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JANUARY 4, 2014
It either needed to get more aggressive in pricing, pivot to a new business or business model or raise more capital (and take the dilution) in order to have more time to figure things out. He wanted more ability to push the product & engineering teams harder – he was, after all, the CEO.
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JUNE 22, 2011
Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out. When you’re building a startup and can’t hire the engineers you need, can’t retain staff, can’t get press coverage and can’t hire sales people – it certainly affects you. That’s not true.
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2013
Developing O&O (owned & operated) businesses (outside of YouTube). Having business models that aren’t only ad-based. For starters I’d like to tell you what I tell every startup that wants to “build a YouTube business.” I will talk about these strategies in my next blog post.
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FEBRUARY 7, 2011
They have to make the tough decisions about where to allocate scarce resources, what the future business model will become and how to compete with other large platforms out there. The fact that they can be both an economic engine and a driver for social change is awesome. They are at basecamp.
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FEBRUARY 17, 2010
App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects. Apple is a channel, not a business model – I see too many companies that are building iPhone App companies.
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MARCH 1, 2011
Of course, monetization of search became one of the best business models in the history of business. After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ). Part 2/3 of Interview: Mike Joins Quigo as CEO, Sells it to Aol for $340 Million [ Minutes: 13 – 30 ].
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JUNE 29, 2011
You can’t scale a large business quickly on your $500,000 alone. The Venture Capitalists can help these young founding teams scale their engineering departments, develop business development relationships, deal with onslaught of PR, handle executive management challenges, etc.
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