Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. control the timing and tempo of military competition and operations. Disruptive Technology.

Technical Review 361

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Technology United States 361

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Dear Brightly (a NextView portfolio company) provides a telemedicine-powered ecommerce experience for prescription-grade retinoids so consumers no longer need to take time off work to go see a dermatologist for 10 minutes just to obtain a prescription for the serum. Scalable Go-To-Market . What’s the End Game.

Vertical 156

Vertical Software Review Portfolio Demand 156

View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You have a point of view on emerging technology and business models, and you are not afraid to voice your conviction. Who Are We Looking For. You are a native of NYC tech with a strong network. About NextView.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage Cofounder 120

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

First, he says, the focus of an established firm is to execute an existing business model — to make sure it operates efficiently and satisfies customers. Finding a viable business model is not a linear, analytical process that can be guided by a business plan.

Business Model 332

Business Model Technical Review Business Plan Search 332

Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

Initially, a startup has no business model and no market share to defend. If they select a business model that targets industry incumbents, they don’t have to worry about upsetting existing customers, partners or distribution channels. Its employees and investors don’t depend on an existing revenue stream.

Startup 275

Startup New York City Valuation Distribution 275

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Reasons for funding. ? Scale up your operations. One of the most prominent reasons for funding is to scale up your operations, for expansion and achieve economies of scale. For example, you have already started a business and successfully implemented your idea, and it’s running well.

Startup 150

Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

First, he says, the focus of an established firm is to execute an existing business model — to make sure it operates efficiently and satisfies customers. Finding a viable business model is not a linear, analytical process that can be guided by a business plan.

Business Model 224

Business Model Business Plan Technical Review Search 224

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

These bubble startups were actually guessing at their business model and did premature and aggressive hype and early company launches and had extremely high burn rates – all predicated on an IPO to raise more cash. Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios.

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Qualification #1: You know how to do something specific that is valuable and needed often in pursuing a deal or servicing the portfolio. You’ve got some operational superpower. Whatever it is, it helps diligence opportunities, win deals or service the portfolio in ways that make the founders and GPs feel good. Synthetic bio.

North Carolina 90

North Carolina Hiring Angel Investor Technical Review 90

Rob Go

JANUARY 18, 2012

In a prior post about what it’s like to be a VC I made the claim that even if an investor has operating experience, that experience gets stale after a few years. This led to the following question in my comments: “You mention that operational skills begin to decline 2 years into the job. Couple observations.

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Operations Technical Review Investment Bankers Cofounder 50

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

4- Drop-shipping enterprise Photo Credit: Matthew Magnante It's my proposal The drop-shipping business model involves selling things that are transported straight from the supplier to the client. Your business model involves cooking and delivering delicious meals to people at their places of employment or at their homes.

Software Review 118

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 118

YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2019

Therefore, startups are best advised not to tie their fate to third-party businesses. The work history, clients, portfolio and reviews are gone, just like that? The easiest way to do this is to open and operate multiple accounts on multiple service providers. Too big to fail. Finding quality help.

Hiring 113

Hiring Software Review Startup API 113

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

The first, the notion of the “ ambidextrous organization ” from O’Reilly and Tushman , posits that companies that want to do continuous innovation need to execute their core business model while innovating in parallel. Horizon 1 activities support existing business models. Horizon 1 is the company’s core business.

Lean 120

Lean Management Business Model Incubator 120

Up and Running

MAY 10, 2021

Simply research the company with its portfolio. One last thing to consider is the operating system. You can start by researching your competitors to gain an understanding of cost structure, revenue generation, and the business model for your app. Operations. Your development team is the key to your success.

Artificial Inteligence 150

Artificial Inteligence Developer Development Team Review United Kingdom 150

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2015

by Jack Narcotta, Devices Analyst at Technology Business Research. Expenses related to supporting Microsoft’s growing devices businesses will offset overall profit growth and search revenue gains through 2015. growth in gross profit year-to-year despite healthy revenue growth overall.

Cloud 100

Cloud Mobile Software Review Technical Review 100

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 1, 2018

Before meeting with a venture capitalist, you must have a clearly defined business model and a functioning team in place. Is the business generating cash? Could the business be worth a billion dollars someday? It also means creating a seamless operation. Is it a lifestyle product?

Startup 95

Startup Portfolio Software Review Technical Review 95

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

In fact, it was only 7 years ago that Apple shipped its first iPhone and Google introduced its Android operating system. The first will be commodity businesses that are valued for their ability to execute their current business model. These innovations do not require change in a company’s existing business model.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

View from Seed

JUNE 24, 2020

After operating quietly for the past year, our portfolio company Jumbo made a couple big announcements yesterday, including the launch of Jumbo 2 as well as their $8M series A financing led by Balderton Capital. And they have an old-school, highly aligned business model – consumers can pay to use the premium version of their service.

