Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

The cost of entry to entrepreneurship is lower than ever, due to smartphone apps and powerful free tools to create websites and ecommerce offerings. Yet many entrepreneurs rely on expensive outside services and outside money, rather than do the networking for a co-founder or two who have the right skills to work for equity.

Bootstrapping 120

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Commercial product prototypes.

Product Development 120

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Many of the growth equity firms have had outbound dialing programs for years. Growth equity firms typically target profitable businesses that are often not technical in nature. Perhaps outbound dialing / emailing programs worked well for growth equity firms in their core business. They’re flattered.

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Programming Entrepreneur Private Equity Equity 294

Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

Remember, a year from now no one wants to be the CEO of a company out of business whose lament is, “I did what the board told me to do.”. This plan has three parts: Pivots to your new business model, changes to your operating plan, and what initiatives you save for the recovery. What does your board suggest?

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South Korea Salary Business Model China 333

Austin Startup

MARCH 19, 2020

After talking to entrepreneurs over the past two weeks, it seems most businesses are imploding or exploding, depending on how well their business model can adapt to a post-corona virus world. There are five general things you can do now to make your business coronable: survive and thrive in a viral world.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Their latest disappointment came because Groupon’s $569m revenue was below analysts expectations of $590m revenue quarter and because their core daily deals business was down 16% quarter and quarter and flat on the year ago period. All the growth came from Groupon’s new direct ecommerce business.).

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IPO Marketing Venture Capital eCommerce 104

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 28, 2012

First the trailblazers define a new category and initially they are viewed with extreme scepticism and many people are convinced they will fail because their business model is unsustainable and/or people won’t want their products.

Vertical 94

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

It does mean that going all out to build a huge audience without building in a solid business model from day one has become a riskier bet where success is largely predicated on one of the platform players acquiring the company. Often times that will mean the companies are ‘close to the transaction’ or ecommerce related.

Internet 102

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

I’ve worked in digital businesses since 2000 as Product Manager, ECommerce Operations Director and most recently as Chief Operating Officer (3 companies). At Forward Partners we help entrepreneurs systematically uncover assumptions in their business model and find ways to test those assumptions.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

New ecommerce models where web retailers focus on providing great search and discovery and drop ship goods direct from manufacturers without taking stock is another good example, as is the whole collaborative commerce industry and the transformation of education by free to use online services.

Internet 137

Internet eCommerce Stock Search 137

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

How to identify and engage the first customers for your product, and how to gather, evaluate and use their feedback to make your product, marketing and business model far stronger. Also worth subscribing to is Venture Lab – a series of startup courses online from Stanford University, for free. Khan Academy.

Artificial Inteligence 156

Artificial Inteligence Founder Private Equity Ruby 156

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when). venture capital.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

If you’re looking for five million dollars, you should be thinking institutional capital. You have to focus on for the nuts and bolts, what is the business model, how are we going to make money. Jared could you quickly tell us what are the pros and cons of a bank loan versus an investment for equity?

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Boilerplate Venture Funding Documents. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. National Venture Capital Association â?? model legal documents. TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents â?? Raising Venture Capital.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53