ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2011

We also explored business models that not only can span advertising, subscription, and e-commerce, but also hybrid virtual-physical concepts that could even draw upon a Starbucks of Salsa, Tango or Swing! In other words, 123ContactForm offers web forms of all kinds that are used by web developers, small businesses, etc.,

Romania 123

Romania Web Incubator Entrepreneur 123

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

In this excerpt from The Lean Entrepreneur , by using fishing as an analogy, Brant and Patrick reveal how market segmentation influences your business model and why “For Whom” is as important as “What” to build. Market segments drive your business model. Copyright © 2012 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Entrepreneur 167

Entrepreneur Lean Southern California San Diego 167

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

His superiors weren’t all happy with this atypical approach to news and asked him to leave in September 2012. In December 2012 he met up with the founders of Momkai , a creative agency with clients such as Red Bull and Nike. While reading these articles, our readers won’t be distracted by advertisements, for we are an ad-free site.

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Netherlands Campaign Europe Advertising 158

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

So you’re interested in raising capital from a Revenue-Based Investor VC. A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors (“RBI”) are emerging. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. Rational burn profile, up to 50% of revenue at close, scaling down.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Innovate Israel 2012 aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts. Check out the 28 Israeli startups coming to London next week to showcase at the Innovate Israel 2012 portfolio. Now your SD content can be turned into True HD.

Israel 133

Israel Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. So what is Revenue Based Investing?

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Revenue Term Sheet Founder Technical Review 60

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

With more than 825,000 franchise establishments across 300 business lines, they employ nearly 18 million people and account for one eighth of the U.S. But before candidates can decide if franchising is the right move for them, they must weigh the benefits and costs of franchising against that of a traditional business model.

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Small Business Administration SBA Business Model Small Business 100

Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. economy in general—U.S.

Rhode Island 107

Rhode Island North Dakota Louisiana Vermont 107

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

The two founders invested $40k in the business, and plan to license it rather than manufacture it because manufacturing seems too hard. They won a design award at a trade show, but have no revenue and no orders. in 2012 sales and $2M in income. So the $2M in 2012 profitability is far from in -the-bag.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Technical Cofounder Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 110

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

leananalyticsbook.com

AUGUST 19, 2012

August 7, 2012 by Alistair. There are three criteria you can use to help choose your OMTM: the business you’re in; the stage of your startup’s growth; and your audience. First: what business are you in? For online businesses, most of them are transactional, collaborative, SaaS-based, media, game, or app-centric.

Metrics 58

Metrics Clickthrough Lean Analytics 58

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Of course, everyone understands that somewhere in the equation theres revenue, whether directly or indirectly. Of course, everyone understands that somewhere in the equation theres revenue, whether directly or indirectly. October 2012. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model.

Software Review 60

Software Review Wisconsin Technical Review Angel Investor 60

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

TripAdvisor may be one of the most fascinating companies I know and so I was excited to dig into their business model as part of my series on scaling. TripAdvisor is more of a classic consumer Internet success story, but with even more powerful network effects and an amazing business model. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

Steve Blank

JANUARY 6, 2014

But businesses are finding that Continuous Deployment not only changes engineering but has ripple effects on the rest of its business model. Agile development has upended the familiar consumer expectations and company revenue models designed around the release cycles of Waterfall engineering. —-.

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Continuous Deployment Customer Agile Cloud 332

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Jason Carriere, the owner of Falling Sky Fermentation Supply Shop and co-founder of Falling Sky Brewing , has gone through many twists and turns since Falling Sky opened its first Eugene, Oregon brewpub location in 2012. There’s no one model—or one business plan—for breweries. Do they have access to contingency capital?

Oregon 24

Oregon Jordan Software Review Distribution 24

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2013

In cohort one, 25 teams chosen from a field of 100+, worked fulltime for eight weeks to take their ideas from a “cocktail napkin” business idea to a viable, scalable business model. We held the first cohort of 25 teams in Oct 2012. Amazingly by the end of the program’s eighth week, 8 of the 25 teams had customer revenue.

Colombia 327

Colombia Lean Silicon Valley Coder 327

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2012

We’ve taught two cohorts: 21 teams ending in December 2011 , and 24 teams ending in May 2012. In July 2012 we’ll teach 50 more teams, and another 50 in October. Few of the Principal Investigators or Entrepreneurial Leads had startup experience, and few of the mentors were familiar with Business Model design or Customer Development.

Lean 260

Lean Incubator Business Model Georgia 260

Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

If, on the other hand, there is some near term prospect of cash flow (say within six months or a year) but no ability to repay in the meantime, then the entrepreneur may try and find a way to finance his “pre-revenue period” using friends and family money that accepts a somewhat lower payment in recognition of a relationship beyond just investing.

Finance 83

Finance Bootstrapping Startup Equity 83

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2013

In cohort one, 25 teams chosen from a field of 100+, worked fulltime for eight weeks to take their ideas from a “cocktail napkin” business idea to a viable, scalable business model. We held the first cohort of 25 teams in Oct 2012. Amazingly by the end of the program’s eighth week, 8 of the 25 teams had customer revenue.

