VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A company will decide what operations are best to keep in-house while outsourcing those that it can “afford” to. Today, eCommerce companies can scale up faster than almost any other consumer business model. The appealing qualities of capital efficiency and high scale up are actually inherent to eCommerce companies.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 17, 2018

But a thesis centered around network effects isn’t static – and isn’t limited to any particular sector, business model, or platform. And we also look at companies that are creating the best product for a specific vertical – including bio/healthcare and other emerging tech. It is a true honor to be a partner of yours!

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2019

Imagine if this sector continued to operate with mom-and-pop stores, where each store served a specific need and sold a specific product? Even the World Economic Forum is now working with global partners for the development of construction. and European lists. . Consider the retail industry for comparison.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2013

Too many early-stage companies are so desperate for customers that they operate in a frantic and random sales mode. They sell into multiple verticals, or pursue multiple revenue streams, such that they can’t develop a repeatable, scalable sales process, and don’t do anything well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2012

Too many early-stage companies are so desperate for customers that they operate in a frantic and random sales mode. They sell into multiple verticals, or pursue multiple revenue streams, such that they can’t develop a repeatable, scalable sales process, and don’t do anything well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Too many early-stage companies are so desperate for customers that they operate in a frantic and random sales mode. They sell into multiple verticals, or pursue multiple revenue streams, such that they can’t develop a repeatable, scalable sales process, and don’t do anything well.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) It may just be that the message of building companies that have predictable revenue and profit models hasn’t percolated through the VC business model. I find the same still going on with a few firms and partners.&#

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

For businesses that want to transport cargo, they offer the benefits of a helicopter, including speed and access to remote locations, but at the cost of ground transportation. They have an end-to-end solution, from operating and monitoring the fleet of UAVs to the on-the-ground operations and delivering to the final destination.

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. I am a business person, not a technologist. A full-time business partner is definitely not required at this point in the company's life.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Binaize (Bangalore, India) Nikhil Jois, CEO Binaize is a network intelligence software product for Industrial IoT that helps minimize machine downtime and increase the operational efficiency of industrial control systems. Techstars funds all types of startups, working across all verticals, applying all types of business models.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

We built a team of specialists from the food innovation and operations arm of the baby food company Plum Organics, and the marketing arm of companies like JUST Water, Red Bull, Stance, and GoPro, and the business development arm of companies like This Bar Saves Lives. Tell us your favorite thing about being based in Los Angeles.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

She is the primary inventor of a modular centrifuge that operates with or without electricity. Only after we have at least two products scaling successfully in at least two emerging market regions, will we have proven the commercial model for medical device design with and for emerging markets. and Indian companies.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 10, 2022

JetBlue has had to recreate established models and vertically integrate where the adjacent experiences for the customer and courageous brand to reinvent an entire ecosystem in this way. I absolutely admire Apple and what they’ve done in the business world and for our society. Thanks to Paul Krasinski, Epicenter Experience !

Entrepreneur 121

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

was OK a few months ago, the hurdle is now higher and should be close to CAC>1 – Keep only reps making quota and cut marketing activities with lower ROI Customer Lifetime Value (CLTV) >0 – Adjust operations, RD and GA to make your business model profitable 3. Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare?

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Up and Running

APRIL 30, 2013

Time spent advising is a great opportunity for the founder and advisor to audition each other as potential partners. Honchos are found by looking vertically. Ninjas can help you optimize an aspect of your business that you are struggling with. Who has experience finding operational bottlenecks? Future board members.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

The time they spend with customers is usually limited to transactional core products sales, generating lower margins – The resource allocation is not always matching the opportunity (geography, customer segment, vertical.) – The rules of engagement for technical resources (solution or product specialists) are not clear.

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency. In this episode, I talk with the Founder and Chairman of Acceleration Partners, Bob Glazer, about why diversifying your marketing strategy with other channels — like partnerships — is the way of the future.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done. 2) Market .

