A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 12, 2010

In all the interviews you've read about founders' success, how many credit their MBA program? It should be part of your business plan that other people will copy you. If you've lived in the software world for a few years you know the stuff they teach you in school is irrelevant, so who cares what degree you have? We work hard.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2019

They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O. As I mentioned, this framework is powerful, but none of these elements are free. A while back in a blog article , I pointed out that none of these justify a startup business plan with little or no budget for marketing. Long-term sales.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Berkeley Boalt Law School and runs their entrepreneurship program. Bending over: How to sell to large companies - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 24, 2010 This is a guest post by Steve Hanov , who blogs about programming and startups. At best I think business plan competitions are a waste of time.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 28, 2022

While this may seem obvious, it is a step that many HVAC business owners miss. Creating a detailed business plan is the first step of the process. The plan needs to include your goals and how you plan on achieving them. The right business plan serves as a framework for all your business operations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O. As I mentioned, this framework is powerful, but none of these elements are free. A while back in a blog article , I pointed out that none of these justify a startup business plan with little or no budget for marketing. Long-term sales.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Over the last few years it’s become clear that the days of teaching “how to write a business plan” as the cornerstone of university entrepreneurship are over. We now understand the distinction between startups – who search for a business model – versus existing companies – that execute a business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2013

They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O. As I mentioned, this framework is powerful, but none of these elements are free. A while back in a blog article , I pointed out that none of these justify a startup business plan with little or no budget for marketing. Long-term sales.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Start With a Business Model, Not a Business Plan | WSJ – [link]. Interesting to see Y Combinator revise funding portion of its program … The YC VC Program – [link]. Facebook Remains Gaping Hole in Advertising Industry’s Privacy Program | Advertising Age – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The decision is forced into a ‘yes or no’ framework, and alternate options — which many team members might actually prefer — are left off the table. Now was the time to expand the program nationally, but the team had reached a stalemate over whether this investment was wise.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

The eight teams spoke to over 820 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

I hate business plan competitions. I Love Business Plan Competitions I had a breakfast with a friend who has founded a few companies in Thailand and started the New Ventures Program at one of their universities. For all the reasons why business plan competitions are wonderful for students from outside the U.S.,

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Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

Entrepreneurship: While entrepreneurship classes can sometimes feel outdated and contrived, they can be useful in terms of developing a framework to evaluate the quality of an idea, and then laying out a roadmap to build a business around that idea. Make sure you still pay attention to the overall brand of the MBA program.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 5, 2012

One of the confusing things to entrepreneurs, investors and educators is the relationship between customer development and business model design and business planning and execution. When does a new venture focus on customer development and business models ? And when do business planning and execution come into play?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2015

They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O. As I mentioned, this framework is powerful, but none of these elements are free. A while back in a blog article , I pointed out that none of these justify a startup business plan with little or no budget for marketing. Long-term sales.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 27, 2017

Too many startups are blinded by their unwavering commitment to a plan which just doesn’t work. They originally set out to make money selling programming languages. They changed their business plan once they’d got underway. Hiring staff for a startup is different from hiring staff for an existing big business.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 8, 2012

From Tim Berry: What I really don’t like is people saying “don’t do a business plan; do a business model instead.” My favorite definition of the business model is the excellent book Business Model Generation, by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur. And that’s very compatible with business planning.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

The Focus on Execution Versus Learning and Discovery The product development model assumes that customers needs are known, the product features are known, and your business model is known. Given this certainty, it’s logical that a startup will hire a sales and marketing team to simply execute your business plan.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A strong vision of the organization, a solid business plan (or strategic plan), and a culture of success to fulfill that vision. I once trained NASA employees who were working on the Mars Exploration Program on the art of collaborative decision-making. Set a goal for creating a culture of success.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

I suggested that Andrew tap into some family offices and corporate CSR programs to inject some liquidity to the exchange, otherwise entrepreneurs would not engage. Andrew also asked how he could partner with the 1M/1M program. Well, we have a well-developed affiliate program , and I encouraged him to join. Quipu Applications.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Troy Dean: So WP Elevation is an online business coaching program and community specifically for WordPress consultants. So it comprises of a six-week course that our students go through to basically learn basic practices about running a business as a WordPress consultant. What is WP Elevation? John Jantsch: Is that Ruby?

