Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

— all great things when you are executing and scaling a known business model. Because the new CEO had built a team capable of and comfortable with executing an existing business model, the company would fail or get acquired. Board Control. For three decades (1978-2008), investors controlled the board. The founders.

Founder 256

Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 256

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 24, 2011

Of course this is Survivor Bias at it’s finest; these examples don’t prove this is a great strategy , they just illustrate that it can work: Zappos decided to sell shoes over the Internet, even though it meant eating shipping costs as customers tried shoe after shoe, constantly returning merchandise on the basis of fit or look.

Intellectual Property 242

Intellectual Property Open Source Bandwidth IP 242

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2020

Based on my years of experience in both startups and large companies, trusted relationships are more the key to success than a great business model, how smart you are, or how much money you have. Smart business people learn to quickly recognize negative personality types, and avoid them at all costs.

Silicon Valley 312

Silicon Valley Bandwidth Angel Investor Equity 312

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2020

In January, LexSet, one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , won third place (and $250,000) in Verizon’s Built on 5G Challenge , a nationwide search for solid 5G innovations that could be commercialized using its low latency, high bandwidth millimeter wave 5G network. What is the most over-hyped tech trend of 2020?

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Los Angeles Cofounder Silicon Valley 63

Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2019

Modern entrepreneurship began at the turn of this century with the observation that startups aren’t smaller versions of large companies – large companies at their core execute known business models, while startups search for scalable business models. This new framework can act as the front-end of Customer Development.

Lean 334

Lean Marketing Agile Customer Development 334

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In order to achieve such feats, Strike uses (at least initially) a trusted or custodial model that hedges any BTC risk with their own trading desks and infrastructure. Other businesses are pushing mainstream Lightning adoption for shopping. account-based identity model to the Web 3.0 bearer asset identity model.

Networking 168

Networking Global OTC Security 168

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Yet in expansionary periods, successful leaders spent significantly less on [selling, general, and administrative costs] than did their former peers. A Harvard Business Review (HBR) study of 4,700 public companies looked at the three years before, during, and after recessions. Frameworks for businesses during a crisis.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 27, 2011

Since my new projects won’t generate revenue for a while, I’ve reduced costs, an activity many business owners neglect, which is a real opportunity to increase profit. A Changing Environment There are many changes occurring right now that are impacting my business. Amazon charges by how much bandwidth you use.

Business Model 80

Business Model Cost Bandwidth Australia 80

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Jim Dunlap, CIO of Alaska Telecom discussed with me the increasingly serious problem that telecom vendors are facing due to bandwidth consumption skyrocketing. Today, the telecom industry charges customers based on fixed price business models for data services.

Cloud 117

Cloud Fractional CTO Entrepreneur Bandwidth 117

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale. Economies of scale. New management skills.

Merger 243

Merger Acquisition Startup Bandwidth 243

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale. Economies of scale. New management skills.

Entrepreneur 249

Entrepreneur Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 249

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

I’ve found that one engineer isn’t quite enough bandwidth to keep up with a full-time designer and growth manager. Even if you recruit in lower-cost areas and look for more junior folks, you’re looking at $150K each, fully loaded. With funnels like this, a growth team can drive core business growth. None of these roles is cheap.

Conversion 133

Conversion Technical Review Channel Engineer 133

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale. Economies of scale. New management skills.

Startup 232

Startup Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 232

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2016

Based on my years of experience in both startups and large companies, trusted relationships are more the key to success than a great business model, how smart you are, or how much money you have. Smart business people learn to quickly recognize negative personality types, and avoid them at all costs.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Bandwidth Angel Investor Equity 120

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 20, 2013

This is the third article in a series on novel ideas for SaaS metrics, which started with The unprofitable SaaS business model trap and COC: a new metric for cancellations. You can’t read an article about SaaS metrics without running into LTV — The L ife t ime V alue of a customer. Which then leads to unprofitable growth.

Retention 262

Retention Metrics Revenue Bandwidth 262

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale. Economies of scale. New management skills.

Acquisition 214

Acquisition Merger Startup Bandwidth 214

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Books don’t cost very much money. 20 years ago, the only content you could get online was text content just because of bandwidth limitations. And at some point, people figured out that, “Hey, I can take written content that I publish in the real world, and put it online, and it eliminates all my cost and fulfillment.

Bandwidth 35

Bandwidth Cost Audience Video 35

BeyondVC

JULY 13, 2004

On the tech side, Jonathan believes it is mainly bandwidth that has been commoditized as opposed to a broader trend in software. However, what Jonathan is saying and what I agree with is that it is what you do with the commodity bandwidth, standards, and platforms that separates the winners from the losers.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Technology Java Bandwidth 60

Berkonomics

JUNE 25, 2015

My preconceived notions of the possible range of business models simply didn’t include this one. Really, that’s a business? Look around your operations, and identify areas of cost which, as far as you can tell, do little or nothing to enhance the profitability of your operations – but, you must have them.

