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.) I realized we were trying to conform to a lecture order optimized for web, mobile, hardware.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or if you’re building consumer electronics the key activities might be: low cost hardware design, high volume manufacturing, user interface design, consumer branding and retail distribution. Therefore the ideal medical device team might be a physician; engineer; operator; business development/financial analyst.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Recently, I’ve seen a lot of discussion about bringing the work back home, since costs have gone up in less-developed countries, there are issues with intellectual property, and time zone and language differences make management difficult. Keep intellectual property keys in-house.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Even a non-profit needs income to operate. Unfortunately, I see good startups fail simply because they don’t have the resources or intellectual property to stay ahead of copycats or big players who see the potential as soon as you step into the marketplace. Build a credible business implementation plan to quantify costs.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

If they decide to buy, large companies can: license/acquire intellectual property. These include the product itself, the customer, the distribution channel, revenue model, how to get, keep and grow customers, resources and activities needed to build the business and costs.). Five Types of Innovation to Buy.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2017

If you stop working for the company, how will that impact your voting and distribution rights? What type of behavior do you want to incentivize or discourage in your contract drafting process (for shareholder or operating agreement, employment agreement, employee manual and vendor and service agreements)? Ask tough questions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

Every entrepreneur needs to know and communicate the total costs associated with their solution or product, including cost of goods sold, customer acquisition costs, capital costs, operational expenses, and partner costs. These normally include people, tangible property, intellectual property, and cash flow requirements.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

With the rise of new cannabis companies, it is important to differentiate your cannabis company from the competition, whether you are opening a farm, extraction operation, or dispensary. Your operations plan. Operations. Extraction operations? Distribution. As mentioned, the industry is exploding right now.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

As the cloud becomes increasingly common and the data deluge shows no signs of slowing down, the good old firewall is simply no longer sufficient for protecting the highly distributed assets of the enterprise. Breaches involving health information, trade secrets, and intellectual property can be devastating for the affected brand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2016

Even non-profits need a profitable business model to offset staff and operating costs. Bypasses intellectual property as not worth the cost. Don’t get caught in the myth that you shouldn’t worry about monetization until after you have a large customer base. Assume passion level defines business opportunity.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 5, 2023

Estate planning is often associated with allocating how your assets and resources will be distributed upon your death in a way that complies with your wishes, avoids burdensome taxation, and allows your beneficiaries to avoid the lengthy and complicated probate process. Estate planning can be exactly that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2015

Even non-profits need a profitable business model to offset staff and operating costs. Bypasses intellectual property as not worth the cost. Don’t get caught in the myth that you shouldn’t worry about monetization until after you have a large customer base. Assume passion level defines business opportunity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

Every entrepreneur needs to know and communicate the total costs associated with their solution or product, including cost of goods sold, customer acquisition costs, capital costs, operational expenses, and partner costs. These normally include people, tangible property, intellectual property, and cash flow requirements.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

In fact, it was only 7 years ago that Apple shipped its first iPhone and Google introduced its Android operating system. For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels. Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. Apple owned 0%.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 23, 2011

Under the 1976 Copyright Act (United States), the copyright owner has the exclusive right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, publicly perform and publicly display the work. may be the only country in the western world not to recognize intellectual property rights in typeface design. For example, the U.S. Doesn’t the U.S.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Managing a Business Operations Strategy' Coley Brown, of VisionMine, said that open innovation helps some smaller companies get acquired, while others have their technology licensed by the larger firms they work with. 7 Quotes About the Value and Risk of Innovation.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 6, 2020

Would it be your intellectual property? Your distribution channel relationships? Whatever you envision that value to be, you should work to build that portion of your business by paying special attention to it as you work to build the operation. Your skilled employees? Your brand and market recognition?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2010

That’s because a company’s value is a composite of all of the quantitative and qualitative factors that comprise a company: revenues, expenses, risks, growth prospects, quality of the management team, competitive advantages, strength of the intellectual property, and so forth. Detail isn’t important; tracking your progress is.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2013

Even in an open space, you need intellectual property, like patents, to keep potential competitors from overrunning you. The selection of an inappropriate pricing, marketing, or distribution strategy is a large potential risk. Operational risk. Think seriously about the number and clout of your competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

Every entrepreneur needs to know and communicate the total costs associated with their solution or product, including cost of goods sold, customer acquisition costs, capital costs, operational expenses, and partner costs. These normally include people, tangible property, intellectual property, and cash flow requirements.

