The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Noufal Mais is a successful optometrist and entrepreneur who has established multiple eyecare businesses in Western Canada. Along with his leadership of The Eye Centre, Dr. Mais operates three branches of Alliance Eye Doctors in Regina and Saskatoon, SK. I didn’t get ahead of myself, and my team didn’t allow me to.

Differentiation 148

Differentiation Canada Business Model Leadership 148

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2018

The digital revolution is disrupting the traditional business model for small and medium businesses (SMBs). This means finance, operations, sales, and marketing departments as well as leadership can all access the same data. by Humberto Farias, CEO and co-founder at Concepta.

Artificial Inteligence 164

Artificial Inteligence Analytics SCRUM Cofounder 164

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. There is nothing more inspiring than seeing the results of your mentoring and leadership. Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person.

Sweat Equity 400

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 400

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

Key components of revenue architecture go beyond simply predicting sales to include: the name and attributes of the startup’s category, a messaging matrix, a pricing strategy, a sales strategy and other business model elements. Whatever the product and business model, entrepreneurs must be prepared to build critical momentum.

Framework 127

Framework Architecture Cleveland Early Stage 127

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2022

After many years in business, I’m convinced that none of us has the strengths and interest in all the areas needed for success, including solution changes, finance, marketing, and operations. If your relish the challenges of creating an innovative solution or business model, then this is the type of work you must seek.

Metrics 272

Metrics Early Stage Finance Programming 272

YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

Key components of revenue architecture go beyond simply predicting sales to include: the name and attributes of the startup’s category, a messaging matrix, a pricing strategy, a sales strategy and other business model elements. Whatever the product and business model, entrepreneurs must be prepared to build critical momentum.

Framework 113

Framework Architecture Cleveland Early Stage 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets, or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range.

Valuation 235

Valuation Revenue Viral Retention 235

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets, or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range.

Revenue 434

Revenue Valuation Viral Retention 434

ReadWriteStart

JULY 9, 2023

Business Models and Pricing Know your business model prior to launching a startup. Investors won’t consider your company as desirable if you don’t show them your business model or if they see that the chosen model may not be the best fit. A good founder is always a good communicator.

Intellectual Property 122

Intellectual Property Startup Burn Rate Metrics 122

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Harris, in his classic book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers. Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory.

United States 239

United States Business Model Government Differentiation 239

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Furthermore, the business model for a franchise is easy to follow. Multi-level marketing is good if you have great leadership and sales skills. Advantages Of Buying An Existing Business. A business that has already been established has a proven concept. They also sell various products, not just food.

eCommerce 147

eCommerce Global Distribution Reputation 147

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

business models. The motivations are the same – profit – driven by entrepreneurs and venture finance. business models. Their leadership has shown incredible foresight in engineering an amazing economic engine and formidable military. Of course “copy” is too strong a word. The first is the lack of creativity.

China 326

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 326

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

From Lean Startup Machine , Lean LA and San Diego Tech Founders , to countless speeches and workshops, I have seen the impact that their leadership has had first hand. Market segments drive your business model. The market segment you pursue is inextricably linked to the other aspects of your business model.

Entrepreneur 167

Entrepreneur Lean Southern California San Diego 167

Transformify

MAY 24, 2018

The Global Operations organization remit includes Supply Chain, Procurement, Customer Service and Corporate Real Estate.

Operations 40

Operations Finance Forecast Global 40

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. Unlike many RBI investors, a full 50% of our investment activity is in non-tech businesses.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Board Effect

MARCH 11, 2020

Since then, the leadership of colleges and universities has been more heavily scrutinized to ensure that they’re operating effectively and efficiently and that students are getting the education they and their parents paid for. Multiple key performance indicators in higher education boards will ensure progress in efficiency and effectiveness.

Metrics 59

Metrics Reputation Technical Review Stock 59

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

business models. The motivations are the same – profit – driven by entrepreneurs and venture finance. business models. Their leadership has shown incredible foresight in engineering an amazing economic engine and formidable military. Of course “copy” is too strong a word. The first is the lack of creativity.

China 218

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 218

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

They enable new business models that bring purpose to clients’ IIoT investments by connecting financial transactions to machinery performance. I’d ask him about leadership in an uncertain world. Michael Bloomberg: He has built an impressive business based on at the crossroads of software, finance and media.

