Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2015

If you consider yourself a technologist, you probably believe and may be propagating one of the following myths: The first priority for funding should be to develop the technology. Outside investors are most interested in scaling a proven business model, not research and development.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance. Edwin: Oh sorry, so the business model. Edwin: The business model is that the organizer has to pay. So you have this cross- filtering or cross-information.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) In fact, this company hasn’t shipped any new products in months.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 26, 2012

Eric has done some technology scouting, and believes he can deliver on the specs of the product. The problem, however, is that he is assuming that an investor would fund the product development. Even seed investors generally fund businesses that are already rolling. Investors rarely fund concepts. SustanAbin.

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Spencer Fry

MAY 2, 2014

Anyone who works in product development will know that ten months is an eternity. Unfortunately, it’s just the nature of product development — and especially so when you’re working with part-time people —that deadlines are missed and work takes much longer than you expected. Why Bootstrapping is Good and Bad.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

One way to conceive of our goal in an early-stage venture is to incrementally “fill in the blanks&# for the business model that we think will one day power our startup. For example, say that your business model calls for a 4% conversion rate – as ours did initially at IMVU.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Product development process. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Product development process. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2010

This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Product development process. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2013

This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Product development process. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when).

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MAY 1, 2012

Why the obsession with raising money, what if you don’t want a huge company, what if you want to bootstrap, don’t you know raising money isn’t a measure of correctness or success, … I agree! Let’s focus on just one question: For which company would be easier to raise money? That’s shitty!

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

Lean, when used in the context of lean startup, refers to a process of building companies and products using lean manufacturing principles applied to innovation. That process involves rapid hypothesis testing, validated learning about customers , and a disciplined approach to product development.

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

2) What is the business model and the potential unit economics? Certain investors tend to gravitate towards certain business models. But, I think business-model-gravitation should be a big factor in whom you decide to pitch. This one is pretty investor-specific. I’ve also done some rabbit deals.

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

2) What is the business model and the potential unit economics? Certain investors tend to gravitate towards certain business models. But, I think business-model-gravitation should be a big factor in whom you decide to pitch. This one is pretty investor-specific. I’ve also done some rabbit deals.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

In other words, you must start bootstrapping an online startup , because the future of the global business world is online. The companies that have the greatest chance of surviving the global economic shutdown are the ones that have pivoted their business processes from the brick-and-mortar model to an online model.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. In addition, I’ve noted a few multi-product lending firms, e.g., Kapitus and United Capital Source , which provide RBI as one of many structural options to companies seeking capital. . Alternative Capital. “

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

And a few words about Persistent Systems, an outsourced software product development (OPD) company that is navigating its next phase of evolution are also warranted. Persistent is breaking out of the mold of labor arbitrage, and looking at new and exciting business models. SOCO Games.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Technologies that promote remote working and make the experience more productive for both businesses and employees will have the biggest impact on entrepreneurship. Remote working is here to stay, and entrepreneurs will continue adapting their business models to this new reality. Thanks to Joe Flanagan, Velvet Jobs! #6-

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Its amazing how fast this happens, especially in companies with short product development cycles in non-medical industries. Its amazing how fast this happens, especially in companies with short product development cycles in non-medical industries. Bootstrapping. October 2010. September 2010. Categories.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 13, 2006

Then, on the expense side, I’d like to begin to understand how the growth in the business will drive costs as complexity increases. Growth involves, in many businesses, more customer service, product development, support, marketing and so forth – in addition to more R&D. Bootstrapping. October 2010. Categories.

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Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

.” If you are the chief cook and bottle washer, if you are the visionary, the business manager, the ops manager, the fulfillment delivery guy, if you’re all of that, if you’re doing everything yourself, chances are this is actually one of the biggest time drains in your business. We are bootstrapping.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

I continue to work on additional programs and products for bootstrapped and angel-backed startups, as well as for enterprise and future entrepreneurs. If you have thoughts about a product youd like to see created, please feel free to drop me a line. I love the business model. August 9, 2009 10:28 AM Chris said.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 24, 2006

(A clear point of view on how the business will achieve significant increases in value.) As an example, we had an advanced manufacturing business that achieved excellent early results. The product development cycle was excellent. A clear point of view on how the business will achieve significant increases in value.)

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. I use “sales cycle” loosely – by this I mean the time it takes to get a product paid for, and so this involves both product development and time to get a check from a customer).

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. I use “sales cycle” loosely – by this I mean the time it takes to get a product paid for, and so this involves both product development and time to get a check from a customer).

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

are just emerging for business people (customer development, business model generation,). Spencer Fry , Founder of two bootstrapped companies. Developers who understand and can execute on a business model. a designer, a programmer, a researcher and a business model.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

you can now have the engineer who is also decent in business or a laywer who can be an entrepreneur and all these other crosspollinations. Jones This is roughly how I bootstrapped my current startup (just raised a decent series B so things seem to be on the right track). Hopefully your idea of business model isn’t “ad revenue based”.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. Great for visualizing work of product development. broken vc model. Business Culture. Business Model Canvas. Business plan. business symbiosis. Get Satisfaction. Event platforms. Eventbrite.

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