Not long ago, I was driving through Denver in rush hour traffic. As I inched along in traffic, I was replaying a discussion in my head about the Colorado Springs ecosystem being the red-headed stepchild to Denver’s much more robust business ecosystem. Most of the discussion was geared toward activities the Colorado Springs ecosystem could do […]
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You Can’t Assume You Can Capture a Portion of The Total Available Market (TAM) W/O Understanding the Served Available and Service Obtainable Market (SAM/SOM)
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in Late 2016 The FAA issued a safety alert to the airlines regarding the Samsung Note 7 and its exploding battery issue. Airline gate attendants announce to millions of travelers every day the special regulation to completely turn off the Note 7 phone to avoid a potential battery explosion during flight. To the everyday person,
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A while back, I was meeting with a client who was seeking venture capital investments to bring his product to market. I arranged to have Patrick Bultema, the Director of Innovation at Colorado College, to join us at one of our meetings. The reason why I invited Patrick to our meeting was that he had
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CrowdCube is the largest equity-based crowdfunding platform in the United Kingdom. Since its founding in 2008, it has facilitated more than $60 million in transactions to date. Combined, those transactions have involved nearly 88,000 investors and over 140 successfully funded ventures. The average individual equity-based investment was approximately $4,000, although investments ranged from as little
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Traditionally, entrepreneurs had 2 options to raise funds to start their business. They could either get a loan or give away ownership to investors. Enter crowdfunding as a third option.
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The year was 1990. Microsoft just released its first successful version of the Windows Operating System. The TCP/IP protocol went global and the internet was now within reach of users with a personal computer in their home. Prodigy just went public and launched a marketing campaign with a war-chest worth nearly a billion dollars and
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The other day I was asked if a person’s idea would make a good business. Unfortunately, I had to tell them that it would not be a good idea for them to pursue. While the idea might have been a novel and been a successful venture in the right hands, they didn’t have access to
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Excessive Company Profit Is Not Inherently Unfair. The Profits from Success Business Ventures Offset the High Number of Business Failures. If High Profit Was Not Possible Nobody Would Invest. Moreover, When A Business Sees Success, It Is Often Fleeting and Requiring Investors to Demand a Return-To-Exit.
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