Texas 48

Texas Widget Bandwidth Angel Investor 48

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Fudging the truth to make your business proposal sound more impressive than it might actually be is an easy thing to do – especially if you need investors or employees, like, now. You may exaggerate your business’ potential to make it a more appealing investment. His specialties are business and sports technology.

Small Business 67

Small Business New York City Incubator Bandwidth 67

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

A 354 percent increase in abuse-related issues like spamming, followed by a 245 percent increase in legal costs dealing people trying to game the system.&# Rob, frankly I’m surprised you’re endorsing this business model. #5 at 10:09 am I think support and other ancillary costs are key here. 7 Ed on 08.18.10

Software Review 78

Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

But more broadly than just that,the direct costs of launching a startup have obviously plummeted which makes being a founder more accessible than historically. And for non-founder employees, as the broader employment markets even for college grads has gotten softer, the opportunity costs of a joining a risky startup have never been lower.

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

For instance, many a BDC CEO has initiated a consultant to study cost cutting issues before announcing a significant layoff. There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. Given all the demands on your time, the hours spent educating a consultant regarding your business are costly.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder PR 40

David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

Until recently, most Internet innovation has centered around improvements — big improvements, but incremental ones nonetheless — to existing business models and familiar social structures: Amazon is the ultimate retail destination, Zipcar the ubiquitous rental-car agency; Meetup is a sewing circle on steroids.

Darfur 122

Darfur Sudan Cofounder United Kingdom 122

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

So that means stuff like thinking about what a business model might be, it does mean customer development. I think you’d find yourself, you’re going to drop a lot of people when you instantly mention, ‘This costs money.’ They have 27 business units. What’s the worst case?

Cofounder 208

Cofounder Technical Review Software Review Differentiation 208

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 4, 2004

Adam Bosworth has an interesting post on the evolution of software and why software delivered as a service will be the business model of the future. From an evolutionary perspective, the ASP business model is quite interesting to examine. The ASP model is certainly one way of accomplishing simplicity.

Software 60

Software Bandwidth Sales Cycle Business Model 60

BeyondVC

JULY 22, 2006

As you might assume, the key to making our business model successful is the upsell of value added services and to continue to make sure we acquire new subscribers at the lowest cost possible. In the last 12 months I’ve seen wholesale PSTN costs drop dramatically and I expect this to continue. ”.

Viral 60

Viral SMS Bandwidth Cost 60

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

We analyze your bandwidth and make all your stuff very simple. It also has synching services that usually cost money. VC Cafe: What is you business model? Since we have APIs, we have opportunities for business models with media and content partners. We get better as we go in the decisions we’re making.

Media 84

Media Management API HTML 84

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 19, 2005

But the bad news, of course, is that it costs more effort and attention to manage many more smaller investments and it’s hard to act quickly at scale. In other words, these business models are quite capital efficient. This means that the VCs need to be able to act just as nimbly to invest as quickly as possible.

Web 68

Web Java Bandwidth Business Model 68

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Our solutions provide peace of mind, improve quality of life and save costs to users and service providers. Free roaming technology – unique roaming solution which eliminates roaming costs in more than 150 countries. Allot Communications. 4G/LTE and WiMax networks and provide full cell awareness. BoomeRing Communication. IXI Mobile. -

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Rita McGrath: But the second one was, as you looked at how technology was evolving in that kind of 2006, 2007, 2008 period, something we have again forgotten is that that was really when Cloud took off as the business model, and Salesforce led the way with this idea of monthly recurring revenue, but it was starting to be real.

eCommerce 58

eCommerce Norway Internet Advertising 58

K9 Ventures

AUGUST 12, 2011

What if you want local storage so that you are not wasting time and bandwidth getting everything from the network all the time? In the pay-per-use software business model, at least in my opinion, both the consumer and the developer benefit. Costs are a big factor in technology!) How big should the cache-size be?

Caching 75

Caching Java .Net Networking 75

K9 Ventures

AUGUST 12, 2011

What if you want local storage so that you are not wasting time and bandwidth getting everything from the network all the time? In the pay-per-use software business model, at least in my opinion, both the consumer and the developer benefit. Costs are a big factor in technology!) How big should the cache-size be?

Caching 73

Caching Java .Net Networking 73

Occam's Razor

MARCH 22, 2011

Compute Actual Cost Per Acquisition Post-Facto Including Micro-Conversions. Today when we measure our Cost Per Acquisition (CPA) for our campaigns (Search, Email, Affiliate, whatever), we just think of the macro-conversion and, perhaps worse, we think only of that session / visit. What was the acquisition cost of each sign-up?

Web 87

Web CPA Analytics Affiliate 87