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5 Key Points Of Focus For Every Scalable New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point.

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The Pros and Cons of Rando Rich People Investing in Your Startup

This is going to be BIG.

Still, there are a lot of downsides to taking venture money—the push to grow at all costs, our desire to be all up in your business, literally, and sometimes, we’re kind of obnoxious. On the other hand, they could be the opposite—much more focused on near-term cash distributions than long-term equity appreciation.

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The Shift from FOMO to FOLD in Early Stage Investing

View from Seed

This is unfortunately a net negative for the ecosystem, as it will be tougher for first time founders and underrepresented minorities to get capital in this environment. However, not everything will be a net negative to the ecosystem. In the last several years, you’ve seen more investors engaging with companies in non-core geographies.

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“Nail It Then Scale It” - The New Mantra For Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point.

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Why a Company Can’t “Be More Like a Startup”

Steve Blank

If they select a business model that targets industry incumbents, they don’t have to worry about upsetting existing customers, partners or distribution channels. Existing companies also use network effects of monopolies/duopolies, distribution channel kickbacks, etc., to stifle competition.). Companies can do anything legal.

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10 Business Model Components Required In Every Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. The key issues here are time to market and cost. Distribution. How do you distribute your product or service? Cost structure. Target market.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Production costs have fallen more than 90%. Distribution costs have, too. The future of the Internet is video.

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