Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 29, 2022
Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is finally up from the dead zone of the last two decades, and is now double the rate back in 1999. In addition, huge amounts of executive time are required, as well as hits to key operational, accounting, and communication processes.
Growthink Blog
DECEMBER 27, 2017
In describing the competitive landscape, show how your business model creates competitive advantages, and – more importantly – defensible barriers to entry. Operations Plan Goal of the operations plan: Present the action plan for executing on your company’s vision. market research). Demonstrate barriers to entry.
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Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
When it launched in 97 it was a DVD rental business whose only real value proposition was the mail-order element of its operation. The founders eventually created custom cereal boxes to raise funds so they could continue to operate. Airbnb now makes $2.5 billion in annual revenue.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
Eric Ries in Times Square For any model to be useful it has to predict what happens in the real world – including the web. I realized the Customer Development model needs to be clearer in what exactly a startup is supposed to do, regardless of the business model. “What is the “Business Model” of your startup?&#
VC Cafe
DECEMBER 28, 2010
A light “railway” using high density busses in dedicated traffic lanes is also due to start operating in 2011, and a cable-car connecting the bay area with the academic institutions in the upper part of the city is planned for 2013. From 1999 to 2009, Teva’s revenue grew to about $14 billion from $1.3 billion in 2010.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 25, 2015
For many years preceding 1999, the 1982 vintage was known as the industry’s worst vintage year. He was a former Wall Street analyst with no operating or investment experience, who became a VC by teaming up with operator LJ Sevin. JMB Realty: Real Estate Management company. Silicon Valley firms also did many non-tech deals.
ConversionXL
MARCH 19, 2020
The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). He continues: It’s OK to continue to operate.
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