ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Still, COVID-19 helped tip the balance towards a globally distributed model. Government restrictions and fears of infection pushed companies that had previously held out to accept remote working, and many discovered that it’s more manageable than they had expected. Factors that are tipping the scales. Automate as much as possible.

Distribution 145

Distribution Global Agile Startup 145

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Depending on the business model, some hire providers as full-time W2 workers and some assemble a network of part-time providers with disperse distribution of available hours. Another possible growth channel is through employers, though competing with other benefits is never easy. Why is 2021 Different.

Vertical 156

Vertical Software Review Portfolio Demand 156

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Sedibeng’s primary market advantages are their company culture, consistent “quality” branding, traditional brew recipes, and commitment to rural distribution. Sales channel relationships. A weakness that may deter investors is NovOculi’s lack of relationship with the medical device distribution community. Expansion.

Botswana 148

Botswana Business Plan Oregon Distribution 148

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2010

For that, you need to implement a winning distribution channel strategy. Common channel strategies include direct to customer, distributor, and joint venture arrangements. For many markets these days, the channel owns the market. In other words, you may have the best product, but no distribution means no business.

Channel 213

Channel Distribution Startup Warrant 213

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Nice-to have” and “easier-to-use” products, or social ventures needing government support, are not likely to provide a financial return to investors. Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy.

Due Diligence 271

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Preferred Stock 271

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2012

You need to find vendors who can deliver in less cost and time than competitors, and build distribution and support channels. After the market and product have been validated, the real challenge comes. A prototype is the three-dimensional version of your vision.

Startup 242

Startup Database Early Stage Distribution 242

Up and Running

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Tangible assets of the company , such as capital, credit, existing customers or distribution channels, patents, or technology. What about shifts in consumer behavior, the economy, or government regulations that could reduce your sales? What advantages do you have over your competition? Manufacturing facilities?

Technical Review 166

Technical Review United States Reputation Curation 166

Gust

DECEMBER 6, 2011

A medical device company, on the other hand, may need cash resources to pay for FDA testing, designing the prototype, manufacturing the product, establishing an inventory of the devices and establishing marketing and sales channels for the products. Government Grants. $3 US Government. ANNUAL US $$$. 50 billion. GEM Studies.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Valuation Software Engineering 179

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2016

Cash is always hard to find, but in many cases it’s even harder to find access to needed distribution channels, government contract expertise, or the special skills required to deliver your solution. Usually it pays to work in an industry for a while, before you try to fix it. Willing to start today and find resources later.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Investor Viral 120

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2010

You need to find vendors who can deliver in less cost and time than competitors, and build distribution and support channels. After the market and product have been validated, the real challenge comes. A prototype is the three-dimensional version of your vision.

Entrepreneur 236

Entrepreneur Database Early Stage Distribution 236

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2015

Cash is always hard to find, but in many cases it’s even harder to find access to needed distribution channels, government contract expertise, or the special skills required to deliver your solution. Usually it pays to work in an industry for a while, before you try to fix it. Willing to start today and find resources later.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Viral Distribution 120

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

One of the greatest threats to long-term success is when companies aren’t vigilant enough about responding to the changes in their market—whether it’s by failing to spot product or channel fatigue, acknowledge new competition, make needed updates to products or marketing adjustments in a timely fashion, or embrace new technology coming online.

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Algorithm Channel Analytics 127

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

Nice-to have” and “easier-to-use” products, or social ventures needing government support, are not likely to provide a financial return to investors. Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy.

Due Diligence 308

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Seed Stage 308

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

government to help them innovate faster– not just kind of fast, but 10x the number of initiatives in 1/5 the time. Here the company executes a known business model (known customers, product features, competitors, pricing, distribution channel, supply chain, etc.) I’ve been working with large companies and the U.S.

Lean 120

Lean Management Business Model Incubator 120

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2020

Governments, studios, and marketers already understand this, and how important a role video plays in marketing. Have a Clear Distribution Plan. You also have to use the right channel for your videos. Images rule the world we live in. And this makes perfect sense, as 65% of the human population is said to be visual learners.

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Video Churn Rate Marketing Miami 207

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 22, 2020

When it became clear that waiting for government funding and support would take weeks, if not months, Lenore instead looked to her community for both, using her experience with the layoffs and her expertise as a small business owner to solve two of the massive problems crashing over our society.

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San Francisco Government Technical Review Community 60

Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

work (collection, processing, reporting, analysis), processes, org structure, governance models, last-mile gaps , metrics ladders of awesomeness , and… so… much… more. Remember, tools, work, processes, org structure, governance models, last-mile gaps, metrics ladders of awesomeness, and… so… much… more. The Implications of Complexity.

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Analytics Framework Metrics Algorithm 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Government bail-outs do not promote innovation. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally.

Artificial Inteligence 315

Artificial Inteligence Offshore Merger Technical Review 315

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

The only hard part about it, is to get well-defined problems from sponsors in the local city or government agency that you offer to students. Distribution channels, brand loyalty, etc. What does it take to get from that demo into your engineering group, to be delivered as a product into your existing sales channel?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

This includes entering into partnerships, arranging for manufacturing facilities, and developing channels for distribution. They defer to others, like government agencies, universities, and large corporations to take that risk. The technology can be reliably replicated and produced. All is definitely fundable now.

