Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2012

This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs that solve critical health problems. This model is relevant only if you have multiple products and services, each with a different cost and utility. This one takes expert management to work. Portfolio pricing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). Business risks are not just development risks. Idea management. Build and manage a pipeline of ideas. Set milestones and meet them. Ownership. Value creation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 29, 2023

And when they realize how it's affects kids, for example, how Instagram affects especially girls and how, and they still decided they're just going to ignore it because the whole business model is based on having users spend more time on screen. So they basically, they create designs to make sure that their business model works.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

Moreover, I like inspiring myself with interesting online business models and Wikipedia is a great example of a user-generated content-based website. It led the way to a new kind of business model and changed the game. And he is not afraid to take bold bets on new technologies and business models.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Got around to seeing The Social Network this past weekend. I did a little searching around the web to try and find a truth vs. fiction comparison, but the closest I found was "The 10 Most Glaring Lies In The Social Network" on the Business Insider.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Unfortunately, the market is changing so fast these days that any upward climb can level off quickly, as the core business growth begins to stall.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

Online businesses involve sharing transactions and other information on the internet. The business model focuses on using Information Communication Technology to transact, trade, and store essential information. Such online business information is crucial and requires protection. Create Strong Passwords.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2017

by Kelly Morr, Senior Manager of Content Strategy at 99designs. While chatting about a new product with a friend in person can carry some weight, sharing that same feedback with one’s social networks or online reviews can have much more significant impact for a brand. They share constantly. Millennials heart online shopping.

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The Next Web

MAY 4, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Sangeet Paul Choudary who analyzes business models for Internet startups at his blog Platform Thinking. Marketplaces are difficult businesses to run. This is similar to the critical mass of users that is needed on a social network for users to find value in the network.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

While Google fights on the edges, Amazon is attacking their core - Chris Dixon , May 22, 2010 Google is fighting battles on almost every front: social networking, mobile operating systems, web browsers, office apps, and so on. " In fact, 3 of the 10 selected companies from the past two years has followed this business model.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

Take a look at the chart below: Some companies have found that while social login dramatically reduced the number of failed login attempts and password reset requests, take up wasn’t as high as expected. MailChimp, the B2B subscriber email management service, recorded a 66% drop in failed logins after introducing social login.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 3, 2020

Leveraging technology within your business model can lay down the path for improved productivity, smoother operation, and increased profits. Behind the reporting screens of key decision-makers and managers today are intelligent reporting dashboards and tools that provide them data within seconds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2020

Ability to raise money, manage it, and think in financial terms. A great inventor is most often a lone technologist who doesn’t have the interest or skills for building and managing a team. Believe it or not, the business world changes even faster than technology, so you need to see changes coming in your industry, and even drive them.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. It seems that four different models of "discussion creation" have occurred: Organice Discussion - someone posts something interesting, lots of bloggers post on the topic, distributed discussion ensues.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Some ecommerce websites might decide against offering social login if their target audience is aged 55 or older—these users are less likely to have social accounts. The same goes for businesses operating primarily in countries where social networks are blocked, such as China or Cuba.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I challenge them to think beyond what I call linear extensions to a current trend, such as another “easier-to-use” app for smartphones, a new dating site for pets, or another niche social network. In all cases, people management and leadership are key.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

By definition, a Pivot, is a change in the company’s strategy or business model when things aren’t exactly working out according to the business plan. The goal, is to find a scalable and repeatable business model (in other words, a way to consistently make money over the course of time).

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Americas new business model: Sharing. Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Game Hunters.

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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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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. business models. Management 101. business models.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 17, 2021

James is the F ounder & CEO of Plain Sight, a localized, social networking platform that connects people with the type of people you’re looking for both online and in physical spaces. Key Takeaway: The traditional way of networking is often random, awkward, and transactional. Plain Sight is the future of work connections.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff put it best when he said that even though every company knows customer references are important, most companies have a lax approach to actually managing them. This includes an adequate reference management system (RMS) that automates as much of the data needs of the program as possible.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2014

This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs and medical devices that solve critical health problems. Subscription model. This is a very popular model today for Internet services, calling for monthly or yearly low payments, in lieu of one value or cost-based price.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. It’s critical to establish this component of your business before thinking seriously about growth. BonitaSoft has offices in France, the U.S.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. So let’s be very specific: let’s assume your dream job is product manager at Google, working on the Analytics product. By doing the job.

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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. Brandsforce - Company Website. How do we do this? Craze - Company Website.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2013

This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs and medical devices that solve critical health problems. Subscription model. This is a very popular model today for Internet services, calling for monthly or yearly low payments, in lieu of one value or cost-based price.

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Product Revenue Business Model Retention 290

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 1) Manage the firm . This is harder than it sounds.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Then Intel began placing customer content on social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, as well as other firms’ websites where its buyers were active. That provided relevant content from Intel’s most credible sources, which resulted in more engagement and downloads, but the results were still uninspiring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Unfortunately, the market is changing so fast these days that any upward climb can level off quickly, as the core business growth begins to stall.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

SolidWorks 2: The best VAR management program in the world? SolidWorks 3: The best VAR management program in the world? Business Model I would like to propose that in addition to team, product, and market, there is actually a fourth, equally important, core element of startups, which is the need for a viable business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 exist ), or another dating site (over 2500 in the US alone). Business risks are not just development risks. Idea management. Build and manage a pipeline of ideas. Set milestones and meet them. Ownership. Value creation.

Intellectual Property 160

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Metrics .Net 160

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. business models. Management 101. business models.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 219

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 20, 2020

Even as you’re working on your initial test, there are seven other fires burning, such as the need to recruit talent, finding product market fit, managing market volatility, and of course, a global pandemic. In addition to conducting experiments, another great way to test your thesis is to leverage what I call network intelligence.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. we had about 25 firms contacting us – more than I could manage. Experienced and serial entrepreneurs in the content management space.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This helps to replace the jobs lost as so many restaurants are going out of business due to COVID-19. – SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. Invest in business models that otherwise could not access VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. For starters we saw a huge influx of inexperienced managers enter the VC industry proving clearly that being a VC is not a purely quantitative job. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! And the future?

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