VC Cafe
JULY 29, 2012
make a copy of this Google doc template of the Business Model Canvas to re-jig who your users, collaborators, channels and business model(s). 3) Motivate yourself and your team – no one is going to lay out your strategy and plan for you.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 16, 2022
You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Build a business plan for profitability in your lifetime. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.
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Steve Blank
MARCH 11, 2015
I just spent a day working with Bob, the Chief Innovation Officer of a very smart large company I’ll call Acme Widgets. I suggested the best place to start the conversation is with the 21 st century definition of a startup: A startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2019
You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Build a business plan for profitability in your lifetime. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.
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. But if my measurements show me that people will only pay $8 a widget, is that a failure?
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 13, 2013
You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Build a business plan for profitability in your lifetime. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 15, 2017
You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Build a business plan for profitability in your lifetime. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.
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