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

Marcel is the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to helping agencies measure and improve their profitability by streamlining their operations and reporting systems. 17:51] What kind of challenge does white labeling add to the pure optimization model? [20:05] Yes or no? [17:51] So Marcel, welcome to the show.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Needless to say, this isn’t a business model that works in the pandemic world. From there, it further shifted to operating its own refrigerated warehouse and fleet of delivery vans to deliver organic foods directly from farmers and specialty suppliers. Business model evolution is the rule, not the exception.

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Startup Silicon Valley Business Model Mobile 36

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

In a casino, the term “rake” refers to the commission that the house earns for operating a poker game. eBay recently launched an aggressive campaign attacking Amazon’s rate table on a vertical-by-vertical basis ( those percentages can be found here ). This is one of my favorite marketplace business model “tweaks.”

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. Or second time founders focus on lucrative verticals that pay more per eyeball or focus on ad formats that pay more (such as email newsletter sponsorships). don’t think about at all.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. Or second time founders focus on lucrative verticals that pay more per eyeball or focus on ad formats that pay more (such as email newsletter sponsorships). don’t think about at all.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2020

As they mature, many companies find that they have outgrown their original purpose, realize they want to expand their operations, or see that their brand simply doesn’t reflect who they are anymore. With that said, rebranding is a common part of every business journey. by Rohan Thambrahalli , the Founder and President at UpstartWorks.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Like Edison and the lightbulb, like Gates and the pc operating system, I would launch a revolution that would transform society while bringing me wealth and fame. At the end, I asked myself what are the most critical resources I need to be successful and the answer was partners and developers. We had the wrong business model.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

When my partner Marc wrote his post describing our firm , the most controversial component of our investment strategy was our preference for founding CEOs. At the time Jobs regained control of Apple, the conventional wisdom said that Apple was getting killed by “PC Economics” and had to separate the operating system from the hardware.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 78

The Startup Toolkit

JULY 13, 2013

However, you can also see it broken out in Microsoft’s own words: A business model based on partner and first-party devices with both consumer and enterprise services. The four points I listed above are my reading of the Guiding Policy based on the strategy statement. Optimization for activities people value most.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

So that means stuff like thinking about what a business model might be, it does mean customer development. Kind of the model that Game Fit sites have where you partner up with somebody and you support each other as you try and do one more lap or push up. They have 27 business units. What’s the worst case?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

I first met Evangelos Simoudis when he ran IBM’s Business Intelligence Solutions Division and then as CEO of his first startup Customer Analytics. Evangelos has spent the last 15 years as a Venture Capitalist, first at Apax Partners and later at Trident Capital. Companies built corporate venture capital and business development groups.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital United States Technical Review 120

Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

I’ll say again, as a mom of three, for any parents on the call, especially work-at-home parents, if you’re trying to juggle running a business while your kids are present, and if you’re especially the primary caretaker of little people, it’s hard sometimes to admit that your kids are distractions or interruptions.

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Management Product Video Fractional CTO 60

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. This is where I brought in the thinking of how we build businesses here in Silicon Valley. Nand Mulchandani.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

These products encourage all individuals to participate in and have a point of view on investing, rather than operating under the assumption that it’s strictly for the wealthy. Read the full post — Alex Rampell , a16z fintech general partner, and Scott Kupor , a16z managing partner What’s inside your (mobile) bank?

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IPO Stock Software Review API 36

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

VC Cafe: What is you business model? Since we have APIs, we have opportunities for business models with media and content partners. Corporations and strategic partners, using the Libox platform. We’re currently having conversation with partners in that area. Simple as that. We want to change that.

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Media Management API HTML 84

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers divided the portfolio companies into six stages and startups are still operating a loss in each of the first four. That means the vast majority of privately held companies are still very dependent on venture money to stay in business. Especially since even Youtube is still struggling to try find a viable business model.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 26, 2016

1 – Business Model. Our business is unique because our business model addresses 2 major shifts in the fashion industry today: 1) the rise of fast fashion and its affect on major more traditional fashion companies like Gap, J. Photo Credit: Stefanie Tacata. crew, Aeropostale, etc. 14 – Desired Changes.

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