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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Part 1: Bend, Oregon Ecosystem and Entrepreneurs. Few entrepreneurs find this scalable and repeatable business model because it’s not easy. Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds.

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How to Get the Most Out of a Sample Business Plan

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Because you’re the expert on your own business, the research you do to understand your target market, your competition, and your particular business model will help you fill in the details and really make your business plan useful and credible to potential funders. Mistake 4: Misunderstanding the business plan purpose.

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Bigger in Bend – Building a Regional Startup Cluster–part 1 of 3

Steve Blank

Dino and I kept in touch as he moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Part 1: Bend, Oregon Ecosystem and Entrepreneurs. Bend, Oregon is an ideal case study because of its size, location and entrepreneurial characteristics. Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds.

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How to Write a Business Plan for an Outpatient Medical Practice

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Financial summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Here’s a brief example: The problem : There is a lack of affordable pediatric and gynecological care available in coastal areas of Lane County, Oregon. First, your business plan laid out the opportunity at hand.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

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The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. In terms of legal structure, social enterprises have many options. Maryland was the first U.S.

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Beyond the Full-Time CMO: How Companies are Opting for a Fractional Future

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05:20] Could you shed some light on your business model? 06:14] One challenge of the Fractional CMO model is essentially selling your time. So tell me a little bit about your particular business model, organization wise. We use DeskTeam360 every day in our business, and so I've negotiated you a 10% deal.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Small Business. Computer Software. Overall, nonventure-backed companies fail more often than venture-backed companies in the first four years of existence, typically because they dont have the capital to keep going if the business model doesnt work, Harvards Mr. Ghosh says. SERVICE BUSINESSES. INTERNET BUSINESSES.