Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5 Identify the right people in the right venture firms.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 14, 2012

Stanford e245 2012 class photo. Filed under: Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching. If you can’t see the slide presentation above, click here. The Ziilion customer discovery narrative blog is here. ——— Congratulations to all the teams.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 7, 2012

We’ll teach over 175 NSF Innovation Corps teams in the Lean LaunchPad course in 2012. The 2012 Stanford Lean LaunchPad Presentations. Filed under: Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching. —– The rest of the teams present next week.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

DECEMBER 28, 2011

It’s that time again when the old year winds down (toodles, 2011), a new year sparkles before us full of potential, promise, and possibility (hey there, 2012), and savvy entrepreneurs are preparing their 2012 business plans.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Hot on the heels of Social Media Week this week in Singapore is Social Business Week , which will take place next week on February 20-23, 2012. This year, activities include public lectures, a forum targeting corporate leaders, and a 2-day boot camp for social entrepreneurs to develop and refine their social business plans.

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Gust

JULY 18, 2012

Following the huge success of the Gust-DEMO scholarship earlier this year, Gust and DEMO have teamed up again to offer Gust start-ups a full scholarship opportunity for DEMO Fall 2012. The deadline to apply for the full scholarship is August 17, 2012. DEMO Fall 2012 takes place October 1-3, 2012 in Santa Clara, CA.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Before you start the hunt for funding, whether it is to help get you started or to help you grow, Ben recommends creating a business plan. Potential investors are looking to see how you will organize and structure your business. As a business planning resource ourselves, we can’t help but agree.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

The term “frugal innovation” was coined by Navi Radjou and Jaideep Prabhu in their 2012 book Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth. Hence it is critical to have a solid business plan before you start. Look for new ways to drive growth for your startup. A frugal tap in Ghana.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2020

Business Visitor Visa. Business Planning. What Makes Canada An Attractive Investment/Business Destination? Successfully starting a business in Canada is a milestone for business owners who understand the amazing opportunities that await them. Let’s review their areas of expertise. Investor Visa.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

billion for 35 funds during the first quarter of 2013, an increase of 22 percent compared to the level of dollar commitments during the fourth quarter of 2012, according to a report from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Venture capital firms raised $4.1 New focus on a sustainable planet.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Actually, banks don’t finance business startups. Banks aren’t supposed to invest depositors’ money in new businesses. Myth #3: Business plans sell investors. A well-written and convincing business plan (and pitch ) presents your business to investors in detail; but they are investing in your business, not just a plan.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2012

For these LivePlan users, the big break came in March when they finished in the top 5 of the 2012 Miller Coors Urban Entrepreneurs Series, a national business plan competition that has awarded over $1.7 million in grants to emerging businesses since 1999.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2013

Employing the services of outside organizations with a proven track record of supporting the process of a business turnaround may also help to provide the expertise and perspective needed to keep your company on track. The world of business is dynamic. Business Planning' Monitor your competitors. Conduct regular reviews.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 13, 2012

Good corporate citizenship is a must for business in 2012. The data shows companies that build corporate citizenship into their business plan, make it part of the DNA of the business, see a return on their investment. Through time, resources, product and expertise, you can do well by doing good.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

As such, creating a functional clone of Gust (including all the features under the hood, and ones that have not yet been released), using world-class engineers and state-of-the-art, 2012 project management in Ruby on Rails, would take roughly 20 person-years from soup to nuts (figure about 1/3 of that in product/UX/UI and 2/3 in actual coding.)

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MAY 10, 2012

Visiting with Mike Bott, General Manager at The Brandery accelerator in downtown Cincinnati, you actually see what the “Front End of Innovation” looks like — two or three people, over-caffeinated and urgent, clustered around a couple of basic desks working out the details of a business plan, or creating a brand new product.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 2, 2013

Have a well thought out business plan on hand to share, so investors can read more if they’d like to. The intention, after all, is – you deliver a powerful pitch, and their hands are out asking for either your executive summary or your complete business plan. Best of luck pitching your business!

