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. The most common failures are solutions looking for a problem, lack of a defined market, and giving away the product. Target market. Distribution.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It makes the product more user-friendly and can also help build trust with customers and differentiate the product from competitors in the SaaS market. A visually appealing and consistent design can help create a strong brand image and differentiate the product from competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

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. The most common failures are solutions looking for a problem, lack of a defined market, and giving away the product. Target market. Distribution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

If the elements of your business aren't expertly developed and aligned, even the best dream will be in jeopardy. Such failures ignore the essential business elements investors look for before committing to a startup. A large and growing market opportunity. A focus on a specific market segment.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Lately I’ve been having to say things I thought I’d never have to remind people, like, “getting to positive gross margin in several territories is a very low bar to claim success” or “profitable excluding marketing costs” is not actually a real thing. Market Size. MakeSpace provides physical storage.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Practical Strategies For Starting A Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Steve Hoffman. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Steve Hoffman, also known as Captain Hoff. More About Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Learn more here.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

New funds have formed, old market leaders are gone or walking dead. But the reality is that the more interesting the market, the more likely there is to be rapid and unpredictable change. But the reality is that the more interesting the market, the more likely there is to be rapid and unpredictable change. Patience is a virtue.

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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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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

New funds have formed, old market leaders are gone or walking dead. But the reality is that the more interesting the market, the more likely there is to be rapid and unpredictable change. But the reality is that the more interesting the market, the more likely there is to be rapid and unpredictable change. Patience is a virtue.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

New funds have formed, old market leaders are gone or walking dead. But the reality is that the more interesting the market, the more likely there is to be rapid and unpredictable change. But the reality is that the more interesting the market, the more likely there is to be rapid and unpredictable change. Patience is a virtue.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Over the last 13 years he’s worked with companies like Target, Jeeter and Shopify to implement performance marketing campaigns. Ryan has made it his mission to lead businesses towards unprecedented growth through this unique approach, and during our conversation, he generously shared the secrets behind his successful strategies.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

What are you actually selling and how are you solving a problem (or “need”) for your market? Target Market. If there are multiple market segments for your business, this is where you flesh out the details. Marketing and Sales Plan. How are you going to reach your target market? Target market.

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View from Seed

JULY 19, 2019

All early stage venture firms essentially look at some weighting of team, market, product, and traction. And additionally, my partners and I use other, more differentiated, lenses like asking if a startup has an “ unfair distribution advantage.”

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

all the other folks out there that will try to enter the same market) the barriers have been dropping over the last few years. Fantastic post by Christian Gammill - Startup Delta Force… From a competitive perspective (e.g. How’s that for duality.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

says Ramaswamy, who joined Greylock in 2018 following 15 years at Google, where he ran the company’s massive advertising business. But the key is to ensure your product has a strong differentiator, which is exactly how Ramaswamy and his Neeva co-founders positioned the search engine company when it launched last year.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

says Ramaswamy, who joined Greylock in 2018 following 15 years at Google, where he ran the company’s massive advertising business. But the key is to ensure your product has a strong differentiator, which is exactly how Ramaswamy and his Neeva co-founders positioned the search engine company when it launched last year.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

Inbound marketing. Conversational marketing. In retrospect, brand-owned terms feel inevitable: What could modern marketing be other than inbound marketing? What is clear is the close tie between the rise of term usage and brand awareness: Brand Brand-Owned Term Correlation in Search Interest HubSpot “inbound marketing” 0.82

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

A high rake will allow you to achieve larger revenues faster, but it will eventually represent a strategic red flag – a pricing umbrella that can be exploited by others in the ecosystem, perhaps by someone with a more disruptive business model. This is one of my favorite marketplace business model “tweaks.”

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Even with his excellent health at age 85, has he aged out of relevance to the mass market and therefore high value ad serving? 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. He has over 1.2M

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 23, 2014

It means it’s easy enough to develop that eight hours or so is all it takes to build something that can then be distributed/accessed for free by lots of people. Perhaps Facebook hasn’t turned on its marketing channels yet but I’m surprised reaction has been this weak off the bat. Yelp Competition.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 11, 2019

The Energy Internet Emerges: We will be trading energy with each other through a new type of distributed energy grid. This will be further enabled by automation and manufacturing where the low-cost labour market trading advantage evaporates. Gigs with Benefits: The gig economy will evolve from its current exploitative business model.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 5, 2023

How To Write A Business Book That Matters written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Josh Bernoff In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Josh Bernoff. Find out more about how to use AI to grow your business at hubspot.com/artificial-intelligence.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Transcript of How to Turn Marketing Costs Into Profit written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: I have seen the future of marketing, and it is killing me. Hello and welcome to another episode of The Duct Tape Marketing podcast. Tell us all about Content Marketing Institute. Transcript.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Innovation doesn’t always make you a winner in business. In my role as an angel investor in startups, almost every pitch I see highlights some real innovation in technology, business model, or market opportunity. You may attract early adopters, who love everything new, but the mainstream market will be elusive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Economies of scale.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 12, 2019

Transcript of How Small Businesses Can Compete in the Online Marketplace written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Klaviyo. He is a senior manager of strategic alliances for Yahoo Small Business , so Dan, thanks for joining us.

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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.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Economies of scale.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

in the snack food market. Jon’s big vision was to build a company that disrupted the meat snacks business. He believed that he could use the “go-to-market” strategies of other food/beverage disrupters– companies like Pete’s Brewing Company, Boston Beer and Kettle Chips. There was an opportunity for a new company “Jerky 2.0.”

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

My belief is that these lean startups will achieve dramatically lower development costs, faster time to market, and higher quality products in the years to come. Paring down products, target customers, business models etc takes courage, but it must be done to have any chance of success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Economies of scale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2015

Image via Pixabay.com Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales.

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Business Plan Blog

JUNE 13, 2013

Read about How to Write a Business Plan. A business idea is not enough to build a successful business. Ideas are everywhere, but successful businesses are not. The difference lies in having a solid business model and business strategies around your great idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2012

The pivot can be applied to any element of the business model, without changing the underlying vision. Market segment pivot. Sometimes this is more a marketing change than a product change. You can charge ahead blindly, or focus on one of the above pivots to build your differentiation and stay alive.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 2, 2012

The private-public sector entrepreneurship initiative aims to, through this scheme, support first-time entrepreneurs with funding, access to relevant networks and mentors to help grow their ideas into sustainable businesses. Zinicat , a food recommendation app which leverages technologies used in financial analytics.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2017

Use a Bottom-Up Model. A common mistake is using a top-down model to forecast financials. When you do that, you look at the overall market and use this information to define your target demographic and determine what percentage you think you can capture. This model tends to be way too optimistic, and ultimately unrealistic.

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