Our new Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. what distribution channel? Come up with ways to test each of the 9 business model canvas hypotheses. Consider if their business worth pursuing? Their business was a robot lawn mower. Part one is here. MORE >>

was asked to talk about Internet business models (among other things), so I thought I’d take a look at the 39 companies that have been through TechStars to give them a sense of the relative popularity of various business models. If you’d categorize the models differently, please let me know in the comments. MORE >>

I have tried a different approach to business planning with my students this semester. While I have defended business planning in the past , I also recognize that it is often not used effectively. also see that people who move into writing a business plan too quickly can get lost in the details. Why are they your target? MORE >>

He said, “After we graduated we took our great idea, holed up in my apartment and spent months researching and writing a business plan. We even entered it in the business plan competition. There must be something really wrong with our business. Why a business plan is different than a business model. MORE >>

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. If the notion has reached the popular business press, then it’s indeed a pervasive story. But it goes beyond just widgets and social networks. MORE >>