Developer 243

Developer Warrant Angel Investor Early Stage 243

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Usually it’s starvation — can’t get enough customers (distribution) to pay enough money for long enough (product/market fit). But, this has implications around compensation, how you find that talent, and why that person wants to work at your company instead of the one down the block who can pay a little bit more.

Government 223

Government Startup Cofounder Technical Support 223

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

We had to estimate hardware costs at various volume levels, distribution channel discounts, competitive pressures from Imsai and a few others, and then decide to go to market with a strong conviction in our pricing strategy. Price is no longer cost + markup = customer price.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Nevada Silicon Valley 48

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Traditionally, startups in healthcare have had challenges with distribution. government, payers, hospitals/clinics, physicians, caregivers, and patients) with competing incentives, and the power of incumbents that continue to consolidate the market (i.e. pharma, PBMs, and EHRs). Can your application be its own native product (i.e.

Distribution 60

Distribution Government Programming Channel 60

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2012

This includes entering into partnerships, arranging for manufacturing facilities, and developing channels for distribution. They defer to others, like government agencies, universities, and large corporations to take that risk. The technology can be reliably replicated and produced. All is definitely fundable now.

Warrant 224

Warrant Angel Investor Early Stage Distribution 224

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Venturing overseas is challenging and there have been recent calls for the government to further support trade associations to help local SMEs in Singapore expand in this region. Local support from government agencies helped us facilitate negotiations and provided us with introductions when entering other markets.

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Singapore Global Marketing Cofounder 100

Start Up Blog

JUNE 3, 2021

This is for two reasons: (1) BlockChain could allow for cold storage (offline) of each block and (2) also is the only fully distributed data storage system which has the highest levels of cryptography. I’ve worked with Government of some issues at a Sate and Federal level but big tech power seems low of the priority list at present.

Technology 118

Technology Social Media Affiliate Media 118

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

What if you’re a government or a military organization or part of the intelligence community? Channel is changed to Deployment. Distribution Channel changes to Deployment. In the commercial world we ask, “What type of distribution channel (direct sales, app store, system integrator, etc.)

Business Model 120

Business Model Revenue Channel Community 120

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2020

Governments and businesses across the world are consistently speaking about the need to adjust to a new normal. There is an unprecedented recalibration of the buying behavior of consumers, the marketing and advertising strategies, and the channels for reaching consumers. But then you have to advertise with care.

Advertising 93

Advertising Social Media Community SEO 93

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 5, 2013

The challenge ahead lies in translating this technology + human solution into a product that can be distributed through established sales channels for maximum scale. For example, Government intelligence departments function as separate teams. See Peter’s post related to this concept of repeatability ( [link] ). .

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Cofounder Vertical Algorithm Government 167

Austin Startup

JANUARY 27, 2019

I watch his “I have a dream” speech every year), and finished with our federal government finally re-opening temporarily after a clear failure of action-oriented communication and the longest government shutdown in American history. He used to work for us at Bazaarvoice, and knows how important real-time communication is.

Conversion 48

Conversion Email Cofounder Hosting 48

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Technology recently wired all of us directly to each other, destroying heavily controlled and highly valued distribution channels, giving every entrepreneur immediate and direct access to a global marketplace of opportunity, right from their fingertips… or laptop. You also can write about your area of skill or expertise.

Distribution 235

Distribution Channel America Entrepreneur 235

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2011

This includes entering into partnerships, arranging for manufacturing facilities, and developing channels for distribution. They defer to others, like government agencies, universities, and large corporations to take that risk. The technology can be reliably replicated and produced. All is definitely fundable now.

Developer 233

Developer Warrant Angel Investor Early Stage 233

Up and Running

MAY 13, 2020

You want to develop workable estimates of total potential market, potential market value, reachable market, most important market segments, and the target market segments and distribution channels you go after specifically. This article lists standard sources of information, such as US government resources. .

Marketing 155

Marketing Business Plan Database Distribution 155

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

Written language enabled the creation of large societies and with them, governments. And some governments learned how to turn radio into a weapon of mass deception. I spent my first seventeen years in a city where there were just three major TV channels, three major newspapers, and no Internet. — The next wave was Radio.

North Korea 252

North Korea Social Media .Net Europe 252

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

Nice-to have” and “easier-to-use” products, or social ventures needing government support, are not likely to provide a financial return to investors. Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy.

Due Diligence 120

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Seed Stage 120

Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

Business plans presume that building a startup is a series of predictable steps requiring execution of a plan which assumes a series of known facts: known customers, known features, known pricing, known distribution channel. In addition, two government-funded programs have adopted the class at scale.

Lean 433

Lean Agile Business Model Business Plan 433

Gust

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

This includes entering into partnerships, arranging for manufacturing facilities, and developing channels for distribution. They defer to others, like government agencies, universities, and large corporations to take that risk. The technology can be reliably replicated and produced. All is definitely fundable now.

Developer 148

Developer Warrant Angel Investor Early Stage 148