Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. The Joint Chiefs have no operational authority over troops.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Maker announced it has raised $62 million this year, acquired an amazing off-YouTube distribution network and grown its business in monetary terms by almost 300% year-over-year off of an already large base. Developing O&O (owned & operated) businesses (outside of YouTube). ” YouTube takes 45%. ” Don’t.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

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. Distribution. How do you distribute your product or service? What is the need you fill or problem you solve? Target market. Who are you selling to?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Turkana is home to Kakuma refugee camp, one of the largest refugee camps in the world, with over 200,000 residents and where we have been operating since October. In December, he and I successfully participated in a pitch night for Dubai Angel Investors, netting a $75,000 commitment. You are based in Nairobi, Kenya. In the U.S.,

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2018

The success of luxury online fashion retailer Net-A-Porter and its merger with Yoox, as well as the increased visibility of platforms like Farfetch and the like, have proved them wrong. Brands such as Montblanc and Burberry are operating at the forefront of the industry’s digital transformation by embracing big data to grow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

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. Distribution. How do you distribute your product or service? What is the need you fill or problem you solve? Target market. Who are you selling to?

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

These new entrants disrupted their food categories by offering high quality proprietary recipes, outsourcing their manufacturing, and using their cash and resources on sales and marketing to build distribution and a differentiated brand. Krave generated ~ $35 million in net sales over the last 12 months.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

Is the revenue dependent on a concentrated set of distribution partners or platforms that put future revenue at risk? million to fund operations in their first year of operations. After all, they doubled their operating costs when they weren’t even profitable. For example, look at the following graph.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

Thus, the earnings of a C corporation are generally taxed twice: once at the corporate level on the corporation’s taxable income and a second time at the stockholder level on dividends or distributions. If a C corp generates net operating losses rather than net income, these are carried forward to offset future corporate taxable income.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. Your price may affect business operations. Usually royalties fall somewhere between 2 percent and 10 percent of the net profit.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Here’s what the engagement continuum looks like for a demand generation strategy : Based on this change, we need to rethink how we strategize (with attraction instead of casting a wide net) and how we’ll measure our marketing efforts. Cognism previously operated a leads-based paid media model. Content distribution can be difficult.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

VCs are much morelikely to make angel-sized investments than they were a year ago.And meanwhile the past year has seen a dramatic increase in a newtype of investor: the super-angel, who operates like an angel, butusing other peoples money, like a VC. Though a lot of investors are entering this territory, there isstill room for more.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. The second is distribution —the ability to get product into the hands of customers. Plenty of headroom there!

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

As she recalls, "once we as a team and ecosystem of stakeholders got our plan together--and a big part of that was our incredible school partners, who said, 'We are going to feed as many kids and families as we can,'-- within a week, we were building at light speed what would be the next iteration of Revolution Foods and our feeding system."

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Does each business partner own an equal portion of the business? Distribution. For product companies, a distribution plan is an important part of the complete business plan. Distribution is how you will get your product into the hands of your customers. Retail Distribution. Are you an LLC ? An S-corp ?

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Operations. If you partner with a large, wealthy private school district who wants you to provide comic book packages to all their eighth-grade students every month, that contract might be key your business survival for a period of time. What vendors can you partner with to give you discounted or free sample products for your box?

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. I think there are some real virtues to that, however, when I talk to my business partner, Ishan [Sachdev], about it, I use a slightly different metaphor: I talk about Jiro [Ono], Nobu [Matsuhisa], and Benihana. On Sushi and VC.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done. 1) Manage the firm .

