Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

In the kelp beds off the coast of Southern California, one can find thousands of species of fish, but two of the most sought after by commercial fishermen are the California Halibut and the White Seabass. A good way to think about market segment is by thinking about fishing.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 9, 2015

Like Douglas McGray , the CEO and EIC of California Sunday Magazine , a newly launched multiplatform magazine. Hunter Walk: So a few months back this amazing magazine called California Sunday started showing up monthly. Hunter Walk: So a few months back this amazing magazine called California Sunday started showing up monthly.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 22, 2020

SF New Deal partners with local restaurants to provide meals on a weekly basis to those who are the neediest among us. SF New Deal partners with local restaurants to provide meals on a weekly basis to those who are the neediest among us. It's a genuine win-win: people need food, and we have massive unemployment at the same time.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

As a bonus it meant the 1,400 aerial applicator companies could be a potential distribution channel partner. We’re now piloting our application with Tree Farmers in California and working with crop specialists at U.C. All of sudden what was an additional engineering and development effort now became a small, variable cost.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Michael Mondavi , founder and coach of Folio Fine Wine Partners. In Silicon Valley for three decades, spent eight years as a partner at US Venture Partners. In 2004, he launched Folio Fine Wine Partners with his wife Isabel and their children, Rob, Jr. Before that, restaurateurs would never compare California with France.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Michael Mondavi , founder and coach of Folio Fine Wine Partners. In Silicon Valley for three decades, spent eight years as a partner at US Venture Partners. In 2004, he launched Folio Fine Wine Partners with his wife Isabel and their children, Rob, Jr. Before that, restaurateurs would never compare California with France.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Errol Arkilic , former program director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps), now founder of M34 Capital. Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

So-called after the California Gold Rush where the purveyors of picks and shovels made a killing (whereas the outcome for prospectors was mixed), the picks and shovels of machine intelligence are hardware, data feeds, and (arguably) the algorithms themselves. It’s not uncharted territory?—?if Pick and Shovel’ plays. Better search.

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Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

While one could argue that a trade show is just another demand creation activity akin to advertising or PR, trade shows are the closest eyeball-to-eyeball contact you’re company is going to have with customers, competitors and partners. You are correct all channels, web or otherwise, need to generate awareness and leads.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The 1M/1M Channel on Stanzr. Said from Orange County, California, pitched MapWide.com , which is supposed to be a collection of sites like MapDentist.com, MapDoctors.com, etc. Today, instead of going niche and focused, he and his partners are going broader, even, and planning to burn even more money. MapWide.com. Next, Dr. S.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

If the retailer can get the product “exclusively” (even for just a time window) then it hopes to get more customers shopping at its store or watching its video channel vs. its competitors. In Venice, California they opened a “Parachute Hotel” that let consumers experience the product for a night in a world-class location.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

The product development model is so focused on building and shipping the product that it ignores the entire process of testing your basic hypothesis about your business model (customers, channel, pricing, etc.) Or at times an even more honest answer, “My senior partners say this is the only way to do it.” before you ship.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

San Diego, California) Jobs Comentum is a dynamic and cutting edge company.Be There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners. How long that will last is another question entirely.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

If we zoom even further, we see that the strongest interest in content marketing is found in two major startup markets – the East Coast and California. from Velocity Partners. Google trends data strongly suggests that content marketing is hot in the United States, but much less so elsewhere in the world.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2011

Last week the teams were testing their hypotheses about their Channel (how a company delivers its value proposition (i.e. If this had been a real startup rather than a class we would have had the team test many more variants on customer segment, revenue models, channels, etc before such an extreme move.). The Week 7 Lecture: Partners.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 7, 2012

The premise of the class is that startups, are not about executing a plan where the product, customers, channel are known. Only in California! This team spoke face-to-face with 50+ end users, 3 manufacturers, 25 potential partners, 22 domain experts and surveyed an additional 115 customers. Yet this isn’t an incubator.

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thenextweb.com

OCTOBER 17, 2011

In California? Sesame Streets YouTube Channel Hacked. Facebook partners with Opower & NRDC to create a social energy application. Part of The Next Web family. Energy Goes Social On Facebook. Grammy CMO spells out social media savvy. Reprise for iOS makes iTunes look ugly. All Stories. Top Stories. Daily Dose. Design & Dev.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they drawn to Texas or moving away from California? Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. Only California and New York have a few more, and maybe not for long. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. What’s bringing them here?

