Steve Blank

AUGUST 21, 2013

What if we could increase productivity and stave the capital flight by helping Life Sciences startups build their companies more efficiently? Quite a few of the teams were building biotech, devices or digital health products. Scientists and researchers have spent their careers testing hypotheses inside their labs.

SBIR 321

SBIR Technical Review Lean Startup 321

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

I agree with Sharma that it’s time to move on to a new way of thinking, living, and doing business, especially after the recent demoralizing pandemic impacts. They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation.

Artificial Inteligence 315

Artificial Inteligence Offshore Merger Technical Review 315

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

business models. Small startups act the same way, simply cloning each other’s products. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. When the Chinese government censors (run by their propaganda department ) shutdown access to yet another U.S. Of course “copy” is too strong a word.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 328

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.

Technical Review 345

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Offshore 345

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

And to today, when its major product is simply innovation. In the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s, momentum shifted to the enterprise as large businesses supported innovation in PCs, communications hardware and enterprise software. Government and the enterprise are now followers rather than leaders.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

– while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products. Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are, “Here’s how smart I am, and isn’t this a great product, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells the story of a team’s 10-week journey and hard-won learning and discovery.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Even non-profits need a profitable business model to offset staff and operating costs. Assume passion level defines business opportunity. Entrepreneurs need to spend time working on the business, as well as in the business. Finish the product before marketing begins.

Intellectual Property 312

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Investor Viral 312

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.

Technical Review 310

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Offshore 310

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation. Many countries have learned to make products cheaper and better. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model.

Entrepreneur 263

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

This process costs money, which professional investors are not willing to contribute, since their interest is in scaling a proven product and business model into a growth business. Specifically, I often point to the NSF or the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for high-tech startups.

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Early Stage SBIR Technical Review Seed Stage 225

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2014

According to a Harvard Business Review article, many people in history, famous for their inventions, such as Thomas Edison, were entrepreneurs who only later were remembered as inventors of the products they commercialized. Of course, it helps to have innovative technologies before you start building a business.

Technical Review 266

Technical Review Intellectual Property Early Stage Global 266

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

It is possible to attract a venture capital partner with an idea for a business, but most deals are closed after the business has a founding team , a minimum viable product or MVP, and customers. This will be your calling card and a good jumping-off point to discuss your business with potential investors.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Security 170

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Once we understand the target customer and value proposition, we need to know how many of these customers exist and how often they will buy the company’s products or services. There is no product idea good enough to overcome bad partners. Unfortunately, we read far more poorly written business plans at Main Street than good ones.

Intellectual Property 265

Intellectual Property Balance Sheet Phoenix Arizona 265

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2012

It’s a long way from an entrepreneur’s “idea” to a working product with a real market and paying customers. For less tangible products, like software, it should simulate the look and feel of the final product on relevant base hardware. A pre-production prototype will allow you to be adaptive without dire consequences.

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Startup Early Stage Database Distribution 242

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2010

It’s a long way from an entrepreneur’s “idea” to a working product with a real market and paying customers. For less tangible products, like software, it should simulate the look and feel of the final product on relevant base hardware. A pre-production prototype will allow you to be adaptive without dire consequences.

Entrepreneur 236

Entrepreneur Early Stage Database Distribution 236

Gust

APRIL 27, 2014

Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. 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. Funding process.

Startup 187

Startup Institutional Investors Angel Investor Bootstrapping 187

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.

Technical Review 257

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Offshore 257

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

I agree with Sharma that it’s time to move on to a new way of thinking, living, and doing business, especially after the relatively recent demoralizing recessionary times. They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation.

Engineer 219

Engineer Entrepreneur Offshore Merger 219

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

For example, a while back a passionate entrepreneur approached me with an innovative solution for reducing world hunger, but hadn’t focused on the fact that hungry people often don’t have any money, and governments are not easy customers. Choose a business model that will win in the market.

Technical Review 201

Technical Review Government Agile Differentiation 201

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

State Department and see what products you can come up with to solve them. Along the way, you will actively learn the Lean LaunchPad methodology, the framework first developed for business start-ups. How to bring together technology, government, and communities to combat violent extremist messaging.

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Lean Saudi Arabia Austria Silicon Valley 282

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

business models. Small startups act the same way, simply cloning each other’s products. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. When the Chinese government censors (run by their propaganda department ) shutdown access to yet another U.S. Of course “copy” is too strong a word.