Colombia 292

Colombia Lean Silicon Valley Coder 292

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2013

.” Joel describes how the changes surrounding us (technology, smartphones, social media, online shopping, and on and on and on) have combined to change the DNA of business and how nothing can or will ever be as it was. CTRL ALT DELETE is the necessary process to reboot and re-build your business model. d) Social Media.

Viral 93

Viral Small Business Social Media Technical Review 93

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

In 2012 I got together with Alexander Osterwalder , Henry Chesbrough and Andre Marquis to think about the Lean and the future of corporate innovation. What CEOs, management teams and shareholders care about is growth —revenue growth, greater user adoption, increased market share, bigger margins, etc. in developing these new models.

Lean 331

Lean Nepal Cofounder Customer Development 331

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Americas new business model: Sharing. What distinguishes the latest generation of start-ups is a confluence of new technologies and more-efficient business models that leave much of the logistical heavy-lifting to peers who share. Airbnb, Zimride, RelayRides and others have embraced the fee-per-transaction model.

San Francisco 105

San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

26 September 2012. To build the online media giants of tomorrow, companies need models where the costs of both content and distribution are near zero. At that scale, you can reach billions of dollars in revenue. 26 September 2012 at 10:10 am. #. 26 September 2012 at 10:35 am. #. 27 September 2012 at 1:55 am. #.

Social Media 47

Social Media Vertical Advertising Distribution 47

wordsting.com

APRIL 4, 2013

Remember in grown-up SaaS companies, the marketing budget, as a percentage of revenue, is typically twice that of R&D. It’s easy for founders to combine free spending habits with fabulous optimism as to when revenue will arrive. Copyright 2008-2012, Business Case Pro. But this is what you get when your startup limps.

Lean 61

Lean Startup Software Review San Francisco 61

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. Business model doesn’t make money. Even a non-profit has to generate revenue (or donations) to offset operating costs. Don’t quit your day job until new revenue is flowing.

Intellectual Property 274

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral Early Stage 274

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2013

In 2012, total entrepreneurial activity in the United States hit its highest level since their survey started in 1999, according to Babson College. This means building a revenue stream, and tuning your business model to produce margins in the 50% range or above. It’s a jungle out there. If you want to survive.

Intellectual Property 249

Intellectual Property Startup United States Framework 249

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 60

PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 60

Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

Yesterday I was having a discussion with one of our executives on the strength of network effects inherent in the data.world business model. This led to a far ranging strategic discussion that got us both really excited about the huge potential of our business. 8, which was released earlier this week. although the SaaS 3.0

Networking 48

Networking Fractional CTO CTO Hire B2C 48

ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2016

A flowing sales funnel is crucial in any business, but even more so with SaaS businesses… Unlike other business models, revenue is generated over an extended period of time. Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR). MRR is probably the most critical metric for any subscription business. Revenue Churn.

Software Review 48

Software Review Metrics Revenue Acquisition 48

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

This year, LoveMyDetour devised a program which provides creative strategies, resources, to empower women with the leadership tools needed to transform adversity into creative growth and entrepreneurial success, which I’ve toured internationally to organizations, conferences, hospitals and universities since 2012.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2013

Based on the latest Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom, personal money, or bootstrapping, continued to be the primary startup funding in 2012. At least wait until later, when you ready to scale, and have some “leverage” based on a proven business model, some real customers, and real revenue.

Startup 264

Startup Burn Rate Bootstrapping Valuation 264

Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

The company saw its revenue drop by 25% in 2012, and Johnson was unceremoniously ousted from his position in April 2013. in the three years it was on sale in the US, while the UK producers went bust in 2012. While Branson could afford to make such a big mistake, it’s unlikely the majority of businesses could.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Mexico Cofounder Angel Investor 60

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2024

Then I started my first agency in 2012, and basically we were building websites for the worst possible niche, in my opinion, solopreneurs. And so that basically takes us up until around, well, we won all those Stevie Awards, we were doing millions and millions of dollars in revenue. Eventually that turned into learning about traffic.

Mexico 91

Mexico Churn Rate San Diego Technical Review 91

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Finding common elements for scaling is tough The site may need consumer revenue to survive. Maybe it’s selling local tours and taking a cut of the revenue. Foursquare has raised more than $112 million in outside funding, on $2 million in revenue in 2012. Watch out for local sales force requirements.

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Finder Curation Seattle Community 210

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

But, you can iterate and iterate on features, but you cannot iterate your way to a business model. I’ve seen too many businesses get stuck or fail because of their endless pursuit for the magic new feature that is going to help them gain traction. So, we started thinking about our business differently.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 9, 2013

Guest post by Ben Yoskovitz, the co-author of Lean Analytics , a new book on how to use analytics successfully in your business. Ben is currently VP Product at GoInstant, which was acquired by Salesforce in 2012. But as the business matured and they started charging money, they ran into a problem. Have you pivoted before?

Lean 284

Lean Analytics Metrics Viral 284

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model.   Pre-bubble Siliicon Valley deals were popularly valued at multiples of revenue.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68