Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2014

Value Propositions and Customer Segments are covered in weeks 1 and 2, emphasizing the search for problem/solution and then product/market fit. CROs or Payers may ultimately be a resource, a partner or a revenue source, but until you get them signed up they’re first a customer. That works for almost all markets.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

The acronym IP stands for Internet Protocol and is a protocol that is responsible for establishing communications between the different networks on the planet. For this reason, each IP is unique for each device to be able to communicate with each other without interference or confusion. What are the IP addresses like?

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

The global games and services market is forecast to reach $188 billion in 2022, a 1.2% Private financing market continued to see strong deal activity with $3.6B The M&A market for gaming is expected to continue to heat up in the second half of 2022. While mobile game revenue was down 6.6% as they reached 28.1

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Esports revenues as an industry. Despite the massive viewership, Esports as whole is still relatively small when it comes to revenue. In 2020, revenues are expected to reach $1 billion, and grow by 60% in 2023. Source: Newzoo Global Esports Market report. They own the IP. Source: McKinsey. million in 2019.

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Up and Running

JULY 28, 2022

Small Business Administration , an organization is considered to be a small business if their: Firm revenue ranges from $1 million to $40 million Number of employees is between 100 and 1,500. Intellectual property (IP) is anything created by the human intellect that’s protected by the law from unauthorized use by other people.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

billion revenue in 2021 for Epic Games and was played by 83.3 To live to its potential as a core part of the Metaverse Meta has to overcome a challenging market and a confused brand. billion revenue in 2021, a 107% increase year-on-year. Roblox is publicly traded and has a market cap of $27.2 Fortnite generated $5.8

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

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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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2022

AR and VR might be the next smartphone, but they might also be the next smart watch, drone, or games console – very cool but a narrow market Benedict Evans. Supply chain challenges which have caused shortages around the world will have an impact on the speed that AR/VR enabled’s devices penetrate the market.

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Technical Review Mobile Merger IP 187

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. So if your costs are $500,000 per month and you have $350,000 per month in revenue then your net burn (500-350) is equal to $150,000.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off. If you have a market lead then raising capital and making investments now will help you as others enter the market. Operating Costs.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In the last month alone we saw Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Satya Nadella (Microsoft), James Mitchell (Tencent), Dave Baszukcki (Roblox) and of course Tim Sweeney (Epic/Fortnite) officially brand/re-band their multi-billion dollar market cap companies as “Metaverse” companies. Revenue in Q2 2021 was up 127% to $454.1m. . million to 42.1

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Technical Review South Korea Due Diligence IP 178

YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

For start-ups in hot markets, the problem also manifests itself in fundraising. Founders need seed capital to get their operations up and running, and to begin generating revenue. The kicker, of course, is that at some point you have to pay that debt down to actually scale. . This also applies in acquisition conversations.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2016

by Gadiel Morantes , chief revenue officer at Early Growth Financial Services. Look no further than Google and Oracle , and you’ll see that no company is immune from IP impasses. Obtain a Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement as early as possible to make sure the IP is clearly (and legally) assigned.

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Technical Review Burn Rate IP Intellectual Property 124

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Nearly all businesses, whether they are small or large, are comprised of intellectual property (IP) and trade secrets, which can serve as the foundation for commercial success. The World Intellectual Property Organization defines IP as, “creations of the mind,” which, depending on the business, can take many forms. Market research.

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Intellectual Property Business Plan IP Early Stage 60

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised from angels.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

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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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention. They will be more willing to pay a royalty fee if your product gets them to market earlier or is protected by patent to create a barrier to their competition. So, there you have it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

In addition to funding, the good news is that all of these provide aspiring entrepreneurs with an opportunity to perfect their marketing pitch, get some valuable target customer feedback and improve visibility to other funding sources. Project your costs as diligently as your revenues. Keep all IP details close to the vest.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention. They will be more willing to pay a royalty fee if your product gets them to market earlier or is protected by patent to create a barrier to their competition. So, there you have it.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2019

Whether it’s streamlining in-house processes, new marketing possibilities, overcoming challenges or resolving pain points, all have one main purpose – to maximise revenue. This will also generate enterprise value through adding a new IP. Opportunities in the business world originate from many places. Data & Insight.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Just as I was getting the swing of things the world shifted beneath my feet and the stock market went into a free fall and venture capital all but shut down for nearly a year. I mentioned that we sold our position in Kyriba for > $1 billion but when we invested it had virtually no revenue. Over the past 2.5 Over the past 2.5

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

They also want to see that you’ve assembled a collaborative team, capable of delivering your solution to the market. If you can check these boxes and convince venture capitalists that you’ve achieved product fit in a market with plenty of room for growth, you have a real shot at securing funding. Be ready when it counts.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage Differentiation 140

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

With the pandemic, climate crisis, global economic shifts and rapidly changing consumer markets, it is clear that many businesses of today will no longer be relevant tomorrow. Addressing real world problems, they thrive in uncertainty, generating new jobs and new revenue streams in new markets. Our world is changing, and fast.

