Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Many risks can be managed or calculated to improve growth or provide a competitive edge, while others, like skipping quality checks to save money, are recipes for failure. The challenge is to avoid the bad risks, while actively seeking and managing the smart risks. Implement a modern real business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

New business models that provide an ongoing revenue stream, or a secondary stream from advertising, raise your margins and can give you some additional satisfaction. Surprisingly, word-of-mouth and viral efforts require more work and a larger budget than you would expect. Managing cash-flow personally and continually.

Sweat Equity 296

Sweat Equity Startup Salary Viral 296

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

As an angel investor, I’ve learned to believe in this approach, since I have seen great ideas go astray, due to poor execution and I have seen apparently marginal ideas make millions, managed by a savvy entrepreneur. Similarly, mentioning viral marketing without specifics won’t assure fundability.

Technical Review 134

Technical Review Intellectual Property Due Diligence Angel Investor 134

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Driven by the current pandemic, smart entrepreneurs of all ages are jumping into the fray with new ideas, new recovery strategies, and discarding outmoded business models. It's far less expensive to nail down repeat business from your existing customers than it is to land new ones. Examine every cost center in your business.

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Viral Revenue Distribution Cloud 430

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.

Artificial Inteligence 76

Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 76

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

New business models that provide an ongoing revenue stream, or a secondary stream from advertising, raise your margins and can give you some additional satisfaction. Surprisingly, word-of-mouth and viral efforts require more work and a larger budget than you would expect. Managing cash-flow personally and continually.

Sweat Equity 435

Sweat Equity Salary Viral Leadership 435

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 28, 2022

I intend to release one study every three months, which I'll send to journalists in the hopes of generating viral attention on social media. I believe that if I can have one piece of content go viral every three months, not only will I be able to develop more links but also raise my brand's recognition. 2- Improve online visibility.

Social Media 123

Social Media Entrepreneur Retention Finance 123

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Many risks can be managed or calculated to improve growth or provide a competitive edge, while others, like skipping quality checks to save money, are recipes for failure. The challenge is to avoid the bad risks, while actively seeking and managing the smart risks. Implement a modern real business model.

Forecast 120

Forecast Startup Stock Options Technical Review 120

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Business schools teach aspiring executives a variety of courses around the execution of known business models, (accounting, organizational behavior, managerial skills, marketing, operations, etc.). In contrast, startups search for a business model. (Or to optimize this search. to optimize this search.

Wiki 316

Wiki Lean Management Business Model 316

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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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2021

A classic book by global business consultant Diana Rivenburgh, “ The New Corporate Facts of Life ,” highlights these challenges and opportunities to the corporate world, but I believe they need to be understood as well by every startup. This occurs when a new product, service, or business model renders the old way of doing business obsolete.

Marketing 339

Marketing Startup Global Viral 339

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Eric Ries in Times Square For any model to be useful it has to predict what happens in the real world – including the web. I realized the Customer Development model needs to be clearer in what exactly a startup is supposed to do, regardless of the business model. “What is the “Business Model” of your startup?&#

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 26, 2024

Her fund, Day One Ventures , has built an exceptionally successful business model, achieving a cumulative portfolio of companies surpassing $35 billion in just a few years. If those campaigns don’t go viral, it can force entrepreneurs back to the drawing board.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Global Founder Venture Capital 78

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.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

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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Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Participants in the incubation program learn valuable lessons in entrepreneurial management, finding financing from incubator companies, modern office space, and fully permitted labs with a wide range of technical equipment and engineering resources. Syracuse Student Sandbox.

Incubator 202

Incubator New York City Boston Intellectual Property 202

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2015

Yet they go viral throughout an organization, kill morale, prevent engagement, and slow productivity to a crawl. And from there, it’s a short step to becoming actively resentful of management for not recognizing their contribution to the success of the organization. No one holds management accountable.

Conversion 100

Conversion Employee Leadership Viral 100

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

When developing a business model, every software and app start-up eventually faces the same core question: Should we focus on monetizing customers or driving usage? As Fred Wilson put it : “When scale matters, when network effects matter, when your users are creating the content and the value, free is the business model of choice.”.

Viral 154

Viral B2B B2C Business Model 154

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Startups that are searching for a business model need to keep score differently than large companies that are executing a known business model. Yet most entrepreneurs and their VC’s make startups use financial models and spreadsheets that actually hinder their success. Managing the Business.

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Balance Sheet Startup Burn Rate Metrics 304

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Neither would have achieved virality had customers not received something tangible for their efforts. As InVision App’s marketing manager Sophia Eng explains: “It is rare for a large company at a late stage or an enterprise software company to be doing growth marketing with all of the channels at top peak performance.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. Business model doesn’t make money. Having too much cash, not managed wisely, can be just as devastating as too little cash. Even viral marketing costs real money and time.

