Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Copyright gives you the right to prevent others from copying, distributing or making derivatives of your work. A patent is a government granted monopoly to prevent others from making, using or selling your invention – even if the other parties infringement was innocent or accidental. Copyright.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Google has been investing in a broad healthcare portfolio, Amazon has been investing in pharmacy distribution and Apple…? government via Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). However, if the Apple Watch becomes a device eligible for reimbursement , there’s a huge revenue upside for Apple. In the U.S.

China 67

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2010

It wasn’t that they didn’t want to pay, but for anything above a certain dollar amount, it had to be a committee decision, and Universities are a notoriously bad market to crack (probably second to the government). Over the course of that relationship that lasted several years, we did over $1M in revenue just from HP.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups. Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP.

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Israel SBA Technical Review Startup 124

Up and Running

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Tangible assets of the company , such as capital, credit, existing customers or distribution channels, patents, or technology. Are there challenges created by an unfavorable trend or development that may lead to deteriorating revenues or profits? What advantages do you have over your competition? Manufacturing facilities?

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Sedibeng’s primary market advantages are their company culture, consistent “quality” branding, traditional brew recipes, and commitment to rural distribution. A weakness that may deter investors is NovOculi’s lack of relationship with the medical device distribution community. See Also: The Complete Sedibeng Breweries Business Plan.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2019

New customers are expensive to acquire, and typically produce less revenue than would current, satisfied customers. Yet, when faced with declining revenues, most companies focus on finding new customers. Here’s a look: 1. Win With Current Customers Before Chasing After New Ones. Kearney and worked at Procter & Gamble.

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Technology Customer Qatar 145

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

This is a philosophy that governs my daily life as well as my entrepreneurial activities. How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone How to Usability Test your Site for Free The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the tim. September 11, 2008 2:06 PM Editor said. Less is more. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. Fifty of its manufacturing activities and 70% of its consolidated revenues derive from global operations.

Israel 96

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

These products will be distributed to remote yet extremely viable areas, where the market is appreciative of readily-available, good-quality brew. With this money, they plan to expand its distribution to selected metro areas within the state of Oregon. Initial plans are to produce three main lines of beer. Martin Cove Brewing Company.

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Board Effect

AUGUST 10, 2021

More often, boards opt for a hybrid model that offers a range of ways to allocate funds for different sources of revenue and expenses. A budget brings all the institution’s income and expenses into a central place to give the board the full scope of revenue and spending. The board only allocates revenue from new sources.

Software Review 98

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 25, 2020

b y Jack Siney, GovSpend Chief Revenue Officer. government agencies are one of the few organizations that will actually be spending more money in the coming months. Access Current Government RFPs. Requests for Quotes (RFQs) are immediate needs that the government has and are typically awarded in just a few days or weeks.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Distribution. For product companies, a distribution plan is an important part of the complete business plan. Distribution is how you will get your product into the hands of your customers. Here are a few common distribution models that you may consider for your business: Direct. Retail Distribution.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

The first question is a fact-based analysis that involves reviewing Netflix’ public disclosures up until that time, determining the effects on revenue and earnings of the growth in hours streamed, etc. Compressing 80 years of history into a paragraph, securities regulation here is fundamentally a disclosure-based system.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Like nonprofits, not-for-profit organizations also host events and activities, but they aren’t allowed to distribute their profits or accept donations, and they don’t qualify for tax-exempt status.? . These types of nonprofits typically get most of their revenue either from the general public or the government. 501(c)(3) ?organizations

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This capability could revolutionise content production and distribution for media and entertainment companies. This could transform how media and entertainment platforms engage their audiences and generate revenue. The ruling could potentially allow developers to retain more revenue by bypassing Google’ s fees and regulations.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. After a quarter-century in government – serving with the National Security Council, the Senate Armed Services Committee and now State – Blinken says Washington can no longer afford to pretend it can solve such complex problems alone.

Silicon Valley 120

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. After a quarter-century in government – serving with the National Security Council, the Senate Armed Services Committee and now State – Blinken says Washington can no longer afford to pretend it can solve such complex problems alone.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Couple this with technologies that are incompatible with each other, “Experts” who preach analytics without wide practical experience, analysts who are learning on the job, a lack of data standards or governance & vendors who don’t don’t take the time to understand how you use their tools, and it all becomes a real mess. Conclusion.

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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. Nationalisation of Technology Platforms: Big tech in America won’t just be split up – they may be acquired by the government and be redefined as national infrastructure – as we saw with railways.

