Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2022

People can build great ecommerce sites with free tools, smartphone apps in their spare time and use crowdfunding to bypass the dreaded angel funding and venture capital penalties. In today’s world, with a pervasively connected and constantly updated Internet knowledge base, online self-learning is always available and more productive.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Venture Capital eCommerce Cost 384

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Fortunately, in many attractive business domains, including mobile software, Internet apps and ecommerce, the cost of product development is at an all-time low. Business investors and customers want to hear about solutions, and tend to back away from technology, until it is proven.

Angel Investor 256

Angel Investor Early Stage Incubator Government 256

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

With one of the many new tools , and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. With the advent of the Internet, the size and address of your office is irrelevant. Learn to be a generalist rather than a specialist.

Hockey Stick 423

Hockey Stick Bootstrapping Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 423

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Now that you can find anything on a moment’s notice via the Internet, people have found that a temporarily unused expensive asset, such as a room in your house, or your car sitting idle, is a new business opportunity. A business requires a community of advocates and customers who share the same interests and attributes.

Business Model 363

Business Model eCommerce Community Social Media 363

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Fortunately, in many attractive business domains, including mobile software, Internet apps and ecommerce, the cost of product development is at an all-time low. Business investors and customers want to hear about solutions, and tend to back away from technology, until it is proven.

Early Stage 412

Early Stage Angel Investor Incubator Government 412

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2020

The way to start is with a sample financial model, available from many sources on the Internet, such as over 200 downloadable free from the Corporate Finance Institute website. The most common business models these days include the subscription model, freemium model and ecommerce.

Conversion Ratio 308

Conversion Ratio Startup Business Model eCommerce 308

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2019

People can build great ecommerce sites with free tools, smartphone apps in their spare time and use crowdfunding to bypass the dreaded angel funding and venture capital penalties. In today’s world, with a pervasively connected and constantly updated Internet knowledge base, online self-learning is always available and more productive.

Venture Capital 316

Venture Capital eCommerce Entrepreneur Cost 316

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2019

He deploys it in narrow specific processes to expedite decisions for customers (Internet of Things), and new ways to get to “yes” and eliminate the bureaucracy that forms as companies mature. Use artificial intelligence to reinvent customer experiences. Amazon targets the new machine learning technology to leverage his focus on customers.

Artificial Inteligence 222

Artificial Inteligence Agile Technical Review Demand 222

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2012

This is the most often attempted and failed business model today on the Internet – all the services are free, and you make money off the online advertising. eCommerce model. This was one of the first Internet business models, per Amazon.com, and still a popular one today. Bricks-and-clicks model.

Business Model 238

Business Model eCommerce Business Plan Revenue 238

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

On top of the current pandemic, the business world has been forever altered by the growth of the world-wide Internet and global telecommunications. Empower all team members and customers, both in-store and online, with the right information they need in order facilitate a buy decision.

Global 274

Global Business Model Community Channel 274

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

This is the most often attempted and failed business model today on the Internet – all the services are free, and you make money off the online advertising. eCommerce model. This was one of the first Internet business models, per Amazon.com, and still a popular one today. Bricks-and-clicks model.

Business Model 231

Business Model eCommerce Revenue Stock 231

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

In this age of instant communication via the Internet, It’s ironic that I can now find out what’s going on around the world often more easily than in my own neighborhood. This opens an area of business opportunity, popularly called hyperlocal, which still seems to be underserved. Local staffing and clerical requirements must be minimized.

New York City 158

New York City Kansas Advertising Cash Position 158

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2018

Fortunately, in many attractive business domains, including mobile software, Internet apps and ecommerce, the cost of product development is at an all-time low. But to prevent confusion with basic R&D, these costs should never be called out as a major category in your use of funds to investors.

Developer 144

Developer Angel Investor Incubator Early Stage 144

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

With one of the new free tools and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. With the advent of the Internet, the size and address of your office is irrelevant. Learn to be a generalist rather than a specialist.

Bootstrapping 120

Bootstrapping Hockey Stick Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2016

Remote startup team members are the norm today and can be very productive with smartphones, video and the high-speed Internet. Another is the use of an ecommerce site, rather than retail, to facilitate product sales seven days a week, around the clock and around the world. Defer your urge to find office space until you have customers.

Bootstrapping 120

Bootstrapping Social Media Equity eCommerce 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2015

People can build great ecommerce sites with free tools, smartphone apps in their spare time and use crowdfunding to bypass the dreaded angel funding and venture capital penalties. In today’s world, with a pervasively connected and constantly updated Internet knowledge base, online self-learning is always available and more productive.

Venture Capital 120

Venture Capital eCommerce Entrepreneur Cost 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

This is the most often attempted and failed business model today on the Internet – all the services are free, and you make money off the online advertising. eCommerce model. This was one of the first Internet business models, per Amazon.com, and still a popular one today. Bricks-and-clicks model.

Business Model 120

Business Model eCommerce Revenue Stock 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Fortunately, in many attractive business domains, including mobile software, Internet apps and ecommerce, the cost of product development is at an all-time low. Business investors and customers want to hear about solutions, and tend to back away from technology, until it is proven.

Product Development 120

Product Development Developer Product Angel Investor 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2015

The way to start is with a sample financial model, freely available from many sources on the Internet, such as this one from Entrepreneur. The most common business models these days include the subscription model, freemium model and ecommerce. Each has a different set of variables for sales, revenue flow, marketing costs and personnel.

Conversion Ratio 120

Conversion Ratio Startup Business Model eCommerce 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2017

People still remember Google for Internet search, Amazon for books, and Facebook for talking to friends. With limited resources, you can sell via ecommerce, but it’s much tougher to support retail as well, or hire a direct sales team. Now, of course, they all do much more, but those things came later.

Entrepreneur 159

Entrepreneur Channel Angel Investor Dilution 159