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Eliqs is a Southern California based start-up who creates custom-designed craft beverage cans for any occasion worth celebrating. marketing channel for our clients! Creativity helps spark innovation and break the norms in an industry. We are thrilled to have opened up a new. What makes you unique?

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Find road-trip partners on Zimride. Entrepreneurs have also tapped sharing platforms to directly market their goods and services, somewhat blurring the line between unadulterated peer-to-peer co-ops and direct sales channels. Visit our Partners: USA WEEKEND. Privacy Notice/Your California Privacy Rights. Contact Us.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners. Unfortunately, none are very focused on Florida (California and New York are the top two destination).

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

How to channel your efforts and energy and stay informed. ( My partner has a start-up and we went to his office and borrowed a bunch of office equipment and set up some real home offices. My parents and my brother live in Southern California. I think you can certainly channel some of your efforts that way.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

This week they were testing their hypotheses about Partners. Partners are the external companies whose product or service combines with your Value Proposition to create a complete customer solution or “whole product&# to satisfy customers. They worked on understanding their partners. The Nine Teams Present.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2017

We were working on a business strategy for a software company in California, and I’ll never forget my first meeting at the company. Since only about seven percent of venture partners are women , most of the people you’ll be pitching to are men, regardless of what kind of company you’re raising money for. The button down crew.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The studio’s design talent boasts some famous names among the list of partners, including Paula Scher, Michael Beirut, Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Harry Pearce, and many more. Headquarters: San Francisco, California. Headquarters: San Francisco, California. The client list is equally impressive. Headquarters: London.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 5, 2009

You make several first order approximations about your business model, distribution channels, demand creation, and customer acceptance. You leave the comfort of your existing job, convince a few partners to join you and you jump off the bridge together. There is no certainty about a startup on day-one.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

SCORE.org A resource partner with the U.S. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Small Business Administration, SCORE gives free advice to entrepreneurs. Events Assistant at Mashable (San Fra. Events Manager at Mashable (New York, Sr.

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Steve Blank

JULY 9, 2009

So I got out out of the building to meet and understand our customers and distribution partners. I remember after a month or two of talking to 14-22 year old male gamers (our potential target market,) I realized that for the first time in my career I had no emotional connection to my customers or channel partners.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Today, the company produces low carbon footprint fruits and vegetables and sells to distributors in California, Nevada and Arizona. At this point, he can grow organically and leverage channel partners and other creative modes of non-equity financing and preserve equity as much as possible. GotProduce.com.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2011

We also discussed Dan's options vis-à-vis channel partners. Up last, Thomas Vellaringattu from San Jose, California, pitched Social Pulse , a service through which he is helping small businesses that are not terribly net savvy set up profiles and use social media to market and curate relevant information to help them market.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2022

Stu Heinecke (03:19): Well, you know, I guess the fact is that, well, if you look at let's, it's full of contradictions because if you look at, let's say the state flower of California, it is a weed, you know, it's the California poppy. It could be, it could be a partner that you have. So there are beautiful. I think so.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 27, 2019

Despite multiple failures, Huffington ran against Arnold Schwarzenegger for a seat as governor of California. Today, she continues to run The Muse, which partners with 60 of the biggest companies and is the best place for young professionals to find jobs. Oprah Winfrey. Ruth Fertel.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 7, 2016

Keep in mind that I grew up in Texas and then lived in California. If everyone has the full context on your mission, you are going to channel more people’s ideas and get a much more creative result. In addition to context, most people channel their creativity and energy to teams they love – so relationships matter.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Basing a consultant’s compensation on the incremental revenue they generate is a great example of a deal that is on The Fringe (for other creative approaches to partnering, see Agreements on The Fringe). He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbaras Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 4, 2022

She teaches a Digital Marketing course (virtually) at the University of California in Irvine. She teaches a digital marketing course at the university of California in Irvine, and is also the author of a new book. John Jantsch (07:42): One of the, this, you might actually say, this is the underlying story or plot for the entire book.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

He has hired engineers from Loyola Marymount University , CalTech, University of Southern California and UCLA , he says. TV channel blackouts becoming more common. Visit our Partners: USA WEEKEND. Privacy Notice/Your California Privacy Rights. Weve reached out to the schools." Most Popular. Mars rover lands on Xbox Live.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

It’s nothing more than another marketing channel for you to experiment with, analyze, optimize and grow. Most of them are from California (8.56%), New York (8.16%), Florida (7.40%), Texas (6.16%), Pennsylvania (5.71%) and Illinois (5.71%). Are you aware of your cost per acquisition on other channels?

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