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. In my experience as a new business advisor, a business is nothing until people are aligned and work in sync. Customer relationships.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

From refining your business model to forming strong partnerships, it’s essential to focus on the long-term growth of your venture. Refining Your Business Model for Long-Term Success At the heart of any successful startup is a well-refined business model. How can startups test their business model ideas?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

A C-corporation is more complex and expensive, and is recommended only if you expect to pitch to professional investors who demand preferred stock, or to more than 100 potential shareholders. Don’t put your family assets at risk by assuming that a sole proprietorship or partnership will cover your business needs.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Preferred Stock Stealth 120

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2015

For Google, programs such as Enhanced Campaigns, the cachet of its brand in advertising, its stable of intellectual property and its army of developers and software thought leaders will help it counter the competition’s efforts to loosen Google’s grip on the mobile advertising market in 2015. Professionalisms'

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Here are seven lessons I’ve accumulated from real life experiences on how crowdfunding can lead you astray -- and guidance on how to offset these potential negatives: Keep your attention on the business model as well as the solution. Be extra careful with your intellectual property.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Just like on-demand delivery services, freelancing marketplaces like Upwork will continue to gain popularity. Driven by job cuts and budget reductions urging businesses to hire more freelancers , online freelancing platforms will enable companies to tap into expanded pools of global talent and hire qualified workers. 5G Network.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Analytics Forecast Artificial Inteligence 131

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2014

As in the first part of this series, I’m in good company – I’m joined in Founders School by Noam Wasserman of Harvard teaching Founder’s Dilemmas , Craig Wortmann University of Chicago covering Entrepreneurial Selling , Peter McDermott helping understand Intellectual Property , and Nathan Gold offering how to give Powerful Presentations.

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Intellectual Property Lean Customer Development Acquisition 332

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. Remember, your goal is to keep your business plan as short as possible, so too much detail here could easily make your plan much too long.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

At this point, most Angel investors and a few early-stage VCs will be happy to talk, assuming you have the business model validated, and a large opportunity. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” Congratulations! Future opportunity size doesn’t count in the early stages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

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. In my experience as a new business advisor, a business is nothing until people are aligned and work in sync. Customer relationships.

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Intellectual Property Business Model Angel Investor Channel 250

Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2010

Our goal is to teach students the key concepts of the startup process and help them understand that a startup is a search for a profitable business model. Students formed 5-person teams, came up with a business idea then got out of the building to validate their business model. What is a business model?

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Intellectual Property Business Model Customer Development Distribution 264

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Write your business plan and develop your business model with this in mind so you can avoid these issues. . You can choose from a few different types of business plans depending on your needs. If you’re seeking investment, you need a traditional business plan. Target market: Who is your ideal buyer? Be specific.

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Business Plan Technical Review Forecast Software Review 154

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

A new system might be subject to delays, especially if demand from other breweries is high, but you’ll be able to design to your needs and specifications, and you’ll have support when issues arise (and they will). There’s no one model—or one business plan—for breweries. What you need to know about buying new.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2020

Believe it or not, the business world changes even faster than technology, so you need to see changes coming in your industry, and even drive them. That means taking calculated risks with new business models, new customer segments, as well as new products and services. Provides the focus to balance entrepreneur distractions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

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. In my experience as a new business advisor, a business is nothing until people are aligned and work in sync. Customer relationships.

Business Model 143

Business Model Intellectual Property Startup Angel Investor 143

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

At this point, most Angel investors and a few early-stage VCs will be happy to talk, assuming you have the business model validated, and a large opportunity. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” Congratulations! Future opportunity size doesn’t count in the early stages.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 313

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

It turns out that for commercialization, the business model (Customers, Channel, Revenue Model, etc.) They assist with the sale and work with marketing to create demand. Therapeutics Channel = what you’re selling in the early stage is data and Intellectual Property to the pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

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Distribution Channel Lean Intellectual Property 232

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

At this point, most Angel investors and a few early-stage VCs will be happy to talk, assuming you have the business model validated, and a large opportunity. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” Congratulations! Future opportunity size doesn’t count in the early stages.

Angel Investor 232

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 232

Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2011

Week 3 of the class and our teams in our Stanford Lean LaunchPad class were hard at work using Customer Development to get out of the classroom and test the first key hypotheses of their business model: The Value Proposition. Filed under: Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching.

