Steve Blank

APRIL 21, 2011

This week they were testing their hypotheses about the sales “Channel” – how a company delivers its value proposition (i.e. There are two major channels: physical channels and virtual (web/mobile) channels. Virtual channels include Dedicated e-commerce, Two-step e-distribution and Aggregators. Next was D.C.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

The old approaches of controlling distribution channels, saturating retail, and methodically scaling your brand awareness don’t protect you anymore. It’s now more intense than ever, with the cost of entry going down, and new players easily able to join the fray from anywhere in the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

It’s important to learn from your own mistakes, but it’s even smarter to learn from someone else’s mistakes, without paying their high price in time lost, cost, and pain. Viral marketing costs real money, and your support staff and hosting systems cost even more. Bypasses intellectual property as not worth the cost.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

This post is an update of what we learned about life science distribution channels. Life Science/Health Care distribution channels differ by Category. It turns out that for commercialization, the business model (Customers, Channel, Revenue Model, etc.) Channel Cost = $350-400,000 per sales team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

For example, when you think about distribution channels, revenue streams, or the relationship with the customer, ask customers what they expect. Don’t forget a viable financial model of costs, margins, customer acquisition, and break-even. Leverage your customer conversations to predict and validate your business model.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

A marketing playbook helps you achieve brand consistency across channels and campaigns. A marketing playbook is a reference guide that outlines how a business will manage its marketing on a particular channel or campaign. What’s inside will differ depending on the channel or marketing campaign. Content channels.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

If they select a business model that targets industry incumbents, they don’t have to worry about upsetting existing customers, partners or distribution channels. Existing companies also use network effects of monopolies/duopolies, distribution channel kickbacks, etc., to stifle competition.). What can a company do?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Traditional video had very high costs of distribution due to limited time slots of broadcast TV (we only had enough spectrum to support 3-4 channels). The number of channels grew with cable & satellite TV but we still have limitations that makes distributing content high. But distribution is now unlimited.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 11, 2020

Amidst the outbreak, governments across the region, such as Singapore have been promoting the use of digital finance as a means to minimise physical contact and stamp the spread of the virus, channelling more monetary support for the growth of e-payments and digital financial solutions.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2020

So, what are the in demand products during this time of pandemic that both budding and seasoned entrepreneurs may want to consider manufacturing or distributing? Medical industry manufacturers and suppliers can benefit from the injection molding manufacturing process because of its cost-efficiency. These are some of those: 1.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2014

Next we teach Distribution Channels (how are you going to sell the product) and Customer Relationships (how do you Get/Keep/Grow customers) and Revenue Streams (what’s the Revenue Model strategy and pricing tactics.) Customer Relationships answers the question, “How will we create demand and drive it to our channel?”

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View from Seed

JANUARY 31, 2024

This is not dissimilar to the explosion of applications we saw in the mid-2000’s fueled by declining computing costs, cloud infrastructure, and social platforms. Is there a means of efficient distribution amidst the noise? Will new, native distribution channels emerge? Are these features, products, or actual companies?

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Patient-facing cost is a key driver of healthcare accessibility. Despite the structural and historical factors behind the incumbent cost structure of the US healthcare system, there are opportunities for new digital entrants to innovate around the cost stack and deliver more affordable care. . Affordability .

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2022

This will prepare you for the scaling-up phase where you will only need to distribute the formulated guidelines among your new workers and monitor compliance. However, this may create a major barrier to growth in the future if you apply excessive cost-cutting to the software dimension of your business. Hardware Costs.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). Will these third parties produce something people will watch? But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Small fine-tuned models as an alternative to giant generic ones – when finely tuned with appropriate data, smaller, specialised LLMs can yield comparable results at a fraction of the cost. Artificial Intelligence – Scaling global intelligence and redefining work: AI training costs should continue to fall 75% per year.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Among its many implications, the digital office means that jobs don’t necessarily need to be done in-person, and today’s startup leaders are realizing that many projects can be done at a lower cost remotely, without any drop in quality. Still, COVID-19 helped tip the balance towards a globally distributed model.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2023

Small and medium-sized businesses frequently face difficulties in meeting the high costs associated with hiring agencies or creating content on their own. In light of the state of the economy as it is currently functioning, he places an emphasis on developing marketing strategies that are efficient with regard to cost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

