Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2014

The real milestone, proving the business model, is that first product sold for full price to a total stranger, leaving him happy. This whole process is particularly worrisome to many startup founders, since their expertise and background more likely technology than sales. You need deep pockets to make this one work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2022

Think about needs from a global perspective versus local. Now that all customer shopping and e-commerce via the Internet is worldwide, the old adage of business location, location, location, no longer should constrain your plans. Even if you believe your business is local today, think global for future growth.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

by Jack Narcotta, Devices Analyst at Technology Business Research. The software generated by thousands of developers, both at Mojang and independent developers aligned with Mojang, will be supported by Microsoft’s ample resources and global distribution network. Microsoft’s $2.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2021

We see evidence in the news every day of these irresistible forces of change, like the pervasive global penetration of the Internet, the impact of terrorist activities even to peaceful countries, the power of social media in building business relationships, and the depletion and pollution of natural resources. Globalization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Most experts agree that the pace of business change is increasing , and all the business owners I know are struggling to keep up, much less surpass the wealth of global competitors now entering the market. Quantify the results, and avoid any fuzzy words, such as better usability, advanced technology, or more productivity.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Your time at ESADE has trained you to become a global business leader. Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. The Perfect Storm.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

It’s a $1T+ global industry undergoing tectonic shifts. The old brands and distribution channels are dead or dying. But while that particular model has seen success, it certainly won’t be the only way that companies will be able to create greater personalization and serendipitous discovery for their customers.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

Highlights from the report: Global gaming industry saw record year with over 1300 deals and $127B in disclosed deal value. How did the video game business evolve from its packaged goods roots in the early '90s to the complex, multi-platform, online business of today?

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Write your business plan and develop your business model with this in mind so you can avoid these issues. . You can choose from a few different types of business plans depending on your needs. If you’re seeking investment, you need a traditional business plan. Technology. Distribution. Be specific.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 11, 2019

Ten years is not a very long time, but in a world of exponential technology, a lot can happen. Sure, some of the ideas below might seem like science fiction or fantasy, but so was much of the technology we take for granted today. Fear of technology, job losses and immigrants will continue its current pattern.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 3, 2021

Last week I did a rare keynote for a key regulatory body where I was asked to go deep into technology externalities. For me this would be global implementation of BlockChain based technology. What technology that we currently rely on- do you think is most at risk at becoming redundant? So here they are! The Energy Grid.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2020

On the topic of ecommerce, one wonders to what extent this business model is applicable, and where is it likely to end? It’s the extent of this phenomenon that has resulted in soaring businesses across the world. For most online vendors, this new revenue model was a significant change in the way brands set advertising campaigns.

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Gust

JANUARY 5, 2014

The real milestone, proving the business model, is that first product sold for full price to a total stranger, leaving him happy. This whole process is particularly worrisome to many startup founders, since their expertise and background more likely technology than sales. Invested Interests business model entrepreneur startup'

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

The real milestone, proving the business model, is that first product sold for full price to a total stranger, leaving him happy. This whole process is particularly worrisome to many startup founders, since their expertise and background more likely technology than sales. You need deep pockets to make this one work.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Irish startup Silicate is preparing to launch the initial trial of its advanced weathering technology to permanently eliminate carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and store it in the world’s oceans for tens of thousands of years. Silicate utilizes recycled concrete, the largest waste stream globally, instead of rocks.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

You know, could you look at my business plan? See if the business model works, all these questions. So a lot of the basics are the same, but the big difference between what would be, you know, a local business, as opposed to a potentially global international business is growth. How big is your vision?

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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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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Eric Ries in Times Square For any model to be useful it has to predict what happens in the real world – including the web. I realized the Customer Development model needs to be clearer in what exactly a startup is supposed to do, regardless of the business model. “What is the “Business Model” of your startup?&#

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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. New emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g.,

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2019

Drones, augmented reality, wearable tech, modular construction, cloud and mobile technology: the construction site of tomorrow is certainly going to look different. These are but some of the global startups who are gunning to transform an industry that is, quite frankly, in desperate need of a shake-up. What we’re working with.

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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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The Startup Magazine

JULY 23, 2019

But incentives can play funny tricks on business models and digital products, especially ones that begin to permeate the very fabric of our lives. The for-profit, proprietary software model is not the only one available for digital ecosystem development. By Dan Simerman, Director of Financial Relations, The IOTA Foundation.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The growing NFT infrastructure allowed those that were not able to find markets for their art before to monetize their work through online global communities. When I launched FuturePerfect Ventures in 2014, it was on the thesis that new business models would be created from blockchain and cryptoeconomics.

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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. So here is what we learned about the blockchain and DLT technology, brace yourself for the following disruptive talking points.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Equity VC is a “get rich slow” business. Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. As a result, unfounded hockey-stick graphs and unicorn promises give way to financial fluency, realistic expectations, frank conversations about what a business can credibly achieve, and transparency. .

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

At today's session, first up, Ramkumar RS from Chennai, India, presented Mango DVM , an innovative solution to turn vendors of illegal, grey market music to legal distributors using a combination of mobile apps and media server technology. Ramkumar has made certain pricing model and delivery model assumptions that are yet to be validated.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2013

We see evidence in the news every day of these irresistible forces of change, like the pervasive global penetration of the Internet, the impact of terrorist activities even to peaceful countries, the power of social media in building business relationships, and the depletion and pollution of natural resources. Globalization.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. InStove contributes both the technology for efficient stoves, and the means to create sustainable jobs.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

We decided to set up a joint venture to go after the global “Audio for Business” market, and Soundtrack was born. Ola: The music industry is in the middle of complete digitization where the whole value chain, including production, distribution and consumption, are all transforming into the streaming model simultaneously.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

That could be a standard sale contract, i.e. buy and sell single items or batches, or a partnership agreement, i.e. contract manufacturing, sales agency, or distribution agreement. The largest ones are Alibaba, Global Sources, DHgate, EC21, Tradekey, Asia Trade Hub, and go4WorldBusiness. B2B Marketplaces in Asia.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

The real milestone, proving the business model, is that first product sold for full price to a total stranger, leaving him happy. This whole process is particularly worrisome to many startup founders, since their expertise and background more likely technology than sales. You need deep pockets to make this one work.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. It’s a great business. Thanks to the internet and other globalizing technologies, the entire world has entered the Networked Age.

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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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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. New emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g.,

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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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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

Thus, let’s start this discussion by defining the global crisis caused by the new coronavirus, COVID-19 , so that we can look forward to finding the opportunity in the crisis. What this means is that the global economy has been paused while we wait for the virus to burn itself out. .” – Albert Einstein.

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