Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Over 10 weeks each team gets out of the building talking to 100 customers to test their hypotheses across all 9 boxes in the business model canvas. We track each team’s progress as they test their business model hypotheses. It’s flexible enough to be modified for industry-specific business models.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

More About Jonathan Brill: His book – Rogue Waves: Future-Proof Your Business to Survive and Profit from Radical Change. More About The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Check it out here. Well, Uber has actually made new things possible in cities, new business models possible, uh, new businesses possible.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Delivery times based on geo/IP/mobile phone location. Delivery times based on geo/IP/mobile phone location. Not easy, but your business model has to change to survive.). Express did a reverse lookup based on my IP Address, matched that with their stores, then checked their ERP system for inventory and got me the answer.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Aunnie Patton Power writes, “According to the Global Impact Investing Network, 85% of Impact Investors look for market rate or close to market rate returns, but they are cognizant that pushing for a full company exit might have negative impact on the company’s founding mission. Typical business stage. Typical business model.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

" We all have heard/repeated the investment mantra about "big, growing markets" with "unfair advantage IP" position. " We all have heard/repeated the investment mantra about "big, growing markets" with "unfair advantage IP" position.  Will the product work? . Google Ads.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Paring down products, target customers, business models etc takes courage, but it must be done to have any chance of success. Eric, As you touch on, the lean venture has been the basic model employed by entrepreneurs throughout history until the past 12 years or so when venturing became institutionalized.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Your business works as intended if you can attract customers that fit into the context of your operation. Do they perceive enough value to pay prices that create for you a profit margin that matches your business model? If you’ve got patent or other IP needs, you may want to engage specialists in those areas.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Benchmarks are typically specific to stage/business model/geo. In Rob Go’s words: For seed and Series A deals, investors will also need to see a high-potential team with founder/market fit , a large and attractive market opportunity , and a business model with increasing returns to scale.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 14, 2015

It can help you consider areas you may not have thought of and the vast majority of overseas banks will require a business plan before they approve an overseas bank account. While there are a number of posts that cover the topic of writing a business plan in detail, some of the areas to consider will be: Business background.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

It doesn’t mean that you should change your business model because one person suggested it, but listed to the feedback and if you see similar patterns over and over again, make changes. Patents are nice but… in a consumer Internet business, it’s most likely that you aren’t re-inventing the wheel.

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Agile VC

AUGUST 1, 2012

Also divide the world among business vs consumer usage, and then subdivide consumer into the three business models of the internet… commerce, premium services, and advertising. Businesses large and small are still figuring out how ubiquitous computing will impact their employees, customers, and business partners.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 22, 2019

In other words, if you’re trying to check on results and track results, sometimes it’s a little challenging if your IP address is in Kansas City, Missouri. I’ve done blog networks and whatever. That’s the whole business model and it works really well. What’s the best way to localize results?

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venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

Or it might mean you have enough customers to have “proved&# you have a viable business model, so now you can raise money with sensible terms. You want to sneak in some tech support emails during the day, so you use a cocktail of Anonymizer plus GMail-over-SSL to confound the network admin. Even that is not enough.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model. 4] It’s beyond the scope of this short essay to get into the issue of the disruptive nature of the business.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2007

« Is Business Model Analysis Important To You? It means that the entrepreneur hasnt done the hard work of figuring out a business model at a detailed level, nor allocated the total investment required to achieve their goals. If they have protectable IP, their growth should accelerate.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model. Networking (20). Startups cannot afford such scapegoat luxuries. However, to a Big Dumb Company [.]. Entrepreneur (151).

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 30, 2007

I think we thought that the good product guys could get away with it because the detail of good customer service was unimportant with strong IP. I think we thought that the good product guys could get away with it because the detail of good customer service was unimportant with strong IP. Of course, they were wrong. Google Ads.

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BeyondVC

JUNE 13, 2004

5) If the storage sits in the cloud, you can play your stuff on any device in the home — or anywhere else — without having to network anything; if you store your stuff on a home-based server in the den, it’s not going to be easy to get to yourself from the bedroom TV. (6) 2) Consumers hate installing anything. (3)

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

I was developing a mesh network that I envisioned being useful in the developing world and for the internet of things. You're selling a consumable product, which is a great business model. Robert Rhinehart : It's a bit of a roundabout path. Before that, I was an electronics engineer. I really believed in selling hardware.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

The movie business of today is all "pre-sold" IP. Lee, quite simply, has forgotten WAY more about the entertainment business than most of us will ever know (see his biography below). Toy Story 3? Karate Kid 3? Iron Man 2? Sex and The City 2? The A-Team? Where are all of the NEW Ideas in Entertainment?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? Spend 20% of your time building a network of advisors that can help you. Warning: Typos, run-on sentences, and crappy formatting.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

Others take bets on certain verticals or business models, such as marketplaces, SaaS, or enterprise technology. Managed marketplaces , robotics , and on -demand delivery networks are changing how we experience the simple pleasure of eating a meal. The impact of civilization-shaping technologies unfolds over many decades.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? . -

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 8, 2012

There’s no way anyone says, “Oh, I can’t wait to be part of a network with an API.” Let’s just for now go with this Craigslist assumption, because at least it’s a business. The other stuff you’re talking about, to me – I still don’t understand the business model and the pain point.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

The reason is simple: network effects. Metcalfe’s law states that a network’s power is proportional to the square of the number of connected users to the network. Basically this means that networks of all kinds become more useful when more people use the same one. Even if you wanted to. Natural Monopolies.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Another assumption is that you’ve actually conducted due diligence on your own business, and these are the areas of your team, financials, your competition, your IP, market trends, because the best pitches I’ve ever delivered were when investors were raising their hands and asking me questions about, “How is your IP protected?”

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

1- Digital nomadism Photo Credit: Andre Oentoro The future of entrepreneurship may involve more decentralized teams and digital nomads– which can lead to new business models and opportunities. I believe we'll see generations of accidental entrepreneurs who run successful businesses simply by pursuing their interests.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

4G/ LTE (Long Term Evolution) -the fourth generation of networks, enabling faster downloading in 4G phones (100 megabit per second compared to today’s 21 megabit/sec in 3G phones). Allot Service Gateway solutions for mobile broadband are compliant with 3G, 4G/LTE and WiMax networks and provide full cell awareness.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

They have different business models, different companies, different creators, etc. Quality long-form audio was an obscure business a decade or, certainly, two decades ago. They are like quality TV, requiring highly skilled production staff and a business model that can reward that level of effort.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Allot is a leading provider of intelligent IP service optimization and revenuegeneration solutions based on Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology, Allot Service Gateway solutions for mobile broadband are compliant with 3G.4G/LTE 4G/LTE and WiMax networks and provide full cell awareness. Allot Communications. Amos Spacecom.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. IP Location Tools. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. That’s why we gathered a collection of 20 online resources for European startups that will help you with business plans, recruiting, publicity and networking. Mailing lists/groups. Google Groups.

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