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10 Tips To Ensure That Your New Venture Is Investable

Startup Professionals Musings

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost.

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10 Keys To Enabling Your Startup For Unicorn Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company. The irony is that in the 21 st century, the tighter you hold on to your current product/markets, the likelier you will be disrupted. Here’s why.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company. The irony is that in the 21 st century, the tighter you hold on to your current product/markets, the likelier you will be disrupted. Here’s why.

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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

CRM became more sophisticated, resulting in detailed monthly statements and targeted direct marketing. I used to think that the success of my last startup was due to our software quality, thought leadership, patents, etc. Stocking up is the traditional way of converting cash into commodities. That was a decade ago.

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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

Here is a telling statement from an analyst on Apple’s most recent quarter: Apple’s stock price to earnings ratio has dropped to 16.72. Software is eating the world. Back in 1994, very few people would have predicted that the largest bookseller in the world would be a software company. Ex-cash it’s 13.5.

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10 Tips For Building The Most Scalable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost.