Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur''s Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Nail the business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

I recently finished a new book by thought leader Suresh Sharma, “The 3rd American Dream ,” which summarizes the business accomplishments of the 19 th and 20 th centuries, and then lays out the potential of a new entrepreneurial business ecosystem for the 21 st century. Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Eric Ries in Times Square For any model to be useful it has to predict what happens in the real world – including the web. I realized the Customer Development model needs to be clearer in what exactly a startup is supposed to do, regardless of the business model. “What is the “Business Model” of your startup?&#

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Kristin Zhivago, in her book “ Roadmap to Revenue ,” makes the point that the selling system is broken, since sellers no longer sell the way customers are buying. Distribute an Executive Summary and Recommendations report, as well as transcripts of your interviews, to all the key players in your company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Nail the business model.

Startup 245

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Even non-profits need a profitable business model to offset staff and operating costs. Assume passion level defines business opportunity. The real secrets of any business domain are not intuitively obvious, nor available in books. Thinks boundless energy is equal to experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In his classic book “ The 3rd American Dream ,” thought leader Suresh Sharma summarizes the large corporate accomplishments of the 19 th and 20 th centuries, and then lays out the potential of a new entrepreneurial business ecosystem for the 21 st century. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Now there are many resources out there to help engineer entrepreneurs, such as a recent book by Krishna Uppuluri, “ Engineer to Entrepreneur: The First Flight.” He identifies the key business misperceptions of most engineers, and provides a workbook approach to provide a quick-start on various business lifecycle topics. “We

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2011

Kristin Zhivago, in her new book “ Roadmap to Revenue ,” makes the point that the selling system is broken, since sellers no longer sell the way customers are buying. Distribute an Executive Summary and Recommendations report, as well as transcripts of your interviews, to all the key players in your company.

Customer 242

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Kristin Zhivago, in her book “ Roadmap to Revenue ,” makes the point that the selling system is broken, since sellers no longer sell the way customers are buying. Distribute an Executive Summary and Recommendations report, as well as transcripts of your interviews, to all the key players in your company.

Technical Review 234

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2013

Now there are many resources out there to help engineer entrepreneurs, such as the book by Krishna Uppuluri, “ Engineer to Entrepreneur: The First Flight.” He identifies the key business misperceptions of most engineers, and provides a workbook approach to provide a quick-start on various business lifecycle topics. “We

Engineer 250

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

Various business models in an on-demand courier delivery app. Business to Consumer (B2C) – It is the most common type of business model. The admin shares the courier booking request – to the nearest courier delivery personnel. Why would courier service apps always be in high demand?

Technical Review 163

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

TLDR: Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits , authors of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development are back with a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur. They are launching their next book, a true field guide for entrepreneurs, called The Lean Entrepreneur: How to Create Products, Innovate with New Ventures, and Disrupt Markets.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

We discuss best practices for system hardening, managing security in a distributed workforce, and the significance of password management and compliance standards. Zach emphasizes that adequate security doesn’t require a large budget and offers practical steps businesses can take to enhance their security posture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. It takes partners to make a business work, normally including suppliers, marketing, channel, and distribution partners, as well as funding partners.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

Sloan’s book My Years with General Motors , written half a century ago, is still a readable business classic. Sloan transformed corporate management into a real profession, and its stellar example was the continuous and relentless execution of the GM business model (until its collapse 50 years later).

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Venture Capitalists on your board developed the expertise to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2017

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Nail the business model.

Startup 161

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Image via Flickr by Side Wages Some entrepreneurs forget that they need an innovative business model along with an innovative solution to have a successful startup. Inventors alone, or business gurus alone, generally fail. Technologists forget that investors are buying a chunk of the business, not the product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2018

I’m sure you can all think of several examples of businesses that popped up quickly, with great business models, but then faded just as quickly. The problem, according to Tiffani Bova in her new book, “ Growth IQ ,” is that it’s never just one thing. Examples would include Pets.com, Webvan, and Blockbuster.

