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. So what would a search process for a business model look like? And in 2003 the Haas Business School at U.C.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Given that 2011 is already behind us, I’d like to take a brief time-out from the usual legal and financial wonkery to wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year. Most investors will assume that if the business plan is solid and a large market opportunity exists, there will be vigorous competition from other players.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 21, 2011

Picking Ventures: Part 1 » June 21, 2011. How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan. First develop a business model.   Think about having the same discussion in a different way - by preparing your sales forecast by making your assumptions explicit. First develop a business model.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

TripAdvisor may be one of the most fascinating companies I know and so I was excited to dig into their business model as part of my series on scaling. TripAdvisor is more of a classic consumer Internet success story, but with even more powerful network effects and an amazing business model. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan » March 09, 2011. October 2012. November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

If that were the case, most of the Cable and Wireless companies who have been using a similar business model would have gone bankrupt a long time ago and Saleforce would not have 20% FCF margins today. It is true that understanding this new business model is hard for a traditional software incumbent, as this interview demonstrates.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

« How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan | Main. Picking Ventures: Part 2 » September 27, 2011. October 2012. November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. April 2013.

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