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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 5: Customer Relationship Hypotheses

Steve Blank

This week they were testing one of the most confusing sections of a company’s business model – Customer Relationships - the activities used to “Get, Keep and Grow” customers in a physical or virtual (web or mobile) channel. Using the business model canvas, the changes to their business were obvious.

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Twitter Link Roundup #35 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic – Pivoting the Business Model – [link]. Good question: Where are the ‘vertical’ social media specialists? Why you should have a co-founder – [link]. Infographic on entrepreneurs’ state of mind in 2010 – [link]. – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #35 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic – Pivoting the Business Model – [link]. Good question: Where are the ‘vertical’ social media specialists? Why you should have a co-founder – [link]. Infographic on entrepreneurs’ state of mind in 2010 – [link]. – [link].

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Rocket Science 4: The Press is Our Best Product

Steve Blank

The only difference between us and the Internet bubble that would follow was that we did branding on the cheap by creating our image with public relations, whilethe dot-bomb era was to do it by spending enormous sums on advertising (those large venture rounds had to get spent somewhere.) Hindsight is wonderful.

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20 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Selected a Logo for Their Business

Hearpreneur

We also wanted our typeface to exemplify sports and school, since this is our core business model. Thanks to Hope Katz Gibbs, Inkandescent Public Relations. #17 Vertical or horizontal design? There is nothing fancy about our logo but it is clean and fits with our site design. 17 – Holistic and Fluid.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share What Makes Their Business Unique

Hearpreneur

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.

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Impact Investing: a time for problems to become opportunities

VC Cafe

“As big businesses begin to measure their impact, they begin to show it is fundamental to their future business models.” As big businesses begin to measure their impact, they begin to show it is fundamental to their future business models.” Sir Ronald Cohen.