Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2022

Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks. One 11-year study of over 200 companies over a decade ago, detailed in the book “ Corporate Culture and Performance ,” found that those working on their culture improved revenue by 516%, and increased net income by 755%.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

No matter how well your business seems to have worked for you up to this point, you can be certain that it will need to be heavily transformed for tomorrow’s new world-wide economy and no industry sector boundaries. None of us can afford to be a silo anymore.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Product/Market fit now has its own book. It has three parts: a business model canvas to frame hypotheses, customer development to get out of the building to test those hypotheses and agile engineering to build minimum viable products. His new book does three things: 1. Alexander Osterwalder wrote it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In her classic book on this subject, “ Who’s That Sitting at My Desk? ” More importantly, we all need to develop the right relationships, and actively avoid those types that are not right for the business, or not right for our career at a particular point in time. That’s why investors say they invest in people, not ideas.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Insights from market research enable you to spot both strengths and weaknesses in your planned business model – helping you steer clear of pitfalls while maximizing opportunities. Developing a Business Plan The findings from your market research should form the backbone of your comprehensive business plan.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

How do you monetize a unique business model based on users rather than selling an actual product? We have a very simple business model. We create the best experience for creating personalized books, cards and calendars then our customers pay us for these products. Giving it away at Contently. “At

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2013

For decades this revered business magazine described management techniques that were developed in and were for large corporations – offering more efficient and creative ways to execute existing business models. He called the combination “ The Lean Startup ” and wrote a great book with that name. Then go do it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

Today’s customer buying dynamics are all about “user experience,” according to Brian Solis, in his classic book “ What’s the Future of Business? ”. During today’s dynamic customer journey, consumers often find themselves at a point of indecision.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2020

I saw these highlighted well in a classic book, “ Get Smart! ” by prolific author and renowned business consultant Brian Tracy. He lays out seven thinking strategies for both entrepreneurs and employees that will make them business winners: Focus on the customers at all times.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2020

In her classic book on this subject, “ Who’s That Sitting at My Desk? ” More importantly, we all need to develop the right relationships, and actively avoid those types that are not right for the business, or not right for our career at a particular point in time. That’s why investors say they invest in people, not ideas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Even non-profits need a profitable business model to offset staff and operating costs. Assume passion level defines business opportunity. The real secrets of any business domain are not intuitively obvious, nor available in books. Thinks boundless energy is equal to experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

A proven business model, ready to scale, is particularly attractive. Many key insights to success in any business can’t be learned from books or the Internet. There is no substitute for experience and trained skills in the business area you are attacking. Evidence of adaptability and flexibility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2022

I found real insights into this strategy, along with specific sources of purpose inspiration in a new book, “ Leading With Heart ,” by John Baird and Edward Sullivan. These authors reference real cases and real business leaders, based on their decades of experience in building companies and executive coaching.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Rent seekers are individuals or organizations with successful existing business models who use government regulation and lawsuits to keep out new entrants that might threaten their business models. The book Regulatory Hacking calls this diagram the Power Map. Bill Gurley’s point.)

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

” – Marc Andreessen In the book “ Super Founders “, author Ali Tamaseb, studied 200 Unicorns, aka startups valued at over $1 billion, started between 2005 to 2018. “unique business models” – Successful startups develop business models that are difficult for competitors to replicate.

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deal architect

APRIL 11, 2012

The DOJ is suing Apple and several book publishers over e-Book pricing. In my new book, I have a whole chapter on business model innovation facilitated by technology. In a word, I am ambivalent. Here is an extract: It was.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

1) A new technology + (2) A new business model If we only have one, the incumbents can usually adapt. They can plug the new tech into the existing business model. Or, they can revert the old technology into a new business model. Each time they sold the new tech in the old business model.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 7, 2019

I loved this book. I highly recommend this book, and these notes will give you a solid idea of what it’s all about. I highly recommend this book, and these notes will give you a solid idea of what it’s all about. We can’t be good stewards of the team members in our organization if our business model is flawed.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 10, 2010

