Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Facilities and staff. Sales and marketing costs. Marty Zwilling.

Cost 255

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 255

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Facilities and staff. Sales and marketing costs. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 235

Entrepreneur Burn Rate SEM Social Network 235

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter. The Business Plan (Concept- Alpha-Beta - FCS ) became the playbook for startups. 1970 – 1995: The Golden Age. They taught you about customers, markets and profits.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Facilities and staff. Sales and marketing costs.

Cost 139

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 139

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Lessons Learned – Business Planning Stage My advice to entrepreneurs working on a new business plan is to build a model similar to those above to estimate the cost of customer acquisition. It appears that LTV should be about 3 x CAC for a viable SaaS or other form of recurring revenue model.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Tags: entrepreneurial revolution startup high-tech business.

Burn Rate 125

Burn Rate SEM Social Network Angel Investor 125

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

For three years I worked at Bug Labs (open source hardware company). We not only told everyone what we did, we posted the source code and the blueprints online. Think about that, people wont even steal your ideas if you give them the plans. Ran if for two years before we shut it down with almost no revenue achieved.

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41