Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

Overall I like the principles in the classic book “ Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival ,” by Robert F. A technical champion may drive a specific innovation, but the business leader has to own the result, in order to drive an appropriate business model, customer acquisition, support, and a growth strategy.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2015

For Google, programs such as Enhanced Campaigns, the cachet of its brand in advertising, its stable of intellectual property and its army of developers and software thought leaders will help it counter the competition’s efforts to loosen Google’s grip on the mobile advertising market in 2015. Professionalisms'

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Recently, Microsoft announced the Microsoft Kinect Accelerator , a program created to incubate startups building the next generation of innovative experiences for the Kinect. The companies will interact with and have access to mentors during the course of the program including Microsoft executives, entrepreneurs, and investors.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

The first will be commodity businesses that are valued for their ability to execute their current business model. The second class will be firms with a demonstrated ability to continually innovate and reinvent their business models. These innovations do not require change in a company’s existing business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy. Lack of intellectual property. All internal teams need to have relevant skills and experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

Overall I like the principles in the classic book “ Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival ,” by Robert F. A technical champion may drive a specific innovation, but the business leader has to own the result, in order to drive an appropriate business model, customer acquisition, support, and a growth strategy.

Intellectual Property 160

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2014

The Bottom Line for Small Businesses. Coley Brown, of VisionMine, said that open innovation helps some smaller companies get acquired, while others have their technology licensed by the larger firms they work with. Either way, he says, these smaller firms gain major clients that fund further growth and drive their valuations higher.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

Overall I like the principles in the classic book “ Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival ,” by Robert F. A technical champion may drive a specific innovation, but the business leader has to own the result, in order to drive an appropriate business model, customer acquisition, support, and a growth strategy.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

In junior high and high school, I did a bunch of programming, mostly self-taught. It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. In addition, I do a few consulting projects on the side, in the areas of product strategy, search engine optimization, and intellectual property.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Don’t forget to choose a sound business model. Whether it is advertisement model, B2C (Business to Consumer) ecommerce, affiliate or subscription, picking the right choice could determine the rise or fall of your business. Avoid using potentially offensive words or phrases in your business name and slogan.

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Steve Blank

JULY 28, 2011

The NSF has announced the Innovation Corps – a program to take the most promising research projects in American university laboratories and turn them into startups. Each team accepted into the program will receive $50,000. If this program works it will change how we connect basic research to the business world.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

. ———– The National Institutes of Health recognizes that Life Science/Health Care commercialization has two components: the science/technology, and the business model. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

Overall I like the principles in the classic book “ Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival ,” by Robert F. A technical champion may drive a specific innovation, but the business leader has to own the result, in order to drive an appropriate business model, customer acquisition, support, and a growth strategy.

Intellectual Property 120

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy. Lack of intellectual property. All internal teams need to have relevant skills and experience.

Due Diligence 120

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Transformify

JULY 23, 2018

To boost innovation and SME sector growth, the EU Commission has launched the SME Instrument of the Horizon 2020 program – the largest non-dilutive fund in the world. The good news is that startups from all sectors of the economy can apply and leverage on novel combinations of existing business models and technologies.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2011

The NSF has announced the Innovation Corps, a program to take the most promising research projects in American university laboratories and turn them into startups. Each team accepted into the program will receive $50,000. If this program works it will change how we connect basic research to the business world.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Internet and Online Business. Business Software. Intellectual Property. Over the past year or so, work-for-equity arrangements have become an integral part of Arizona Bays business model. International® keeps businesses moving with the Turn-in-Three program. Computer Security. Technology.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

One OSRD project – the Manhattan Project – the development of the atomic bomb – was so secret and important that it was spun off as a separate program. The OSRD developed advanced electronics: radar , electronic warfare , rockets , sonar , proximity fuse , Napalm , the Bazooka and new drugs such as penicillin and cures for malaria.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Our first move after creating our business name was to call an Intellectual Property Attorney and do a proper trademark registration. Image Credit : Steve Boyle. Back then, that “made up” word was never heard but now we have seen it make it’s way into the marketing vernacular. 18 – Your Name.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

Monday, September 13, 2010 Dan Khan says: Yeh, I like to think the job of a good tech co-founder is like being a good Riker to Picard’s leadership – break things down into black and white and offer sensible alternatives to challenge the business model, marketing plan, features, etc, but not necessarily disagree outright (i.e.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

If your business model (i.e., “how If you are raising money to start or grow your business, you need to include the details of what you need in the executive summary. Remember, your goal is to keep your business plan as short as possible, so too much detail here could easily make your plan much too long.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Will you only brew ales, or will you also make space for lagers, a barrel-aging program, and so on? The number one piece of advice I give new brewery clients that are in startup stages is to engage your main business vendors early on in the process and find the right people to serve your needs,” says Jason Jordan.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Will you only brew ales, or will you also make space for lagers, a barrel-aging program, and so on? The number one piece of advice I give new brewery clients that are in startup stages is to engage your main business vendors early on in the process and find the right people to serve your needs,” says Jason Jordan. Hire the right team.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2021

This allowed us to emphasize how to differentiate a technical spec from a value proposition and expand on the parts of the business model that are unique for science and engineering startups.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

With the advent of the web and the multifaceted programming features of WordPress , many younger entrepreneurs have the ability to go into business for themselves very easily and very cheaply, but very haphazardly. What may be a cost-effective business now could be a nightmare waiting to happen.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Microsofts originalplan was to make money selling programming languages, of all things.Their current business model didnt occur to them until IBM droppedit in their lap five years later. Hackersshould do this even if they dont plan to start startups, because its the only real way to learn how to program. Thats nonsense.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Rob, frankly I’m surprised you’re endorsing this business model. #5 at 9:42 am I agree with the point by Reader X that the Free/Premium model is a marketing strategy. Rob, frankly I’m surprised you’re endorsing this business model.&# at 1:59 pm i do believe it depends on your business model.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

automatic links to generated images Rietveld - asynchronous code reviews on changesets Tech*if*er0*urs – blog on roadmap for learning rails Best free programming books Project Management Basecamp - web-based project management and collaboration tool. Jeff skinner Faculty, London Business School. Can we touch base on this.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Intellectual Property Law For Startups Blog. Business Link : They help Start-Up companies, Running businesses or companies that are looking to grow and develop how to manage their finances, employ people, find and keep costumers, taxes, tray internationally and many more. Growing Business : Growingbusiness.co.uk

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