Intellectual Property 251

Intellectual Property Startup Viral Early Stage 251

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Very useful guide for small businesses & startups – New SEO Starter Guide From Google - [link]. How to Manage Employees When They Make Mistakes - [link]. Understand the “Freemium&# Business Model - [link]. Get Your Business Generating Revenue Quickly - [link].

Social Media 87

Social Media Las Vegas Small Business Design 87

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. Business model doesn’t make money. Having too much cash, not managed wisely, can be just as devastating as too little cash. Even viral marketing costs real money and time.

Intellectual Property 274

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral Early Stage 274

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2013

A new book by global business consultant Diana Rivenburgh, “ The New Corporate Facts of Life ,” highlights these challenges and opportunities to the corporate world, but I believe they need to be understood as well by every startup. This occurs when a new product, service, or business model renders the old way of doing business obsolete.

Entrepreneur 257

Entrepreneur Global Viral Green 257

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Awareness of the service was clearly spreading virally through word of mouth. Most importantly, I became convinced that Stitch Fix was one of those rare companies where the unique product advantage also contributes to a unique business model advantage. This is business model nirvana.

eCommerce 62

eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2013

Driven by the recent recession, smart entrepreneurs of all ages are jumping into the fray with new ideas, new recovery strategies, and discarding outmoded business models. It''s far less expensive to nail down repeat business from your existing customers than it is to land new ones. Examine every cost center in your business.

Startup 247

Startup Viral Revenue Distribution 247

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

In the Udemy course, Alistair and Ben expand these basics into a description of how to create empathy, stickiness, virality, revenue, and scale. It''s a good measurement because it captures both satisfaction and virality. We often tell founders that a business plan is nonsense. It''s that the business model is complex.

Analytics 167

Analytics Lean Widget Metrics 167

Gust

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. Business model doesn’t make money. Having too much cash, not managed wisely, can be just as devastating as too little cash. Even viral marketing costs real money and time.

Intellectual Property 183

Intellectual Property Startup Viral Early Stage 183

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

By Willem Nout, project manager and Head of Search for Flipit.com. Our moneysaving portal Flipit.com has been launched in twenty-two different countries, including Singapore , and I am managing a team of eight people. Being part of an ambitious fast-growing business is pretty awesome, but it is not something that comes without dangers.

SEM 244

SEM Lean PR Startup 244

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

In this first step, the goal of a startup is to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Sales (and/or customer acquisition in a multi-sided market) becomes achievable by a sales force (or network effect or virality) without heroic efforts from the founders. Now Patrick would have to pivot himself and the company.

Startup 120

Startup Lean Venture Capital Advisory Board 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2016

New business models that provide an ongoing revenue stream, or a secondary stream from advertising, raise your margins and can give you some additional satisfaction. Surprisingly, word-of-mouth and viral efforts require more work and a larger budget than you would expect. Managing cash-flow personally and continually.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Salary Startup Viral 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2012

Driven by the recent recession, smart entrepreneurs of all ages are jumping into the fray with new ideas, new recovery strategies, and discarding outmoded business models. It's far less expensive to nail down repeat business from your existing customers than it is to land new ones. Examine every cost center in your business.

Entrepreneur 234

Entrepreneur Viral Revenue Distribution 234

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 8, 2009

In many cases, I can break it down into: Customer Acquisition Cost – how will you reach prospects, how will you convert them and how much will it cost to convert them Customer Lifetime Value – how much will you make off of each converted customer This very simple model works for a surprising number of business models.

Metrics 225

Metrics Startup Retention Acquisition 225

Cracking the Code

MARCH 24, 2015

. - HT: don''t outsource communication b/c part of core UX even though APIs available - healthy dev environment around APIs, very important to get confidence you can build your platformon on top of them - APIs give you freedom, don''t have to invest both people and tech in maintain internal platforms - HT had to totally revamp their infra, to manage (..)

API 48

API Fractional CTO CTO Hire San Francisco 48

Austin Startup

AUGUST 22, 2018

Design Typecasting IRL A very talented friend who designs brands took on a restaurant project that went a little viral. At first it felt like success; he had a style and a calling card, he never had to spend time pounding the pavement chasing business. In the end, he manage to get ‘unstuck’. But Unimark was a failed business.

Design 48

Design New York City Cofounder Bankruptcy 48

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Have appropriate expectations, listen to the professionals in your employ and don’t micro-manage a design or development project. Events Manager at Mashable (New York, Sr.

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Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2015

New business models that provide an ongoing revenue stream, or a secondary stream from advertising, raise your margins and can give you some additional satisfaction. Surprisingly, word-of-mouth and viral efforts require more work and a larger budget than you would expect. Managing cash-flow personally and continually.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Salary Viral Leadership 120