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2018

He is the president and founder of Revenue & Associates and the creator of The bullseye marketing framework and we’re going to talk about a book built on that called Bullseye Marketing: How to Grow Your Business Faster. You can tell without ever talking to someone, do they have a marketing automation program?

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Programming Tutorials. Programming Tools. Businesses. Business Articles. General Business. Business Services. Custom Programming. Business Tools. Home ▶ Businesses ▶ Startup Business Advice ▶ Current Page How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

The “boardroom as bits&# uses C ustomer Development as the process for the search, and the business model canvas as the scorecard to keep track of the progress, while providing a common language for the discussion. for a business model. It turns ad hoc startups into strategy-driven startups. 2) Asynchronous Updates.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

The business plan was starting to look great and all the idea kinks were worked out. Application programming Expertise: PHP, ColdFusion, AJAX, Web Services (RSS, REST, SOAP, XML-RPC, etc.). Advocate for the appropriate use of SAAS, design patterns, frameworks, SOA, ORM, and MVC. Skip to primary content. Post navigation.

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Up and Running

JUNE 15, 2016

To help your travel business stand out and bring in more revenue, here are seven research-driven, data-backed strategies you can implement today—or plan for once you’ve got your business up and running. Customer referral programs can be an effective way to increase revenue for your travel agency, if implemented correctly.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Most likely, your business plan is loaded with opinions and guesses, sprinkled with a dash of vision and hope. But you still need a framework to be able to observe and process what you are seeing and hearing. for Harvard Business Revie. I am continuously coaching people to get out and see what is really going on.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

I have often lamented that my entrepreneurship course is only offered to senior management majors, leaving students little time to expirement with skills, tools, and frameworks from class as they are already in full on job search mode. The bigger issue is getting entrepreneurship out of the business school.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2014

In my second go-around with Steve Blank, he’s still changing the course and fortunes of startups everywhere, but perhaps more profoundly, he’s now also changing the course of universities and students everywhere as a result of a program he developed with the National Science Foundation (NSF). It’s a Capitol Idea.

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Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

In Connolly and Kelly’s 2011 article “Understanding accountability in social enterprise organisations: a framework” in the Social Enterprise Journal, they identify three types of accountability for social enterprises: legal, constructive and voluntary.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Why Use a Consulting CTO A consulting CTO can help you complete a business plan by estimating costs and timelines for the company’s technology development and deployment. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner.

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viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

In a way it did this, but the opportunities didn't really come until nearly 3 months into the program. My business partner is still with the business, but I just didn't see a positive future without a strong technical co-founder. Learning programming is hard to do alone. Are frameworks the way to go ?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Marketing demand creation programs (Search Engine Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising, Lead Generation, Trade Shows, etc.) You can continue to grow the business based on organic cash flow or you now can develop a business plan that deserves investment based on observed outcomes (“facts&# ).

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Then Amit Gurung pitched a business plan to create a distribution channel for product companies trying to cater to the rural base-of-the-pyramid (BPO) market in India. For those planning to pitch their business during an upcoming roundtable, please use the Clarify Your Story appendix of my Positioning book to prepare your pitches.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Concept and Seed Stage In the Concept and Seed Stage, founders capture their passion and vision for the new company and turn them into a set of key ideas, which quickly becomes a business plan, sometimes on the back of the proverbial napkin. The first thing captured and wrestled to paper is the company’s vision.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2023

This programming is guaranteed to inspire and recharge. John Jantsch (03:10): So, so with your McKinsey and Company credentials, you know, you had to have a framework here, right? And I wasn't looking John for a framework when I wrote that the manager's handbook. But I'd wonder if you could unpack the operating plan.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 24, 2015

But by choosing a general theme for each month, you have a framework around which to develop each piece of content. Plan content around your launches. Are you planning to launch a new product or program this year? Just like a business plan, it’s impossible to stick to your content plan like glue.

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Up and Running

JULY 7, 2021

It gives life and personality to your business, wrapping your sales, customer service, and imagery in a story-driven layer. This StoryBrand framework isn’t just limited to your about page. To stay on top of this, it’s best to take an adaptive approach to business planning and marketing. Refine your marketing strategy.

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