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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. The company was called Red Beacon. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan.

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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?) He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on. Choose one.

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Startup Business Model Considerations

SoCal CTO

Fantastic post by Christian Gammill - Startup Delta Force… From a competitive perspective (e.g. all the other folks out there that will try to enter the same market) the barriers have been dropping over the last few years.

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How To Get Ready To Participate In An Acceleration Program

YoungUpstarts

Pitch it to someone with a startup or business related background, but who doesn’t have experience in your industry. Our business model back then was very complex, and it included a B2C as well as a B2B business model, that wasn’t being implemented yet. Don’t describe a 100% theoretical business model.

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The Case for In-Stream Advertising

Both Sides of the Table

I know that advertising is important to inform consumers of offers – the same reason many tech companies use SEM. Rejecting new business models for pushing boundaries does not encourage innovation. But I also accept and appreciate the ads in Hulu because I know that I’m watching shows for free.

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Search Engine Marketing - No Panacea for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on Search Engine Marketing (SEM). Search engine marketing is simply buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. Popular keywords have higher costs.

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eCommerce: A VC Story [guest post]

VC Cafe

For example, some companies may choose to outsource their SEM activities, some may decide that their R&D can be outsourced, while others may eventually outsource customer support. All depending on which of the above are in the company’s core business and which are not.