Artificial Inteligence 48

Artificial Inteligence Milwaukee Technical Review Startup 48

Start Up Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Once you’ve made it to the upper echelon of any field – you only need three core competencies: Strategy, Finance and People. This doesn’t mean that you go out and do a Grad Dip in Applied Finance or become an HR manager. It means you understand the three fundamental leadership skills.

Finance 62

Finance Business Model Matching Leadership 62

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2012

Between 2005 and 2007, Starbucks aggressively opened new store locations and made several operational changes that diluted its customer value proposition, diluted its high employee engagement culture, violated its real estate site selection controls, and weakened its high value-added ‘experience’ business model. Growth is evolutionary.

Dilution 209

Dilution Virginia Management Washington 209

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2013

Harris, in “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers. Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory.

United States 263

United States Startup Business Model Government 263

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 9, 2022

If your business model literally can’t work without you raising $50-100mm more, then you’re playing a pretty dangerous game that was always obviously heavily reliant on friendly capital markets that might disappear. It was super hard to get any kind of financing before, and it will remain so. You should be all good.

Stock 97

Stock Marketing Valuation Later Stage 97

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Harris, in his classic book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers. Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory.

United States 120

United States Business Model Government Differentiation 120

Growthink Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

His point was that while those executives were certainly “foxes” - great resumes, hard workers, and excellent communicators - they were lacking as “hedgehogs,” pursuing an inefficient and difficult to scale business model. We passed on the investment.

Social Media 48

Social Media Business Model Leadership Operations 48

OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As startups scale, they are likely to hire a more senior accountant, maybe an AR/AP/Collections staff member, or even a Controller or VP Finance. If your finance person aspires to be CFO but doesn’t have the skills (yet) consider bringing on a fractional CFO. Sometimes a founder or a founder’s spouse even steps in on this front.

Hiring 117

Hiring Cap Table Finance Equity 117

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

  Growth financing, for example.  Mike Markulla came with the first investments - as a cofounder -- because investors felt the company needed leadership that could attract talent to be able to grow and he brought in Scott.   When an investor thinks about these issues, leadership is really the central inflection point.

Technical Cofounder 68

Technical Cofounder Wisconsin Cofounder IP 68

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2012

Harris, in his new book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers. Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory.

United States 235

United States Business Model Government Differentiation 235

David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

However, as always in a period of change, innovative business models emerge and financial technology is more and more at play as critical enablement of innovation. Katina Stefanova : There are a number of business models that have already taken place or are at the tipping point. Cross-posted in Forbes ).

Management 114

Management Portfolio Institutional Investors Government 114

Austin Startup

AUGUST 3, 2017

I’m also interested in investing in people who have worked for me in the past or who I know through the Aspen Global Leadership Network and Henry Crown Fellowship. Is this a big enough market to support a venture funded business? For me, that’s any tech startup company in Texas or any email related company in the world.

Technical Review 69

Technical Review Startup Texas Email 69

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays. The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays. Finance | Tuesdays. Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. Todays Small Business News | Daily. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business. RUNNING A BUSINESS. Financing A Small Business.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

It may just be that the message of building companies that have predictable revenue and profit models hasn’t percolated through the VC business model. Unfortunately, regardless of a VC’s age, their business models are suffering and IPOs seem to be a thing of the past for at least a while longer. Warning sign?

Silicon Valley 225

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 225

Austin Startup

JULY 2, 2021

“This saves our operations and finance teams hours of manual work each week. CareerPlug was one of the first companies to adopt the new product from Chargify to better manage its billing data and overall business financials. Visit www.chargify.com to learn more about Chargify Business Intelligence.

San Antonio 67

San Antonio B2B Texas Ireland 67

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

With a focus on transforming raw data into actionable insights, Databox has carved out a niche for itself, offering unique solutions for businesses to visualize their metrics in a customized manner. I think the net of it is it went from HubSpot teaching a business model to follow to more of a partner program where you're reselling technology.

Metrics 72

Metrics Analytics Forecast Software Review 72

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. There is nothing more inspiring than seeing the results of your mentoring and leadership. Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person.

Sweat Equity 251

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 251

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50 percent and a net margin in the 20 percent range.

Revenue 246

Revenue Entrepreneur Valuation Viral 246

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. There is nothing more inspiring than seeing the results of your mentoring and leadership. Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person.

Sweat Equity 256

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral 256

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

So what’s wrong the product development model? The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.)

Customer Development 242

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 242