Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2016

The latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere shared what they learned from having their ideas rejected and how those lessons propelled their businesses forward. It follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Before I get into the details for founders, let me talk about options-hungry employees. Social gaming was naturally one of the key topics, covered in many presentations. Do it because you love small teams.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Were helping the second-largest city in the United States become a veritable tech center," Google says on its website, in trying to attract employees for sales and engineering positions. Nick Smoot just leased offices in Venice for his social-networking app for businesses, Here On Biz, based on all the activity in the area. "I

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . Point Nine Capital uses 15Five for continuous employee feedback. This is a great example of why data businesses have substantial moats. – angel investor networks ( AngelList , FundersClub , OurCrowd , Republic *, SeedInvest ). .

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Needless to say, this isn’t a business model that works in the pandemic world. Frequently, however, you need to pivot your business model and find new ways to make money. Business model evolution is the rule, not the exception. The only problem was, we didn’t have a working business model.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

Unfortunately, we were fixated on "building a real business" and never noticed that maybe students would want to share their profiles with each other. Could we have built the first college-based social network five years before Facebook ? No business model, either. Heck, Id already seen Friendster flame out.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

Some great posts from April 2010 that talk to me in terms of being a CTO at a Startup. Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

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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. It’s critical to establish this component of your business before thinking seriously about growth. BonitaSoft has offices in France, the U.S.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Chaotic, unstable organizations make employees nervous and hurt morale. We did a few good things, such as making sure that every employee had a clear primary job and staying focused when working on certain important projects, but for the most part, PayPal’s management was a lack of management. Our user growth was stalled.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

My goal is to some day get an honorary degree for kicking ass in business. Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. Dan, how did you meet your co-founders at each of your startups?

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

declined Microsoft’s offer (summer 2000) to be the first enterprise software company with a.NET product (a Microsoft employee came back from a follow-up meeting with Allen and said “He reminds me of a lot of CEOs of companies that we’ve worked with… that have gone bankrupt.”). During this year they.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. Press and analysts characterized LinkedIn in one of two ways: “LinkedIn is an interesting niche that might be worth paying attention to” or “LinkedIn is the Friendster for business”. The general rule is one business model drives the business.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

But, you can iterate and iterate on features, but you cannot iterate your way to a business model. I’ve seen too many businesses get stuck or fail because of their endless pursuit for the magic new feature that is going to help them gain traction. Have amazing co-founders who are better at what they do than you could ever be.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

You have to know your business model. Most startups launch before theyve figured out what business theyre in. Founders push for it. In some ways, founders are even worse. My experience is that many founders actually have a deep anxiety that maybe they are not succeeding. Most startups arent so fortunate.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

The prevailing view of senior startup execs was that trying to build a company in SF would be too distracting for employees, and frankly most startup employees at the time preferred to live in the suburban areas of the peninsula rather than in the city. for college students and recent grads to work in startups. link] leehower.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Before: After: And thenI ran into a Mixergy interview where 37signals founder, Jason Fried, talks about their free plan (6:00 into the interview): “… The majority of the revenues for our products come from people who sign up for the paid versions upfront. Rob, frankly I’m surprised you’re endorsing this business model.&#

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

. - No big shocker since it is co-founded by Biz Stone and Adam Ruegel. Investors are the “who’s who” including: Steve Case, Ron Conway, Jack Dorsey, Dave Morin, Betaworks, Founder Collective, AOL Ventures. - $1 million seed round. Factoid: 99% of its employees are musicians. Social network app developer and ad network.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Whats needed is a disciplined methodology for understanding the needs of customers and how they combine to form a viable business model. The site is now a sad footnote in the history of Social Networking Services. Its pretty easy to optimize our business to serve one of employees, customers or shareholders.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. Smart phones finally took off leading to enormous wealth creation for Apple employees and investors but also helped propel Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp and others.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Been there Done that This is very depressing for all future founders, or even currently early stage founders. A little piece of advice for future founders: find something that turns revenue quick, profitable and cash flow positive quick and forget about fantasy businesses that take a decade to turn profitable like twitter!

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2018

A strong brand increases the value of your company, creates an identity and motivation for your employees, and makes it easier for you to acquire new customers. A strong brand starts with a good business name and logo , but a strong brand is more than just the name and logo. Your brand is your company’s public identity.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 26, 2016

1 – Business Model. Our business is unique because our business model addresses 2 major shifts in the fashion industry today: 1) the rise of fast fashion and its affect on major more traditional fashion companies like Gap, J. We launched our own haircare product line which is a big part of our business.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

The programmer will probably not understand your business model, and therefore cant help you point out anything that doesnt make sense in the requirements. Programmers, and certainly not the visionary founders, are the most qualified for that task. #6 Co-founders and outsourcing work the same. Keep it Simple.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In that capacity, I co-founded the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Venture Capital Access Program, a joint venture with the National Association of Investment Companies (“NAIC”), which helps women and diverse entrepreneurs raise capital. Starship was launched by the co-founders of Skype. Are you politically active?

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