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

Greylock Partners · Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA. If they don’t have the right skills or resources, they’ll pick them up along the way by hiring someone, partnering with someone, or just learning it themselves. I was still unprepared; I had no idea that I also needed to learn about go-to-market strategy and distribution.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

Greylock Partners · Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA. If they don’t have the right skills or resources, they’ll pick them up along the way by hiring someone, partnering with someone, or just learning it themselves. I was still unprepared; I had no idea that I also needed to learn about go-to-market strategy and distribution.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

For Dan Hughes, Director of Operations at startup brewery ColdFire Brewing, he and his brother have been hard at work on business development and recipe formulation, navigating bureaucracy, and enduring the inevitable delays that come with brewery construction, equipment delivery, and regulatory approval. But they all take so much time.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

In a casino, the term “rake” refers to the commission that the house earns for operating a poker game. The percentage rake is the amount that the marketplace charges as a percentage of GMS (gross merchandise sales), which typically represents net revenues for the marketplace. Many Internet marketplaces also have a rake or vig.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 17, 2020

SEMrush is a comprehensive SEO platform with dozens of tools and crystal-clear reporting, and that’s why we’ve partnered with them. Keyword Analytics: From their keyword manager to the keyword magic tool, you can do a deep dive into existing keywords and look for new ones that could net major benefits.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Check it out at semrush.com/partner/ducttapemarketing. Chad Peterson: There are builders of businesses; and there are operators of businesses. I find that people that start businesses are more entrepreneurial; and I find that people that operate businesses are more managerial. And we’ll have that in the show notes.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Additionally, it will be important to consider whether you plan on attracting investment capital through the distribution of stock, because only certain types of businesses can issue shares of ownership. The major downside of the LLC is that distribution of stock is not permitted, although interests can be assigned (this can get complicated).

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

While Dan heads up operations, his brother Stephen is head brewer, and their team also includes directors of finance and brand, respectively. These products will be distributed to remote yet extremely viable areas, where the market is appreciative of readily-available, good-quality brew. Watch your finances.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 16, 2016

What’s So Special About The Net Promoter Score? Net Promoter Score is a customer loyalty metric developed by (and a trademark of) Fred Reichheld, Bain & Company, and Satmetrix. You calculate your Net Promoter Score by subtracting the percentage of Detractors from the percentage of Promoters. Image Source. Image Source.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Sure, we kept bits of information private like our negotiations with future partners or plans for the next version, but it really didnt matter that much. Whether or not the new distribution models ultimately took off, its a good bet that the world would be a little less red today. Illegal for them to operate trucks.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Luckily, I teach with two great VCs, Mar Hershenson of Pear Ventures and Jeff Epstein of Bessemer Venture Partners who both put together presentations unraveling the mysteries of how and why startups raise money. Series B is about proving your net revenue model (can you be profitable?).

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. With the help of advisors Ada Ryland and Wayne Lopez, we set up data-driven operation to get clarity on what and why we measured?—?and you win on 50% + 1 or you don’t…). and the outcomes. “If

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

Design fees are at a 1993 level, despite salary increases and operation costs. They are a start-up company focusing on distribution and private label of organic (bio) food, food-supplements and traditional medicines. I couldn’t work without a net connection, I’d be screwed! Well thankfully we do.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

Design fees are at a 1993 level, despite salary increases and operation costs. They are a start-up company focusing on distribution and private label of organic (bio) food, food-supplements and traditional medicines. I couldn’t work without a net connection, I’d be screwed! Well thankfully we do.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

Brazil is Israel’s largest trade partner in Latin America. Gordonsville, Virginia-based PBM manufactures and distributes over-the-counter store-brand infant formula and baby foods sold by retailers in the mass, club, grocery and drug channels in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. Net-Aye is a subsidiary of Bar-Tec Ltd.

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A Crowded Space

AUGUST 4, 2011

I’m your host, Marcus, and today we’re talking to Josh Breinlinger, who currently works as a senior associate at Sigma Partners, a venture capital firm in Menlo Park. Shortly after that, I was approached by Sigma Partners to join the team and help them find other great startups. . Josh: Thanks for having me. Marcus: Okay.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. In just a year of operations, Fab has signed up nearly 5 million members, sold 1.8 Personal Technology. What They Know. All Things Digital. POST A JOB.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. Fifty of its manufacturing activities and 70% of its consolidated revenues derive from global operations.

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Up and Running

APRIL 29, 2014

In your experience in helping these businesses get up and operational, what type of entity structures are you seeing most of your customers kind of get into or set up at? The advantage there is that we can designate part of their net profit that they can distribute to the owner as either tax-free distributions, or as owner salary.

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