Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2016

It’s tempting to tell everyone about all the future potential uses of your new technology and risk confusing them, having them wait for your future or disappoint them with several poor solutions. Forecast revenue growth that defies business principles. Dismiss the need to register any intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2023

Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. But what does that really mean? Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2016

by Gadiel Morantes , chief revenue officer at Early Growth Financial Services. Speaking intelligently about your company’s current (and future) performance means regular check-ins with your finances. Be diligent about income and expenses and how each relates to your milestones. A Jenga tower is a precariously built one.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

This isn’t just about having a eureka moment; it’s about understanding the problem you’re solving and why it matters to your potential customers. This involves more than just understanding your competitors; it’s about grasping the nuances of the market you’re entering.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Driven by job cuts and budget reductions urging businesses to hire more freelancers , online freelancing platforms will enable companies to tap into expanded pools of global talent and hire qualified workers. If you are still concerned about employee health and morale when returning to the office, staying remote may be necessary.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

If you are still wary about how to start outsourcing as an entrepreneur, then start small. Providing detailed instructions on what needs to be done will allow the contractor or freelancer you hire to get right to work. A quality referral will speed up the process of hiring and will narrow down your choices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2020

Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. But what does that really mean? Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Make sure to include information for investors who do not know much about the cannabis industry. Ganjapreneur recommends including polls about the increased demand for cannabis legalization. Financial Summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Be specific.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

How about any Nokia phones? These questions and your answers lie at the heart of what I’d like to talk about with you today: the changing face of innovation and your role in it. Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. These innovations are exactly what Schumpter and Christensen were talking about.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 24, 2011

The convenience of online shoe shopping is a game-changer — to the tune of billions of dollars of revenue — but how could they make up the costs ? That’s what most people say about NetFlix and Zappos. Every time an MBA says “no&# while a customer says “yes,&# you’re increasing your lead.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Part 3: described what we’re going to do about it. This post is an update of what we learned about life science distribution channels. It turns out that for commercialization, the business model (Customers, Channel, Revenue Model, etc.) Expect little or no revenue for 2- 3 quarters after they start.

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I’ve been reading a lot on the web about incorporation and other legal stuff. We know that once we get money in we can clean things up, but we’re worried about mistakes that just can’t be fixed. (And And please don’t tell us to hire a lawyer.) And please don’t tell us to hire a lawyer.) Vesting Restrictions.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. A giant fork in the road.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. A giant fork in the road.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2014

A venture feasibility study analyzes an idea from several perspectives: market opportunity, competition, resources available, resource gaps, financial viability, operational issues, intellectual property rights, development timeline and technology needs. Do I need to hire a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for my small business?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

The Austin Technology Incubator is hiring for these positions, so make sure to apply now. If you are interested in learning more about ATI, please visit www.ati.utexas.edu. To learn more about these two positions, please contact Bart Bohn at bbohn@ati.utexas.edu. ATI On Campus “Assistant Director&#.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The shape and the name tell us something profound about our world; there are reasons certain things resonate with people. ConnecTeen Minds is about creating a community of teenagers that were disconnected from their lives but by coming to my platform they were now part of a greater community. It’s the basis for much of modern design.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Don’t assume that you need to rent an office to start a business or hire an accountant to track expenses and assets. You no longer need to travel to China or hire an expensive prototyping expert to mock up your new design. Create and register intellectual property online. Building the prototype can be fun.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Thinking about selling a business? Intellectual property is one of the most valuable assets acquirers seek in startups. It’s also often about the math of recreating solutions versus just buying them. Acquiring revenues can be very important. Think about a Google or Apple acquisition of Tesla.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

So you’re thinking about starting your own outpatient medical practice. If you’re thinking about starting an outpatient medical practice, one of the first things you should do is write a business plan. You should go into this thinking about your business plan as a living document, not something you do once and then file away forever.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Think about how you can integrate your natural skillset into your photography business so you can stand apart from your competition. Whatever niche you choose, make sure you’re passionate about it. For more information about how to create a business plan, the Small Business Administration has you covered. Real Estate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. But what does that really mean? Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Internal Revenue Service and Canada Revenue Agency both allow small business owners to write off or deduct the funds and intellectual property that they dedicate toward nonprofit causes and initiatives. As you move closer to opening day, clarify how you’ll generate revenue. Prepare for launch early on.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 30, 2016

Believe it or not, women have just as much concern about a female working on their vehicles as men do. I always have to prove myself to customers, and I get many men who don’t know the first thing about taking care of their cars. But only around 2% will actually achieve revenues over $1 million dollars.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

This is a topic we care a lot about, given HOF Capital’s long-term strategy for partnering with universities and my forthcoming book on “ hacking the university ”. Access to University’s Intellectual Property : Office of Cooperative Research. Some AI companies hire people with comedy-writing and script writing experience.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

We pulled together about $600K of commitments and interest, for a $500K-target financing round. Apparently, Like.com had a patent ( ‘610 patent ) issued about two months before in the broad area of using computer vision for product search. As I mentioned, Modista’s closest big competitor in the space was Like.com.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Two essential lists: Startup costs normally include startup expenses and startup assets: Startup expenses: These are expenses that happen before you launch and start bringing in any revenue. But even six months of spending would be about $240,000 (an eyeball estimate based on the row in the illustration called “total spent”).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. But what does that really mean? Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2015

Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. But what does that really mean? Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

The personal computer business was built on top of the semiconductor business about the same time that the last of the pieces of Venture Capital were falling into place – the 1979 change in the EISRA “prudent man” rule allowing pension funds to pour billions into Venture Funds. They build a minimum feature set.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 30, 2013

For example, should they hire in-market consultants, an expatriate based in a hub city, or partner with a local player? Hire the right people – local and entrepreneurial. Hire the right people – local and entrepreneurial. A business cannot even realistically cover a subset of those countries from Singapore. Keep it simple.

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Transformify

AUGUST 5, 2021

About 19% of all workers are already classified as short-term workers, contingent workers or 1099-Misc (or freelance, contingent, contractor). The never-ending cycle of lockdowns and reopenings makes it impossible to forecast revenue streams and retain full-time employees. Why do companies prefer Contingent Workers nowadays?

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

You and your team must know how to think about problems from new angles and adapt to changing market and customer demands. For example, having flexible work hours means you can hire talented candidates from different time zones, which will increase your productivity while keeping the costs down. What makes them tick?

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 27, 2024

Diversify Revenue Streams Relying heavily on a single revenue stream can be dangerous as it exposes your business to significant risk. To avoid going bankrupt, diversify revenue sources by expanding product lines, targeting new markets, or offering complementary services.

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