Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Few entrepreneurs find this scalable and repeatable business model because it’s not easy. as a distribution channel have vastly reduced the amount of capital a startup needs at the early stage when the risk is greatest. With a portfolio of at least 20 investments, or you are at risk of the adverse selection problem.)

Early Stage 290

Early Stage Silicon Valley Oregon Technical Review 290

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

The first, the notion of the “ ambidextrous organization ” from O’Reilly and Tushman , posits that companies that want to do continuous innovation need to execute their core business model while innovating in parallel. Horizon 1 activities support existing business models. Horizon 1 is the company’s core business.

Lean 120

Lean Management Business Model Incubator 120

VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

Initially, many publishers were slow to recognize the internet’s impact on their business model as distribution and the classifieds and ad worlds split – or what Ben Thompson calls the “ Great Unbundling ”. The creation of content, but especially the sharing of content became a zero cost game. What do you think?

Generative AI 142

Generative AI Media Artificial Inteligence Vertical 142

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

We’ve listed below some of the more creative ways that we’ve seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media, at zero or trivial cost. Under 30 CEO and Young Entrepreneur profile younger CEOs, while Mixergy allows entrepreneurs to share their experiences at part of an online business education.

PR 114

PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 114

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

We are taking a mathematical (weighted coefficients estimation, probabilistic modelling, etc), human-system hybrid approach to early stage investing through this tool. We believe this way we can extrapolate insights for our particular business model (portfolio operator VC fund) previously missed out.”.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. Executives of large companies which may acquire or become clients of our portfolio companies. I’ve thought about using a tool to increase distribution/viewership of my past blog posts by drip marketing them, but haven’t signed up yet. Distributing content.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2012

It’s been over 10 years since Napster came on the scene to disrupt traditional music business models, sparking a wave of debate on the right mix of “free” vs “paid” content going forward with digital that has yet to be fully settled. In the shift to digital music, several models emerged, with the jury still out on the clear winner.

Business Model 159

Business Model Distribution Aggregator Channel 159

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

We’ve listed below some of the more creative ways that we’ve seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media, at zero or trivial cost. Under 30 CEO and Young Entrepreneur profile younger CEOs, while Mixergy allows entrepreneurs to share their experiences at part of an online business education.

PR 60

PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 60

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Check out the 28 Israeli startups coming to London next week to showcase at the Innovate Israel 2012 portfolio. With 100% commitment to the digital world – Craze is using the latest technologies and constantly developing new methods (some patent pending) for selling and distributing music and videos.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? What kind of risk do we run of being put out of business by others’ IP rights ? Most investors will assume that if the business plan is solid and a large market opportunity exists, there will be vigorous competition from other players.

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). Progressive. Image source ).

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

Startups don’t fail because they lack a product; they fail because they lack customers and a profitable business model. Look at the Product Development model and you might wonder, “Where are the customers?” customers aren’t buying it, the cost of distribution is too high, etc.) business model.

Customer Development 242

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 242

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Do we believe “startup-driven” innovation (innovation that comes from relationships with external, early-stage companies) should be part of the corporate innovation portfolio? Wants to promote intrapreneurship to extend its business model and retain creative employees like Google, Amazon, and Facebook do. Does it get spun out?

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Acquisition Boston Early Stage 120

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

I documented my struggle on my YouTube channel, which now garners over 70M views. Eventually, my followers saw great results on my skin and encouraged me to launch my own business. First, we built relationships with 10+ colleges, getting distribution rights to their students. This was with the companies who wanted to hire them.

Entrepreneur 63

Entrepreneur Ireland LLC Kansas 63

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

The CDROM content business in the early 1990’s was one of the many of the long line of venture capital fads. Reply steveblank , on July 2, 2009 at 12:22 pm Said: Aamir, The game business is different from the tech business in some obvious and non obvious ways. - Make game, market, sell, profit? We understood none of this.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS Software Review 120

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

Across our portfolio and in my own entrepreneurial experience, I have seen three main sales models work successfully in scaling B2B sales: 1) Enterprise; 2) Telephone; and 3) Developer-driven. The typical quota for a sales rep varies by type of business model (SaaS vs. perpetual), product gross margin (e.g.,

Sales 50

Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

Start Up Blog

AUGUST 15, 2019

Sorry about that Snow & Weather Channels… Thanks for the stats AFL… Introducing the Google travel agency… Instagram influencers lose their ‘ influence ‘: The latest change to remove the likes count on Instagram has hurt so called influences who get paid on this metric. So, do I practice what I preach?

Channel 48

Channel Portfolio Metrics Search 48

Business Plan Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Some venture capital firms will have narrow criteria for the types of companies that they invest in while other will adopt a more broad portfolio and invest across many sectors. They also show your ability to turn a business concept into a realistic, attractive business model. Credible Financial Projections.

Intellectual Property 53

Intellectual Property Venture Capital Equity Business Plan 53

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

Reid: It’s very entertaining that you are channeling a question from Dylan Field – Dylan is the founder of Figma, which is a Greylock investment, so Dylan and I talk to each other every so often and he is obviously a superstar entrepreneur. You compete for customers, channels and partnerships. You know, maybe I’m wrong.”

Incubator 36

Incubator IPO Networking Cofounder 36

BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

  From a business model perspective we had it nailed…or so we thought…buy the hardware device at cost and we would make money back by selling a monthly subscription service.    I learned a lot from that investment.    The first lesson I learned is that "pioneers get arrows in their backs." 

Mobile 60

Mobile SMS Venture Capital Web 60

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Ron Tite: So one of the things that REI did was they closed their store and all eCommerce channels on Black Friday. Ron Tite: I think that what it is, is it gives them the opportunity to diversify their portfolio in a way that still reinforces their brand belief. And often they have new business models.

Arizona 56

Arizona SEO Curation Portfolio 56

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

free, distributed source code control management system. broken vc model. Business Culture. Business Model Canvas. Business plan. business symbiosis. Roku Channel Store. VC Portfolios. Pivotal Tracker â?? Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration. Mercurial â??

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

. - Spacecom is offering a wide range of Pan African satellite services, including: Cellular backhaul, Rural telephony, Broadband VSAT networks, e-government, e-learning, e- health, Direct To Home (DTH) Multi-channel platforms, DSNG, Video Distribution & Contribution. Perfecto Mobile [profitable and well funded].

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103