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Technical Review Software Review New Zealand Due Diligence 88

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Given these key advantages, I believe that Lightning (or something like it) will ultimately eat all of the USD payment networks and create the foundation for MoIP (Money over IP). . Bitrefill makes it easy for anyone to buy gift cards and phone minutes (a big use case in emerging markets) instantly using Lightning. At least not yet.

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Networking Global OTC Security 168

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2016

The truth is that the thousands of dollars that you’re investing into online branding and marketing can burn to ashes right before your eyes if your website takes too long to load or is unavailable. Therefore, it’s important for local businesses to get hosting nearest to their target market.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2019

It takes a lot of work to come up with a truly useful and unique idea, and part of the incentive is knowing that once you obtain a patent, you will have the ability to capitalize on your invention for a set period of time without knockoff products legally entering the market. It Helps Secure Secondary Revenue Streams.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Increase current conversion rate by 25%, quantify how much increased revenue there will be. Aim for quintupling revenue, obviously, but calculating just 25% improvement will give you all the budget you need from your management to insert urgency into the shopping process. Delivery times based on geo/IP/mobile phone location.

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Conversion eCommerce Artificial Inteligence Aggregator 124

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 24, 2011

The convenience of online shoe shopping is a game-changer — to the tune of billions of dollars of revenue — but how could they make up the costs ? If word-of-mouth can replace 90% of your advertising/marketing budget, maybe you can use that money to address the challenges of extra expenses. Easy to get free press. ?For

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Intellectual Property Open Source Bandwidth IP 242

ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

If you take a random article on The Washington Post and load it into Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test , you can see that Google has no issue crawling or rendering the content: That’s because the Google Mobile-Friendly Test uses the real Googlebot user agent and IP. You can verify the real Googlebot for your site.). Where are you starting from?

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SEO HTML Technical Review Caching 122

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. Richard Neff, Head IP & Tech Group of Greenberg Glusker Richard Neff is a partner at the law firm of Greenberg Glusker in Los Angeles and Chair of the Firm's Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 25, 2020

Product collaborations involve a range of intellectual property (IP) and other commercial issues. What IP is being licensed? trade marks, where the manufacturing party will use the trade marks of the non-manufacturing party on the product packaging or in the product marketing, and. Is there any exclusivity?

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Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property IP Product 102

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

get to revenue, b.) how many customers you’ll acquire and when, how many you’ll retain in year one, how many will churn out (leave you), the average revenue each customer will spend, etc.). Don’t assume your audience knows your business or your market like you do. Are you pitching “hockey-stick” financial growth?

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Hockey Stick Technical Review Due Diligence Seattle 114

Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. My journey building the software naturally led into starting a marketing consulting firm that helps SMEs rank on page 1 for their highest value keywords. Buttercloth was born. It was just natural. But I stuck to my gut feelings.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

Account-based marketing plays a critical role in the growth of many businesses across a variety of industries. However, many marketers often rely on ABM when it may not be the best fit. In addition, what worked for account-based marketing even just a few months ago, may not be the most optimal strategy for marketing today.

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IP Marketing Technical Review Software Review 98

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Fraudsters often operate from foreign IP and physical addresses. If your services or products are offered internationally, or you are expanding into that market, make sure to have dedicated resources towards fraud prevention. IP Logging. When taking online signups, make sure to enable IP Logging. Geo-Targeting.

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IP Hosting Security Email 113

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Ask 10 people what account-based marketing (ABM) is and you’ll get 10 different answers. Some see it as a sales tactic, while others view it as a content marketing strategy. In this article, you’ll learn how to define your ABM strategy so you can target the right accounts and increase your revenue. Coordinated.

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Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

Austin Startup

AUGUST 29, 2017

A 1992 study from the Harvard Business Review found that the right pricing changes can drive revenue and profit improvements faster than any other growth lever — faster than increasing the volume of sales or decreasing costs. At worst you will destroy hard earned revenue and/or profit. The importance of price. Let’s break this down.

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