2013 Business Model Networking 
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 7, 2013
Yet 2013 is still projected by The Fiscal Times as a difficult IPO opportunity for startups, due to choppy markets, continuing fiscal uncertainty, and the Facebook fiasco. The market and venture capitalists are looking for business, but with a continuing focus on proven business models. Line up a winning team.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 30, 2012
The class teaches founders how to dramatically reduce their failure rate through the combination of business model design, customer development and agile development using the Startup Owners Manual. In the U.S, Startup America will leverage its network of 30 startup regions to engage entrepreneurial leaders throughout the country.
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The Next Web
DECEMBER 4, 2013
Starting out, you can’t hit every network and outlet full-force. Prioritize social networks. As a startup, you’re working with limited resources and a lean business model. Building your brand presence on specialized outlets holds immense value for your business – especially in early stages. Startup Example: Coin.
crowdSPRING Blog
DECEMBER 21, 2012
Key Digital Marketing Trends For 2013 | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. Andreessen Horowitz, Github, and Box Share 2013 Enterprise Insights - [link]. Good read about how Aviary changed its business model | The Verge - [link]. Key Digital Marketing Trends For 2013 | crowdSPRING Blog – [link].
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2013
For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. So can you successfully build a YouTube network?
reidhoffman.org
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
This gave me an idea: I could help many more entrepreneurs by making the deck available not just to the Greylock network of entrepreneurs, but to everyone. Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. The graphic we chose emphasizes that it is a network of people. Why is it valuable?
ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. Startups rarely survive by guessing, and can only create products and business models based on facts about their target market. Fabulis.com was initially intended to to be a social network for gay men.
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