China 220

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 220

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2019

A refrain I often hear from technology entrepreneurs to investors is that their product or solution is so innovative that it will cause a “paradigm shift” in the industry. Due to qualms of customers and governments, he sold less than 30,000 of the devices over the next five years.

Technical Review 226

Technical Review Leadership Portfolio Matching 226

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

According to an old Harvard Business Review article, many people in history, famous for their inventions, like Thomas Edison, were entrepreneurs who only later were remembered as inventors of the products they commercialized. Of course it helps to have innovative technologies before you start building a business.

Technical Review 215

Technical Review Intellectual Property Early Stage Global 215

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The internet is a great tool for business, transforming how companies interact with their customers and providing new channels to sell products, provide services, and make money. Unfortunately, the internet is also great for criminals looking to exploit businesses for their own gain. Different types of customer verification.

Software Review 167

Software Review Customer Technical Review Due Diligence 167

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 15, 2019

Here are 5 of the 9 steps you’ll need to know to start your own brewery business. If you like what you read here, be sure to read the complete 9 step guide on how to start a brewery business. Choose a business model. The contract company would handle the other business aspects such as distribution, marketing, and sales.

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Small Business Administration Design Distribution LLC 39

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 22, 2019

Stay compliant with ATO and government legislation through automated updates to tax and payroll processes. Are you providing customers with a service, such as a trade or consultancy, or selling a product? No matter what type of business or industry you are in you will need an effective marketing campaign. Marketing.

Software Review 176

Software Review Due Diligence Startup Stock 176

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.

Software Review 127

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 127

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

32 students were scattered across the globe and given a seemingly impossible assignment- they had 10 weeks to understand and then solve a real Dept of Defense problem – by interviewing 100 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, et al while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products – all while never leaving their room.

Oakland 315

Oakland Asia Lean Video 315

The Startup Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

In 2024, that means businesses that prioritize not just profit, but also environmental and social responsibility. Without new and effective control measures, plastic production is set to double in 20 years, and plastic waste leaking into the ocean is projected to triple by 2040.

Artificial Inteligence 147

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup Cloud 147

ReadWriteStart

JULY 12, 2023

In spite of this, the federal government has kept doing business with the startup, saving it from certain doom. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the financial situation of Canoo as well as the efforts that the company is making to collaborate with the federal government. However, the outlook is not good.

United States 127

United States Government Startup California 127

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

experiments to build a product, find customers, test business models and hire amazing people. Underpinning this growth is good governance. In order to understand startup governance, you need to understand risk and reward. Creating this value is anchored in finding a repeatable, scalable business model.

Technical Review 104

Technical Review Software Review New Zealand Due Diligence 104

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

You must have a prototype or a minimum viable product (MVP). One should also establish the proof of concept of your business before you can qualify for funding. Ground rules of funding. ? Firstly, not all businesses are fundable. This kind of funding is only applicable if the product is unique and innovative.

Startup 150

Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

I agree with Sharma that it’s time to move on to a new way of thinking, living, and doing business, especially after the relatively recent demoralizing recessionary times. They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation.

Offshore 139

Offshore Merger Technical Review Distribution 139

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

government to help them innovate faster– not just kind of fast, but 10x the number of initiatives in 1/5 the time. In the last five years “ Lean Startup ” methodologies have enabled entrepreneurs to efficiently build a startup by searching for product/market fit rather than blindly trying to execute. A 50x speedup kind of fast.

Lean 120

Lean Management Business Model Incubator 120

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Even if you already know what a SWOT analysis is and what it’s used for, it can be tough to translate that information and examine your own business with a critical eye. Reading an example SWOT analysis for a business that is either in your industry or based on a comparable business model can help get you started.

Botswana 148

Botswana Business Plan Oregon Distribution 148

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

Essentially, suppliers put up their profiles and products, setting prices and minimum quantities. Founded in New York City in 2012, Kinnek bases its business model on quality over quantity. An interesting feature about European marketplaces is that they focus on deals instead of products. Kinnek is the newcomer.

B2B 157

B2B Saudi Arabia Global United Kingdom 157

View from Seed

JUNE 23, 2022

“Creators don’t want to just refer traffic towards random products to make money, but rather prefer to directly sell products which they truly believe in. Influencer Direct puts the tools to create their own eCommerce business directly into the hands of influencers.” Company: Influencer Direct. And your least?

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DC Cambodia eCommerce Social Media 156