If you haven’t caught the latest John Reese video, the third in the series talks about the six online business models and how you can outsource the tasks involved to make them work. What Online Business Can You Start With Outsourcing?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

What every entrepreneur needs more than anything else, after they have built an innovative new product or service, is visibility, credibility, and trust by customers, potential employees, and future business partners. Key value elements of a good book include the following: Publishing a book defines you as an influencer and authority.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

Various business models in an on-demand courier delivery app. Business to Consumer (B2C) – It is the most common type of business model. The admin shares the courier booking request – to the nearest courier delivery personnel. Why would courier service apps always be in high demand?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. That step, commonly called the we-to-me translation, is another value of the business model canvas and its extensions. Key activities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Nail the business model.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The required reading for this class was Chris Brose’s book The Kill Chain. We thought the students would find having the author discuss the thinking behind the book enlightening. War Made New. There are few people as qualified as Chris Brose to opine on the state of national defense. Disruptive Technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

For most of the others, it was a crisis where business leaders were challenged like never before to rethink their business model, redefine their organizations, and reconnect with customers. Yet, we all know a few leaders who surged ahead.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2013

Books, newspapers, magazine, blogs, comment threads. Put the written word in front of me, whether on a sheet of paper bound into a book or magazine, or as pixels on a glowing screen and I will consume it. For me, I am lucky if I can fit in a book or two during the annual slowdown that we at crowdSPRING know as “August.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Investors are buying part of the business, not the product or service. If you haven’t yet finalized the business model, cost projections, and customer segments, you aren’t ready for investors. Excuse the typos and cleanup -- I’ve been too busy to finalize.”

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2013

For decades this revered business magazine described management techniques that were developed in and were for large corporations – offering more efficient and creative ways to execute existing business models. He called the combination “ The Lean Startup ” and wrote a great book with that name. Then go do it.

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Technical Review Lean Venture Capital Customer Development 219

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2013

Some startups have a new technology, but stick to a tried-and-true business model. Others take an existing product, and give it new life with a creative business model. Not just one innovation, but a culture that assures that you are never standing still on the technology or the business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

Even non-profits need a profitable business model to offset staff and operating costs. Assume passion level defines business opportunity. The real secrets of any business domain are not intuitively obvious, nor available in books. Thinks boundless energy is equal to experience.

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Intellectual Property Angel Investor Viral Distribution 436

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Ron is a managing partner of Schaffer Consulting , and is currently serving as an Executive-in-Residence at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. His latest book is Simply Effective. Finding a viable business model is not a linear, analytical process that can be guided by a business plan.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 22, 2018

But Unimark was a failed business. A great brand can do a lot for your company, but it cannot fix a flawed business model. And poor process compromises the business model. Many, many, many creative businesses fail because they fail to acknowledge and design the business side of their business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2022

These business leaders are constantly on the prowl for mistakes to avoid and opportunities to improve their impact. I saw some good insights on the most common mistakes that crush creativity, in the classic book, “ Lateral Thinking Skills ,” by Paul Sloane. Decisions made lower down always get more buy-in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2012

Yet I continue to see business plans, or even talk to founders, and can’t find the specifics of the business model anywhere. As Guy Kawasaki says in his book “ The Art of the Start ,” if you can’t describe your business model in ten words or less, you don’t have a business model.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Potential business collaborators have always overlooked women entrepreneurs and snagged them of significant opportunities. Writing books allows women to voice their opinions without distractions, as they take personal time to communicate their potentials and attract readers. Changing Perceptions Towards Female Knowledge.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Alexander Osterwalder and I spent last week in Salt Lake City, Utah as judges at the 2 nd Annual International Business Model Competition , hosted by Professor Nathan Furr , and his team at the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship. Tools to help them manage the search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. I support her assertion that a business model consists of at least the first seven of the following ten basic elements: Value proposition.

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