Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. The world of building profitable startups as the primary goal of Venture Capital would end in 1995.
Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Founding Date: 2004. How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. round closed in June 2004. How To Think About The Future.
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ReadWriteStart
SEPTEMBER 3, 2010
When I came to Paris in 2006, I had a well-developed idea for a startup and nothing else. In that time, I've discovered that the startup scene is infused with passion, energy and a strong spirit of collaboration. Pamela Poole is a blogger, translator and tech writer, and founder of Francophilia.com , a social startup for Francophiles.
Up and Running
OCTOBER 17, 2018
With the help of my friend Jeff, from the University of Oregon, I’ve been looking at academic research on business planning—the actual science around planning and how it impacts both startups and existing businesses. It seems like most advice on starting a business includes writing a business plan as a necessary step in the startup process.
www.chubbybrain.com
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time. Update – As a followup, we analyzed all of these startup failure post-mortems to identify the top 20 reasons for startup failure. Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Post-Mortem Title : How My Startup Failed.
thebarefootvc
MARCH 5, 2017
Roomba vacuums, launched in 2004, are an example. Many of these teams are focused on sectors such as financial services and healthcare, which already have large data sets to build upon, and which can benefit from the aggregation and analysis of that data to create new services or business models in these sectors.
abovethecrowd.com
DECEMBER 18, 2017
From 2004 to 2014, the average payments for coinsurance rose 107% from $117 to $242. Specifically, the “narrow network” typically aggregates those providers that are willing to accept lower prices for their services (theoretically you could have a “premium” narrow network, but they are typically used to create more affordable plans).
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