Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

John Jantsch (02:29): So I'm curious, how did you get into the business of advising startups? Well, Steve Hoffman (02:34): First of all, I did three venture funded startups in Silicon valley and two bootstrap startups. You know, could you look at my business plan? See if the business model works, all these questions.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2016

Soon after, he developed the world’s first mobile newsreader so people could follow TED Talks from their mobile devices. . Jim lectures at University of California Santa Barbara and elsewhere on the process of discovering successful business models. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Witness, for example, this terrific Fast Company article on Bill Nguyen , serial entrepreneur who’s seventh startup “Color” famously raised $41m for a new mobile app before it even launched. They said I don’t understand mobile. The launch, by the way, was a failure. And it’s now bankrupt.)

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

What makes this tricky is that markets evolve, and an innovative technology or business model can transform a normal market into a Glengarry Glen Ross market. And Apple used the capacitive touch screen to develop a new paradigm for computing. To blitzscale successfully, you need a successful business model.

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venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

You can’t answer emails during normal business hours. You can’t afford to hire three developers to add features and bugs. Embrace slow growth – We all have dreams of stratospheric growth, but it’s not a “plan,&# especially not for a business you’re running in your spare time.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

There are so many unknowns at this stage and the only known is that the business model is going to change at least once, or in the current most overused term in the Silicon Valley, there will be a "pivot". Bootstrapping 101. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. work at home. 5 hours ago.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

To be fair, the Day 1 categories were primarily infrastructure companies (Enterprise, Cloud and Mobile). Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

We will also look at a variety of financing methods including venture capital, angel investing, licensing, franchising, roll-up, venture debt and my old favorite, bootstrapping. Bootstrapping 101. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct. ► July. (1).

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Many entrepreneurial programs feature a business plan competition, which is a great exercise. At SJSU, we also have a business plan competition in the spring, which ideally allows the students to build a viable business model around their NIF projects. She has developed a new twist on the micro-lending concept.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

This got me thinking about the business model that Mike Keiser has built at the resort and a lecture began to form in my head. cant wait to go back, which is clearly goal #1 in the list of critical success factors if anyone is still following the business model tangent. Labels: Bandon Dunes , business models , golf.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three.

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

This whole process got me thinking about the textbook business model. Similar to the textbook business, the music business BN (before Napster) was controlled by the labels. The Dead developed an avid fan base (aka Deadheads) who attended mutliple shows on each tour and traded bootleg tapes of their favorite shows.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

If you want to build a business that requires software, be prepared to invest a little money. I recently met a junior software developer working for $200/week + room & board at a business geeks house. The business geek needed a working software prototype and the programmer needed experience. ONLY YOU DO!

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

It has the diversity and cheaper rent necessary for great creative potential and I think you're going to see a lot of development next year of Brooklyn as its own unique, but complimentary community of innovation. Mobile Payment Disappointment. What's the business model? What will Facebook do to things?

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Im still not actually sure what this says about new venture opportunities, but there are a few points that came to mind: Stabilitly of mobile platform - Can you imagine using your PC and not having it crash once in several months? I do have one investment in a company that has developed a platform for in game mobile advertising - Greystripe.

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Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I'm doing a new academic experiment now - an incubator at Menlo College where we are bringing the start-ups to campus and giving the students an opportunity to see how they develop and work as interns. Bootstrapping 101. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. November 11, 2010 1:56 PM.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. ► July. (1).

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I first met Jeff about 8 years ago when he was finishing his first year at the Stanford GSB and was beginning to raise money for a business plan he developed for a secondary market ticket exchange. Bootstrapping 101. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. ► July. (1). ► May. (1).

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

I took a look back at our original financial model we presented to VCs in 2004. The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. Bootstrapping 101. Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct. ► July. (1).

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

Is the model consistent with the business plan? Does the business model make sense? Do you understand the business and market? The process of building the model forces you to answer the difficult questions related to the business model and give a complete picture of the opportunity. 3 days ago.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

Many companies that have raised capital are going to need to spend it wisely to win and others will be forced to bootstrap. Labels: bootstrapping , CFO , Fliqz , venture capital , venture financing. Bootstrapping 101. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. More on that in a future post.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three.

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Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 23, 2014

It means it’s easy enough to develop that eight hours or so is all it takes to build something that can then be distributed/accessed for free by lots of people. Second, it’s the rise of anthropology over algorithm in social mobile apps. This are good milestones which support experimentation. Taptalk (social photos app).

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Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

Labels: bootstrapping , business plans , entrepreneurship. Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

always focus on the business model and assumptions, but there are too many unknowns to put much faith in the future cash flow projections. Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

How passionate are the entrepreneurs about their business? Does the business model pass the smell test? Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Do I believe they can succeed?

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

In this case, LinkedIn was the only logical one that came to mind and didn’t see a viable business model short of that result. Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

However, you never know, you might find a start-up that has a cool mobile app to fix your leaky faucet. Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Steve Bennet. at 11:54 AM. ► July. (1).

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three.

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