Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

This post is an update of what we learned about life science distribution channels. Life Science/Health Care distribution channels differ by Category. It turns out that for commercialization, the business model (Customers, Channel, Revenue Model, etc.) Channel Cost = $350-400,000 per sales team.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 21, 2011

This week they were testing their hypotheses about the sales “Channel” – how a company delivers its value proposition (i.e. There are two major channels: physical channels and virtual (web/mobile) channels. Virtual channels include Dedicated e-commerce, Two-step e-distribution and Aggregators.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 15, 2023

With content automation capabilities, businesses can efficiently produce and distribute content aligned with their board-level objectives. This centralization improves content discoverability, eliminates duplication, and enables efficient content reuse across multiple channels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Every aspect of every product requires development, testing, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution. Perhaps the focus should be on a single distribution channel, better customer service, or a simplified pricing structure. More money is hard to find, and building efficient multiple processes is even harder.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. Sales and distribution channel activity will be analyzed, as well as cost of customer acquisition, to make an independent assessment of your financial projections.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2020

Every aspect of every product requires development, testing, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution. Perhaps the focus should be on a single distribution channel, better customer service, or a simplified pricing structure. More money is hard to find, and building efficient multiple processes is even harder.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

A marketing playbook helps you achieve brand consistency across channels and campaigns. A marketing playbook is a reference guide that outlines how a business will manage its marketing on a particular channel or campaign. What’s inside will differ depending on the channel or marketing campaign. Content channels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

The old approaches of controlling distribution channels, saturating retail, and methodically scaling your brand awareness don’t protect you anymore. In case you hadn’t noticed, the key elements of a competitive advantage for your business have changed as businesses move online, and your domain is instantly global.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

If they select a business model that targets industry incumbents, they don’t have to worry about upsetting existing customers, partners or distribution channels. Existing companies also use network effects of monopolies/duopolies, distribution channel kickbacks, etc., to stifle competition.). What can a company do?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2022

Then, hopefully, come customers, distribution channels, and going public or merging with an attractive buy-out candidate. Fortunately these skills can be learned, and the barriers to communication can be overcome one by one. Founders have to communicate their ideas and products to investors, business partners, and the rest of the team.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 5, 2020

In order to compete within your industry, you will need to analyze, create, and distribute content that attracts the right people. Use the multi-channel approach. Once you are done setting your priorities, you need to pick the best channels for promoting your products or services. Keep track of your analytics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

For example, when you think about distribution channels, revenue streams, or the relationship with the customer, ask customers what they expect. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Nail the business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Cash is always hard to find, but in many cases it’s even harder to find access to needed distribution channels, government contract expertise, or the special skills required to deliver your solution. Usually it pays to work in an industry for a while, before you try to fix it. Willing to start today and find resources later.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

Embracing Social Media for Real-Time Engagement Social media channels such as Instagram, LinkedIn, and X, formerly known as Twitter, have become essential components of financial PR strategies. They allow instantaneous communication with stakeholders as well as swift reactions to changes in the market or rumors.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 13, 2023

The entertainment industry is perhaps the most susceptible to disruption among all industries In recent decades, the emergence of new tools and technologies has made it increasingly easier for users to generate and distribute content, such as blog posts, videos, and simple games, on platforms like Roblox or Minecraft.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

This will involve an analysis of the company’s distribution channels, advertising, and pricing strategy. They will also assess trends in the market and how current economic, political, and demographic conditions relate. Sales and marketing strategy.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2015

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Errol Arkilic , former program director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps), now founder of M34 Capital. Steve Weinstein , CEO of MovieLabs. Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 5, 2021

Attribution is simply the science (sometimes, wrongly, art) of distributing credit for Conversions. An introduction to multi-channel digital attribution analysis. As you do digital attribution analysis, watch out for Paid Marketers who say they do attribution analysis but only count paid media channels. Chalk and cheese.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Traditional video had very high costs of distribution due to limited time slots of broadcast TV (we only had enough spectrum to support 3-4 channels). The number of channels grew with cable & satellite TV but we still have limitations that makes distributing content high. But distribution is now unlimited.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

Cash is always hard to find, but in many cases it’s even harder to find access to needed distribution channels, government contract expertise, or the special skills required to deliver your solution. Usually it pays to work in an industry for a while, before you try to fix it. Willing to start today and find resources later.

