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What Is a Business Model? Business Models Explained

Up and Running

It’s an explanation of how you deliver value to your customers at an appropriate cost. These tools let entrepreneurs experiment, test, and, well, model different ways that they could structure their costs and revenue streams. A successful business model just needs to collect more money from customers than it costs to make the product.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

They’re low cost and capable of delivering specific — but mostly basic — engineering services. But that’s outsourcing development — it does not mean have a boundaryless team. These are highly-skilled people that make up critical parts of your software development teams. Don’t participate.

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6 Reasons Why Technology Won’t Kill B2B Salespeople

YoungUpstarts

Marketing Disintermediation. Ultimately, when large amounts of money are involved in B2B purchases, buyers want to deal directly with a human being to develop a relationship, perhaps negotiate and to get certain assurances. High cost of sales automation and digital marketing. Buyers increasingly expect customized solutions.

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Angels Rush in Where VC Fear to Tread

Up and Running

One thing that came up repeatedly, then, was the impact of steeply declining web development costs on professional investment. The article suggests – and we agree – that angels are disintermediating traditional VCs in many cases. They also invest lower amounts of money than traditional VCs, between $25k-$250k.

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Twitter Link Roundup #149 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Paying Developers is A Bad Idea – [link]. Twitter: It’s time for patent trolls to bear the costs of frivolous lawsuits – [link]. Another industry being disintermediated by technology: Gaming Faces Its Archenemy: Financial Reality – [link]. 6 Copywriting Mistakes That Shatter Conversion Rates – [link].

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The Final Edition

thebarefootvc

I had alluded to this in a piece I wrote in 2015 – Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?: “Twenty years from now, we will see disintermediation of banks, and millenials will no longer recognize the current banking system as they will receive financial services from a number of new entrants in the technology sector.

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9 Real Estate Marketing Strategies to Expand Your Business

Up and Running

Another major factor in successfully expanding your real estate business is to develop a marketing budget and stick to it. Additional resources to consult for marketing-related activities: Estimating Realistic Startup Costs. Develop brand awareness. How to Define Your Target Market. How to Do Market Research. Plan for success.