Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2011

Many entrepreneurs work hard on the proof of concept (technical), but skip any proof of the business model (revenue flow). In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. So how do you go about proving the business model?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

And not keep investors informed about changes to your business model can have serious consequences. When they found out, they questioned my decision-making and me as an entrepreneur. The same passion that got your startup idea off the ground can blind you to signs that your company is failing. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2012

Tossing their agile development process and at times their entire business model in the air, the company would go into fire-drill mode and engineering would start working on whatever his latest insight was. ” “A pivot is a substantive change to one or more of components to your business model. he’d declare. “We

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Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2013

(However, in some industries such as life sciences, founders may be tenured professors who are not going to give up their faculty positions, so they often become the head of a startup’s scientific advisory board, but aren’t part of the founding team.). A couple of caveats about founders with “ideas.” FIgure out who you are.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2010

Many entrepreneurs work hard on the proof of concept (technical), but skip any proof of the business model (revenue flow). In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. So how do you go about proving the business model?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Industry & market sizing. Marketing, sales, and partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Industry & market sizing. Marketing, sales, and partners.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Or if they have a disruptive technology or business model, they want to create a new capability or operating concept – even creating a new market. Set up committees and advisory boards to “study” the problem. Claim that an existing R&D or engineering organization is already doing it (0r can do it better/cheaper.)

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2018

The reality is that successful businesses these days require an equally elegant business model, with the right marketing, delivery channel, price, and target customers, to get real traction. In the investment community, this work is called proving the business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. Industry & market sizing. Marketing, sales, and partners.

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Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Industry & market sizing. Marketing, sales, and partners.

Business Plan 182

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2016

According to most experts , business traction is evidence that somebody really wants your product. It’s business momentum, independent of whether you have a product delivered, proven the business model, or significantly penetrated the opportunity. Build an inside advisory board of influencers and experts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

How does your business model make money? Good causes such as feeding the world’s hungry may help your marketing but may not sustain a business. The business model has to clearly define who is your customer, market penetration expected, how much customers pay versus total costs and the investment required to sustain cash flow.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

In this first step, the goal of a startup is to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. You’ll realize you’re ready to exit the Search step when you have customer validation: You’ve found a sales channel that matches how the customer wants to buy and the costs of using that channel are understood.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 20, 2012

In both physical and Web/mobile channels, earlyvangelists display these common characteristics: They have a problem or need. Moreover, they can be potential advisory board candidates. Web/mobile businesses conduct customer discovery differently from those in the physical channel. MVPs for Web/Mobile Are Different.

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pandodaily.com

JULY 18, 2012

But it’s possible that as the secret sauce of new media swings farther from disruptive technology and business models to a focus on curated and quality content, it’s the older entrepreneurs who are in the pole position. “Kids wouldn’t have had the connections to sell prints from Milton Glaser on day one.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 2, 2023

Additionally, it’s important to consider the power of strategic marketing alliances throught this model and how this can have the potential to bring fresh ideas from other industries into a business to drive growth and success. Check out JP’s Youtube Channel. And in fact, we're building a business model.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Executive / Advisory Board Compensation. VentureHacks on Startup Advisory Boards â?? broken vc model. Business Culture. Business Model Canvas. Business plan. business symbiosis. Roku Channel Store. Legal, Equity, etc. Bottom Line Law Group. Comp Study â?? great basics.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

We have a unique business model that allows us to be the most competitive lender in the space, by either working with lending partners or originating the loans ourselves. Thanks to Margo Benge, The Creator’s Channel ! #12- However, we are ready and poised to take over the space completely. Photo Credit: Anne C.

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