The Startup Magazine

JUNE 6, 2021

Choose the Right Business Model. Once you’ve come up with a sound idea of what type of business is the best for your needs, it’s time to follow the best business launch steps and start planning how to fit it in your business niche. You have your idea all worked up and your business model all set up.

Social Media 173

Social Media Audience Affiliate Startup 173

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2010

Many entrepreneurs work hard on the proof of concept (technical), but skip any proof of the business model (revenue flow). In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. So how do you go about proving the business model?

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Business Model Advisory Board Angel Investor Channel 120

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With over a decade of experience in his toolkit, he specializes in helping clients build out cross-channel acquisition systems using a mix of owned, earned and paid tactics. 07:17] What is you cross-channel acquisition strategy? [11:13] 20:58] Are there any overlooked channels or platforms worth exploring? This is John Jantsch.

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Channel Acquisition Framework B2B 66

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2024

Was there a point in time where you said, I'm going to go all in on newsletter, this is how it's going to fit my business model? So just like you could do with a podcast, just like you could do with a YouTube channel is just where are you producing that original material? I also look at sort of the virality.

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Revenue Advertising Email ChatGPT 79

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2023

09:42] Was there a point in time when you decided to use newsletters to fit your business model or you started it as a normal standard digital marketing tactic? [11:10] Did you, was there a point in time where you said, I'm gonna go all in on newsletter, this is, you know, this is how it's going to fit my business model?

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ChatGPT Advertising Email Viral 92

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Business Model I would like to propose that in addition to team, product, and market, there is actually a fourth, equally important, core element of startups, which is the need for a viable business model. Gross Margin should take into consideration any support, installation, and servicing costs.

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Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Business schools teach aspiring executives a variety of courses around the execution of known business models, (accounting, organizational behavior, managerial skills, marketing, operations, etc.). In contrast, startups search for a business model. (Or to optimize this search. to optimize this search.

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Wiki Lean Management Business Model 311

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

Most technical entrepreneurs focus hard on building an innovative product, but forget that an elegant solution doesn’t automatically translate into a successful business. Businesses require an equally elegant business model, with the right price, messaging and delivery channel to the right target customers to keep the dream alive and growing.

Business Model 120

Business Model Technical Review Advisory Board Software Review 120

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. I started UpKeep after seeing and using traditional enterprise software.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

If possible, quantify these in non-technical business terms, such as dollars saved or replacement costs over time. Provide specifics on the customer business model. Don’t let your passion convince you that word-of-mouth and viral marketing will suffice against well-funded competitors and ever more demanding customers.

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Business Plan Product Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch 423

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

In the Udemy course, Alistair and Ben expand these basics into a description of how to create empathy, stickiness, virality, revenue, and scale. It''s a good measurement because it captures both satisfaction and virality. As a result, we''re awash in a sea of data that might yield good insights about the business.

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Analytics Lean Widget Metrics 167

Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2021

Note that if you’re familiar with the business model canvas, Steps 1-4 below are equivalent to a visual map of the choices a founder makes as they develop a business model canvas. For software products, they would be the operating systems with big market shares: iOS, Android, web, Mac, and PC. Sales channels.

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Product Viral Channel San Francisco 436

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Benchmarks are typically specific to stage/business model/geo. In Rob Go’s words: For seed and Series A deals, investors will also need to see a high-potential team with founder/market fit , a large and attractive market opportunity , and a business model with increasing returns to scale.

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B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

It’s also a good idea if you want a cohesive campaign that reflects your company’s goals, messaging and branding across multiple channels, from Facebook to smartphones. This is a good choice if you need ongoing support and are ready to make a greater commitment to tech-based marketing than just a one-off mobile or social app.

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Small and Medium businesses have been the holy grail of High tech and software companies for quite some time now, but the quest is far from ending. "If Small and medium businesses. (2). software. (10).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Software 48

The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. His passions are business process automation, surfing, and his new baby girl Maya. ?. Sales are the bloodstream for most businesses, and tech startups are no exception. Step 2: Choose your sales channels.

