Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Get a real customer and real revenue. Real customers give you real feedback, rather than just tell you what you want to hear.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 31, 2011

If you’re Oracle with 47 product lines in 100 countries and 20 languages with distributed teams of tech writers is this the best tool? There’s all the startup marketing ideas you’d expect: Adverts, split-tests, media splashes, networking, pitch-competitions, inside baseball, creative stunts, SxSW launches, you name it.

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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.” The most underrated piece of marketing advice is that you’ve got to name something,” Drift’s Dave Gerhardt told Leadfeeder. “If It’s conversational marketing.”

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2020

It will enable individuals to understand the travellers’ needs and expectations intimately which can result in new hospitality business models. They understand the need to constantly improve in order to develop resilient hospitality business models hand-in-hand with their employers.

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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. Efficient payment management – In reality, t he admin ensures timely distribution of commission and bonus to the courier delivery personnel.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

As a startup, you’re working with limited resources and a lean business model. Back in 2009, Cloudera placed news of its Distribution for Hadoop launch in tech blogs and reputable news sources , and reached 1.5 Now, the startup and its software solutions are both household names. Prioritize social networks.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

In this excerpt from The Lean Entrepreneur , by using fishing as an analogy, Brant and Patrick reveal how market segmentation influences your business model and why “For Whom” is as important as “What” to build. Market segments drive your business model. The Lean Entrepreneur will be published by Wiley this Fall.

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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.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

It’s argued that social entrepreneurship is the new business model due its ability to help one connect with the world and live a purposeful life while serving others. It also improves the image of business through collaborations and fosters relationships for a better society. 1- Three ways. Photo Credit: Jeremy Cross.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JULY 23, 2011

The entrepreneurs are leveraging the outsourced infrastructure along with Internet based low cost distribution to test and refine business models. The so called “Super Angels” who are a new class of risk capital providers have emerged to support such early stage Internet business model experimentation.

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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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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2020

On the topic of ecommerce, one wonders to what extent this business model is applicable, and where is it likely to end? It’s the extent of this phenomenon that has resulted in soaring businesses across the world. A basic search on Google shows several ecommerce portals selling the same products that your business sells.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

One sentence business overview. At the top of the page, right under your business name, include a one-sentence overview of your business that sums up the essence of what you are doing. If your business model (i.e., “how Distribution. The critical components of a winning executive summary.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Startups need the agility to test various business models and positioning messages. Partners and distribution channels will take you seriously. In many business arenas, brand-name partners and distribution are a prerequisite to scaling the business.

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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. Product distribution or service delivery. A focus on a specific market segment.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Here is who will be joining the NextView Operator Guilds (for full bios, click the link in their name): Product Guild. For this reason, we’ve partnered with Guild members who have experience across different kinds of customers, business models, and distribution channels. Sara Wajnberg, SVP of Product at Oscar.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Starting with the first point, in general, IP assets of demonstrable value that are relevant to the startup’s business can only help when pitching investors. This could include anything from a clever domain name in the coveted.com TLD to issued patents or patent applications that could serve as barriers to entry for potential competitors.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

Share The idea of exactly what your business is going to be usually comes first. What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Even still there are some people who study foreign words for the perfect meaning behind their chosen business. CrownTV is a spinoff of that name. 1 – Very Clear Brief.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2021

Now synonymous with video-conferencing, the company-name-turned-verb stock peaked in October 2020, a market interpretation of how the Zoom Boom has defined the daily lives of many millions throughout the COVID-19 outbreak. Next47 and American Insight Partners VC, demonstrates growing trust in its current and future business model.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The magazine rated 100 countries by how well they scored in five categories, namely: education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism, and political environment. STANLEY FISCHER NAMED ONE OF WORLD’S TOP 10 BANK CHIEFS. TAKADU NAMED WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM TECHNOLOGY PIONEER 2011. in August 2010.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

4- Drop-shipping enterprise Photo Credit: Matthew Magnante It's my proposal The drop-shipping business model involves selling things that are transported straight from the supplier to the client. Your business model involves cooking and delivering delicious meals to people at their places of employment or at their homes.

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Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

Go to any of the LinkedIn profiles of entrepreneurs in Bay Area and you see names like Google, eBay, Apple, Yahoo, PayPal, and Facebook littered throughout. It’s easy (and perhaps intellectually lazy) to use those big brand names as a proxy for the quality and potential of these entrepreneurs. “Stamps of Approval” and “Opportunity”.

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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. This is your value proposition.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2020

Hello, my name is xx. How can you test distribution/deployment? Your Business Model and the World Have Changed. If you’re business model still looks like your original assumptions a month ago, you’ve been living under a rock. And if they’re working at home, they may have a different email address.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Thus, I have come to the conclusion that if I could help a million entrepreneurs globally reach $1 million in revenue (and beyond), that would be the foundation of a robust, distributed, and sustainable economic value creation that would add up to a trillion dollars in global GDP. a distributed, democratic model of capitalism.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2020

In addition, UNI arrived and was probably one of the largest token distribution events ever with 15% of all tokens going to nearly 300K liquidity providers and users. Outreach was named to the 2020 LinkedIn Top Startups list, which uncovers the 50 companies that have stood out this year, attracting investment, employees and attention.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Defining the problem you’re trying to solve is an important part of your business plan because it’s the first place where you’ll demonstrate that idea is viable—that you can actually make money with your business model and idea. Share of the Market (SOM) : Your SOM is who you will reach in your first few years of business.

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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. With Taptalk you need to (a) add directly using someone’s Taptalk user name or (b) respond to a Taptalk invite sent via email or SMS.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 26, 2019

Here’s a complete, 9 step guide on how to start a brewery business. Choose a business model. Fill in the business blanks. Choose a business model. Before you can start to seriously plan your own craft beer business, you need to understand the end goal that you’re aiming for.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2019

Give your company a name. Name your trusted inner circle of company leaders (or just yourself). Because of its popularity, Delaware is also statistically a popular state for investors to finance businesses. This sounds great, but doing business in another state means additional paperwork. Give your business a name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2022

Why else would name brands with huge resources, like Blockbuster and Kodak , get overrun by upstarts like Netflix and Apple. Early mistakes can result in later business constraints. You may recall the Chevy Nova , where Latino countries quickly picked up on the name, ‘no va’ meaning ‘does not go’ in Spanish.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

This article is part of our “ Business Startup Guide ”—a curated list of our articles that will get you up and running in no time! People often ask us for a list of steps they can use to start their own business. From business type to business model to physical location, there are so many variables!

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

Various factors changed that dynamic and made gaming into a hugely sought after investment opportunity: the penetration of smart phone and rise of mobile gaming, the move from packaged goods to free to play, and the growing M&A market for gaming to name a few.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The goal was 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. For a specific startup this list is probably a few hundred names.

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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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