Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

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. Unfortunately, regardless of a VC’s age, their business models are suffering and IPOs seem to be a thing of the past for at least a while longer. Now In Print!

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Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

If you’ve tried to slog your way through my book on Customer Development you know that I’m insistent that the founders need to be the ones getting outside the building (physically or virtually) to validate all the initial hypotheses of the business model and product. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print!

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 6, 2024

And so I was hand coding my own podcast, RSS feeds. So what you have to do is make sure that you have a foolproof business plan and a business model. So you do the business model first so that you know exactly what to expect. It is just going to be a grind. And also the contingencies.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Web App Business Models: User Needs and What People Pay For – “If you’re planning a web application that can’t build a business model around one or more of these needs, you may face difficulties generating sustainable revenue.&#

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Initially your job is to understand each of the parts of your business model before you hire someone to do it. Hopefully you and your co-founders are experts in one or two parts (agile development, SEO/SEM, etc.) so at least some parts are being run by people who know what they are doing. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print!

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Up and Running

JANUARY 15, 2018

Your Lean Plan should include an overview of your strategy and tactics (problem-solving and possible solutions), your business model (including your target market and competition), and a schedule of what you’re doing and when. You should also include some core financials such as a sales forecast, expense budget, and cash flow forecast.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JULY 29, 2018

[ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] One of the hottest business models in the tech startup world is anything with a recurring subscription business model, especially if it’s software based.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 14, 2017

[ Download MP3 | Transcript Coming Soon | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] Gideon Shalwick is my long-time friend and one-time business partner. I recently began teaching a new course called Services Arbitrage, which reveals how you can set up a business selling services that other people deliver.

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Archives Team Badges & Banners Netsetter Directory Twitter Updates Email Updates Rss Updates Do You Need to Be a Developer to Found a Web Startup? Collis Taeed 16th March Business Models 9 Comments One of the best sources of information on startups is the obscenely talented Paul Graham who has written a wealth of essays on the subject.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

You can listen by subscribing to my podcast on iTunes , or it’s enclosed in this blog’s RSS feed , or you can just download the mp3. Why even if someone gave you money for your platform, you still might not have a business model. Why listen? Especially if you don’t normally listen to podcasts?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JULY 17, 2018

[ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] One of the hottest business models in the tech startup world is anything with a recurring subscription business model, especially if it’s software based.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

She wanted to do more, help more people and gain freedom from the hours-for-dollars business model. She wanted to do more, help more people and gain freedom from the hours-for-dollars business model. Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] Fast forward to 2007 and Kat came across my blog.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2012

This is the main focus of EveryBlock, where they give each city block its own Web page, its own RSS feed and its own e-mail alerts. Hyperlocal can be the “beginning” for your startup, allowing you to test your business model and your marketing plan before you scale. Give people a way to follow news around a particular block.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Americas new business model: Sharing. What distinguishes the latest generation of start-ups is a confluence of new technologies and more-efficient business models that leave much of the logistical heavy-lifting to peers who share. Americas new business model: Sharing. Game Hunters. Jinny Gudmundsen.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Movies music myspace ONLINE VIDEO politics pop culture privacy Search small business social good social media social networking social networks software sports tech television trending tv twitter verizon video video games viral video web video Wordpress Yahoo youtube Join More Than 2.9 PM OK, agree.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Great article youre now in my rss feeds :) October 2, 2008 4:37 AM kamilski81 said. Hi Eric, Great article - Ive added you to my regular RSS reads. For example, how are you going to explain that component drive architecture like.NET isn't going to work for cross platform open open source business models?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 5, 2009

You make several first order approximations about your business model, distribution channels, demand creation, and customer acceptance. One of the key tenets of entrepreneurship is that you start your company with insufficient resources and knowledge. Faith-based Entrepreneurship At first, entrepreneurship is a Faith-based initiative.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 28, 2005

As an early pioneer in RSS, Morever did a great job repositioning its business during the downturn and selling its information feeds into the enterprise and powering other search engines with news feeds. Recently, Microsoft announced that it was going to allow users to add RSS feeds to its MyMSN service powered by Moreover.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2011