Angel Investor 167

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

In his classic book “ The 3rd American Dream ,” thought leader Suresh Sharma summarizes the large corporate accomplishments of the 19 th and 20 th centuries, and then lays out the potential of a new entrepreneurial business ecosystem for the 21 st century. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models.

Offshore 139

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

Kristin Zhivago, in her classic book “ Roadmap to Revenue ,” makes the point that the selling system is broken, since sellers no longer sell the way customers are buying. Distribute an Executive Summary and Recommendations report, as well as transcripts of your interviews, to all the key players in your company.

Small Business 147

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 5, 2023

How To Write A Business Book That Matters written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Josh Bernoff In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Josh Bernoff. Questions I ask Josh Bernoff: [01:59] What are the essential elements that a business book needs to be good? [02:49]

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. I support her assertion that a business model consists of at least the first seven of the following ten basic elements: Value proposition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. The most common failures are solutions looking for a problem, lack of a defined market, or an inadequate revenue model. Distribution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. I support her assertion that a business model consists of at least the first seven of the following ten basic elements: Value proposition.

Business Model 242

Business Model Distribution Viral Green 242

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

In his recent book “ The 3rd American Dream ,” thought leader Suresh Sharma summarizes the large corporate accomplishments of the 19 th and 20 th centuries, and then lays out the potential of a new entrepreneurial business ecosystem for the 21 st century. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models.

Offshore 120

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Services (Cloud, ads, music) have a very different business model. Ballmer and Microsoft failed because the CEO was a world-class executor (a Harvard grad and world-class salesman) of an existing business model trying to manage in a world of increasing change and disruption. What’s Missing? They remain entrepreneurs.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Services (Cloud, ads, music) have a very different business model. Ballmer and Microsoft failed because the CEO was a world-class executor (a Harvard grad and world-class salesman) of an existing business model trying to manage in a world of increasing change and disruption. What’s Missing? They remain entrepreneurs. .

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Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

For example, if you’re going to build a travel planning website (as many, many startup entrepreneurs do) your basic research would be: How much do people spend on travel books / guides today? How much money will airlines companies, hotel companies or event companies pay me as a referral or for booking? Choose that market.

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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. We live, think and breathe digital music distribution. Outbrain - Company Website.

Israel 133

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

These products will be distributed to remote yet extremely viable areas, where the market is appreciative of readily-available, good-quality brew. With this money, they plan to expand its distribution to selected metro areas within the state of Oregon. Initial plans are to produce three main lines of beer. Martin Cove Brewing Company.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

If your business model (i.e., “how If you are raising money to start or grow your business, you need to include the details of what you need in the executive summary. Distribution. For product companies, a distribution plan is an important part of the complete business plan. Retail Distribution.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Eliminating middlemen in healthcare – from using AI to automate repetitive human jobs to exploring new and better business models for providing care. Productivity gains Agents that act as systems of action – agents that can complete common consumer tasks like booking a restaurant or finding and sending a gift to a friend.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 28, 2024

Travelers can explore new cities from the comfort of their own homes before they book the trip. 7- Decentralized and distributed ledger Photo Credit: Erwin Vico Being in the finance industry my favorite technological innovation is Blockchain. Virtual Reality can offer so much to the travel industry as a whole.

Technical Review 128

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

Ps: my limited perspective comes with self recognition of a lack of hands on experience always enjoy it when I stop in to read here Steve Reply Aamir , on July 2, 2009 at 10:18 am Said: Awesome post Steve… but isn’t drawing the business model for a gaming company going to be easy? Make game, market, sell, profit?

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS Software Review 120

Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

Rob Adams, the director of MootCorp, is doing an amazing job at providing value to all participants, whether it’s feedback on their business model or making the right introductions. It’s a challenge to keep the play-book up-to-date as we are doing it. Jon Reply Latest business plans news - That’s version ?

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