Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2021

Yet I have learned over the years as a startup advisor that all business leaders are not the same. Some are great product leaders and innovative technologists, others are leaders in creating new business models , a few can assemble great teams , but only the rare exception can do all three.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2014

One recent development has been that larger companies are now looking at small innovative companies in a new light — as potential partners in developing new products, processes and services. And this presents significant opportunities for small businesses that can provide the needed assistance. A Case in Point.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

APRIL 29, 2010

Fresh off his pink slip from Advanta, Ami used bootstrapping to navigate his way through using the market to help refine and develop his new business model behind his venture MultiFunding. From the Philadelphia Daily News : To start up quickly and cheaply, MultiFunding used WordPress as its blogging. proved this.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

My business partner – Anton and I started Fantastic Services as a solution to a problem. Conceived in my Princeton dorm room, TerraCycle’s original business model of worm poop fertilizer was like a lightbulb going on in my head: we could take the school’s food waste, feed it to worms, get beautiful worm poop, and sell it.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

If you don’t hear anything else I’m saying in this presentation, remember this, an unsupportive spouse can kill a business faster than a bad marketing plan, so you want to make sure that your spouse or partner is bought into what you are doing. Ninety percent of business success to me is confidence.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

I started my business when I was forced to drop out of Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA due to financial difficulties in my family. With KOYA, you can easily treat your co-worker to a class at their favorite yoga studio in New York or surprise your partner with a personal message at the park where you first met.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Business model: Premium brands offer select goods (often excess inventory) for sale at 40%-70% discounts; consumers need to be invited by existing member or via application to participate in private sales; HauteLook collects percentage of gross sale. Current round: $31.0mm in Series C by Insight Venture Partners (Jeff Lieberman).

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