Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With over a decade of experience in his toolkit, he specializes in helping clients build out cross-channel acquisition systems using a mix of owned, earned and paid tactics. 07:17] What is you cross-channel acquisition strategy? [11:13] 20:58] Are there any overlooked channels or platforms worth exploring? This is John Jantsch.

Channel 65

Channel Acquisition Framework B2B 65

Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. We were positing that 20 years of teaching “how to write a business plan” might be obsolete. Get Out of the Building and test the Business Model.

Lean 298

Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 298

Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2016

To be honest I built the class out of frustration watching schools teach aspiring entrepreneurs that all they need to know is how to write a business plan or how to sit in an incubator building a product. using the business model canvas as the framework. in order to validate/invalidate their business model hypotheses.

Lean 120

Lean Incubator Business Model Channel 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

The first, the notion of the “ ambidextrous organization ” from O’Reilly and Tushman , posits that companies that want to do continuous innovation need to execute their core business model while innovating in parallel. Horizon 1 activities support existing business models. Horizon 1 is the company’s core business.

Lean 120

Lean Management Business Model Incubator 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2021

Note that if you’re familiar with the business model canvas, Steps 1-4 below are equivalent to a visual map of the choices a founder makes as they develop a business model canvas. Clayton Christensen’s Jobs to Be Done framework proposes that focusing solely on customer data leads founders on a wild goose chase.

Product 436

Product Viral Channel San Francisco 436

Steve Blank

MAY 20, 2020

Business owners large and small are struggling to find their footing, wondering what will be the new normal when the recovery happens. For the majority of companies, the business models of the past will not return. Hit hardest were most small business service providers. Delivery/Distribution Channel innovation.

Small Business 434

Small Business Jordan Green Social Media 434

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2011

framework - Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS) - and did a blue sky exercise on how to create a comprehensive user experience for social dancers. We also explored business models that not only can span advertising, subscription, and e-commerce, but also hybrid virtual-physical concepts that could even draw upon a Starbucks of Salsa, Tango or Swing!

Romania 123

Romania Web Incubator Entrepreneur 123

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support. The company already has paying customers and a validated business model.

India 123

India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

ReadWriteStart

MAY 19, 2011

During today's roundtable, we opened the session with a discussion of the existential crisis in media and how talented bloggers and journalists are facing a tough time sustaining themselves due to lack of business models. We also did some segmentation work and related exploration of relevant channels. MyDataOrganizer.

India 115

India Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Affiliate 115

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Passion and fearlessness — two key ingredients the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111, leveraged to build their companies. Certainly we tightened our business model by talking to many different people. . Betsy Corcoran. And download any of the past shows here.).

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Cofounder Washington New York City 120

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). Frameworks for businesses during a crisis.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 16, 2019

They are like a framework around which all your promotional messages are built. Select appropriate promotional mix channels. The promotional mix channels you choose to employ depend on many variables including your message, the market and your resources. Keep in mind: you are not drafting the content.

Marketing 156

Marketing Social Media Channel Framework 156

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

To do a solid holiday season he will need to balance the inventory and marketing budgets, and getting stuck in a complex situation with inventory being stuffed in the retail channels with bad terms will be a kiss of death. I will connect the company to a few larger companies that may be good OEM channels for them. JCLABoutique.com.

India 114

India Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Incubator 114

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Nir is contemplating various different business models and channel options, all the way from Freemium B-to-C to white labeling the solution for universities and colleges. I advised him to focus on the for-profit colleges and business schools in India and sell them a white label solution, hence a B-to-B business model.

Brazil 115

Brazil India Entrepreneur 115

Steve Blank

MARCH 5, 2012

One of the confusing things to entrepreneurs, investors and educators is the relationship between customer development and business model design and business planning and execution. When does a new venture focus on customer development and business models ? Here’s an attempt to put this all in context.

Search 320

Search Business Model Customer Development Agile 320

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

At the roundtable, five entrepreneurs pitched their businesses to me, and I interacted with them in our usual format, with active participation from the audience. First up, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, presented Freshdesk , a SaaS solution for multi-channel customer support including knowledge base and social CRM support.

India 126

India Technical Review Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 126

Up and Running

JANUARY 15, 2018

Your Lean Plan should include an overview of your strategy and tactics (problem-solving and possible solutions), your business model (including your target market and competition), and a schedule of what you’re doing and when. You should also include some core financials such as a sales forecast, expense budget, and cash flow forecast.

Web 86

Web Design Software Review Elevator Pitch 86

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Solving the "marketplace" business model - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 10, 2010 A sizable percentage of Capital Factory startup submissions take the form of the "marketplace." " In fact, 3 of the 10 selected companies from the past two years has followed this business model.

