teams tested their hypotheses about Customer Relationships (how do they get, keep and grow customers.) its product or service) to its customers. They found that sales to this channel would require a demonstration, and that dealers would have to demo the robotic weeders to the customers. Week 6 of the class.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2020

Unfortunately, some are so focused on this principle that they forget that every business, even nonprofits, have to practice the basic principles of capitalism (build a business model to make money) to cover their costs to do good things another day. Stakeholder orientation. Conscious leadership.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2012

San-Diego, California-based GoFundMe essentially is a crowdfunding platform that lets someone collect donations for a personal cause or a life event. But crowdsourcing donations, however – like trying to raise funds for victims of a natural disaster or a child fighting cancer – has been near impossible.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

TLDR: Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits , authors of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development are back with a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur. It took the idea of Customer Development and made it accessible to a whole new audience. Market segments drive your business model. Illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Teams that build continuous customer discovery into their DNA will become smarter than their investors, and build more successful companies. All of sudden what was an additional engineering and development effort now became a small, variable cost. So we’ve learned to live with our customers. We think we have a real business.”

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

Since every situation is unique, there is no perfect solution to any engineering, customer or competitor problem, and you shouldn’t agonize over trying to find one. An example of a reversible decision could be adding a product feature, a new algorithm in the code, targeting a specific set of customers, etc.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

Everything has a cost. For the impact on social media users and other app customers, here are his thoughts on the tension between the pricing and privacy of digital offerings: Why We’re Reluctant to Pay. Combining addictive design with targeted ads is a highly profitable design model. Of course they’re not.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Present a yummy spreadsheet that quantifies the cost of inaction , how much money you’ll lose by not delivering a 25% improvement every week. Again, your merchandizing team is working hard to procure these amazing bundles for your customers, so why are they not a core part of your nudge strategy? Welcome to Nudging. At B&H. :).

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support. Freshdesk introduces itself as a kind of Salesforce.com for customer support so to speak.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Alexander Osterwalder invented the Business Model Canvas , co-founded strategyzer.com and was the lead author of Business Model Generation which sold a million copies in 30 languages. Big companies have great execution habits to manage and improve successful business models and value propositions.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

I'm considering offering my guests additional personalised experiences for an extra cost. 4- Online coaching business. I am launching my own online coaching business in 2022, and I would like to share my experience with everyone. You may reach all types of clients by using a variety of pricing tiers and business models.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2012

In the short run, there are real costs associated with the “triple bottom line” of maximizing profit, people (social), and planet (environment). But very quickly, it is becoming obvious to startups that the value and satisfaction exceeds the costs. Social responsibility opens the door to a broader customer base.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2019

Having both will add cost, but they should also add significant peace of mind to your work throughout this process. California can be appealing to California-based investors (particularly fast-growth tech companies) despite high income and corporate taxes, and franchise fees for all businesses regardless of size.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

Twenty eight years ago I was the bright, young, eager product marketing manager called out to the field to support sales by explaining the technical details of Convergent Technologies products to potential customers. These companies would take our computers and put their name on them and resell them to their customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2013

In the short run, there are real costs associated with the “triple bottom line” of maximizing profit, people (social), and planet (environment). But very quickly, it is becoming obvious to startups that the value and satisfaction exceeds the costs. Social responsibility opens the door to a broader customer base.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Crucially, salaries are much more affordable than in California or New York thanks to the lower cost of living. don’t expect to be able to create a carbon copy of that business model. Instead, do your research and due diligence and be prepared to adapt your business model several times before it will work in the U.S.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

In San Francisco alone, according to Mayor Ed Lee, the technology industry added 13,000 out of the 25,000 new jobs created in the past two years, bringing the city’s unemployment rate to the third-lowest in California. What can we do on the public policy front to turn the United States into one giant Silicon Valley? Free Speech.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2018

Unfortunately, some are so focused on this principle that they forget that every business, even nonprofits, have to practice the basic principles of capitalism (build a business model to make money) to cover their costs to do good things another day. Stakeholder orientation. Conscious leadership.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Decision-makers at larger companies often have a “don’t rock the boat mentality” because of fear of making a mistake that could cost the company a lot of money and as a consequence cause them to lose status within the company or even their position. The aerospace company wanted to index, store, and display top-secret documents for the U.K.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

after a 24-hour journey from California. At the roundtable, five entrepreneurs pitched their businesses to me, and I interacted with them in our usual format, with active participation from the audience. On Saturday, April 9, 2011, I arrived in Chennai at 3 a.m. At 11 a.m., Quantum Arc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2016

Unfortunately, some are so focused on this principle that they forget that every business, even non-profits, have to practice the basic principles of capitalism (build a business model to make money) to cover their costs to do good things another day. Stakeholder orientation. Conscious leadership.

California 139

California New York Business Model Reputation 139

Steve Blank

JUNE 24, 2013

This got me thinking about the legal obstacles that face innovators with new business models. Rent seekers are individuals or organizations that have succeeded with existing business models and look to the government and regulators as their first line of defense against innovative competition. Rent Seekers.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

This post describes a solution – the Customer Development Model. In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provide the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. This post describes such a model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Unfortunately, some are so focused on this principle that they forget that every business, even non-profits, have to practice the basic principals of capitalism (build a business model to make money) to cover their costs to do good things another day. Stakeholder orientation. Conscious leadership.

Entrepreneur 248

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

Last week the teams tested their Revenue Models hypotheses: what are customers willing to pay for? Partners are the external companies whose product or service combines with your Value Proposition to create a complete customer solution or “whole product&# to satisfy customers. This looks like a race to the wire.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Alexander Osterwalder invented the Business Model Canvas , co-founded strategyzer.com and was the lead author of Business Model Generation which sold a million copies in 30 languages. Big companies have great execution habits to manage and improve successful business models and value propositions.

Non-Compete 120

Non-Compete Agile Business Model San Francisco 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2011

Teams are iterating and pivoting right and left, one team threw their entire business model out the window and did a complete restart, and another team was having a meltdown over personalities. its product or service) to its customers. They quickly came up with a new business model canvas, value proposition and customer segment.

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