Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Each team continues to capture its work on a Mission Model Canvas – a modified version of the Business Model Canvas that’s at the heart of the Lean Startup methodology. Resources are what the team needs to hire or own inside their company — the team’s physical, financial, human and intellectual property.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Each team continues to capture its work on a Mission Model Canvas – a modified version of the Business Model Canvas that’s at the heart of the Lean Startup methodology. Resources are what the team needs to hire or own inside their company — the team’s physical, financial, human and intellectual property.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. The Rise of the “Lean VC’s” – Consumer Internet Gets Funded. First, my students are confused about who to talk to and how to think about funding their consumer internet startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. Investors call this the seed stage , where money is required to build a market and a real product. Congratulations!

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 184

Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Many people have a presumption that it is difficult to start an online business due to lack of money. However, thanks to economy of scale, prices for online venture necessities like web hosting and Internet data have dwindled significantly. Don’t forget to choose a sound business model. Patent and Trademark Office).

Software Review 45

Software Review Hosting Intellectual Property Naming 45

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. Investors call this the seed stage , where money is required to build a market and a real product. Congratulations!

Angel Investor 232

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 232

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn. Welcome to the Internet bubble.) Lessons Learned Your business concept is not a company.

Silicon Valley 232

Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Startup 232

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. Investors call this the seed stage , where money is required to build a market and a real product. Congratulations!

Matching 120

Matching Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers 120

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

That’s why the free business model is so popular in China. Jenny Lee, a partner at venture capital firm GGV Capital which has a presence in both the US and China, also observes that in the US, the willingness to pay for an app is pretty high — especially for a utility tool, which is what CooTek’s TouchPal X Keyboard essentially is.

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China Developer Intellectual Property Mobile 122

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Internet and Online Business. Business Software. Intellectual Property. One of the ways vendors and partners--whose behind-the-scenes assistance often is crucial to a start-ups success--can get a piece of the action is to exchange services for equity. Graham is careful about whom he chooses to partner with.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2011

Week 3 of the class and our teams in our Stanford Lean LaunchPad class were hard at work using Customer Development to get out of the classroom and test the first key hypotheses of their business model: The Value Proposition. Filed under: Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching.

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Cloud Intellectual Property Lean Customer Development 232

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 9, 2012

Every day I see entrepreneurs trying to find that right balance between keeping their intellectual property confidential while sharing and promoting their business model with partners - especially investors - whose interest they so very much need to pique. Supply and demand. read more.

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NDA North Korea Intellectual Property Business Model 69

rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. A business partnership is like a marriage and finding a long term partner is a very difficult thing. Finding someone to partner with isn’t easy.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Engineering Fractional CTO 42

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

The great majority of investors who did invest in “idea stage” businesses, lost fortunes when the Internet “bubble” burst at the beginning of the last decade. Factoring companies can help you with working capital needs when your business grows quickly by filling the money “gap” created between new billings and actual collections.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Small Business Administration SBA 76

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. 2) Market .

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

YoungUpstarts

JULY 26, 2016

There are also financial benefits like access to business loans, business bank accounts, and tax incentives, as well as legal benefits like limiting your personal liability. The business model you select is arguably the most critical business decision you will make, so choose with caution. Sole Proprietor.

Intellectual Property 100

Intellectual Property LLC Limited Liability Company Business Model 100

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 1, 2015

For example, Verizon’s Silicon Valley R&D center focuses on big data and software technologies, as well as online advertising-based business models. Invest : They allocate a corporate venture fund that invests in startups working on technology and/or business model innovations of interest.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Incubator 120

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Especially since even Youtube is still struggling to try find a viable business model. link] Matt Merriam It’s been clear for sometime that the venture model, particularly early stage venture, is not the best approach for funding tech startups, but the hangover from the Internet days still lingers. investments.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

The internet had a massive impact on the media industry, as the reporting of news became a commodity few are willing to pay for. This positions them uniquely to leverage not just their archives, but also their new content on an ongoing basis to partner in developing more contextually aware and culturally sensitive AI models.

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Generative AI Media Artificial Inteligence Vertical 142

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

– Mike [link] Reply Jeff Skinner , on May 24, 2010 at 9:28 am said: Steve, you don’t know me though I use your ‘Customer Development process’ video in my classes (Entrepreneurship at London Business School). Jeff skinner Faculty, London Business School. Can we touch base on this.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners. Intellectual Property Law For Startups Blog. Likelihood of Confusion -trademark, copyright and Internet Law. In other words they are entrepreneurs that help others like them succeed in their new business. business planning.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53