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Intellectual Property Angel Investor Viral Distribution 436

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Still, COVID-19 helped tip the balance towards a globally distributed model. A globally distributed business model allows you to hire the best talent wherever in the world it is. Transitioning to and managing a globally distributed model isn’t plain sailing. Factors that are tipping the scales. Automate as much as possible.

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Distribution Global Agile Startup 145

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 11, 2020

Amidst the outbreak, governments across the region, such as Singapore have been promoting the use of digital finance as a means to minimise physical contact and stamp the spread of the virus, channelling more monetary support for the growth of e-payments and digital financial solutions.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 31, 2024

Is there a means of efficient distribution amidst the noise? Will new, native distribution channels emerge? And both founders and investors are grappling with similar questions that were top of mind during early Web 2.0: Are these features, products, or actual companies? How defensible are these businesses?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2014

Next we teach Distribution Channels (how are you going to sell the product) and Customer Relationships (how do you Get/Keep/Grow customers) and Revenue Streams (what’s the Revenue Model strategy and pricing tactics.) Customer Relationships answers the question, “How will we create demand and drive it to our channel?”

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Steve Blank

APRIL 3, 2018

It does mean that success in building a company that scales depends on finding product/market fit, enough customers, enough financing, enough great employees, distribution channels, etc. It doesn’t mean that if you have technical skills you can’t build a successful company. Lessons Learned. Entrepreneurship is a calling, not a job.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). Will these third parties produce something people will watch? But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The mass worry of the pandemic, paired with the subpar security systems that many remote workers are burdened with, has resulted in a myriad of easy targets for those who profit off of the distribution of malware. However, channels of seamless communication, between both customers and colleagues, can be easily set up by an IT support team.

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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 7, 2018

However, the pressure of sky-high housing costs, salaries and competition for suitable candidates is causing start-ups and investors to rethink their approach to distributed teams. Among our Silicon Valley-based portfolio companies, not a single company past “A” does not have a distributed team. Slack, Zoom). Slack, Zoom).

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 3, 2018

What is a sales channel? Selecting the right channel is critical for any business — products … watch time: 6 minutes. It’s a route to market for a product or set of products, from a website to a sophisticated sales force.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Growth hacking has resonated in the startup community due to today’s growth challenges: new channel creation, channel saturation, the “best product” fallacy and “product-growth” fit. Channel instability. The creation and destruction of channels is a common occurrence today. Channel saturation.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2020

There is practically no other distribution channel that drives engagement and builds customer relations better than email marketing. For example, to Amazon, email marketing is not just another marketing channel. With more than 2.5 billion users, this list is virtually endless. It’s key to the overall customer experience.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 21, 2020

In fact, he started his own consultancy, Entiende Bitcoin , to help Bitcoin companies develop and distribute products in emerging markets. For us, one of his most powerful statements was, “I’m looking to find the best way to channel my love for learning into building the sort of future I believe in.”.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2018

Good B2B Content Marketing is not new in the world of marketing, especially with the emergence of more and more distribution platforms, each needing signups, and consistent postings to become a relevant source in your content strategy. and not only the means but also the correct methods to distribute in order to maximize exposure.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, September 18, 2008 How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of iPhone-related companies lately. There are other models, in other distribution channels. On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive. I havent found any yet.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2019

Will they accept an open-source state channel? Most companies use advanced channels on blockchains. They bring high performance with robust distributed accounting, however they suffer security flaws and they don’t have a built-in compliance features. system to run the most advanced distributed casino platform in the world.

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