For example, when you think about distribution channels, revenue streams, or the relationship with the customer, ask customers what they expect. Don’t forget a viable financial model of costs, margins, customer acquisition, and break-even. Leverage your customer conversations to predict and validate your business model.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

We short-handed this marketing mix as “ the four P’s ” – product, price, promotion and place (distribution) – this was devised in 1960 and while a little bit dated is still a useful framework. Others copy the method and the channel grows weary of that tactic and begins to change the rules.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 30, 2020

In particular, we think the post-COVID world will see a permanent shift in the way people shop for groceries, personal goods, and other essentials; the retailers that provide a tech-enabled, multi-channel approach will gain a larger share. The average American shopper cannot afford to pay for membership or delivery fees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

Every business needs revenue to provide investor returns and offset costs. Every entrepreneur needs to know and communicate the total costs associated with their solution or product, including cost of goods sold, customer acquisition costs, capital costs, operational expenses, and partner costs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. Be specific on sales channels and marketing initiatives. The key issues here are time to market and cost. Distribution. Cost structure.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Customer acquisition cost (CAC) is an important metric for any ecommerce business. Put simply, you need a healthy customer acquisition cost for your business to succeed. In this article, you’ll learn what ecommerce CAC is, how to calculate it, and how to keep costs down to maintain profit health. Your business is unique.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Growth hacking has resonated in the startup community due to today’s growth challenges: new channel creation, channel saturation, the “best product” fallacy and “product-growth” fit. Channel instability. The creation and destruction of channels is a common occurrence today. Channel saturation.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Inside an organization there are only cost centers. Meaning: C = Customers (traffic x conversion rate) CLV = Customer revenue – (CAC + cost of serving that customer) CAC = Customer Acquisition Cost G = Growth. RFM distribution. Once you have RFM groups, you’ll better understand the distribution of your customers.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

The old brands and distribution channels are dead or dying. What’s looking likely is that instead of physical stores and ecommerce being distinct, separate channels, we will see increasingly tight integration between the digital and physical experience of a brand or retailer — and new forms of retail experiences altogether.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

If your new business is going to distribute products in the U.S. retail market, that means your business needs to get its products into what people call “the channel”—also known as channels of distribution, or retail channels. Most of the major retail channels in the U.S. Understand tiers.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 25, 2021

How much does it cost to hire the wrong person? It is immensely critical to avoid hiring the wrong candidate as it can cost the company financially as well as ruin the morale of the team. Create interesting recruitment content and distribute it through all relevant social media networks. Maintain a clear communication channel.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

The entrepreneurs can reduce their operational costs significantly – by utilizing advanced technologies like autonomous vehicles, drones, and robots for courier delivery. Monitor the effectiveness of promotional campaigns – The admin is responsible for implementing marketing campaigns across different communication channels.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Your ecommerce marketing strategy is the blueprint and high-level vision that guides how you’ll interact with prospects, the channels you’ll use to reach them, and the messaging you’ll develop to communicate benefits and build your brand. Prioritize marketing channels based on customer feedback. How often do you check your email inbox?

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Channel-level expertise: An understanding of how the channels work (e.g., Where Airbnb recognized the value in another platform, Dropbox doubled down on the strength of its product as a distribution channel. Use this information to identify the channels to reach customers and the type of content that they’ll relate to.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2020

Some of the common reasons it happens are high shipping costs; the customer has to create an account and trust with payment details. Email marketing is one of the most effective marketing channels for conversions. They are also an excellent tool for gaining feedback and distributing important brand news. Ask a marketing expert.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2020

To be able to pick up on cost-effective sales , it’s essential to understand why and how ecommerce has become a success story. You can easily integrate this portal with different social media channels. Marketing Channels. Businesses can also mix up channels of marketing for their brands. The Ecommerce Traps and Potholes.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Continually add new marketing and distribution partners. Openly reward employees who make the extra effort, champion cost-cutting issues, and enhance the sales process. Aggressively enter new markets and sales channels. If your website isn’t pulling in the growth you need, expand to Amazon and other channels.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 1, 2018

Now that small travel companies can compete with the big ones, it’s vital that they market themselves effectively through multiple distribution channels and receive stellar reviews in order to generate more business and gain the trust of their customers.

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