Start Up Blog

APRIL 11, 2019

The Energy Internet Emerges: We will be trading energy with each other through a new type of distributed energy grid. Climate Issues Will Re-Globalise: We will only become a truly global community when climate catastrophe demands it. Gigs with Benefits: The gig economy will evolve from its current exploitative business model.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

This SaaS company, one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , enables global organizations to analyze and resolve pay gaps due to gender or race and stay in compliance over time. The pay gap speaks to the distribution of women and minorities in a company. million employees on the platform. What is your top goal for Syndio for 2020?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Equity VC is a “get rich slow” business. Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. Santa Clara University shares their demand dividend structure. .

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

From a young person’s perspective, with tight labour markets, decreasing barriers to entry, low capital-intensive business models and immediate free access to a global market, the appeal is also compelling. What is there not to like? The list goes on. To be clear, I’m not anti-entrepreneurship.

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

As our group sweltered in the July heat on the outskirts of Cairo , each of these purported minions of the state — none of whom wore a uniform or badge — in turn blocked our entry, determined to exercise the modest amount of authority bestowed on him by demanding that my host surrender his digital SLR camera.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” A Harvard Business Review (HBR) study of 4,700 public companies looked at the three years before, during, and after recessions. Do you know what the red flags are in your business?” Tim Stewart, trsdigital.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

When discussing the idea with fellow Swede Daniel Ek at Spotify, it became apparent that they were experiencing the same demand. We decided to set up a joint venture to go after the global “Audio for Business” market, and Soundtrack was born. They wanted to expand their brand experiences with music streaming.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

The African-American community with a global movement known as the Afro-Tech quietly mastered blockchain/distributed ledger technology several years ago to benefit urban communities. What We Discovered About Blockchain The Afro-Tech approached blockchain and distributed ledger as how it will affect African-Americans in everyday living.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model.

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Transformify

AUGUST 1, 2022

Growth-minded businesses are always thinking about global expansion. If you have a clear objective about expanding globally it becomes a lot easier to take your business overseas. There are several advantages associated with the expansion of business overseas if it is done properly. Improvement in profit margins.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The Governor of Colorado was there promoting Colorado as a hub for blockchain and distributed ledger technology. There’s an increasing desire to solve real-world problems, and the demand is only going to grow as we see more use cases, funding and innovation within the industry. ETHDenver , which took place Feb.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

The global healthcare industry is in flux like never before. Not only that, but global equity funding to digital health companies reached $3.67 You and your team must know how to think about problems from new angles and adapt to changing market and customer demands. billion in 2017 YTD (as of May 22, 2017). Wrapping up.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 5, 2013

This business model is much more high margin (profitable) than Amazon actually stocking and selling things themselves. Also, while we are talking Amazon, lets think Kindle/ebook model — digital products served on demand with few physical activities and interactions before, during or after the sale.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

The dominant channel by which we reach customers is the Internet, whether you''re a small local restaurant on Yelp or a global maker of tissue paper. We often tell founders that a business plan is nonsense. A business model, on the other hand, is a snapshot of your business assumptions at this moment in time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 21, 2019

We argued extensively in our book, Blitzscaling , that these strategies and tactics describe why Silicon Valley Bay Area – which has a population of less than 4 million – generates such a massively disproportionate number of global technology companies. Distribution. Distribution. What makes a company Blitzscale-able?

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

To succeed, we will need innovation that is both original and deployed at global scale. the business models to sustain and grow. Entrepreneurs find the right innovations from networks and build them into products and services with business models. That’s how we’ll produce and distribute more food.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The top 20 tech billionaires globally have lost $480 billion on paper in the past year. This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. TVPI = total value to paid in capital (paper gains) DPI = distributed to paid-in capital (real cash gains, paid out).

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Facebook and Google would be obvious choices for this, but so much has been written about each of them and they represent such special business models, I worried that it would be both hard for entrepreneurs to relate and hard for me to develop new insights. Many people know Akamai as the purveyor of the Internet’s backbone.

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Eric Friedman

MAY 28, 2009

Believe me, I don’t lobby against the value of these two characteristics in a business model; however it’s very clear that when the newest and hottest or absolutely essential product is released, a mass of early adopters will flock to it and drive demand. The point is that this all takes time. Enter the new consumer.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

A high rake will allow you to achieve larger revenues faster, but it will eventually represent a strategic red flag – a pricing umbrella that can be exploited by others in the ecosystem, perhaps by someone with a more disruptive business model. This is one of my favorite marketplace business model “tweaks.”

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

They are the ones that can adapt to new realities and respond to new demands the best, such as delivery services, for instance, or any service that can help people or businesses with specific issues that they’re dealing with at this particular time. Let’s take a look at some of the best industries to launch a startup in 2021.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

She is a globally recognized expert on strategy, innovation and growth, and also the author of a fairly new book called Seeing Around Corners: How to spot inflection points in business before they happen. And content distribution. John Jantsch: Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

For sure there were periods where smaller groups of participants had better lifestyles, more stable employment, increased societal influence, or a less demanding fandom. Creativity is happening within communities and platforms which bring together distribution and collaboration. Global Fandom.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JUNE 13, 2017

Innovation + Business + Technology = Digital Leadership. The demands of digital leadership and the enterprises of the future could dramatically accelerate that rate in the next few years. We constantly witness the global reach and influence of social media. Gregg Fraley and Karen Kirby, copyright 2017.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking.

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Transformify

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Hybrid and Remote Work: A Key Factor in Boosting Employee Retention The shift towards hybrid and flexible work models has resulted in a lower overall turnover rate in companies that have embraced this change. The increased opportunities for flexible work have made it easier for these businesses to retain their employees. respectively.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Unfortunately after twenty years working such demanding jobs I was no longer able to physically do the work. It’s a repeatable model that we’ve been able to apply globally to everything from autonomous vehicles to drug discovery. So I thought, why not apply the same business model in Ireland?

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Bonus #2: The Askers-Pukers Business Model. It contains the answers to the question which analytics skills are most in demand…. None of these are in demand? Here is the distribution provided in the report: On paper it looks like the departments are to be what you would expect. Bottom-line. Just data puking.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

From live & on demand video with endless interactive overlays, through 2nd screen, synchronized & social experiences, to brilliant mobile apps that may function in all connectivity environments and support every possible business model. Cell Buddy will be the world’s first Mobile Virtual Global Operator (MVGO).

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 31, 2011

The business model is simple. This initial step often makes or breaks people who attempt to make money from this business model. It is a topic that has a significant enough demand, or search volume, yet not as many competitors, or search results. What are those methods? How do you find such topics?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I’m not afraid to pick up the phone, cold call someone, use LinkedIn to find someone who’s recently left a company that might be considered competitive and ask them for advise around the business model and marketplace. Then decide if you can build more value on either end of that process to demand a higher premium. 5% I believe.

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