Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

In spite of this, private equity funds have used the rallying cry of efficiency to hijack corporate strategy and loot the profits that historically would have been reinvested into research and development and new products. The first will be commodity businesses that are valued for their ability to execute their current business model.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

The Enterprise: Business Model Execution We know that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. The corollary for an enterprise is: A company is a permanent organization designed to execute a repeatable and scalable business model.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Does your business touch potential voters? I’m also incubating a startup, Action Tank , to help other NGOs accomplish their goals using their supporters’ unique expertise. Traditional equity VCs are looking for high-risk, high-reward, “swing for the fences” models. Why is that? I listed some examples above. Firm revenues.

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