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Belarus Viral Channel Startup 137

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

This partnership speaks to a core philosophy of the program where we encourage entrepreneurs to get as much customer validation as possible before raising too much money, use other people's channels if you can get to them, don't burn too much cash, and all that good fiscal conservative stuff. LetsGiftIt. SOCO Games.

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Dilution Revenue Finance Entrepreneur 114

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Since SaaS businesses (or any other subscription-based business) are different from standard software businesses, there are some interesting elements that we will uncover. This is a little harder to do for channel sales, but still extremely valuable. Bookings is the pre-cursor to Revenue.

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Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) In these examples I was selling enterprise software where the vocab matched perfectly.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

So is this the year that mobile computing becomes mainstream and that mobile software/service companies become a household name?    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. 

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Mobile SMS Venture Capital Web 60

ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2016

It’s only going to get more complicated and it’s important to have the right analytics software that can handle it. One of my favorite examples of this is the design of viral loops. Andrew Chen has said that some of the best growth people don’t think in terms of funnels, they think in terms of viral loops.

Analytics 78

Analytics Metrics Channel Software Review 78

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. Private Equity Software and Services Directory.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2018

The reality is that successful businesses these days require an equally elegant business model, with the right marketing, delivery channel, price, and target customers, to get real traction. In the investment community, this work is called proving the business model.

Product 137

Product Advisory Board Business Model Cofounder 137

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

For a Series A round you want to prove you have built a repeatable and scalable sales/revenue model and understand all parts of the business model. Series B is about proving your net revenue model (can you be profitable?). Team, Product, Traction, Business Model and Market. Business Model.

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Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2015

” Peter : Let’s talk about the word viral because that’s a great one. I think the word viral lost its meaning and lost its way long ago. Jonathan : Yeah, and just the idea of making something go viral, you can’t really follow a formula and make something go viral anymore.

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Viral Audience Advertising Social Media 60

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Twitter is always a highly recommended social media channel to promote your brand online. Viral Content Bee , my own platform, allows users to upload (non-promotional) URLs for others to share on a variety of social media platforms, including Twitter. Step 2: Set up a Twitter-friendly conversion channel. Who needs this step?

Conversion 68

Conversion Social Media Search Campaign 68

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. To that end, companies will offer enterprise-ready software that comes with additional features, services and support. Jobs Welcome to Mashable!

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

In some businesses, especially in certain industries like traditional enterprise software, you simply cannot bring a new product to market on your own. Again, its critical to focus your marketing launch on those publications, venues, and channels that your potential partners are paying attention to. keep iterating until its 1.1

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. “Just say no” to on-premise deployments The most important part of Software-as-a-Service isn’t “Software” it’s “Service”! Cracking The Code. at 11:09 AM.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

Because I have no employees, there’s a profit margin of about 70%, so it’s a really fantastic business model and gives me the freedom to travel and come back from my travel with more money than I left with. It made this site very sticky and it grew organically through viral word-of-mouth as a result of doing that. I don’t know.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 20, 2012

But even as nonpaying users, these earlyvangelists are willing or eager accelerators of your viral growth. In both physical and Web/mobile channels, earlyvangelists display these common characteristics: They have a problem or need. Web/mobile businesses conduct customer discovery differently from those in the physical channel.

Customer 119

Customer Advisory Board Engineer Cofounder 119

Up and Running

JANUARY 20, 2015

Rather than adding de-stressing activities to my to do list, I’d like to learn more about channeling that stress into positive results in the moment. WHY I’M INTERESTED: I work for a software company that offers a subscription-based product, but I still have a lot to learn about this kind of business model.

Widget 60

Widget Agile Small Business United States 60

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups. Nagraj Kashyap: The Qualcomm Ventures vice president oversees the telecommunication giant’s investment arm, Qualcomm Ventures. What will you find here?

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80