Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. Here in the U.S. Social Enterprise UK .

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

See Also 4 Secrets of Successful Business Owners. Bill Gates: Ignore upcoming areas of your business at your peril. There’s no denying that Bill Gates is a visionary, founding Microsoft in 1975 and monopolizing the tech industry for decades. in the three years it was on sale in the US, while the UK producers went bust in 2012.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

Technological revolutions follow a similar psychological dynamic. In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step. A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

  When this happens, (due in part to the need to keep fees low) things get both left out and included that later wisdom will suggest should've been included or left out.    But because seed firms operate in an earlier phase, they need to offer different kinds of advice.  October 2012.   Yup. 

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 15, 2019

Between 2012 and 2017, the number of craft breweries in the US increased from 2,420 to 6,266 – an increase of 159%! Starting a brewing business is hard work. Here are 5 of the 9 steps you’ll need to know to start your own brewery business. Choose a business model. by Katie Lundin of crowdspring.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

Technological revolutions follow a similar psychological dynamic. In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step. A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

Small and Medium businesses have been the holy grail of High tech and software companies for quite some time now, but the quest is far from ending. "If If you would ask me what part of the market is most underserved by technology companies today, Id tell you its small and medium sized business. ► 2012. (1).

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

was OK a few months ago, the hurdle is now higher and should be close to CAC>1 – Keep only reps making quota and cut marketing activities with lower ROI Customer Lifetime Value (CLTV) >0 – Adjust operations, RD and GA to make your business model profitable 3. Small and medium businesses. (2). ► 2012. (1).

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Many entrepreneurial programs feature a business plan competition, which is a great exercise. At SJSU, we also have a business plan competition in the spring, which ideally allows the students to build a viable business model around their NIF projects. ► 2012. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

But, this should lead to a thorough, well-planned review of bootstrapping alternatives, since bootstrapping can reduce cash requirements in the pre-cash flow phase. One common reaction to that statement, though, is the need to accelerate the business, often for competitive reasons in the marketplace. 

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

The 6-year firm survival rate was 60% for dead founders and 61% for live founders, while the average Operating Return on Assets was 6% for dead founders vs. 8% for live founders, but neither are statistically significant (Hvilde 15). ► 2012. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. Labels: CEO , entrepreneurship , Founder.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

90 Things I’ve Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies. On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the “ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.”. 90 Things I’ve Learned Founding 4 Tech Companies: Find your company’s One Thing. ?? Fab.com Fab Feed Bradfords Blog. So, here goes. All the rest is noise.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The business environment is much more complex today, and the hopeful entrepreneur need to understand more of the environment in which they will operate. March 19, 2012 11:12 AM. ► 2012. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Lean Planning is a set of tools for discovering a business model that works, building an action plan to test your assumptions, creating financial models and a plan for a viable business, and tracking your performance so you can adjust your plan on the fly, quickly and easily. Do startups have a manual?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 26, 2019

Between 2012 and 2017, the number of craft breweries in the US jumped from 2,420 to 6,266 – that’s an increase of 159%! Here’s a complete, 9 step guide on how to start a brewery business. Choose a business model. Fill in the business blanks. Choose a business model.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . 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. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester. . Magical, really. TripAdvisor’s History: Two Big Pivots.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 22, 2012

There have been nine Boston-based technology IPOs since my blog post, including: Brightcove ($430M market cap), Carbonite ($240M), Demandware ($740M), EXA ($130M), Kayak ($1.2B), Tesaro ($360M), TripAdvisor ($6.0B), Verastem ($210M) and Zipcar ($730M). Meanwhile, not a single New York technology IPO has taken place.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Innovate Israel 2012 aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts. Check out the 28 Israeli startups coming to London next week to showcase at the Innovate Israel 2012 portfolio. Applicaster - Company Website. Betterview - Company Website.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… Business. Loading… Tech. SMALL BUSINESS. September 19, 2012, 9:32 p.m. more in Small Business. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

While the flick has gotten rave critical reviews (93% on Flixster), the question of what percentage of the movie is true has also gotten a lot of discussion in the blogosphere. According to the Business Insider, he was actually arrested in a different place and time. This is a good review of the movie and both books. Newer Post.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

Corner Piece Productions doesn’t have its own website currently, but here’s the site for West of Her, which picked up five Best Narrative Feature awards over our festival tour this summer, along with rave review from critics across the country, and is set for wide video on demand distribution this year. Image Credit: Janet Wu.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Salesforce.com just has average to below-average profitability" Everyone would agree that the value of an operating asset is defined by the sum of its discounted future cash flows. It is true that understanding this new business model is hard for a traditional software incumbent, as this interview demonstrates. ► 2012. (1).

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. The top performing SaaS companies typically achieve annual customer renewal rates above 90% - with most of the churn due to death (bankruptcies) or marriage (acquisitions) - and over 100% renewals on a dollar value basis due to up-sells into this installed base.

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Transformify

JUNE 6, 2019

As successful as Toyota has been, one of its operating pillars is definitely continuous process improvement, also known as kaizen. The operating process also requests all team members to be devoted to the company on 100%. How to apply it to your business? Where to start?

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online.wsj.com

MARCH 4, 2013

Loading… Business. Loading… Tech. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. more in Tech. Using a wealth of data from mobile devices, developers of apps ranging from childrens games to fitness trackers are increasingly testing an array of price points and business models. » More.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Updated Business tools for Startups. Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Also includes the most popular platforms, based on a year of data on business buy and sell marketplace, Flippa.com. .”

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