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I-Corps @ NIH – Pivoting the Curriculum

Steve Blank

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.) Your potential exit partners are also a customer. I-Corps @ NIH Lecture Order Details.

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Corporate Acquisitions of Startups: Why Do They Fail?

Steve Blank

Companies manage these three types of innovation with an innovation portfolio – they build innovation internally, they buy it or they partner with resources outside their company. buy out an entire company for its revenue and profits. buy out an entire company for its revenue and profits. Five Types of Innovation to Buy.

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Startup Benchmarks

VC Cafe

In SaaS the main benchmarks being measured are revenue growth, sales efficiency (unit economics), churn and burn rate. Example of Baremetrics revenue per user benchmarks. Part of the challenge in deep tech is getting to revenue and scaling it. Rob Go: How Much Traction Do You Really Need to Raise a Seed or Series A Round?

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Lessons Learned in Diagnostics

Steve Blank

Part 6: Distribution channels in Life Sciences. Part 7: Revenue Streams in Life Sciences. Over the course of the class Mira Medicine team spoke to over 80 customers, partners and payers. It includes reimbursement, regulation, IP, validation, channel access, etc. Here’s their 2 minute video summary.

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How To Identify Mobile App Opportunities Within Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Yes, change is daunting, but the right change, partnered with experience of credible suppliers and partners, can help unlock the potential of mobile apps. Whether it’s streamlining in-house processes, new marketing possibilities, overcoming challenges or resolving pain points, all have one main purpose – to maximise revenue.

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The Direct-to-Consumer Checklist

Austin Startup

They will be your best friend when things go unexpectedly wrong with the channel or when something breaks. More mature DTC brands are finding success with a broad range of marketing channels?—?paid When is the right time to diversify your sales channel mix? And something always breaks.) These add up very quickly.

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The Four Main Things that Investors Look for in a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Everyone has their own definition of momentum (user numbers, revenue, channel partners, biz dev deals, whatever). What about Product / IP? But if you identify investors with whom you’d like to work here’s my advice: 1. Momentum - The number one thing that investors get their checkbooks out is for momentum.