Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. They remain entrepreneurs. . 16 years later it’s just another software company.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Small companies operate this way by necessity, and it works! If Google launches a new product that generates $10,000,000/year in revenue, is that good? They could have taken the tens of millions of dollars that the product cost to develop, and made their existing operation just 0.01% more effective, and made the same amount of money.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 23, 2015

How and why Customer Development shapes a startup was the subject of discussion with the two latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111. Jason Young is a serial entrepreneur who caught the startup bug as a kid. Listen to the full interviews by downloading them from SoundCloud here and here.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. There’s lots of lore, emotion, and misconceptions of what VC’s do or don’t do for entrepreneurs. While there was an occasional bad apple, the public markets rewarded companies with revenue growth and sustainable profits.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 223

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Key Takeaway: The Chief Operating Officer is the second in command to the CEO – they’re the go-to person that should be running the business. Questions I ask Cameron Herold: [2:27] Are there some things in those early days of figuring operations out that really stuck with you? [3:38] Cameron Herold (02:35): Uh, something changed.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Since founding my business in 1981 as a typing and editing service, I’ve operated under many names/websites. For this work, I operate under the name Going Beyond Sustainability. And like the LITERATI, professionals we work with are educated on how to market their business in order to increase revenue opportunities.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2014

Apart from having different ways of thinking about ‘growth’, startups seek financial investment differently than most small business operations. Startups tend to rely on capital that comes via angel investors or venture capital firms while small business operations may rely on loans and grants. Ever heard of the serial entrepreneur?

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Since in most cases, there was no revenue in many of these companies, all trying to gain market share at any cost, we had to invent the metric to use. Remembering the insanity before 2000. But, when the bubble burst in 2000, most of us quickly grew up. Revenue experiments (and failures).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! What a bubble means for each entrepreneur. I believe that.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

They found ways to support longterm care facilities, homeless shelters, and other locations serving those most at risk, all while schools, their main source of revenue, were closed. So we are now very well-versed in being parents and entrepreneurs. So you might as well be tired both as a mom and as an entrepreneur."

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Hurricane Irma had a major negative revenue impact on one whose fall book of business was mostly in Florida. We all need some disturbance to keep us operating at our potential. I know many entrepreneurs who have cashed in big but aren’t showing any signs of slowing down. Think about that. Do the math.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – I Have a Dream. I soon found that yoga taught me 2000-year-old strategies, to be more present with my kids, be more patient with my family and feel more calm and energized at the same time! Image Credit: Enrico Bratta.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. But any entrepreneurs raising capital should keep in mind that this opening of the markets could possibly be temporary. Huge downturns have a real impact on the revenue line of start-ups and therefore the pressure on valuations.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

I’m honored to be at a university noted for knowledge, and in a city with 2000 years of history – home of Gaudí one of the 20 th century’s greatest innovators. I like the guy because he’s credited with coining the word entrepreneur. Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

Entrepreneurs love the art of the start. Assuming your startup takes off, you will probably find that the fun is gone by the time you reach 50 employees, or a few million in revenue. The job changes from creating a “work of art” to operating a “cookie cutter.” Even lifetime entrepreneurs can decide that enough is enough.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

percent in 2000 to 19.6 With a low barrier to entry and a growing demand, it is an appealing business for eager entrepreneurs. In 2013, North America accounted for just over 40 percent of the global home health care revenue. Additional market research resources include: Practical Market Research Resources for Entrepreneurs.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2014

Over 25 years we’ve grown into a company that’s helping over 3,000 clients in eight countries optimize their business operations. According to the American entrepreneur and investor, Marc Andreessen, product-market fit can be defined as “being in a good market, with a product that can satisfy that market.” Pay Attention to the Trends.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2011

Entrepreneurs love the art of the start. Assuming your startup takes off, you will probably find that the fun is gone by the time you reach 50 employees, or a few million in revenue. The job changes from creating a “work of art” to operating a “cookie cutter.” Even lifetime entrepreneurs can decide that enough is enough.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

Another reason was because when I started my business it was 2000, and people used the phone more, I wanted something short and sweet I could say while answering the phone all day. Our projects will begin to have a financial or operational impact within the first 90 days. customers, revenue, etc.). 11 – An Open Name.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

