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. Even a non-profit has to generate revenue (or donations) to offset operating costs. Even viral marketing costs real money and time.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 22, 2018

Surely there are some operational things people can point to. Design Typecasting IRL A very talented friend who designs brands took on a restaurant project that went a little viral. But Unimark was a failed business. A great brand can do a lot for your company, but it cannot fix a flawed business model.

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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. Even a non-profit has to generate revenue (or donations) to offset operating costs. Even viral marketing costs real money and time.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 23, 2010

Furthermore, because the unique “spreading&# technology creates a powerful viral and virtual word of mouth effect, it has driven significant increases in both online traffic and physical traffic to the featured businesses’ websites and locations. Next month, Spreadsy intends to extend its reach to Dallas, TX.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

What makes this tricky is that markets evolve, and an innovative technology or business model can transform a normal market into a Glengarry Glen Ross market. In it we explicitly state: “The real value creation comes when innovative technology enables innovative products and services with innovative business models….What

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

There has never been a viral outbreak of such magnitude before. Additionally, “a startup is usually a company designed to effectively develop and validate a scalable business model. It means relying on your own savings and revenue to operate and expand.”. Partner with a professional business services company.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

With a focus on seed investing in the mobile, agile, and smart enterprise and business models that harness the power of network effects, our entrepreneurs have successfully been able to raise over $200 million of financing following our initial seed investment. focus on the mobile, agile, and smart enterprise".

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Whether data come from our own analytics or an external source, we are can implement changes to the way we operate in a matter of hours. For example, as a lawyer if you are at private firm there are associates and there are partners. First, the hours of operation are all up to me. Being an entrepreneur is a great equalizer.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

was OK a few months ago, the hurdle is now higher and should be close to CAC>1 – Keep only reps making quota and cut marketing activities with lower ROI Customer Lifetime Value (CLTV) >0 – Adjust operations, RD and GA to make your business model profitable 3. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. In a single year, the classic general partner in a venture firm is exposed to around 5,000 pitches; decides to look more closely at 600 to 800 of them; and ends up doing between 0 and 2 deals. Reid Hoffman. we had no revenue.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

Today, VARs are the key to the SMB segment and their business model is collapsing, opening new opportunities for them and for technology providers. Today, VARs are the key to the SMB segment and their business model is collapsing, opening new opportunities for them and for technology providers. Post a Comment. Newer Post.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users. We begin by describing a typical a growth model and discuss how that fundamentally drives a company’s business strategy. I’m Lauren Murrow.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done. 2) Market .

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

It's amazing how good, carefully evaluated metrics can make all the difference in the successful growth of a business. Cynthia Mignogna Finance Principal, OpenView Venture Partners www.openviewpartners.com blog comments powered by Disqus « SolidWorks: The best VAR management program in the world? Great stuff!

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Needless to say, this isn’t a business model that works in the pandemic world. From there, it further shifted to operating its own refrigerated warehouse and fleet of delivery vans to deliver organic foods directly from farmers and specialty suppliers. Business model evolution is the rule, not the exception.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. This could mean partnering exclusively with someone who makes products offline (and who is not tech savvy to compete online with you). don’t think about at all. Marketing first.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. This could mean partnering exclusively with someone who makes products offline (and who is not tech savvy to compete online with you). don’t think about at all. Marketing first.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

Maybe you can exchange the general partner who sits on your board with another general partner from the same firm, but doing so tends to be very difficult. In both cases, the correct goal is to partner with the CEO to help the company achieve its goals. This is why advertising is a really good business model.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

So I have three consultancies that I operate. I have one that works specifically with [00:01:00] agencies, one that works only with law firms and then the fractional CMO business. What do you see as the challenges to that business model for most people that attempt to do it? And you know, not a fun business model to run.

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BeyondVC

AUGUST 26, 2008

There are various grades of friction between these two extreme points like open source business models, software as a service, and reseller/OEM-type models as other forms of packaging and delivering a product/service. Follow that with a 3 month implementation process to get the customer happy.

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

2) What is the business model and the potential unit economics? Certain investors tend to gravitate towards certain business models. I know nothing about viral marketing. But, I think business-model-gravitation should be a big factor in whom you decide to pitch. This one is pretty investor-specific.

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

2) What is the business model and the potential unit economics? Certain investors tend to gravitate towards certain business models. I know nothing about viral marketing. But, I think business-model-gravitation should be a big factor in whom you decide to pitch. This one is pretty investor-specific.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Luckily, I teach with two great VCs, Mar Hershenson of Pear Ventures and Jeff Epstein of Bessemer Venture Partners who both put together presentations unraveling the mysteries of how and why startups raise money. Series B is about proving your net revenue model (can you be profitable?). Business Model.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

I'm general partner at MarsBio VC and Director of The Corona Initiative. You're selling a consumable product, which is a great business model. Initially, so I was already a partner at this venture fund, and we've been investing a biotech company including diagnostic companies for a couple years. Robert Rhinehart : Hi.

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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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Gust

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

A darling of the tech startup community, reportedly valued at more than $1 billion with investors including Greylock Partners, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and DST, Airbnb is an online marketplace that facilitates short-term rental of properties such as members’ homes or apartments.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

On the other hand, it’s important to consider the realities of today’s business environment. If you’re a startup entrepreneur, you risk facing a competitive disadvantage if you wait too long to expand your operations. It’s critical to establish this component of your business before thinking seriously about growth.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

They might both be accomplished writers or editors, but for a particular project, each partner focuses on a single role, and their different foci make the partnership stronger. As investors, we are active partners to the founders and CEO. We should focus on this as an advertising business.” Everything else is a waste of time.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. million registered users, 7500 supplier partners, 600 team members, and a run-rate of more than $150M in sales in just 15 months.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

So that means stuff like thinking about what a business model might be, it does mean customer development. Do you feel like the more users you have it helps accelerate, is there some kind of, maybe not necessarily viral, but that people just tell their friends at all. What’s the worst case?

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In fact, to achieve your aggressive growth goals in the face of uncertainty and change, you need to follow a new set of rules that fly in the face of what is taught in business schools and are completely counterintuitive to accepted “best practices” of either early stage startups or classic corporate management. Rule #1: Embrace Chaos.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

As I said, I have a very small operation and I’m able to make much more than the average person. Because I have no employees, there’s a profit margin of about 70%, so it’s a really fantastic business model and gives me the freedom to travel and come back from my travel with more money than I left with. I can’t complain.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Salesforce.com just has average to below-average profitability" Everyone would agree that the value of an operating asset is defined by the sum of its discounted future cash flows. It is true that understanding this new business model is hard for a traditional software incumbent, as this interview demonstrates. Post a Comment.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. However, as we know from the cable industry, subscription businesses can be very profitable over time. For a direct, enterprise sales business model, these thresholds are likely to be around $80,000-100,000 CMRR (approx. $1-1.2M Michael Kassing.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 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! Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Viral – One of the most important value drivers of any social network is the degree to which it makes content go viral.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2018

We created virality in small pockets, such as Venice Beach, California, and the virality spilled over to the next pocket, Santa Monica. It’s important to create a sustainable business model with profitable unit economics, regardless of how much you raise.

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