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Up and Running

APRIL 19, 2013

Don’t get so wrapped up in work that you forget to stay up with the current events of the business world! 1) Need some advice on business plan competitions? CNN Money gathered some competition advice from some past winners of the Rice Business Plan Competition. percent of venture capital funding.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 24, 2013

If you missed the webinar on “ How to Write a Winning Business Plan ,” you can still watch it below. You get to see how quick and easy it is to create both a dynamic business pitch and a business plan that supports your brilliant business idea. 13 active plans = + 19.90 / month.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Business Plans Are an Historic Artifact | WSJ – [link]. Business Plans Are an Historic Artifact | WSJ – [link]. 2012 Social Media Report: Users Spending 58% More Time On Social Media, Social App Usage More Than Doubles – [link]. 27 Beautiful Red Business Card Designs | iBrandStudio – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Since growing up in his family’s boating business to founding his company CMI , Bruce Hodes has dedicated himself to helping companies grow by developing high performance cultures. In February of 2012 Bruce published his first book “ Front Line Heroes “.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The industry is expected to grow 16 percent between 2012 and 2022. Here are the most crucial aspects of the planning stage: Write a business plan. As with any business, you need a solid business plan, DiCicco says. That’s where a business plan comes in. Create a financial plan.

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Up and Running

JULY 19, 2017

The figures are more inspiring today: The 2016 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report says “there are now 11.3 million women-owned businesses in the United States, employing nearly 9 million people and generating over $1.6 This is significant—in 2012, there were only 8.3 million women-owned businesses.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Since growing up in his family’s boating business to founding his company CMI , Bruce Hodes has dedicated himself to helping companies grow by developing executive leadership teams, business leaders and executives into powerful performers. In February of 2012 Bruce published his first book “ Front Line Heroes “.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Advertising was one of those extensions that we visioned in the first business plan for Bazaarvoice. Now at Bazaarvoice we have acquired Longboard Media, which in a way concludes our original vision in our first business plan. io , where I’ve been writing about primarily entrepreneurship since 2012.

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Up and Running

JULY 23, 2014

That usually means talking, in the pitch and in the business plan, about how similar companies in similar markets have been able to exit via selling out to a larger company. The traditional exit strategy. When investors sit for pitches from startups, they expect the startups to cover the exit strategy.

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

It used to be that a techie needed a business person to get a business plan together and then use that to raise money. Not only are there rafts and rafts of books to help someone cobble together a rudimentary business plan, any quality VC values execution over ideas. cc: @jeremyphoward >> 2012/02/28.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2014

7 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Use Video To Grow Their New Business written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Your business plans are in place, perhaps you have sought out and won investors, and gotten a foothold in the market with your product. Congratulations!

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2016

Since growing up in his family’s boating business to founding his company CMI , Bruce Hodes has dedicated himself to helping companies grow by developing executive leadership teams, business leaders and executives into powerful performers. In February of 2012 Bruce published his first book “ Front Line Heroes “.

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

Topics of conversation included how to identify fundable companies, trends in funding, business plans, and pitching to investors. Philippe Gluntz, President of France Angels , was honoured as the 2012 EBAN Angel of the Year, while the Finnish Business Angel Network ( FiBAN ) was recognized as Business Angel Network of 2012.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

“We were up against a tight deadline where we actually had to invent a business and present to our classmates at school!” So one night I just sat down and pounded out the business plan.” Nutritionist Stacy Goldberg says she tried a lot of things before deciding on the idea for her company, Savorfull , in 2012.

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David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

Koen, Gyorgy, and Adham are all Columbia Business School MBA 2012 students and former consultants with McKinsey and BCG. The conventional school of thought argues that investors –generally- should be creating value by selecting the “right” companies, business plans, and teams into which to invest.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 19, 2012

Technology versus market risk in angel investments » June 19, 2012.  We aren't looking at SM deals right now as we're busy with what we re in, but I know you re in this space and suggest you take a look. October 2012. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In 2012, Facebook experimented on 700,000 users without their consent when analyzing mood states. Here’s what won’t change: Deceptive marketing tactics and promises not delivered won’t build, as Dooley rightly notes, a sustainable business. Plan accordingly. Questions persist: Who owns brain scans?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 12, 2012

Brother International Corporation just launched a US$25,000 small business grant program together with entrepreneurial online resource StartupNation , offering five grant packages of $5,000 each to small business owners who can convince them how the grant money can help them start their own business, or grow a current one.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Penn State Altoona is entering the business plan competition market. From the school: Penn State Altoona will host the Pechter Business Plan Competition beginning in November 2011. The competition consists of four phases which will conclude in April of 2012. Deadline is November 7, 2011.

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David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

Pioneering Program Launched by Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York and the National Association of Investment Companies. VCAP© finalists will be announced Monday, June 18th and will present their business plans to HBSAANY angel investors at a Pitch Night in New York on Wednesday, June 27th.

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