Business Model 143

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2012

Even in an open space, you need intellectual property, like patents, to keep potential competitors from overrunning you. The selection of an inappropriate pricing, marketing, or distribution strategy is a large potential risk. Operational risk. Think seriously about the number and clout of your competitors.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The board wants to purchase intellectual property rights. The board has determined that it’s a good time to distribute corporate dividends. Resolutions for homeowner associations may include rules that apply to common property including recreational facilities, parking, and other shared spaces.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Intellectual property is one of the most valuable assets acquirers seek in startups. Distribution & Customers. You’ve excelled in product design, product/market fit, sales, and operations. IP & Technology. Sometimes they sue instead. Or push regulations. Others will buy you. Or at least not as cost-effectively. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Even in an open space, you need intellectual property, like patents, to keep potential competitors from overrunning you. The selection of an inappropriate pricing, marketing, or distribution strategy is a large potential risk. Operational risk. Think seriously about the number and clout of your competitors.

Intellectual Property 223

Intellectual Property Mexico Startup China 223

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2017

This automation ultimately creates a marketing machine based on a fair amount of intellectual property (i.e., The result of this query was this histogram: This chart displays the distribution of whale second-purchase latencies. learnings about your own customers). Or raising money. Or selling your business.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Would it be your intellectual property? Your distribution channel relationships? Whatever you envision that value to be, you should work to build that portion of your business by paying special attention to it as you work to build the operation. Your skilled employees? Your brand and market recognition?

Liquidity Event 76

Liquidity Event Intellectual Property IPO Equity 76

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

While individual VC’s inside venture firms specialized in particular domains (PC’s, peripherals, semiconductors, test equipment, operating systems, applications, etc.,) But these VC’s aren’t Lean because they fund startups with web-based distribution models. Lessons Learned.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. Furthermore, the steady cashflow in the Western market also comes about because of one key factor: the distribution model. The relatively straightforward distribution model in the US for mobile app developers is contrasted by a landscape in China that is simply put, a maze.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 18, 2012

Software prices are dropping and the importance of local operating systems and having locally installed productivity software is declining which makes the future for Microsoft’s consumers software a challenging one. The centrepiece of the ‘free’ argument is that the price of everything drops to its marginal cost of distribution.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Any reputable manufacturer should be more than happy to sign the agreement, ensuring that your intellectual property is protected. You will then need to get manufacturing translation services , market the product and ensure distribution is ready before you sell. If a manufacturer balks at the idea, you should keep looking.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Readers can anticipate my next point in continuing the analogy: It makes no more sense for a non-lawyer to prepare fundamental legal, governance, equity and intellectual property documents than it would for a patient to self-diagnose and begin taking prescription-strength antibiotics or other medications. Offer letters for employees.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Overcome intellectual property concerns. Overcome intellectual property concerns. Under the 1976 Copyright Act (United States), the copyright owner has the exclusive right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, publicly perform and publicly display the work. Master work overflow. We just emailed the tips to you.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Office and Operations. Intellectual Property. CDW your 1-stop resource for configuration, activation & distribution. Naming a Business. How to Incorporate. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business. Franchises. RUNNING A BUSINESS. Success Stories. Growth Strategies. Legal Issues. Industries. Basic Accounting.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

So, if I were going to invent something, I’d probably start by creating an affordable jeweler’s workbench, not least because I’d be able to test it, and because I already know all the distribution channels I’d need to hit in order to sell it. Your price may affect business operations. Patent Search.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Office and Operations. Intellectual Property. CDW your 1-stop resource for configuration, activation & distribution. Naming a Business. How to Incorporate. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business. Franchises. RUNNING A BUSINESS. Success Stories. Growth Strategies. Legal Issues. Industries. Basic Accounting.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

Not only patient safety and privacy laws but patent and intellectual property laws are also regulated heavily. Health care ethics are the moral principles and values that allow you to make the right choice while promoting, distributing, and operating your product to healthcare organizations or patients directly.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Trick 1: Pay excessive amounts for rights to use brands names, intellectual property or other non physical assets the parent company owns. Often high enough to remove any local profit for operations in higher taxed economies. Multinational Company Value Tax – a tax based on the estimated company value of the local operations.

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