Up and Running

JULY 26, 2017

Website, web app, or a mobile app—what would be the right “form” for your business idea ? Since the release of the very first iPhone, everyone has been treating the mobile-first business model as the new gold rush. On-demand access to talent. Does your product assume or encourage frequent daily use?

Mobile 81

Mobile Application Development Web Software Review 81

thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Due to the success of its development efforts in this area, GE announced in 2013 that its three manufacturing facilities in Bangalore would start manufacturing an extended line of products, including ultrasound machines, ECG units, and maternal and infant care equipment, for markets in Africa, parts of Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

Africa 106

Africa India Bangladesh United States 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

In his classic book “ The 3rd American Dream ,” thought leader Suresh Sharma summarizes the large corporate accomplishments of the 19 th and 20 th centuries, and then lays out the potential of a new entrepreneurial business ecosystem for the 21 st century. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models.

Artificial Inteligence 315

Artificial Inteligence Offshore Merger Technical Review 315

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2023

05:20] Could you shed some light on your business model? 06:14] One challenge of the Fractional CMO model is essentially selling your time. And so I think you had this convergence of supply and demand increasing at the same time. So tell me a little bit about your particular business model, organization wise.

Social Media 76

Social Media Software Review Hiring Framework 76

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model. Angels In America. The Wrong Discussion s.

Silicon Valley 296

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 296

Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

As our group sweltered in the July heat on the outskirts of Cairo , each of these purported minions of the state — none of whom wore a uniform or badge — in turn blocked our entry, determined to exercise the modest amount of authority bestowed on him by demanding that my host surrender his digital SLR camera.

Technical Review 172

Technical Review Egypt Morocco Russia 172

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model. Angels In America. The Wrong Discussion s.

Silicon Valley 269

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 269

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2012

It’s been over 10 years since Napster came on the scene to disrupt traditional music business models, sparking a wave of debate on the right mix of “free” vs “paid” content going forward with digital that has yet to be fully settled. Recording Industry Association of America. Video on Demand. A la carte. Vevo, Pandora.

Business Model 159

Business Model Distribution Aggregator Channel 159

Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The article points to America’s innovation crisis along lines that have been articulated in greater detail by thought leaders including Judy Estrin and Norm Augustine. Below, I quote several parts of the article that I found particularly useful, and I point out the error: First, the positive: “America needs good jobs, soon.

IPO 38

IPO Venture Capital America Marketing 38

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

When I looked at my inbox this morning, I had emails from six organizations I have advised/worked with over the past couple of years (including Astia and Techstars ) announcing their partnership with the White House’s Startup America initiative.

Silicon Valley 45

Silicon Valley India Africa Burma 45

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Millennials are more socially conscious, increasingly skeptical of old ways of doing business, and strongly purpose-driven when compared to past generations. America is the world’s top country for female entrepreneurship, but women, POC, and other minority entrepreneurs still aren’t getting the support or attention they need from investors.

Startup 91

Startup Leadership Artificial Inteligence Employee 91

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2019

Innovation not only impacts global economies and business models, but the quality of life of people. Innovation has changed the way people live, work and do business. Businesses can focus on two types of innovation: sustaining innovation and disruptive innovation.

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Business Model Non-Compete Software Review 127

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Well, Uber has actually made new things possible in cities, new business models possible, uh, new businesses possible. Well beyond their expectations for only $1,900 a month, you get a full-time assistant who is 100% dedicated to your business. So, so our demand forecasts are off the most common one. Get $150.00

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Networking United States Artificial Inteligence 60

thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Due to the success of its development efforts in this area, GE announced in 2013 that its three manufacturing facilities in Bangalore would start manufacturing an extended line of products, including ultrasound machines, ECG units, and maternal and infant care equipment, for markets in Africa, parts of Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

Africa 40

Africa India Bangladesh United States 40

Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

Because we African-Americans have our own urban communities, we are smart people and there is real demand for innovation, our people can quickly move forward with blockchain and go straight to market. Silicon Valley don’t want you guys to see Joe Louis beat James Braddock because they saw how America quickly celebrated The Brown Bomber.

Technical Review 54

Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review XML 54

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In his classic book “ The 3rd American Dream ,” thought leader Suresh Sharma summarizes the large corporate accomplishments of the 19 th and 20 th centuries, and then lays out the potential of a new entrepreneurial business ecosystem for the 21 st century. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models.

Engineer 219

Engineer Entrepreneur Offshore Merger 219

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 13, 2015

Entrepreneurs are often attracted to the franchise business model because they can be part of something bigger while owning their own business, but also because franchises offer incredible growth potential. In 2014, the brand signed commitments with 14 regional developers to launch 700 new locations across America.

Operations 100

Operations Demand Lead Generation America 100

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Innovation not only impacts global economies and business models, but the quality of life of people. It has changed the way people live, work and do business. Businesses can focus on two types of innovation: sustaining innovation and disruptive innovation.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Business Model Non-Compete Software Review 113

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

We often tell founders that a business plan is nonsense. A business model, on the other hand, is a snapshot of your business assumptions at this moment in time. It''s that the business model is complex. We''ve done some work with the folks at Code for America. This is confirmation bias, and it kills.

