2010 Aggregator Business Model Early Stage 
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 5, 2012
But Chicago-based startup MentorMob ( www.mentormob.com ) wants to change that – the free, community-based collaborative service aims to aggregate and organize the best online educational content on any topic, so it’s easier to find. With MentorMob , you spend more time learning and less time searching.”.
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 5, 2009
It’s entirely possible for the startup to be a massive success without having large aggregate numbers, because the startup has succeeded in finding a passionate, but small, early adopter base that has tremendous per-customer behavior. But proving your assumptions with early adopters is an essential first step.
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Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
In an early-stage startup especially, revenue is not an important goal in and of itself. Let’s start with a simple question: why do early-stage startups want revenue? What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&#
Professor VC
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010. Has DEMO lost its luster and relevance in 2010? A check-in aggregation platform. October 4, 2010 11:55 AM. ▼ 2010. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.
VC Cafe
DECEMBER 7, 2010
billion in venture capital funding in Q3 2010, representing a 14% decline in total funding amount compared to the previous quarter. uTest created a crowdsourced software testing marketplace that uses a “Pay per Bug&# business model. The average early stage round was $6.7 Overall, 343 US companies raised $1.8
Professor VC
NOVEMBER 14, 2011
Are you refering to the various early stage platforms that are popping up? My skeptical side assumes that the intermediaries are the only ones that will make money in aggregate on these deals. ► 2010. (7). Like earlyshares.com or cfofferings.com? Daniel dailycrowdsource.com. April 12, 2012 4:48 PM. Steve Bennet.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 20, 2009
Rule 1: In an existing market Customer Development means not only understanding potential customers, but your competitors in detail – their product features, their sales channels, their demand creation strategy, their business model, etc. That’s why early stage companies aren’t run by accountants with spreadsheets.
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