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.

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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. Investors will want to know what advantages you have over the competition and how you plan on differentiating yourself. Distribution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

If the elements of your business aren't expertly developed and aligned, even the best dream will be in jeopardy. Such failures ignore the essential business elements investors look for before committing to a startup. Too many competitors or a product with minimal differentiation makes a startup risky.

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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. What’s missing is the last mile — distribution, customer journey design, guardrails and workflow automation.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2020

In order to differentiate yourself from the industry giants, start asking yourself how your company could harness trends to alleviate current pain points. . 44 percent of businesses plan to increase tech spending in 2020, up from 38 percent in 2019. When starting your business—think specialized and targeted. How to Stand Out.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

A high rake will allow you to achieve larger revenues faster, but it will eventually represent a strategic red flag – a pricing umbrella that can be exploited by others in the ecosystem, perhaps by someone with a more disruptive business model. This is one of my favorite marketplace business model “tweaks.”

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

You’ll never have the staying power to commit when things get tough or to get really good and build real differentiation if you just keep jumping to the next new thing. I remember when I first started NextView and I was giving a talk to an audience in Boston about innovative new consumer businesses and internet business models.

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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. Distribution. Be specific.

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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. Some are talking about how (d) could be PH’s value/business model but I think that’s likely wrong. Yelp Competition.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Team – higher requirements for caliber of team members Product – focus on truly differentiated and not me-too Market – is it really big enough to provide investor returns** Traction – need more users, partners, patents, etc Timing – are you building for yesterday or 2 yrs from now?

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

You know, could you look at my business plan? See if the business model works, all these questions. Or are you happy to run just the local restaurant that is differentiator. So you are your, your business model. How do you differentiate yourself? So they're like, captain, can you help me?

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

You’ll never have the staying power to commit when things get tough or to get really good and build real differentiation if you just keep jumping to the next new thing. I remember when I first started NextView and I was giving a talk to an audience in Boston about innovative new consumer businesses and internet business models.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It makes the product more user-friendly and can also help build trust with customers and differentiate the product from competitors in the SaaS market. A visually appealing and consistent design can help create a strong brand image and differentiate the product from competitors.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

You’ll never have the staying power to commit when things get tough or to get really good and build real differentiation if you just keep jumping to the next new thing. I remember when I first started NextView and I was giving a talk to an audience in Boston about innovative new consumer businesses and internet business models.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Non-consensus investments , on the other hand, are those that defy popular opinion or seem risky due to unconventional business models, unproven markets, or early market entry. That led us to start investing in generative AI in 2019 (consider that ChatGPT only came out in November 2022, that’s pretty early).

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 11, 2019

The Energy Internet Emerges: We will be trading energy with each other through a new type of distributed energy grid. Gigs with Benefits: The gig economy will evolve from its current exploitative business model. We’ll find a storage solution 10o times more efficient than the lithium ion batteries we use today.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The most powerful disruptions occur when a technology disruption and a business model disruption go hand in hand. This ‘double disruption’ forces incumbents to get up to speed with a new technology and a new business model at the same time. it is worthwhile to think about the potential business model disruption.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

In contrast to “distribution-first content,” movement-first content is a conscious sacrifice of reach: “it isn’t beholden to any SEO tactics like word count and keyword density.” Picking a term with a well-understood foil (“outbound marketing”) makes it easier to understand and differentiate. An eponymous book (e.g.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Some people feel that organic growth is “better” because it requires real innovation and sustained effort to create long-term competitive advantage through differentiation and efficiency. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. New management skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Client cost differentials of less than twenty percent are usually not enough to incent change. Before you spend big money on inventory and scale over a wide area, make sure you have finalized your marketing, manufacturing, and distribution resources. Use test marketing to identify changes before scale-up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Some people feel that organic growth is “better” because it requires real innovation and sustained effort to create long-term competitive advantage through differentiation and efficiency. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came quickly. New management skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Some people feel that organic growth is “better” because it requires real innovation and sustained effort to create long-term competitive advantage through differentiation and efficiency. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. New management skills.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

‘Starting a business’ really only comes down to figuring out your business idea ; doing your paperwork; and sorting out the money. Given the number of funding resources available today, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem getting that initial start-up cash, especially if you focus on a lean business model or MVP route to market.

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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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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2012

It’s been over 10 years since Napster came on the scene to disrupt traditional music business models, sparking a wave of debate on the right mix of “free” vs “paid” content going forward with digital that has yet to be fully settled. In the shift to digital music, several models emerged, with the jury still out on the clear winner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2012

The pivot can be applied to any element of the business model, without changing the underlying vision. When they find how expensive and time consuming this is, they need to use what they have learned from customers to consider a distribution channel, ecommerce, white-labeling the product, and strategic partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

Some people feel that organic growth is “better” because it requires real innovation and sustained effort to create long-term competitive advantage through differentiation and efficiency. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. New management skills.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

What seems to be the best way to create customers and revenue may result in a business model that is out of vogue with the investment world and shortchanges you on enterprise valuation. But, it is likely the major differentiator between a win and a loss whether you are selling B2B or B2C. No further conversations ensued.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

says Ramaswamy, who joined Greylock in 2018 following 15 years at Google, where he ran the company’s massive advertising business. But the key is to ensure your product has a strong differentiator, which is exactly how Ramaswamy and his Neeva co-founders positioned the search engine company when it launched last year.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

says Ramaswamy, who joined Greylock in 2018 following 15 years at Google, where he ran the company’s massive advertising business. But the key is to ensure your product has a strong differentiator, which is exactly how Ramaswamy and his Neeva co-founders positioned the search engine company when it launched last year.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

What do you see as the challenges to that business model for most people that attempt to do it? That can then be distributed through owned, earned, and paid, right? Something that's scalable, something that's repeatable for that business videos, obviously preferable, but if they can't do it, then maybe it's a podcast.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The pivot can be applied to any element of the business model, without changing the underlying vision. When they find how expensive and time consuming this is, they need to use what they have learned from customers to consider a distribution channel, ecommerce, white-labeling the product, and strategic 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. Lock-up critical resources , like materials, components, people, law firms, distribution channels, partners and make them unavailable to innovation groups/startups.

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Business Plan Blog

JUNE 13, 2013

Read about How to Write a Business Plan. A business idea is not enough to build a successful business. Ideas are everywhere, but successful businesses are not. The difference lies in having a solid business model and business strategies around your great idea.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 2, 2012

The private-public sector entrepreneurship initiative aims to, through this scheme, support first-time entrepreneurs with funding, access to relevant networks and mentors to help grow their ideas into sustainable businesses. Zinicat , a food recommendation app which leverages technologies used in financial analytics.

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View from Seed

JULY 19, 2019

And additionally, my partners and I use other, more differentiated, lenses like asking if a startup has an “ unfair distribution advantage.” JDCC stands for “Jaw-Dropping customer value through a Competition-Crushing business model.”.

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www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

To build the online media giants of tomorrow, companies need models where the costs of both content and distribution are near zero. Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and countless others employ this model. These models allow scale to emerge at very low-cost. But that’s because they choose that model.

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