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Looking at the current position of my venture, I would say that the business had come to a crucial decision on the business model, whether it was going to be a physical store or strictly online. The decision has been made to keep the business […]

Equity is one of the most difficult decisions that must be made within a start-up. It is hard to place a value on the different skill sets and effort that each respective members of the organization puts in. The process of figuring this out isn’t […]

I really enjoyed listening to this podcast, it started to give me a better understanding of what goes into a good startup pitch. Alex Blumberg presents us his first attempt at pitching his podcast startup to Silicon Valley billionaire, Chris Sacca. In this once in […]

                There were many things that I learned from taking the Business Plan Development class this semester. Some of the biggest takeaways from the class for me were the importance of intellectual property (IP) protection, the importance of testing products before putting them out there […]

                We learned a lot about angel investors and some of the different statistics regarding them when we had our guest speaker, Fran Waller, come and talk to us in class. Within the lecture, as we’ve heard many of times in class, he mentioned the […]

The benefit of a competitive analysis is that it allows you evaluate and compare some of your business’ closest competitors to one another, allowing you to then take the results from the analysis to apply to your business. This not only allows you to learn […]

            I’ve decided to take a look at how Foot Locker uses the Get/Keep/Grow model throughout their business to attract and retain customers. In terms of getting customers, the company is very active on social media. Their Instagram account usually posts multiple times a day, […]

                Nadim Hussain gave an amazing talk and presentation about his entrepreneurial journey! There were a few key concepts I took away from the time listening, but the one that stood out the most was testing the company did for their target market research.                 […]

                The business model canvas places value proposition as the “backbone” of the canvas, and rightfully so. The value proposition holds a great deal of importance in relation to a company’s business model canvas. Your company’s value proposition is what makes your company differ from […]

            It is extremely important to choose the right partners when looking to start a new venture. You must take the time beforehand to make sure you and your partner(s) are fully committed, or your business venture will be destined to fail at some point […]