This is the main focus of EveryBlock, where they give each city block its own Web page, its own RSS feed and its own e-mail alerts. Hyperlocal can be the “beginning” for your startup, allowing you to test your business model and your marketing plan before you scale. Give people a way to follow news around a particular block.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 14, 2017

[ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] Gideon Shalwick is my long-time friend and one-time business partner. The post Gideon Shalwick: Founder Of Splasheo And Veeroll Explains How To Grow Million Dollar Businesses Selling Services Online appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 7, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Perfect business model! Check out my book Subscribe via RSS Thousands of entrepreneurs cant be wrong. “Front-End Developer&# Resume – Awesome. inch screen that slides out of a 17-inch screen). .&#

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www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Big Thinker – The CTOs inthis model mainly spend their time evaluating how technology can be usedinternally to developed new business models and business lines, and how topreempt competitor’s attempts to use technology to disrupt the markets.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Was Ardent’s business model flawed from the start for being so short on potential customers with deep pockets? I liked to fail fast, move on, and not look back. I liked to fail fast, move on, and not [.] [.] Reply Yuri Ammosov , on November 22, 2009 at 1:29 pm Said: So, Steve, is there any lesson to be learnt? Now In Print!

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2009

Rule 1: In an existing market Customer Development means not only understanding potential customers, but your competitors in detail – their product features, their sales channels, their demand creation strategy, their business model, etc. An Existing Market All four were trying to resegment an “Existing Market.” Now In Print!

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

If you can’t find enough paying customers in the Customer Validation step, the model returns you to Customer Discovery to rediscover what you failed to hear or understand the first time through the loop. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print! Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.

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Scott Edward Walker

JUNE 3, 2013

If you’d like to see all of my tweets (or an RSS feed of them), you can do so here. “The day you raise money from a venture investor, you’ve also just agreed to their business model.” Below are my five most popular tweets (via bit.ly ) for the past two weeks and a couple of blog-related tweets. Cheers, Scott. .

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

Innovation – Business Model? Others you need to know when you execute the plan. Here is the list of basic startupactivities/functions our class discussion generated: Opportunity – How big? Where do the ideas come from? Technology? Customers – Who are the Users? Who are the economic buyers? Market Type – Existing/Sustaining?

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www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

And here are the facts I turned up: * They think their business is a huge opportunity, probably a billion-dollar plus market which nobody else is currently addressing (this last point could easily be naivete, which is common enough among entrepreneurs). * They want to build a big brand fast after they come out of stealth mode. * startupcto

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Is there a profitable business model? The Traditional VC Pitch Entrepreneurs who pursue the traditional product development model don’t have customer data to answer these questions. Can it scale?”

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 26, 2012

Turning to fashion, two British of the more successful British startups over the last five years, Net-a-Porter and ASOS , have built their businesses by blending content with commerce – i.e. a mixed media and retail business model where media offsets traditional marketing spend. but they should NOT be directly about YOU.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

For the first 25 years HP’s business model was static. Of course HP did ship new products and innovate, but their center of innovation was sustaining innovation , around the core of their existing business. Elephant Graveyard Reinvention of large companies, while making for great case studies are rare. Now In Print!

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2010

This is the main focus of EveryBlock, where they give each city block its own Web page, its own RSS feed and its own e-mail alerts. Hyperlocal can be the “beginning” for your startup, allowing you to test your business model and your marketing plan before you scale. Give people a way to follow news around a particular block.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

What's particularly interesting about this story was how Richard deliberately changed the business model early on. If you are thinking of starting a comparison shopping site, which has to be one of the most popular business models online right now, this is an interview you cannot miss.

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Scott Edward Walker

MARCH 26, 2012

If you’d like to see all of my tweets (or an RSS feed of them), you can do so here. Cheers, Scott Top 5 Tweets Solid, detailed summary of the JOBS Act via Debevoise: [link] “Tesla seems to have a business model that’s going to work…If Apple made a car, this could be it.”

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Here’s some big news for San Diego’s innovation economy: There’s a new venture capital firm in town—and its investment methodology represents a fundamentally different approach to the conventional business model for venture investing. Xconomy on Demand. Did you miss something? Dont despair…. Subscribe Now. Privacy/DMCA. Contact Us.

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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. Add RSS feed. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed , follow me on Twitter , connect with me on Quora. There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model. infoChachkie. Thanks for visiting!

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