Business Model

Pride & Prejudice: (What) Can Nonprofits Learn From the For-Profit World?

Richard Dare | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Arts, Nonprofits, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Entrepreneurship, Business Model, Art, Strategy, Brooklyn, Orchestra, New York, Impact, Business Plan, Culture News

Like everyone else in the business world, we nonprofits need money to operate, folks, and lots of it. Let's focus on some steps nonprofits might take to follow their siblings in the for-profit sector toward a brighter financial future.

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Romney's 'Business Model' Is Bad for America

Sanjay Sanghoee | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney Bain Capital, Business Model, Elections 2012, Bain Capital, LBO Returns, Mitt Romney CEO, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney 2012, Bain Capital Profits, Leveraged Buyout, Private Equity, Business News

If you relish the idea of electing someone who has made money through a business model that, in many instances, destroys value and has negative repercussions for our economy, then Romney is your man.

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'Impact Investing' And Social Enterprises: Knowing When To Scale

Thane Kreiner | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Vision, Impact Investing, Philanthropy, Poverty, Social Entrepreneurship, Water, Agriculture, Clean Energy, Venture Capital, Business Model, Impact News

At the Center for Science, Technology, and Society, we focus on helping social entrepreneurs build ventures that scale. My colleague and mentor Jim Ko...

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Paradise Lost: Can We Keep Nonprofits From Failing?

Richard Dare | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Classical Music, Nonprofit, Nonprofits, Innovation, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Funding, Entrepreneurship, Music, Business Models, Business, Arts Funding, Business Model, Impact News

The underlying business model of the nonprofit is too inadequate, and the need for our services is too fast-growing, and society's understanding of the situation isn't all that it might be.

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Look to Business Operations, Not Philanthropy, for Social Impact

Judith Samuelson | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Corporate Philanthropy, Proctor & Gamble, Innovation, Social Impact, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Responsibility, Business Model, Business News

If the impact of business on society is measured in oceans, corporate philanthropy would barely fill a bucket of water. What might be possible if we were to unleash this business genius on problems of consequence?

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Who Dares Wins -- 2nd Annual Int'l Business Model Competition

Steve Blank | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Customer Development, Business Innovation, Business Entrepreneurs, Business Model, Business Entreprenuership, Writing Business Plan, Business Plan, Business News

The idea of a Business Model competition first emerged when I realized that Business Plan writing ought to be taught in English departments -- as they're the best example of creative writing entrepreneurs will ever do.

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New Internet Business Models: Find Your "Picks and Shovels" Opportunity in the Internet Gold Mine

Marc Ostrofsky | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Internet, Online Business, Business Model, Business Model Versus Business Plan, Online Business Models, Secondary Business Markets, Online Business Plan, Business News

New and different products and services pop up every day. This gives rise to supporting products and services. A business can make substantial profit by helping others execute their plans for making money.

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OWS: Where the Rubber Meets the Road

Jon Stein | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Money, Bank Reform, Occupy Wall Street, Better, Business Model, Slashdeclare, Products, Ows, Change, Movement, Startup, Financial Services, Bank, Finserve, Banks, Startups, Declare, Wall Street, Exchange, Business News

As consumers of financial services products, start to demand that your bank, investment advisor and brokerage join this movement. If they aren't willing to publicly declare what you deserve, you deserve a better company.

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HSBC Considers Running Down Its Credit Card Business

Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Cost Cutting, Jakarta, Banking, U.S. Card Business, CEO Stuart Gulliver, Credit Cards, Retail Banking, Business Model, HSBC Holdings, World Economic Forum, Video, Business News

JAKARTA - HSBC Holdings will run down its $33 billion U.S. credit card business if it cannot find a buyer, the bank's chief executive said on Mond...

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Stanford's Hottest Startups Weigh Value Propositions

Steve Blank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: It, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Education, Customers, Teaching, Entrepreneurship Education, Business Model, Marketing, Incubator, Business News, Customer Development, Stanford University, Student Entrepreneurship, Small Business America, Small Business, Business News

Week three of the class and our teams in our Stanford Lean LaunchPad class were hard at work using Customer Development to get out of the classroom and test the first key hypotheses of their business model: The Value Proposition.

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How 'Collaborative Consumption' Is Transforming Startups

MIT Entrepreneurship Review | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Lendingclub, Lending, Collaborative Consumption, Entrepreneurs, Facebook, Consumption, Business Model, Demand, Small Business America, Thredup, Startups, Zopa, Getaround, Zipcar, Netflix, Entrepreneurship, Peer to Peer, Business News

Collaborative consumption market places are everywhere: media, car rental, lodging, staffing, textbooks, apparel, custom graphic design and even finance.

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Inside Stanford's Hottest Student Startups

Steve Blank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Entrepreneurship, Teaching, Education, Small Business, Groupon, Incubator, It, Customer Development, Marketing, Stanford University, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship Education, Business Model, Customers, Student Entrepreneurship, Small Business America, Business News

The most interesting part of the class would happen outside the classroom when the teams spent 50-80 hours testing their business model hypotheses by talking to customers and partners and (in the case of web-based businesses) building their product.

