Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Matt was one of my inspirations behind Launchpad LA (yes, we’re going to have a program in 2011 – news very, very soon). Don’t and you might make one catastrophic mistake that leaves you in the annals of Effed Companies. Since selling Matt has gone on to become one of the smartest angels I have seen operate.

Acquisition 304

Acquisition Warrant Customer Term Sheet 304

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

As Syria destabilized in 2011, he remained in the United States and decided to focus on curing diseases through drug development, a decision that led Dr. Hanna further down the path of educational training. The new model emphasized business structure and capitalization.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Syria Developer United States 150

Steve Blank

MARCH 15, 2011

By now the nine teams in our Stanford Lean LaunchPad Class were formed, In the four days between team formation and this class session we tasked them to: Write down their initial hypotheses for the 9 components of their company’s business model (who are the customers? Their business was a robot lawn mower. in Control Systems.

Business Model 239

Business Model Nebraska Peru Germany 239

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

But when it’s all over and they define the era of this mini run up in stock prices I suspect they’ll include 2011 in the “over valued&# category. Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out. That may be. It may also be that this lasts another 18 months. Bubbles are not all bad.

Saudi Arabia 309

Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2015

Fast forward to 2011 and the business had been bought by Microsoft for a whopping US$8.5 Low overheads make this a highly successful business model: the company only employs around 15 full-time staff [15]. 1] “Microsoft confirms takeover of Skype” bbc.com,10 May 2011. [2] billion [1]. 3] Varian, H.,

Dominican Republic 100

Dominican Republic Global San Francisco Arizona 100

David Cohen

AUGUST 22, 2012

.” In researching my answers for the WSJ reporter, I dug up some data on TechStars companies over the last several years that use the freemium model. It’s interesting that in 2009 there was a peak for our companies in use of the freemium model. The paid software business models available to you are simply a bag of tools.

Vertical 110

Vertical Search Business Model Software Development 110

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

steve blank in finland sept 2011 View more documents from steve blank. It's hard enough to pick which existing companies with known business models to aid. 9-to-5 Venture Capital. Yet Tekes does that and is trying to act like a government-run Venture Capital firm.

Finland 158

Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 158

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

And the trick is we use the same Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum — and kept the same class structure – experiential, hands-on, driven this time by a mission -model not a business model. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. It Started with an Idea.

Oakland 315

Oakland Asia Lean Video 315

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." few years ago I also started following Alexander Osterwalder in his blog about his Business Model Generation -mantra. If nothing changes, when will you run out of money? Sometimes fear is a good motivator. Maybe you could get v1.0 same as the old boss.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. It’s critical to establish this component of your business before thinking seriously about growth. in place before you expand. SYEN 10 DAK?KADA

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

On Saturday, April 9, 2011, I arrived in Chennai at 3 a.m. While the basic premise is compelling, and I am very interested in entrepreneurship opportunities in this area, the business model is flawed. after a 24-hour journey from California. At 11 a.m.,

India 126

India Technical Review Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 126

Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

America’s immigrants opened more than a quarter of all new businesses in 2011; per capita, they’re more than twice as likely to do so as people who were born here. The Startup Visa movement is aimed at a pain point that is near and dear to my heart.

Silicon Valley 187

Silicon Valley San Francisco Intellectual Property Accredited Investor 187

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2015

Google’s gross and operating margins improved sequentially in 4Q14, and even as they continue to be lower than when desktop search advertising was at its peak in 2011 and early 2012, TBR believes margin growth is of lesser importance to Google than consistently growing total revenue and gross profit between 10% and 15% year-to-year each quarter.

Advertising 100

Advertising Revenue Mobile Intellectual Property 100

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Given that 2011 is already behind us, I’d like to take a brief time-out from the usual legal and financial wonkery to wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year. Most investors will assume that if the business plan is solid and a large market opportunity exists, there will be vigorous competition from other players.

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

He did $5M in 2011 sales and is projected $7.2m Some partial answers came up, including spending on a new version of the product with additional features, and excessively high inventories relative to actual sales in holiday 2011. Finds your keys using an app on your phone. Provides an emergency one touch dialer.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Technical Cofounder Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 110

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JULY 18, 2011

I saw the potential in helping other people and a possible business model. At around 8:30pm, “pitchers&# went one by one pitching their app idea. One that caught my eye was a lost and found app. On Saturday, ended up with 5 iOS developers with varying skills, most with apps in the store. Score since he was my recruit.

San Jose 60

San Jose API Coder Ruby 60

Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

One commonly used approach is to identify widely felt “pain points” in the target market; build a workable solution to address them using particularly effective or efficient means; and if the business model pencils out, work like crazy to execute, execute, execute.

Technical Review 172

Technical Review Egypt Morocco Russia 172

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Israel’s ranking in the’s Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 increased to 24th place from 27th the year before. TAKADU NAMED WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM TECHNOLOGY PIONEER 2011. The World Economic Forum selected TaKaDu, a water infrastructure monitoring leader, as a Technology Pioneer 2011. For previous editions, click here.