Portfolio 227

Portfolio Internet Business Model Finance 227

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2015

billion in operating income in 4Q14. Mobile devices, nearly 85% of which are powered by Google’s Android operating system, will support Google’s efforts to tinker with its cross-platform advertising services, particularly those that power Search, YouTube, Gmail and Maps which are typically among the highest-trafficked sites by mobile devices.

Advertising 100

Advertising Revenue Mobile Intellectual Property 100

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

When we create new platform initiatives, our team tries to think about how we can be the most impactful with our portfolio companies. Today, we’re thrilled to announce a new program that we hope will help our portfolio companies with two of these bullets. We’re calling them NextView Operator Guilds. . Back to Top).

Operations 176

Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

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.

Management 114

Management Portfolio Institutional Investors Government 114

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. We’re also regularly following-on for existing portfolio companies.”. The average monthly operating expenses is $70,335. 30% have been operated by females, 70% have been operated by males.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. Startups that operate in stealth mode until their solution is perfect usually acquire customers and investors very slowly. Register some intellectual property to provide a barrier to entry.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Preferred Stock Stealth 120

Board Effect

DECEMBER 19, 2019

As they’re intricately involved in the daily operations of the company, CEOs are normally the most informed people about how to overcome challenges related to strategic planning. CEOs and other senior executives should have a great sense around where the company is and the potential for where the company could be.

Management 64

Management Software Review Acquisition Merger 64

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2012

and reorganized into operating divisions (by product, territory, brand, etc.) This strategy-to-structure shift from functional organizations to operating divisions was led by DuPont and popularized by General Motors and quickly followed by Standard Oil and Sears. Enter the Business Model Canvas.

Business Model 333

Business Model Customer Development United States Operations 333

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. " In fact, 3 of the 10 selected companies from the past two years has followed this business model. The Curation Team. Well, half of it.

Fractional CTO 248

Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

They’re putting money into web services/business – most without early revenue. It’s an impressive portfolio. By the time the meeting was over I left wondering whether the Customer Development model would help or hinder their companies. What we concluded is that the Customer Development model needs an additional overlay.

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Customer Development Web Developer Customer 219

Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 12, 2016

As a result, any public market downturn will immediately impact unrealized returns of the fund they are managing due to the late and growth stage companies in their portfolio. Financially, they have to reserve capital to support large portfolio companies that account for big portions of the portfolio and thus make less early stage investment.

Harvest 60

Harvest Vertical IPO Early Stage 60

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2020

Often individuals will invest in businesses that they do not understand just because that particular share or stock is trending or hot at the moment; however, this is the wrong move to make. Alternatively, you can also avoid this issue by investing in a diversified portfolio of mutual funds as opposed to individual stocks.

Intellectual Property 165

Intellectual Property Stock United States New York 165

ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

Satya is evaluating various go-to-market models such as franchising, and I advised him to focus on direct selling to major builders and working with industry value-added resellers (VARs) that already operate in the smart home segment in India. We can derive GeoInvenio's business model and pricing model based on that.

Costa Rica 115

Costa Rica Incubator Silicon Valley India 115

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

There will always be a need for new features, products, and services for your firm because businesses and procedures change every day. You may reach all types of clients by using a variety of pricing tiers and business models. I’m currently researching investment strategies and developing financial projections for the business.

Affiliate 62

Affiliate United States Entrepreneur Software Review 62

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

John Berger, Director Operations & Impact Solutions, Toniic , observed that this has clear investor benefits: “ The grace period became a feature because it benefits investors in regions like the US where there can be tax differences between short and long term gains. Typical business stage. Typical business model.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Hunter Walker

MAY 4, 2014

Second, we did an investment where we actually decided to own more than 10% because of the nature of the business model. New VCs, especially those with an operating background, can see a company for what they want it to be rather than what it is. Not Understanding Portfolio Management. For example, food delivery.

Software Review 100

Software Review Vertical Seed Stage Portfolio 100

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This allowed us to expand our portfolio and post the pandemic we will have two companies, GTSE – Global Tourism Sports and Entertainment and UKONIK which is our digital marketing agency. This pivot gave us an opportunity to diversify our portfolio and create a diversified empire.

Founder 144

Founder New York City Marketing New York 144

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). He continues: It’s OK to continue to operate.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 17, 2018

But a thesis centered around network effects isn’t static – and isn’t limited to any particular sector, business model, or platform. and Canada, offering portfolio companies strong networks and resources on both sides of the border. Having run our own companies, we try to pass on as much of our operations knowledge as possible.

Silicon Valley 127

Silicon Valley North America San Francisco LP 127

Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

Operating Numbers. Remember, a year from now no one wants to be the CEO of a company out of business whose lament is, “I did what the board told me to do.”. This plan has three parts: Pivots to your new business model, changes to your operating plan, and what initiatives you save for the recovery.

South Korea 333

South Korea Salary Business Model China 333