crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 13, 2012

A Surprising Business Plan. Small Businesses Spending More And More On Social Media – [link]. Of the 50 cities in the world with fastest Internet service, 38 are in Japan; only 3 in the US – [link]. Interesting and good read, especially for women … Confidence is a Numbers Game – [link].

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. And while startups and entrepreneurship courses are now being added to the curriculum, “How to write a business plan” seems to be the state of the art. All the usual caveats apply.

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

An EU memo in 2010 stated the following discoveries: In the EU (but also in Japan and South Korea) the preference for being an employee is mainly motivated by considerations of stability (regular income, stable employment relation) and by the generally agreeable employment conditions (working hours, social protection). Bill Gates.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Takashi has been a venture capitalist for fourteen years, investing in technology startups both in Japan and in the United States. On weekends, he evangelizes Customer Development and runs a Lean LaunchPad class nationwide in Japan. Pivoting is a key Lean Startup concept, but in Japan, pivot mostly means failure.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. And while startups and entrepreneurship courses are now being added to the curriculum, “How to write a business plan” seems to be the state of the art. All the usual caveats apply.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2011

I always incorporated this mindset into my business plans, right down to my daily activities. I was thrilled that what I did employed 50,000 people and did business in every state but Vermont, with international operations in China, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

When young business professionals start to think about establishing their business, naturally they will want to approach their start up with maturity. Yet, ‘cute’ doesn’t just sell in Japan, it sells all across the world, especially with the millennial market.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2012

Business process is one of the most important aspects of new business planning. Usually a need or an idea lights the new business fire but it is process that keeps the business alive and enables it to grow. This is a typical example of why business process and business planning are so important.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2010

For the many entrepreneurs that send me cold emails asking for me to review a business plan or answer a strategic dilemma: Im much more likely to answer if youve already tried getting an answer on the mailing list. Youll probably get a better result, anyway. Youll probably get a better result, anyway.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

Were going to be in Japan. ); Login or signup Welcome | Logout Member Login Login using: Use your Inc.com account: Forgot login ? Create an Inc.com account: Home Magazine Blogs Ask Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. Wed say, "Hey, were going to be in Chicago. Were going to be in New York.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

But, the good news is, if all these people could start a brewery, then you can too—as long as you know what you’re getting into and have a solid business plan for your brewery. Patrick sees his role not just as analyzing a business plan or crunching numbers. There’s no one model—or one business plan—for breweries.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

But, the good news is, if all those people could start a brewery, then you can too—as long as you know what you’re getting into and have a solid business plan for your brewery. The Hughes brothers developed a solid business plan and built a core team to bring their vision to reality. Review your business plan regularly.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2009

My startup business (web development) is being shunned by virtually every other potential investor I approached thus far. The only folks who invested in me were the ones who barely understood the business plan. They just havd faith in me. My 2008 revenues were over $100k on a 35k inventory. I am chugging along.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Some combination of the dot-com crash and a just terrible business plan prevented us from having to take our scalability problems to the next level. It cost us a few hundred thousand dollars to get our app up and running, but none of that was dollars spent on software licenses or professional services.

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San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean 68

Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

If you’re from a “Western country”—North America or the UK—chances are, a good firm handshake says, “I respect both of our organizations, you, myself, and our future, and I’ve come to do some business.” ” However, in Japan, Saudi Arabia, and even France, it means something different. Here’s How to Fix It.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Most likely, your business plan is loaded with opinions and guesses, sprinkled with a dash of vision and hope. For the rest of us, we need to get some facts to inform and qualify our hypotheses ("fancy word for guesses") about what kind of product customers will ultimately buy. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

But when it comes to the specific of a product release, business plan, or marketing launch, all that matters is: do we have a strong hypothesis that will enable us to learn? When we’re talking about being disciplined, following our methodology with rigor, continuous improvement, there is no such thing as good enough.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 22, 2015

After a bit more research, I learned that these cafes were quite real, and first gained popularity in Japan, where tiny apartment dwelling often makes it impossible to keep pets. Create a business plan—even if you never show it to anyone. The planning process is essential, even if you are the only one to ever see the plan.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

Certainly venture-backed startups don’t have this luxury – every business plan has a model in it. And yet, it’s not really fair to ask that the company’s money be spent without anyone bothering to build a financial model that can be used to judge success. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Up and Running

MARCH 26, 2013

But for leaders who approach strategic planning with serious intent and – most importantly – execute as a result, strategic planning can mean the difference between actually achieving your vision for your business and wandering aimlessly – or worse, still – failing completely.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 6, 2016

This Saturday was a particular delight, as after playing our game, I took my sons and a few of their teammates to watch an exhibition game between a local traveling team and an all-star team from Tokyo, Japan.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Figuring this out takes time, and few entrepreneurs have the patience to wait it out, because the business plan does such a good job of explaining what customers are going to think. The problem is that customers dont read your business plan. If you dont know what the right positioning is for your company, do not launch.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Startup founders need to use their own judgment to ask: which is the riskiest assumption underlying my business plan? Startup founders need to use their own judgment to ask: which is the riskiest assumption underlying my business plan? It doesn’t say anything about which risks it should be used to mitigate.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2008

They need to incorporate customer feedback into the product development and business planning process. When I have the opportunity to meet startups, they usually have one of these aspects down, and need help with one or two of the others. The most common need is becoming more customer-centric.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Ali G meets with business leaders and investors on Wall Street to learn how to create a new company around a new product idea. After some general lessons, he then proposes his first product idea, complete with flip charts, business plan, and marketing plan. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and media buyers I see lots of startups whose business plans revolve around selling high-value ad space to brand advertisers. At first glance, this makes a lot of sense. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

He said that you need a reliable business plan, six months of cash on hand, and cheap labor. Hopefully next time you will make more sense and will talk less on obvious things. Eli abhay, Aaron Patzer said the most on this topic. His presentation makes me think of that Kung Fu Panda movie: there is no secret recipe.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

By testing each failed hypothesis leads to a new pivot, where we change just one element of the business plan (customer segment, feature set, positioning) – but don’t abandon everything we’ve learned. Being systematic about these hypotheses is what customer development is all about.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

One can see how it ripples through the entire business plan. I think its critical technologists understand market segments, even more than market types. I recently took a stab at explaining segments, based on Moores definition Sean mentions above. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

The 2000 collapse followed a period of manic investing when entrepreneurs with off-the-wall ideas and ridiculous or nonexistent business plans sought and received funding from ill-informed investors blinded by the magical aura of the Internet or just simple greed.

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