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6 Keys To Recognizing Business Bubbles Ready To Burst

Startup Professionals Musings

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. Government actions sometimes meddle with normal supply and demand equilibriums, or money allocations. Supply and demand ignored.

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The Amazing Power of Deflationary Economics for Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Often major customers defect en masse to the new entrant as they realize that the huge price premium is not justified by the product differentials. had a government break because they didn’t need to charge taxes and thus consumers got an even better price. LinkedIn – Lots of people talk about LinkedIn as a social network.

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6 Key Drivers To a Long-Term Competitive Advantage

Startup Professionals Musings

What we are looking for here is a breakthrough in technology (patented), manufacturing process, or new revenue model, that results in an order-of-magnitude cost reduction. Investors will look at turnover rates, cost of acquisition, and revenue streams. Strong focus and differentiation. Proven team with inside relationships.

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Investors Look for These Six Competitive Elements

Startup Professionals Musings

What we are looking for here is a breakthrough in technology (patented), manufacturing process, or new revenue model, that results in an order-of-magnitude cost reduction. Investors will look at turnover rates, cost of acquisition, and revenue streams. Strong focus and differentiation. Proven team with inside relationships.

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Create a New Business Bubble, Don’t Chase Old Ones

Startup Professionals Musings

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. Government actions sometimes meddle with normal supply and demand equilibriums, or money allocations. Supply and demand ignored.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

This is a philosophy that governs my daily life as well as my entrepreneurial activities. For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. September 11, 2008 2:06 PM Editor said. Less is more.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

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billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million). Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005).

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