Software Review 91

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Non-Compete 91

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

Outcomes: Revenue | Ideas Funded Behavior: Path Length | Cart Abandonment Rate Acquisition: Assisted Conversions | Share of Search. Every ecommerce site has to obsess about Revenue. With advertising revenue in a tailspin, it is more important than ever. Government: California Department of Motor Vehicles.

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Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 143

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

Putting gaming in context in 2023 While 2022 was the first year that saw mobile gaming revenue shrink by 5%, the number of downloads was overall up and session times remained the same, as I mentioned in my post on the state of Israeli gaming in 2023. What events sparked the major revolutions in business models and distribution? /1

Generative AI 103

Generative AI San Francisco Technical Review Europe 103

Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2017

The end user of the application was those who recycled, however, the recycling and reward redemption process required partnerships with recycling facilities, local businesses, and government agencies. Then, about two weeks before launch, I distributed a survey to those 256 partners. It wasn’t a scalable solution, but it was a start.

Technical Review 96

Technical Review Distribution Redemption Demand 96

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad. Flexible VC: Revenue -based. Of the Inc.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

Mobile Data as a percentage of total revenue is about 7.5%. Apple has a very limited market presence in India, due to high price and limited distribution. Data services currently contribute only about 8-9 % of revenue for mobile operators, versus 52% in the US. The largest player is Airtel, with a revenue market share of 31%.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

The Data Warehouse market is typically estimated at $30 B in annual revenue and the big data components, where the largest need for performance gains resides, is growing at double digit rates. According to 451 Research , “For vendors with less than $1 B in revenue, we estimate a CAGR of 39%.”

Peru 58

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 26, 2022

This is critical since the government is moving toward a speedier payment system, which will reduce the time it takes for victims to get compensation. You're likely going to be experiencing revenues in waves, owing to the pandemic booms and dips, and the varying regulations. Thanks to Sameera Sullivan, a Relationship expert ! #6-

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. In November of this year, the company announced that it had achieved “substantially” more than $1B in revenue in the third quarter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2021

The business proposals I see often target multiple unrelated segments, such as consumers, enterprises, and government. Provide initial and long-term sources of revenue. Every business, including non-profits, need a viable source of revenue to cover the costs of operation and sustainability.

Intellectual Property 332

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Business Model Channel 332

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

There Ought to be a Law Nowadays there are laws that allow you to back out of a time-share condo contract, or used car purchase after seven days because even the government believes there are times when grown adults lose their minds and stand up and yell “Yes I believe, sign me up!” We understood none of this. More detail in future posts.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS Software Review 120

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

Reporting in the Harvard Business Review on a major study of growth stalls they conducted, Olson and his colleagues cite the case of the iconic brand Levi Strauss, which hit a historic high mark of sales in 1995, reaching revenue of $7 billion, but then, starting in 1996, saw a decline in sales so precipitous that by 2000, revenue was down to $4.6

Technical Review 127

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

While developers can now spin up applications faster than ever before, one of the downsides is the complexity of managing these distributed applications and technologies. Year of HQ2 and Distributed Teams: It was a banner year for non-Silicon Valley cities as NYC and Northern Virginia were selected as Amazon’s HQ2.

Advisory Board 79

Advisory Board Stealth Cloud Virginia 79

BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

While developers can now spin up applications faster than ever before, one of the downsides is the complexity of managing these distributed applications and technologies. Year of HQ2 and Distributed Teams: It was a banner year for non-Silicon Valley cities as NYC and Northern Virginia were selected as Amazons HQ2.

Advisory Board 78

Advisory Board Stealth Cloud Virginia 78

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

Getting investors to trust you with their money is always a challenge, and it’s even more difficult in the early stages, where you don’t have a significant revenue stream, a few customers, or maybe even a product yet. At these stages, it’s all about you, and your ability to communicate and execute effectively.

Due Diligence 308

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Entrepreneurs versus Saboteurs Startups and scaleups outside of companies or government agencies want to take share of an existing market, or displace existing vendors. They have no intention of giving up revenue, profits and jobs. (In Common ways incumbents kill innovation in both commercial markets and government agencies.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

2011 was finally the year when the media spotlight shone on how under-represented women are in almost all power structures in business, government, technology and media – and how crucial it is that we leverage the leadership skill set that they bring to the table to tackle the problems facing the world today. What’s Next in 2012….

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

Entrepreneurship continues to be a sexy topic for governments, with every country worth its salt trying to create its own tech hub, mimicking Silicon Valley. The appeal of promoting entrepreneurship is obvious. The list goes on. To be clear, I’m not anti-entrepreneurship.

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