Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Unfortunately as we’ve learned from recent experience, using Return on Net Assets and IRR as proxies for efficiency and execution won’t save a company when their industry encounters creative disruption. 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.

IRR 335

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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. Invest in business models that otherwise could not access VC. Less than 1% of all new businesses take investment from VCs. Firm revenues.

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