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I-Corps @ NIH – Pivoting the Curriculum

Steve Blank

Today the National Institutes of Health announced their I-Corps @ NIH program. 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.)

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Corporate Acquisitions of Startups: Why Do They Fail?

Steve Blank

buy out an entire company for its revenue and profits. 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.). If they decide to buy, large companies can: license/acquire intellectual property.

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Covid-19 is a marathon, not a sprint, for startups in US, UK and Israel

VC Cafe

The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups. Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP.

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SXSW Startups: Knowbella

Austin Startup

Knowbella Tech is an open science collaboration company that uses blockchain to deliver free tools, services, grants, and intellectual properties (IP) to researchers, particularly the underserved in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We will also seek first-mover STEM recruiting customers in order to generate revenues.

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Make The Most Of Your Next VC Pitch By Doing These 10 Things

YoungUpstarts

You may be able to generate revenue, but VCs want exponential growth. The market for our product was global, and we had unique advantages in terms of our product and how we distributed it to customers. Like you, they’re looking for opportunity. Be ready when it counts. But I also faced some significant hurdles.

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Wibiya Toolbars Can Now Make Money Through Express Ads in Partnership with Kehalim

VC Cafe

A quick review of the terms shows that Kehalim will pay 70% of the affiliate revenue generated through your site’s links. Similar to Adsense, payments are accumulated until the site reaches $100 in revenue, and are paid 30 days after the end of each calendar month.

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The Direct-to-Consumer Checklist

Austin Startup

Have you instituted a referral program? Instituting some sort of reward for the top referrers and nada for everyone else is a bit cheesy in my opinion, but can work for more lightweight programs such as email list referrals. Have you instituted a gifting program? This is a no-brainer for any DTC brand. These add up very quickly.