Analytics 167

Analytics Lean Widget Metrics 167

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 30, 2017

So many bikes on my recent trip to Beijing Chairman Xi Jinping: take notice, the greatest threat to China is not from America, it is from the bazillion bicycles you’ve permitted to infest your sidewalks. It is bikes on demand. Bicycles now cover pretty much every vacant piece of concrete and asphalt from Beijing to Urumqi.

China 54

China Egypt Startup America 54

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model. Angels In America. better user growth.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Balance Sheet Metrics Early Stage 117

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

I recently finished a new book by thought leader Suresh Sharma, “The 3rd American Dream ,” which summarizes the business accomplishments of the 19 th and 20 th centuries, and then lays out the potential of a new entrepreneurial business ecosystem for the 21 st century. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model.

Entrepreneur 263

Entrepreneur Offshore Merger Technical Review 263

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

In his classic book “ The 3rd American Dream ,” thought leader Suresh Sharma summarizes the large corporate accomplishments of the 19 th and 20 th centuries, and then lays out the potential of a new entrepreneurial business ecosystem for the 21 st century. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models.

Offshore 139

Offshore Merger Technical Review Distribution 139

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 5, 2020

The residential real estate market is ripe for disruption because as millennials enter the home buying market (now they are 30% of all homebuyers in America) they are looking for online tools and apps that will empower them with information and tools to help them manage this extremely stressful, overwhelming, and expensive process.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur China 157

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2017

You will gain a major advantage by watching peers in your space develop their business models, and you’ll be able to commiserate with those who speak your language. But, it’s not a town to know and gain access to corporate America if that is a key component of your business model.

Atlanta 48

Atlanta Albuquerque Incubator Austin 48

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

In his recent book “ The 3rd American Dream ,” thought leader Suresh Sharma summarizes the large corporate accomplishments of the 19 th and 20 th centuries, and then lays out the potential of a new entrepreneurial business ecosystem for the 21 st century. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models.

Offshore 120

Offshore Startup Merger Technical Review 120

Reid Hoffman

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The market demand is broadly recognized, but the incumbent players are fulfilling that demand in a lazy way. Invention, in the form of adding a product or a service or market, and reinvention, in the form of changing the product, go-to-market strategy, or business model. TYPE 1: LAZY COMPETITION.

Technical Review 36

Technical Review Software Review Engineer America 36

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

As a kid growing up in America in a middle class family it just seemed so remote. Actually keeping the company in business, having it have a sustainable business model, having it pull in the funds that it needs to keep going, that's actually not a greedy thing to do. Like, "Oh, come on. That's so old fashioned."

Dallas 68

Dallas Employee Government Social Media 68

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. They have spent multiple summers putting on the “Tech Tour”– traveling around North America investing and speaking in tier II and III cities (excluding 2020).

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

Consumer tech is demanding, but seeing the product in others’ hands and getting their feedback and seeing their reactions is so gratifying and makes everything I’ve worked for worth it. Entrepreneurship is the only thing that I can think of where you can see a problem, and create a business model around fixing it.

Entrepreneur 84

Entrepreneur West Virginia Design Virginia 84

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Unfortunately after twenty years working such demanding jobs I was no longer able to physically do the work. I started the first AquaMermaid swimming school in Montreal and have since expanded to cities across North America and even overseas. So I thought, why not apply the same business model in Ireland?

Entrepreneur 63

Entrepreneur Ireland LLC Kansas 63

Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

The small growth company is widely recognized as creating new jobs, and, in America, over the past eleven years we’ve witnessed the capital markets death of one of the great job-creation mechanisms in the United States, the sub-$50 million IPO. Between 1991 and 200 80% of IPO’s raised $50mm or less. 70mm offering.

IPO 31

IPO Term Sheet Marketing United States 31

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Theres also eHow parent Demand Media, streaming video site Hulu, car-shopping site TrueCar and one dominant player from Silicon Valley: Google. Americas new business model: Sharing. To report spam or abuse, click the "X" in the upper right corner of the comment box. Advertisement. Most Popular. Nokia cuts U.S.

Los Angeles 87

Los Angeles San Francisco Southern California Silicon Valley 87

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

These reasons are likely behind the struggles in GroupOn’s core Daily Deals business ( North America Third Party Revenue is down in Q4 both YOY and QOQ ). This is one of my favorite marketplace business model “tweaks.” In retrospect, demanding to be paid on both sides was a sign of overconfidence.

Europe 101

Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

Hearpreneur

JUNE 22, 2019

Our food trucks and restaurants, though popular, struggled with the problem of peak demand: dead at 11 am, lined up out the door at noon. We link innovative, modern offices looking to feed their company office meals with the best, owner-operated restaurants in cities across North America. That’s when Foodee was born.

Marketing 61

Marketing North America Partner Canada 61

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2014

Whether Millennials, our largest generation at 80 million strong, can harness their enthusiasm into viable businesses models remains to be seen. For business owners and investors alike, crisis and change create opportunities. Changing Attitudes Among America’s Largest Generation.

Las Vegas 113

Las Vegas Technical Review Security New York 113

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I had the opportunity to speak with Melinda Emerson, the “SmallBizLady” and America’s #1 small business expert, who took the opportunity to share with us her proven, step-by-step method to transition from employee to entrepreneur. That is how I became a brand in demand. Lastly, promote yourself with care.

Social Media 60

Social Media Small Business Software Review Technical Review 60