As a revenue-driven founder specializing in sales and business development, Melissa has learned how to build companies with very few resources — by automating what she could, outsourcing wherever possible, and inspiring talented people to join her team with shared focus and enthusiasm. Melissa Kwan (01:29): Thanks John, for having me.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2012

Young entrepreneurs take note. The company operates a unique policy that requires each of its employees to spend at least one day each month volunteering in the local community. Founded in 2000 by Jiri Stejskal, this translation and interpretation company offers services to government and corporate clients in almost 100 languages.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! The Funding Problem.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Entrepreneur news from reporter Eric Markowitz. Office and Operations. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. In the 1990s, Graham was one of those entrepreneurs giving away equity in exchange for crucial services. Finance | Tuesdays. Innovation | Fridays.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 13, 2022

Mike is the author of ‘Get Different’, ‘Fix This Next’, ‘Clockwork’, ‘Profit First’, ‘The Pumpkin Plan’ and ‘The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur’ His books have been translated into 10 languages. First, the pumpkin plan and the toilet paper entrepreneur.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

But why don’t you start by kind of giving a little bit of background on you and your journey as an entrepreneur and maybe tell us a little about your work. So I helped, I was one of his first employees and wound up becoming the chief operating officer and running part of the firm and we grew at our peak to around 50 people or so.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Witness, for example, this terrific Fast Company article on Bill Nguyen , serial entrepreneur who’s seventh startup “Color” famously raised $41m for a new mobile app before it even launched. invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2. The launch, by the way, was a failure. Surely not.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Studer Community Institute also provides leadership training and skill-building opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs. Too often (accurately or not) entrepreneurs and small business owners perceive that local governments put up hurdles for them to jump over. A culture of community support.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Tim O’Reilly’s recent article, “ The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ,” makes an impassioned argument that the ideas in our book, Blitzscaling , encourage entrepreneurs to behave in ways that are irresponsible or even dangerous in the pursuit of what he characterizes as “runaway growth.”

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Berkonomics

JULY 8, 2021

How do roundtables operate? It was an Internet CEO roundtable in early 2000 (almost a year before the crash of the stock market) where it became obvious before the public was aware, that the bubble was just beginning to burst for such tech businesses. And sometimes we watch companies grow dramatically from a front row seat.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

13:58) Advice for companies who think it's too late to start looking for new ways to operate, including some examples from Austin, Texas. (15:55) I think about this in customers and protecting your employees and customers, always protect your P&L, your revenue. Highlights from the show: Carl details his background and experience.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 14, 2011

It’s an emotion most of us feel for different things – but that can be deadly and dangerous for an entrepreneur to feel about business. Being willing, even eager, to embrace and adapt to change is a serious competitive edge for any entrepreneur. Because change is constant in a business environment. and maybe more at stake.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Since in most cases, there was no revenue in many of these companies, all trying to gain market share at any cost, we had to invent the metric to use. But, when the bubble burst in 2000, most of us quickly grew up. Great revenue projections from a small user base lead to worries over sustainability.

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Metrics Revenue Advertising Internet 83

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Weve hosted some interesting tech entrepreneurs. The dot-com boom of early 2000 saw a proliferation of similar anything-at-your-service start-ups. Others, such as Loosecubes, are looking for a more consistent stream of revenue by switching to a subscription-based model. Weve had people from Australia and Singapore.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Keep a close eye on your competitors but also on your peer entrepreneurs in your town; they provide the context relevant to you. Your business works as intended if you can attract customers that fit into the context of your operation. I am very surprised when that cool thing actually meets a customer need or drives revenue.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. His view: sometimes entrepreneurs expect too much value from the partner. Founded in 2000 in New Brunswick, NJ. Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures. We talked about Facebook. 406 Ventures.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

We love a good entrepreneurial success story – entrepreneur as protagonist overcomes obstacles and builds a thriving, successful company (and become wealthy while doing so). Like Edison and the lightbulb, like Gates and the pc operating system, I would launch a revolution that would transform society while bringing me wealth and fame.

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