Up and Running

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Even if you already know what a SWOT analysis is and what it’s used for, it can be tough to translate that information and examine your own business with a critical eye. Reading an example SWOT analysis for a business that is either in your industry or based on a comparable business model can help get you started.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

Businesses can enhance transparency by implementing regular reporting on their operations, financials, and sustainability practices. Open communication channels , such as through social media and corporate websites, can also facilitate stakeholder engagement by providing timely and accurate information.

Reputation 148

Reputation Leadership Non-Compete Government 148

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

As we prepared for the new Hacking for Defense class at Stanford, we had to stop and ask ourselves: How do we use the Business Model Canvas if the primary goal is not to earn money, but to fulfill a mission? In other words, how can we adapt the Business Model Canvas when the metrics of success for an organization is not revenue?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

government to help them innovate faster– not just kind of fast, but 10x the number of initiatives in 1/5 the time. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Nice-to have” and “easier-to-use” products, or social ventures needing government support, are not likely to provide a financial return to investors. Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Here is my list of red flags that cause many investors to look elsewhere: No well-defined need or viable customer set.

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Due Diligence Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Preferred Stock 271

Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Errol Arkilic , former program director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps), now founder of M34 Capital. government needs your help,’ and I remember saying, ‘The U.S. Steve Weinstein , CEO of MovieLabs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2012

In these days of rapid change, almost every startup has to adapt their solution, business model, or target customer. You need to find vendors who can deliver in less cost and time than competitors, and build distribution and support channels. Leverage the technology to change directions as needed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Thus it is always a question of what you qualify for, and what you are willing to give up, to turn your dream idea into a viable business. Here is my list of the ten most common sources of funding today, in reverse priority sequence, with some rules of thumb to channel your focus: Seek a bank loan or credit-card line-of-credit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2016

Even non-profits need a profitable business model to offset staff and operating costs. Assume passion level defines business opportunity. Entrepreneurs need to spend time working on the business, as well as in the business. Viral marketing costs real money, and your support staff and hosting systems cost even more.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2017

The unique environment for financial services in Africa is fertile ground for innovative FinTech players who are capitalising on the opportunities to disrupt or leapfrog established business models to make financial services more affordable, accessible and profitable across the continent.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. For these businesses, it is imperative to get funding from the start without which the company cannot be set up. Government programs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Thus it is always a question of what you qualify for, and what you are willing to give up, to turn your dream idea into a viable business. Here is my list of the ten most common sources of funding today, in reverse priority sequence, with some rules of thumb to channel your focus: Seek a bank loan or credit-card line-of-credit.

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Equity Small Business Administration SBA Syndicate 436

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2010

In these days of rapid change, almost every startup has to adapt their solution, business model, or target customer. You need to find vendors who can deliver in less cost and time than competitors, and build distribution and support channels. Leverage the technology to change directions as needed.

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Entrepreneur Database Early Stage Distribution 236

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2015

Even non-profits need a profitable business model to offset staff and operating costs. Assume passion level defines business opportunity. Entrepreneurs need to spend time working on the business, as well as in the business. Viral marketing costs real money, and your support staff and hosting systems cost even more.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Viral Distribution 120

Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

Business plans presume that building a startup is a series of predictable steps requiring execution of a plan which assumes a series of known facts: known customers, known features, known pricing, known distribution channel. The reality is that most business plans don’t survive first contact with customers. experiential.

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Lean Agile Business Model Business Plan 435

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

Nice-to have” and “easier-to-use” products, or social ventures needing government support, are not likely to provide a financial return to investors. Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Here is my list of red flags that cause many investors to look elsewhere: No well-defined need or viable customer set.

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Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Startup 308

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

My contribution has been, “Why don’t we design classes more closely modeled to what innovators and entrepreneurs actually do.” Today the capstone class is most often experiential, team-based, hands on, focused around the search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Distribution channels, brand loyalty, etc.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 1, 2023

A prolonged period of considerable and widespread economic deterioration results in a downturn in the business which often lasts at least six months or more. The businesses should find the most profitable revenue channels using unit economics, then guard both the revenue sources and the profits they produce.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 30, 2020

Make sure to set your sights further afield as well, by looking towards your indirect competition and businesses that aren’t in the same industry as you. Just because they offer a different product or service, that doesn’t mean that you cannot apply and implement their most effective strategies into your own business models.

Small Business 52

Small Business eCommerce Technical Review Green 52

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2012

While many government agencies use Technology Readiness Levels to measure a projects technical maturity, there are no standards around Business Maturity Levels. It doesn’t replace private capital with government funds. I-Corps teams spent the class refining their business model and minimum viable product.