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Five Strategies for Business Growth in a World of Customer Networks

David Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Network Is Your Customer, Digital Media, Strategy, Business Model, David Rogers, Business News

In a world awash in digital technologies, customers have changed. From our smartphones to our social networks, today's digital tools link all of us in...

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Thinking "Inside" the Box: How Freeloaders Can Make You a Load of Cash

Tom Grasty | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Knight News Challenge, Evernote, Stroome, Linkedin, Community, Skype, Online Video, Participitory Media, Editing, Technology, User Generated Content, Business Model, Mailchimp, Freemium, Technology News

As an internet entrepreneur, the question I'm asked most often is this: "How are you going to make money?" I tell them the plan isn't to charge for our service, and what happens next never fails.

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The Best Business Model in the World

Anthony Tjan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Strategy, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Small Business, Business Model, Small Business America, Business News

Over the years, my partners and I have seen and experienced one business model that we love the best, based on fundamental cash flow and the ability to grow that cash flow as the business scales.

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Clean Energy's Future Hinges on New Business Models

Lesa Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Energy Jobs, Energy Efficiency, Kauffman Foundation, President Obama, Climate Legislation, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Economy, Clean Energy Innovation, Entrepreneurship, National Clean Energy Summit, Energy Policy, Business Model, Business News

Clean energy innovations often fall victim to the so-called "Valley of Death" caused by outdated and capital-intensive business models and a supply chain that is not friendly to new technology.

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Why Borders Needs A New Business Model

BizTimes | Kay Plantes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Borders, Booksellers, Bennet LeBow, Business Model, Ceo, Books News

Let's face it. Amazon.com owns on-line book sales, a position so strong that it has broadened its scope into all kinds of other categories sold on lin...

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Why Change, Not The iPad, Will Save the Magazine

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: There Were Dozens, Content Software, Print, Multimedia Content, Desperate Effort, Revenue Stream, Ms. Stratigos, Ipads, Vanity Fair, Morgan Stanley, Financial Position, Anthea Stratigos, Technology, Publication, Survivability, April, Interactivity, Flight Response, User Experience, Content Consumption, Stratigos, Business Model, Magazine, Media Landscape, Henry Photography, Anthea, Publishing, Apple Ipad, Share Information, Wired, Outsell, Alexx, Huberty, Technology News

Interactivity of the multimedia content is a key element. Without this crucial ingredient survivability of print companies is questionable.

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MOOmilk Organic Milk: Maine Dairy Farmers Might Have Business Model To Emulate

AP | CLARKE CANFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aurora Dairy, l3c, Moomilk, Dairy, Smiling Hill Farm, Ice Cream, Milk, Nonprofit, Cheese, Business Model, New England, Maine, Chocolate Milk, Factory Farming, Dairy Farmers, Co-Op, Local Food, Cows, Food Politics, Food, Organic Valley, Dean Foods, Organic Milk, Green News

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine dairy farmers hope their new organic milk, called MOOMilk, becomes as popular among natural-food buffs as Maine lobster ...

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Journalism Needs a Business Model for the Truth

David Nordfors | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Hyperlink, Accountability, Business Model, Main Stream Media, Journalism, Truth, Media News

Journalists committed to the truth can link to important sources, but news organizations have never let that happen. What are the business models for the principles of journalism?

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How Companies Evolve

Rabbi Alan Lurie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Workplace Collaboration, Business Model, Personal Growth, Tribal Leadership, Business News

Not only is moral and spiritual growth needed in business in order to create a better world, but, in fact, companies that operate from higher moral and spiritual perspectives are more effective, sustainable, and profitable.

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Hey Publishers, Screwing Your Best Customers Is A Mistake

Matt Stewart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nook, E-Reader, Publishing, Kindle, Books, Book Publishing, Hatchette, Harpercollins, Apple Tablet, Business Model, Amazon, S&s, Amazon.com, Apple, Simon & Schuster, Customers, Pricing, Sony, Books News

By denying the value of e-books, S&S, Hatchette and HarperCollins will make it harder for their power-readers to buy from them, to champion their books, to spread literary joy quickly and easily.

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Can Happiness Help You in Business? A Visit to Zappos

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wisdom, Zappos, Tony Hsieh, Google, Business, Business Model, Employment, Las Vegas-Nevada, Business News

Zappos focuses on supporting individual expression and the internal happiness of each employee.

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A Business Model for the Great Recession

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Free Agents, Mark Teixeira, c.c. Sabathia, Baseball, Cleveland, Opening Day, Fenway Park, Obama, Collusion, A.j. Burnett, Business Model, Entertainment News

Major League Baseball should use its potential financial crisis strategically to think long-term about the business of America's Game.

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Q&A With Dick Harrington: Do You Really Know Where You Make Your Money?

Anthony Tjan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Revenue Model, Dick Harrington, Tony Tjan, Thomson-Reuters, Business Model, Thomson, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Ebitda, Business News

This second conversation with former Thomson Corporation CEO Dick Harrington looks at why small businesses need to understand their product line profitability.

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