thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It didn’t help that I was vegetarian (wait, didn’t Indians eat turkey…oh wait) and spoke a weird language to my brother at the bus stop. How my 5th grade classmates thought I was Native American and that I was making up stories when I returned (from my teepee, possibly?)

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 16, 2023

I like a lot of different types of industries and business models, but the ones that I most enjoy working with are ones that actually help people, animals of the environment. I don't wanna help you sell beef Turkey, So I kind of turned them down, but I told 'em the reason why. So that's kind of my niche that I've developed.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 20, 2010

But without getting down to brass tacks of pricing and business model, you haven't proven anything about your business. But I've seen — and had — enough ideas to know that it's possible to have a decent idea and no business model, and that's what I had. Can you use this technique or is it unworkable?

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

Magda, the new business owner, knows this deli office park business, so she knows more or less to educated guess what it’s going to cost her for each cup of coffee, for each lunch. As we look at the categories, she’s not having ham sandwiches versus turkey sandwiches. Notice she’s averaging too.

Lean 60

Lean Business Plan Video Software Review 60

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

For the entrepreneurs who are in Israel, Turkey, Europe (CEE or Western), New Zealand, Singapore, and other markets: understand your limitations. In Turkey alone there are 200+ Groupon-like companies. If you believe in your business, deliver value via accelerating growth and a sound business model – not break even.

Incubator 121

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2012

These social entrepreneurs use their know-how and business savvy to make the world a better place, combining a traditional business model with a pressing social mission in ways that have been helping to make big changes in places around the world for decades. Willie Smits.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I don’t believe in cold turkey transition. Again you want to make sure you are going into a business and industry that is growing and not one that is shrinking. There’s all kinds of businesses models out here, you can start a business organically, Internet businesses, buy a franchise or buy an existing business.

Social Media 60

Social Media Small Business Software Review Technical Review 60

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 7, 2019

The global automakers and suppliers will be adapting their business models accordingly, forming new partnerships and investing in new technologies. In all that time, it never occurred to me that business would help chip away at the carbon and other greenhouse gases-caused climate crisis we may well be on the verge of experiencing.

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