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Lean Incubator Business Model Georgia 252

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 22, 2020

When it became clear that waiting for government funding and support would take weeks, if not months, Lenore instead looked to her community for both, using her experience with the layoffs and her expertise as a small business owner to solve two of the massive problems crashing over our society.

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San Francisco Government Technical Review Community 60

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

What seems to be the best way to create customers and revenue may result in a business model that is out of vogue with the investment world and shortchanges you on enterprise valuation. Now it’s cost + markup + 14 layers of intermediaries who all get a cut = price paid by insurance or the government.

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Technical Review Software Review Nevada Silicon Valley 48

ReadWriteStart

MAY 10, 2012

That would call for a vision of millions of solo businesses run by entrepreneurs and staffed by no one. That's not a sustainable business model by anyone’s measure. I don’t believe any rational entrepreneurial advocate believes that everyone should be, or even can be, an entrepreneur. I can’t quibble with that.

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Technical Review Software Review America Channel 131

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Thus it is always a question of what you qualify for, and what you are willing to give up, to turn your dream idea into a viable business. Here is my list of the ten most common sources of funding today, in reverse priority sequence, with some rules of thumb to channel your focus: Seek a bank loan or credit-card line-of-credit.

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Entrepreneur Equity Small Business Administration SBA 240

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 1, 2014

As soon as TrueCar started growing at a phenomenal pace and dealers who understood it was an amazing channel to acquire customers (they only pay a fee if TrueCar sells a the car) a few dealers in every area started sucking up all of the sales. Luddite dealers started petitioning state governments to make TrueCar illegal.

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Turkey Cloud Startup China 338

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models. Government bail-outs do not promote innovation. Many countries have learned to make products cheaper and better.

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Artificial Inteligence Offshore Merger Technical Review 315

Start Up Blog

JUNE 3, 2021

I’ve worked with Government of some issues at a Sate and Federal level but big tech power seems low of the priority list at present. I’d also add that Governments having access to the data and tools big tech have in every consumers pocket could provide a perverse incentive to turn a blind eye to other downsides.

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Technology Social Media Affiliate Media 118

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 2, 2017

In moments of political despair, Amy reminds me that we have three branches of government. Extending the patent rights beyond the first sale would clog the channels of commerce, with little benefit from the extra control that the patentees retain,” Roberts wrote. This was reinforced by two things this week.

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Delaware Intellectual Property Harvest Texas 133

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Thus it is always a question of what you qualify for, and what you are willing to give up, to turn your dream idea into a viable business. Here is my list of the ten most common sources of funding today, in reverse priority sequence, with some rules of thumb to channel your focus: 10. Request a small business grant.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Small Business Administration 283

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Prior to Tachyus, Dakin co-founded OpenGov , a platform to share, visualize, and analyze government financial data. Before OpenGov, he built California Common Sense , the open data and government watchdog non-profit. Dakin was recognized as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016. . And download any of the past shows here.).

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Prior to Tachyus, Dakin co-founded OpenGov , a platform to share, visualize, and analyze government financial data. Before OpenGov, he built California Common Sense , the open data and government watchdog non-profit. Dakin was recognized as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016. . And download any of the past shows here.).

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Cofounder Silicon Valley Entrepreneur EC2 276

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2013

Our business model is built around connecting clients and talent through a marketplace. In Singapore this year, Crowdsourcing Week was one of the channels we used to raise awareness and inform the audience about how they can utilize Elance to help accomplish business objectives,” he adds.

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Asia Singapore Wiki United States 219

The Startup Magazine

JULY 9, 2020

Almost all national governments had advised their citizens to stay indoors to prevent the COVID-19 virus. Help create New Sales channels and Revenue generating models. A specialized digital marketing agency will help you explore newer business models of revenue.

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Social Media PPC Marketing SEO 107

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Still, COVID-19 helped tip the balance towards a globally distributed model. Government restrictions and fears of infection pushed companies that had previously held out to accept remote working, and many discovered that it’s more manageable than they had expected. Factors that are tipping the scales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

Nice-to have” and “easier-to-use” products, or social ventures needing government support, are not likely to provide a financial return to investors. Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Here is my list of shortcomings that cause many investors to look elsewhere: No well-defined need or viable customer set.

Due Diligence 120

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Seed Stage 120

View from Seed

JUNE 23, 2022

Upon leaving the Air Force, I went to business school and then landed a job at YouTube where I helped up-and-coming creators grow on the platform. It was during that time, I created my own YouTube channel to understand the struggles creators faced. legal, bank accounts, government filings, etc) behind setting up a startup.

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DC Cambodia eCommerce Social Media 156

Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

(The concept of Partners , took some explanation as some teams confused partners with the Distribution Channel.). After a week of hectic customer discovery , the team further refined their new business model. Of real interest was their evolving view of their revenue model. Where is the best place for your business?

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