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Cloud Intellectual Property Lean Customer Development 238

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

At this point, most Angel investors and a few early-stage VCs will be happy to talk, assuming you have the business model validated, and a large opportunity. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” Congratulations! Future opportunity size doesn’t count in the early stages.

Angel Investor 184

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 184

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

A new system might be subject to delays, especially if demand from other breweries is high, but you’ll be able to design to your needs and specifications, and you’ll have support when issues arise (and they will). There’s no one model—or one business plan—for breweries. Each brewery will have its own unique model and plan.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model. .   And if they are built from the top down, they’re pretty much useless. [3]

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Yet, investors and analysts demand it. If you can prove a business model, traction, and potential for a tremendous scale with the right backing, you could be a ripe target to be acquired. . Intellectual property is one of the most valuable assets acquirers seek in startups. IP & Technology.

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Intellectual Property IP Acquisition Startup 132

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

The best differentiation is a patent or other intellectual property that also provides a barrier to entry. Validate your business model on real customers. Giving free beta copies of your solution to customers to elicit testimonials does not validate a business model.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy 120

ReadWriteStart

JULY 9, 2023

They impact fundraising, hiring, intellectual property rights and patents, and many more things around starting and running a business. Business Models and Pricing Know your business model prior to launching a startup. Meanwhile, each venture requires sorting out an enormous amount of legal details.

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Intellectual Property Startup Burn Rate Metrics 122

rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

These traits of a software engineer are always in demand by a great number of companies. Business people have it tougher. A business person may have equal or more valuable skills than a software person, but they are not universally understood in the simplistic way that software people’s skills are.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

At this point, most Angel investors and a few early-stage VCs will be happy to talk, assuming you have the business model validated, and a large opportunity. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” Congratulations! Future opportunity size doesn’t count in the early stages.

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Matching Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers 120

Growthink Blog

JULY 8, 2013

Every day I see entrepreneurs trying to find that right balance between keeping their intellectual property confidential while sharing and promoting their business model - especially to investors - whose interest they so very much need to pique. Supply and demand. Investing Jay Turo'

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North Korea Intellectual Property Business Model Equity 88

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

Innovation – Business Model? Marketing – How do you create end user demand? Business Development – What type of partnership or whole product is needed? Business Development – What type of partnership or whole product is needed? Business and Revenue Model – How do we organize to make money? Technology?

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The Next Web

AUGUST 30, 2013

The best-case scenario for hiring any of these consultants is they don’t take your business anywhere and just waste your time and money. Then these large companies, which are often the dominant players in their respective markets, will demand dozens of new customizations with a list that will grow until it seems endless.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 9, 2012

Every day I see entrepreneurs trying to find that right balance between keeping their intellectual property confidential while sharing and promoting their business model with partners - especially investors - whose interest they so very much need to pique. Supply and demand. read more.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

Initially, many publishers were slow to recognize the internet’s impact on their business model as distribution and the classifieds and ad worlds split – or what Ben Thompson calls the “ Great Unbundling ”. To stand out and demand a premium, media companies will have to go back to doing actual journalistic work.

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Generative AI Media Artificial Inteligence Vertical 142

Growthink Blog

JULY 23, 2012

How / must your business model evolve to leverage these new opportunities? Modern business, shaped by technology, is increasingly diverging to two nodes – on the one hand to great size quickly (see Google, Facebook, eBay, Twitter, et al.) Check your ego firmly at the door when evaluating business models.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2012

 It implies that selling to the market is a task that needs to be accomplished, but that the business is focused on an existing market that has high demand for the product.  He also, of course, invented some very cool algortithms that make up a substantial intellectual property base. Books I Like.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

You and your team must know how to think about problems from new angles and adapt to changing market and customer demands. If you’ve never written a business plan before, take a look at these sample medical startup business plans. At first, you need to focus on developing your business model and validating it.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

New industries never ask if it’s ok to sell a new raw material, they just take it and commercialise the demand for it. ‘ Oh, but it doesn’t suit our business model’ . Well, suck it up, Zuck – it seems you might have to change your business model or hire 100,000 people to vet live streams.

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