Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. Amazon''s initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted. Very rare case.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. It’s interesting that the question is pitch deck’s being obsolete versus business plans being obsolete. So very few investors want Business Plans any more. RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I Are Pitch Decks becoming obsolete?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. Amazon's initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted. Very rare case.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. Amazon's initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted. Very rare case.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. Amazon's initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted. Very rare case.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. It dawned on me that the plans were a symptom of a larger problem: we were executing business plans when we should first be searching for business models. We were putting the plan before the planning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. Amazon's initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted. Very rare case.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2018

Some real-life examples of this include: Martha Stewart, whose company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, suffered and never fully recovered after she was found guilty in 2004 of charges related to insider trading. So how you conduct yourself and what you say — online and offline — will reflect on your brand. Expect to encounter ebb and flow.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 21, 2015

I’m going to quote his definitions in full: 2004 definition. — Pre-funding: You talk about your idea & write a business plan. In 2004 it took until Series C to scale your product because it took a lot of money. Seed Round: You build a prototype of your product. — 2014 definition. — 2015 definition. —

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. It dawned on me that the plans were a symptom of a larger problem: we were executing business plans when we should first be searching for business models. We were putting the plan before the planning.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

OSEO can be involved during very early stage activities, such as business plan creation and feasibility studies. The JEI program was created in 2004 and is managed by the Ministry of Research. It also provides support and guidance well beyond that phase.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 14, 2011

Enloop – Automatically creates customized business plans are prepared, on-the-fly, complete with all text and financial forecasts. Image kase3k via Flickr Good stuff I found this week: Olark – Very full featured real time chat tool for your web site.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Tim Berry Tim Berry is the president and founder of Palo Alto Software, founder of bplans.com, and a co-founder of Borland International, author of books and software on business planning, Stanford MBA, father of five, married 41 years. His latest book is The Plan-As-You-Go-Business-Plan.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Tim Berry Tim Berry is the president and founder of Palo Alto Software, founder of bplans.com, and a co-founder of Borland International, author of books and software on business planning, Stanford MBA, father of five, married 41 years. His latest book is The Plan-As-You-Go-Business-Plan.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

Founded by James Reinhart out of Harvard Business School (semi finalist in annual business plan competition). Online clothing exchange for busy people looking to save money. Founded by Matt Rutledge in 2004 and based in Dallas. Want to know our opinion on the deals? Watch the show! We covered ‘em all.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Bra guy” is a relatively new gig for Ohly, dating back to about 2004, when his MBA classmate and now Zyrra co-founder Christi Andersen mentioned that there was a pervasive problem with bra fit. So Ohly, who says he was overwhelmed by the number of women sharing Andersen’s gripes, set out in the bra business.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 5, 2016

Susan Williams winning bronze in the 2004 Olympics. A bronze medal winner in the 2004 Olympics, American triathlete Susan Williams says to give it your all. “In There is a time and place to think about your competition, and every day is not it—unless of course, you’re writing the competition section of your business plan!

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Wiley has been with Aldridge since 2004 and currently oversees all aspects of the company’s operations and growth. Patrick Wiley is the CEO of Aldridge , a technology management, consulting and outsourcing company that specializes in providing the best fit IT solutions.

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Up and Running

MAY 6, 2015

Jonathan: What should I expect if I wanted to go in and get a business loan? Peter: One of the things they’ll ask you for is a business plan. The business plan has to contain a thoughtful overview of your entire business. What do I need to prepare? What am I doing? Jonathan: Interesting.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 18, 2014

Michael Baum ( @michaelbaum ), whom I first met at LinuxWorld at in 2004, has a charismatic personality and an extraordinary track record, largely unheralded. Most people never get to launch a successful startup, much less six. Our smartest teams hang around even after graduation and take advantage of everything their school has to offer.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 27, 2010

When Google went public in 2004, that $250,000 investment translated into 3.3 In Bezos' words, "There was no business plan. The backdrop again: In 1998 when Larry Page's and Sergey Brin's Google offices were a Menlo Park, California garage - Bezos invested $250,000 of personal funds into the fledgling search engine.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 5, 2010

These student entrepreneurs hail from University of Texas McCombs School of Business (home of the fabled Moot Corp) and they created an online shipping platform called uShip. Last week it received its one-millionth listing on the site. uShip is looking to close a 500K round by May to scale their marketing and technology infrastructure.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

A report published by the US Department of Health & Human Services in 2004 noted that the drug supply chain in the country is a closed and protected system. The critics also argue that the rules currently proposed are not compatible with the DSCSA, and hence leave scope for illegitimate drugs to be imported into the country.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

After taking another year to build a second email marketing startup (with Anvil running in the background), I finally decided it was time for me to commit to building my own team and Anvil grew in earnest in 2004. Worse, the publisher had no plans to publish the novels as mass market paperbacks. Thanks to Kent Lewis, Anvil Media. #4

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

When Google went public in 2004, that $250,000 investment translated into 3.3 In Bezos' words, “…There was no business plan…They had a vision. million shares of Google stock. At Google’s IPO that represented a stock share position worth over $280 million! So was it luck? Or foresight? It was a customer-focused point of view.”

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

In 2004, the students started PoolTables.com, with about $20,000 scraped together from friends and family. “The level of entrepreneurship activity here, and I presume at other schools, is up dramatically over the last two years,” said Dr. Sahlman. Baby.com.br is the second start-up for Mr. Thomas, 31, and Mr. Smith, 32.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. Now that iControl has raised over $100M, this got me thinking back to our original business plan.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

at 1:59 pm i do believe it depends on your business model. as long as there’s some sort of try-before-you-buy, i think you can safely leave a fully-supported free version off the business plan. Should you even be bundling into plans, or should you meter by users or MB or proposals sent or whatever? The Rails 1.0

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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. But, before we dive into the data, why do we even need to look at research on business planning?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. Experienced entrepreneurs kept finding that no business plan survived first contact with customers. In 2004 I funded IMVU, a startup by Will Harvey and Eric Ries. Sign up and find out how to start a company!

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2019

My company was founded in 2004, but we didn’t have a BHAG until 2013. Remember that a BHAG shouldn’t be unrealistic, but it shouldn’t be easy either. It’s a bigger, scarier, more audacious goal than you’ve ever chased. Its prime purpose is to drive you and your team forward to do the impossible. Our goal setting journey that lead to a BHAG.

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Up and Running

MARCH 9, 2015

Over the past few months, 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. See Also Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

The 2000 collapse followed a period of manic investing when entrepreneurs with off-the-wall ideas and ridiculous or nonexistent business plans sought and received funding from ill-informed investors blinded by the magical aura of the Internet or just simple greed.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Take note of what Paul Graham said in 2004: [link] — he is talking along similar lines. Startups need to be nimble, because your business plan will never completely be what you set out to do. This means the first order of business is to get it to work. March 27, 2011 at 8:06 pm.

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