Fractional CTO 248

Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

View from Seed

JANUARY 5, 2021

At some level nearly all tech entrepreneurs are evangelizing something… a new technology, a new business model, a new brand. But I do find this framework useful in my job of assessing and collaborating with founders. The Missionary. When that happens, much is possible.

Detroit 367

Detroit SEC Founder Affiliate 367

Steve Blank

MAY 10, 2011

What really matters are the business model canvas diagrams in the body and appendix of each presentation. By comparing the changes the teams made week-to-week-week in their business model canvas diagrams, you’ll see the dynamics of entrepreneurship, as they iterate and Pivot over time. in one quarter. What Surprised Us?

Lean 279

Lean Business Model Agile Customer Development 279

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Teams can prove their competence and validate their ideas by showing investors evidence that there’s a repeatable and scalable business model. A Lean Startup methodology offers entrepreneurs a framework to focus on what’s important: Business Model Discovery. Here’s how.

Oakland 326

Oakland Incubator Lean Customer Development 326

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?) He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on. Choose one.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

ConversionXL

MARCH 29, 2017

Rob Sobers of Varonis confirms… Rob Sobers , Varonis : “While traditional marketing teams might appear to operate like growth teams in terms of the channels they use (SEM, content marketing, email, etc.), If you don’t have a validated product or business model yet, stop here. It Starts with the Product.

Marketing 48

Marketing Distribution Retention eCommerce 48

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

Startups don’t fail because they lack a product; they fail because they lack customers and a profitable business model. Look at the Product Development model and you might wonder, “Where are the customers?” business model. before you ship. customers aren’t buying it, the cost of distribution is too high, etc.)

Customer Development 238

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 238

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

While finding product-market fit is important, getting the rest of the business model right is the difference between and a great demo and a great business. What we didn’t do as well was really explore the (rest of the) business side – channels and all the other things. …(And

Cofounder 120

Cofounder DC Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 120

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

From live & on demand video with endless interactive overlays, through 2nd screen, synchronized & social experiences, to brilliant mobile apps that may function in all connectivity environments and support every possible business model. media management applications as well as a framework for developing custom apps.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

And finally, we have defined 1M/1M as a framework for capitalism 2.0, a distributed, democratic model of capitalism. It simply means that our methodology prepares them better if they do decide to raise capital, as well as calibrate their fundability at different points of the journey. RS: What makes 1M/1M unique?

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

Rob Adams, the director of MootCorp, is doing an amazing job at providing value to all participants, whether it’s feedback on their business model or making the right introductions. MootCorp in particular has an impressive track record of putting early stage tech companies on the right path towards funding.

Business Plan 140

Business Plan Silicon Valley RSS Venture Capital 140

The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

The emergence of these best practices created an opportunity for VCs to become a channel for these best practices, simultaneously improving their service to entrepreneurs and accelerating value creation at their portfolio companies. Business model. And what’s holding it back?

Portfolio 84

Portfolio LP Venture Capital Partner 84

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

It’s not a channel, campaign, or tactic. ABM is a full-court press to build powerful engagement with contacts on the channels that they’re most active. How you approach it will depend on your business model and ideal accounts and how (or if) you plan to expand campaigns. ITSMA’s ABM framework simplifies these types.

Customer 98

Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Express : Express is built on NodeJS framework. Web frameworks. Zend Framework (PHP). open source framework for Ruby. a PHP open source framework. high-level Python framework. open source framework for app development. preselect/add JavaScript frameworks and test your code. broken vc model.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Again, its critical to focus your marketing launch on those publications, venues, and channels that your potential partners are paying attention to. You have to know your business model. Most startups launch before theyve figured out what business theyre in. Most startups arent so fortunate. Dont scale. Gattiker said.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. However, as we know from the cable industry, subscription businesses can be very profitable over time. Ramping up too quickly will burn precious cash reserve and could sink the business. Michael Kassing. Let me just say "Thanks". to acquire the client.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

If you’re growing a startup or a business, you’re likely thinking about: Elevating your business: Creating new strategies, structures, and systems to free up time through automation, delegation, and integration. Growing to the next level, which means exploring ways to maximize opportunities, business models, sales, and profits.

Social Media 91

Social Media Affiliate Cuba Advertising 91

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) Now that Im in a web based company Im finding a difficult match the framework, culturally.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Hearpreneur

MAY 4, 2019

We introduce a framework of portfolio management to help them organize all of the entrepreneurial activity going on in their company and frame it around strategic portfolios, mapping funding and resourcing against their larger growth goals. Any advice you would give to entrepreneurs and business owners?

Cofounder 65

Cofounder Founder Entrepreneur Venture Capital 65