The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

If you’re running a startup, working for one, or just considering turning an idea into a company, calling your work life “busy” is a severe understatement. Here are five essential, efficient ways to eliminate guesswork and make your startup a success on social media. Startup Example: Zappos. Startup Example: Cloudera.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Over 44 classes have embedded the business model canvas and/or Customer Discovery including a year-long course taken by every single one of its bioengineering majors. It was Steve who first brought Will Harvey to visit Immersion, which led to a strategic investment in There.com, Will’s stealth-mode but sure-fire, can’t-miss startup.

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2013

The Harvard Business Review is offering free reprints of the May 2013 cover article, “ Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything “ Available here.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2017

We didn’t know anything about small business accounting or finance. We didn’t even know how to write a business plan. In hindsight, it’s understandable that friends and family were skeptical when we told them about our business. See Also: How Traveling Helped Me Prepare for Startup Life. We’d never hired anyone.

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David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

How can a tech startup engage with a Fortune 500 company for mutual benefit? The chasm between the typical Fortune 500 company and a startup is typically too vast for a standard partnership. I worked with our intern team to look for the Fortune 500 companies making the strongest effort to reach out to the tech startup community.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. The amount of investment in IP in any direct sense is generally small for early stage startups.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2014

In late 2013 Cowboy Ventures did an analysis of U.S.-based Since the Pivot is one of the core concepts of the Lean Startup I was puzzled. A pivot is a fundamental insight of the Lean Startup. A pivot can change any of nine different things in your business model. Business Model. Could I be wrong?

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startups: Dear Santa - [link]. Key Digital Marketing Trends For 2013 | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. crowdSPRING Blog - [link].

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? About VC Cafe.

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wordsting.com

APRIL 4, 2013

April 1, 2013. Fat startup: Learn the lessons of my failed Lean Startup. by Word Sting in Lean Startup , Software copywriting , Copywriting for startups. Those that do will likely fall under the influence of the celebrated Lean Startup movement. Rigorously simple copywriting for software products.

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Up and Running

MARCH 4, 2013

Entrepreneur Zack Price is guest blogging his experience this week on the 2013 StartupBus as it makes its way from Chicago to SXSW in Austin. On StartupBus a team of strangers, traveling at 60mph, have about 72 hours to conceive, build, and launch a startup. We’re on the Startup Bus – Its name is Fred. Or Snufulupugus.

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Up and Running

JULY 20, 2020

Prioritize through planning. You’ll likely find it incredibly easy to make a massive list of startup costs. And to do that you need to develop your business plan. This will help you build out the financial section of your plan and forces you to estimate realistic startup costs. Business planning.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Starting Startups.    Read   Want to Start a Startup ?   A way to fund a startup is to get a job.    Interestingly, the consulting business remained and is a mainstay even today.  Starting Startups. April 2013.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

Ten years ago I started thinking about why startups are different from existing companies. I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. We were putting the plan before the planning. So what would a search process for a business model look like?

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Startup ideas. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Resources for startups. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Picking Ventures: Part 2.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

If you’re creating or growing a startup, you’re likely thinking about: Getting off the ground: Creating and filing a company name, registration , tax ID, logos, business planning , social media, websites, marketing, and income streams. Start business planning. Then dive into the Marketing Plan and Operations.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Startup success starts with passion for a job you want to spend your life doing. And great founders never stop to wonder if they’re qualified to do a startup. Her first idea for a startup was not Kinvolved , but was also education-based. Certainly we tightened our business model by talking to many different people. .

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Today, in steps 10-12 I want to discuss with you raising your first round of money, hiring to develop and maintain your company culture, as well as defining your role in the management of your startup. There are two ways to start a tech business. When I started my first business, I often got advised to hire “A people”.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

Ten years ago I started thinking about why startups are different from existing companies. I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. We were putting the plan before the planning. So what would a search process for a business model look like?

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan » March 09, 2011. It’s a deceptively simple question:  what is the optimal way to finance a new startup? It’s a deceptively simple question:  what is the optimal way to finance a new startup?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Startups are the corporations of the future, so I have long believed that entrepreneurs who study existing corporate models, rather than ignoring them with disdain, will likely profit from the exercise. This occurs when a new product, service, or business model renders the old way of doing business obsolete.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 21, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan. First develop a business model.   If you've been through a plan review with someone like a potential investor, think for a moment about the questions you get asked. First develop a business model.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 19, 2012

Startups and angels: Along the way to success.   For instance, I've recently written "Bill, I'd like you to consider talking to Ned at Newco who has an intriguing start up that's made some traction in the party planning/social media space as evidenced by some good stats on customer sign-up and early salres results.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Over the last few years it’s become clear that the days of teaching “how to write a business plan” as the cornerstone of university entrepreneurship are over. We now understand the distinction between startups – who search for a business model – versus existing companies – that execute a business plan.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Last week, our angel group reviewed a business with an online lie detector technology.  April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Startup ideas. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Startup ideas. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Resources for startups. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Thinking about pricing.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. where I lived for four years?—?play

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Is Business Model Analysis Important To You? Investors love entrepreneurs who understand their business model, and can describe it accurately. Investors love entrepreneurs who understand their business model, and can describe it accurately.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

As part of our Founder Interview series, The Startup Magazine caught up with entrepreneur Ola Sars, Founder and CEO of music-tech leader, Soundtrack Your Brand. Your B round is about proving that you can start growing the business and that you have a business plan based on proven fundamentals in your model.

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Tim Keane

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Helping you build and grow your startup. Helping you build and grow your startup. April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Startup ideas. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

If any of this speaks to you, you could be an excellent candidate to start a home health care business. See Also: Business Startup Checklist. In 2013, North America accounted for just over 40 percent of the global home health care revenue. Step 1: Formulate your business plan.

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Tim Keane

MAY 22, 2006

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Startup ideas. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Resources for startups. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. The great day has arrived. 

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 11, 2013

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. The Myth of Private Markets: Symmetry and Expectations » January 11, 2013. April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Startup ideas. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Resources for startups.

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Tim Keane

JULY 2, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Startup ideas. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Resources for startups. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. October 2012. March 2011.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. 3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model.   Posted at 04:19 PM in Funding startups | Permalink.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2014

A new study by CT Corporation shows that 61 percent of recent college grads want to start their own business, 45 percent believe that it is likely they will start a business, and 51 percent say starting their own business will in the long-term provide greater security than a job with an existing company.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. « How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan | Main. April 2013. January 2013. Funding startups. Startup ideas. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Resources for startups.

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