Business Model Elevator Pitch Marketing Matching 
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 26, 2021
Yet I believe that business success is more a function of the person than the idea or the plan, so the best idea is one that is a best fit for you, and only you can assess that. The next step is to do homework on the business issues that are common to all ideas, such as market size, business models, and marketing.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 26, 2015
Few investors these days have the time or patience to read a full business plan, so a better way to catch their eye is with a tightly written and well formatted two-page executive summary. Skip the fuzzy marketing terms, such as "easier to use," "lower cost" and "disruptive technology."
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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. Syndio has over 60 enterprise customers including Nordstrom, Match Group, Target, Adobe and PagerDuty and already more than 1.3
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Is there a profitable business model? The Traditional VC Pitch Entrepreneurs who pursue the traditional product development model don’t have customer data to answer these questions.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Yet I believe that business success is more a function of the person than the idea or the plan, so the best idea is one that is a best fit for you, and only you can assess that. The next step is to do homework on the business issues that are common to all ideas, such as market size, business models, and marketing.
Up and Running
OCTOBER 21, 2014
Given the number of funding resources available today, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem getting that initial start-up cash, especially if you focus on a lean business model or MVP route to market. You can finish it up later this week when you dig into the market research. You can do it even if you start from home.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 27, 2012
The approach I recommend is to build the investor presentation first, by iterating on the bullets with your team, and then fleshing out the points into a full-blown text-based business plan document. Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. Business model.
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