Israel 96

Israel United Kingdom Austria Global 96

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

For this reason, we’ve partnered with Guild members who have experience across different kinds of customers, business models, and distribution channels. Before Sunrise, Pierre became a UX designer at Foursquare after impressing CEO Dennis Crowley during a 2011 Foursquare hackathon. Jared Cluff, CMO at Blue Apron.

Operations 176

Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

40 Small Businesses and the Online Tools They Can’t Live Without - [link]. Very useful guide for small businesses & startups – New SEO Starter Guide From Google - [link]. 5 Trends that Will Shape Small Business in 2011 - [link]. Get Your Business Generating Revenue Quickly - [link]. - [link].

Social Media 87

Social Media Las Vegas Small Business Design 87

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

William James Foundation Sustainable Business Plan Competition : The William James Foundation (WJF) seeks to identify, promote, and support entrepreneurs who have financially viable ways of integrating social and/or environmental sustainability into a for-profit business model. Previously published on Forbes.

PR 114

PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 114

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Startups rarely survive by guessing, and can only create products and business models based on facts about their target market. Only 30 days after it’s launch on June 9th 2011, Fab had 300,000 registered members & over 10,000 members making a purchase, resulting in 1.3 Pivot the product entirely.

Customer Development 126

Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 126

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

I remember when I first started NextView and I was giving a talk to an audience in Boston about innovative new consumer businesses and internet business models. This was in 2011, and I still remember that warning. What I was purporting was just “the greater fool theory”. I’m glad I didn’t listen.

IRR 205

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 205

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Prestigious London-based Monocle magazine, a global briefing journal covering international affairs, business, culture and design, has chosen Haifa as the city with the most promising business potential for 2011. TWO ISRAELI COMPANIES WIN GE CLEANTECH CHALLENGE.

Israel 87

Israel Technical Review South Korea Mexico 87

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

An IBM study in 2011, “ From Social Media to Social CRM ”, discovered significant gaps between what businesses think consumers care about and what consumers say they want from their social media interactions with companies. If you own an Apple product, you know what I’m talking about.

Programming 150

Programming Turkey Social Media Redemption 150

Growthink Blog

JULY 23, 2013

Rebuilding a business can take months and work should not stop during that time. A good business owner will have a contingency plan set up which allows the company to continue, even if an entire physical location was lost. Businesses that didn''t adapt in time where shut down by the FCC.

Revenue 115

Revenue Security Acquisition Business Model 115

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 19, 2006

November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Signup for email updates. Enter your Email. Preview | Powered by FeedBlitz.

Software Review 60

Software Review Wisconsin Technical Review Angel Investor 60

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

Although we got some early traction, we were unable to prevent a bankruptcy from happening in October 2011. Remember that raising money in itself is not the purpose; it’s about creating an organization that can fully focus on finding retention and a working business model that can later on scale. Raising money takes time.

Bankruptcy 121

Bankruptcy Technical Review Intellectual Property Due Diligence 121

Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

If you’ve tried to slog your way through my book on Customer Development you know that I’m insistent that the founders need to be the ones getting outside the building (physically or virtually) to validate all the initial hypotheses of the business model and product. Memorex is turning 50 years old in 2011.

Technology 145

Technology Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 145

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 19, 2014

In addition to being one of the most popular domain registrars in the world, it also offers website hosting and a whole range of business related technology solutions. In 2011, 65% of the company was sold to a group of private equity firms for approximately $2.25 Look at your business model – where have you been playing safe?

Technical Review 104

Technical Review Private Equity Hosting Advertising 104

Tim Keane

JUNE 19, 2012

November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. .   Search. Signup for email updates. Enter your Email. April 2013. Categories.

Milwaukee 79

Milwaukee Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping 79

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If Rather they understood that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Rules For the New Bubble: 2011 -2014. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998.

Internet 335

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 335

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

From live & on demand video with endless interactive overlays, through 2nd screen, synchronized & social experiences, to brilliant mobile apps that may function in all connectivity environments and support every possible business model. VivoText - Company Website.

Israel 133

Israel Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

A place to start would be by recognizing the fundamental difference between an existing company and a startup: existing companies execute business models, while startups search for a business model. (Or Therefore the very foundations of teaching entrepreneurship should start with how to search for a business model.

Agile 256

Agile Business Model Customer Development Lean 256

Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

Founders of startups (and new ventures inside existing companies) are searching for product/market fit and a repeatable and scalable business model. At the start of the 21st century, after two decades and 8 startups, I retired and had time to think about how VCs directed their startups using business plans. experiential.

Lean 436

Lean Agile Business Model Business Plan 436

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

As an example, eBay’s 2011 marketplace revenues were approximately $6.6B A high rake will allow you to achieve larger revenues faster, but it will eventually represent a strategic red flag – a pricing umbrella that can be exploited by others in the ecosystem, perhaps by someone with a more disruptive business model.

Europe 101

Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

In 2011, I wrote about Jugaad, according to Wikipedia “a colloquial Hindi word that can mean an innovative fix or a simple work-around”. Resource scarcity leads to innovation — as those of us who have lived and worked in the developing world are acutely aware.

Africa 106

Africa India Bangladesh United States 106