Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

They know the activities, resources and partners (manufacturing, regulation, IP, supply chain, etc.) – and the costs to deliver the product/service and have well defined product development and product management tools that emphasize the linear nature of shipping products to existing customers.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 12, 2020

For example, a professional freedom-to-operate search will show you whether your intended product will infringe any patents or designs that are already in force, and/or ensure that your chosen logo is sufficiently different to those being used by your competitors. Infringement proceedings can be very costly and time consuming.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2013

You may have self-financed the initial startup costs and/or raised FFF capital without a business plan , but in order to attract seed investment from Angel investors you will need a comprehensive plan complete with extensive market research and a detailed financial model. Product Development. Intellectual Property.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

IP Location Tools. tells you how much adwords cost. Great for visualizing work of product development. hire low-cost international engineering talent. Lodestone Innovation Partners (IP) Ltd are spin-out specialists. Xtranormal. Presentation tools. Login System. Social functionality. Crowdfactory. SEMRush â??

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Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

A fair amount of your FFF funding will likely go towards product development. Depending on the complexity of your product you may or may not be able to complete a working prototype or beta version with your FFF capital. If not, at the bare minimum you will need an interactable wireframe mockup that demonstrates the product.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

For instance, many a BDC CEO has initiated a consultant to study cost cutting issues before announcing a significant layoff. Unlike employee training costs, which can typically be spread over years of service, the relative return from training a consultant is modest and pricey. IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. startupcto

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Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

In an early stage startup, instead of sales being up front, the point departments are likely to be product development and customer development. Later on in this same company’s life, sales will become the pointy end and product development moves to a supporting role.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 6, 2004

I couldn’t agree with him more that while there are cost benefits there are also other factors to consider when moving development offsite. While the number of coders may go down in an IT department, there will be ample opportunity for developers to move up the value chain into design, architecture, and product management.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 11, 2009

Starting with Facebook s developer program, social networks are all jumping on the apps bandwagon. Those apps are generating even more page views, making it quite affordable to buy application installs (which is a cost-per-action ad that requires the user to install the app before the action is considered complete).

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

This single decision wound up costing the company significant revenue and over the course of several months sent its customer growth into decline. In the end, we managed to repair the damage, but only after losing a lot of time and at significant opportunity cost. We were totally unprepared for the magnitude of what happened.

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Transformify

APRIL 12, 2020

It’s an extra cost for the employer and most companies stick to 2-3 overseas locations to simplify remote working arrangements. Some companies create remote jobs to save on employment costs and benefit from the much lower pay rate overseas. An asset, no cost in the P&L. USD 30 000 rent (cost). Slave Labor.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In this post, we’re sharing a build vs. buy framework to help you consider the opportunity costs and make an informed decision on whether to buy software off the shelf or build a custom solution. This is especially true if you’ve found a better way of solving it than existing products in the market. The scope of the project.

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