Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

In the tactics section, list your sales channels and describe how you will be selling your products. Eric Ries, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup, popularized this strategy for web applications. I used a freelance web designer and I only created the core functions to create, send, and manage invoices.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you know I believe that: 1) a product is just a part of a startup, but understanding customers, channel, pricing, etc. and if a web-based product, a minimum feature set,) all delivered in 10 weeks. Teams that select a web-based product will have to build the site for the class.

Wiki 316

Wiki Lean Management Business Model 316

www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Is a web apps look and feel critical to its overall success or failure? "As A web applications overall look and feel plays a very critical role mainly through two main factors: early adopters love beautifully-designed applications and that gets them talking. The landing page for Bonds viral, social game, Spymaster.

Web 42

Web Design Startup Flash 42

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

These elements of the business model– revenue (pricing, pricing strategy), distribution channel, How to Get/Keep/Grow customers, Key Activities, Resources and Costs – are other, critical parts your start up needs to understand and have in place. But great product and eager customers are just part of what makes a great business.

Cofounder 431

Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 431

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The Small Business Tips Series is supported by Bantam Live , a web-based collaboration workspace with “Social CRM&# for small business teams. The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Lightspeed Venture Partners

JUNE 11, 2012

I concluded that this dynamic, which allowed a startup to take multiple “shots on goal” with a venture capital investment, was what had brought renewed investor interest to gaming, an industry that had largely been financed by publishing deals. As these channels became better policed, discovery moved to the feed.

IP 114

IP Distribution Viral Mobile 114

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

For Web and SaaS businesses with smaller transactions at higher volumes, this kind of modeling and tracking is much easier, as web-based lead generation and marketing have easy to implement measurements, and the greater the volume of transactions, the more clearly patterns emerge. Bookings is the pre-cursor to Revenue.

Metrics 55

Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

On many boards, both the CEO and CFO have direct channels with the board so that they can provide the yin and yang (in a well-coordinated way). I (and many others) have spent our fair share of time criticizing venture capitalists. But venture capital is the only profession whose members get lots of repeat practice being board members.

Startup 36

Startup Cofounder Advertising Hiring 36

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Keep up the blogging and web casts and we will keep listening and growing. As a private company, you have a VERY high cost of capital (well above 10%), whether you raise venture capital, angel money, friends and family investments, bank financing, or all of the above. to acquire the client. Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Channels are very hard for SaaS companies to build, so don’t base your plan on SI’s and traditional ISV’s. There is some good advice here; channels are indeed very hard, and on-premise deployments are indeed a no-no. Venture Capital. (3). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Stay local.

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

  Ever since, he has been using the phone to take pictures nonstop, send emails and SMS messages, stay connected to Facebook, and surf the web looking for the latest news or directions.   More importantly, will there be any grand slam venture capital opportunities in wireless? 

Mobile 60

Mobile SMS Venture Capital Web 60

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Paypal famously offered customers $5 to invite a friend, who would then also get $5 as part of a highly successful viral marketing campaign (they actually started at $20, and then reduced it to $10 and then ended at $5). You guessed it — straight up free money. A doughnut is one thing, cold-hard cash is even better.

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82