Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. There are two problems with this assertion.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

David Lin and the Microsoft China Accelerator was gracious enough to host two wonderful days of events for me. And through it all Louis Yuan my patient and wonderful publisher from China Machine Press kept me moving through the events. The table below from web2asia.com shows the number of users of online social networks as of 2009.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. There are two problems with this assertion.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. There are two problems with this assertion.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

Every one of these events (with names changed) has happened to companies I’ve worked at or closely with. I remember having a merger called off at the last minute and having a planning meeting at a pub to figure out how to run a bankruptcy process (luckily, we never had to do it). Startups weren’t meant to be easy.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

Every one of these events (with names changed) has happened to companies I’ve worked at or closely with. I remember having a merger called off at the last minute and having a planning meeting at a pub to figure out how to run a bankruptcy process (luckily, we never had to do it). Startups weren’t meant to be easy.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176

ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

Sales reps are also likely to be familiar with Salesforce because it’s the most widely used CRM, reducing onboarding costs for companies that use it. Social networks have their own switching costs. The number of race fans or events won’t double with the availability of second track. Wide moats rely on several factors.

Non-Compete 122

Non-Compete United States Networking Acquisition 122