Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Many of the business plans I have seen as an investor, like trying to integrate all the social media features of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn into a new platform, don’t do it. In many business domains today, the market seems to change about every ninety days. The initial larger cost in time and dollars is only the beginning.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 22, 2020

More importantly, they also help you gauge what makes your target audience “tick” through the power of high-bandwidth communication. Push cannabis marketing campaigns are relatively cost-effective… and convert into sales. Advice for starting a cannabis business . How to write a business plan for a cannabis company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2012

A business plan I saw a while back to combine all the good features of several popular social networks on one site does not do it. Meantime, small competitors will appear and seize your business opportunities and steal your targeted customers. Keep infrastructure costs low. Personal bandwidth is limited.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2020

Many of the business plans I have seen as an investor, like trying to integrate all the social media features of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn into a new platform, don’t do it. In many business domains today, the market seems to change about every ninety days. The initial larger cost in time and dollars is only the beginning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

A business plan I saw a while back to combine all the good features of several popular social networks on one site does not do it. Meantime, small competitors will appear and seize your business opportunities and steal your targeted customers. Keep infrastructure costs low. Personal bandwidth is limited.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2012

One of the biggest myths I still see in the community of new entrepreneurs is the assumption that “All I need is a good idea, and some investor will give me the big money I need to build the business.” In reality, investors fund good business plans, not big dreams. Build a low-budget plan. It’s all in the execution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2011

One of the biggest myths I still see in the community of new entrepreneurs is the assumption that “All I need is a good idea, and some investor will give me the big money I need to build the business.” In reality, investors fund good business plans, not big dreams. Build a low-budget plan. It’s all in the execution.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 17, 2018

Juggling a career and a business on the side is challenging, but not impossible. If this is the route you’ll take, do a bandwidth check and create a rough timeline to help you stay on track. February: Put together a Lean Plan : a quick, one-page business plan.

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Gust

JULY 29, 2012

One of the biggest myths I still see in the community of new entrepreneurs is the assumption that “All I need is a good idea, and some investor will give me the big money I need to build the business.” In reality, investors fund good business plans, not big dreams. Build a low-budget plan. It’s all in the execution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

A business plan I saw recently to combine all the good features of several popular social networks on one site does not do it. Meantime, small competitors will appear and seize your business opportunities and steal your targeted customers. Keep infrastructure costs low. Personal bandwidth is limited.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2010

One of the biggest myths I still see in the community of new entrepreneurs is assumption that “All I need is a good idea, and some investor will give me the cash I need to build the business.” In reality, investors fund good business plans, not good ideas. A related myth is that it takes a lot of money to start a business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Many of the business plans I have seen as an investor, like trying to integrate all the social media features of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn into a new platform, don’t do it. In many business domains today, the market seems to change about every ninety days. The initial larger cost in time and dollars is only the beginning.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

In less than a month they designed a low-cost video-capture board that plugged into the Mac and allowed you to connect a video camera and VCR. So over the course of a couple of weeks engineering cobbled up a board with dedicated silicon that could process the full bandwidth for NTSC and fill an entire window.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Many have the dream to start a business, but only a few have the know-how to nurture a successful startup. Write up a business plan and follow these procedures to get from the idea phase to implementation: 1. His specialties are business and sports technology.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2014

While businesses in every industry have their own particular set of issues, every business suffers from some combination of a lack of time, lack of resources or lack of available talent. Moreover, the to-do list grows exponentially over time and many executives do not have the bandwidth to address significant responsibilities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2015

Many of the business plans I have seen as an investor, like trying to integrate all the social media features of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn into a new platform, don’t do it. In many business domains today, the market seems to change about every ninety days. The initial larger cost in time and dollars is only the beginning.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

It’s hard to imagine, but in the 20th century there were no startup blogs or books on startups to read, and business schools (the only places teaching entrepreneurship) believed the best thing they could teach startups was how to write a business plan. 2. Information is everywhere. The founders.

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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.&# CrazyEgg decided to drop its free plan in Jan of 2009 and they haven’t looked back. at 10:09 am I think support and other ancillary costs are key here.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

I think you’d find yourself, you’re going to drop a lot of people when you instantly mention, ‘This costs money.’ And we’ll do the same thing for ourselves for content writing and some of the things related to our marketing plan and stuff like that. It’s not so much about doing the business plan.

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Up and Running

MARCH 28, 2017

Being nimble and fast-moving are excellent traits for any entrepreneur, but even the smartest entrepreneurs should do a bit of planning before investing time and money into building a new business. If it cost $20 per month, do you think you might be willing to give it a try? It’s the step we skipped and paid the price for.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

However, starting a travel business is a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, a travel business can be fairly inexpensive to start, and you can often get away with limited staff and little upfront cost. Make no mistake: No matter what industry you’re in, a business plan is essential. A case for starting early. “In

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 31, 2018

You can get big-time modern virtual phone functionality at a fraction of the cost. It’s a much narrower bandwidth, is a simple way to think about it And then, of course, you think about email, it’s much, much worse. Nick Morgan , author of Can You Hear Me? In fact, keep listening. Just go to cloudphone.com/ducttape.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

Continuous innovation requires the imagination and courage to challenge the initial hypotheses of your current business model (channel, cost, customers, products, supply chain, etc.) Today open source software has slashed the cost of software development from millions of dollars to thousands. The founders.

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