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Requests for Startups in 2024

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New space companies – If we are entering a future with access to space being as routine and inexpensive as commercial air travel, shipping or trucking… what new businesses does that unlock? Looking for companies creating tools to facilitate construction of or fine tuning models.

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The Great Retail Reinvention: How the Internet Is Reshaping the Way We Buy Clothing

View from Seed

Apparel is currently one of the most fascinating categories within the Everyday Economy. But unlike some other categories of commerce, I’m not convinced Amazon is the ultimate winner here. The old brands and distribution channels are dead or dying. It’s a $1T+ global industry undergoing tectonic shifts. American Apparel.

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A Path to the Minimum Viable Product

Steve Blank

What I didn’t realize was that both were graduate students at Stanford and later both would become great VCs – Shawn at Menlo Ventures and Jennifer at Reach Capital. A customer archetype is a category of similar people with similar needs (e.g., Sales channels. The MVP Tree. Step 2: Customer Archetypes.

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The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution.

Steve Blank

After 20 years of working in startups, I decided to take a step back and look at the product development model I had been following and see why it usually failed to provide useful guidance in activities outside the building – sales, marketing and business development. release of the product. before you ship.

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How to Write a Business Plan

Up and Running

If your business model (i.e., “how If you are raising money to start or grow your business, you need to include the details of what you need in the executive summary. Remember, your goal is to keep your business plan as short as possible, so too much detail here could easily make your plan much too long. Social Media.

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Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 14, 2009 Business ecology and the four customer currencies Lately, I’ve been rethinking the concept of “business model&# for startups, in favor of something I call “business ecology.&# Constructing a working business model is a form of ecosystem design.

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Startup Resources

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Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). tells you how much adwords cost. hire low-cost international engineering talent. outsourcing for small business. Boilerplate Venture Funding Documents. National Venture Capital Association â?? Venture Hacks Angel List â?? About VC Cafe.