TreeLight Startup Page:
Making Startups Happen
A guide to getting your startup off the ground,
getting it funded, and making it profitable. A continuing work in progress
that reflects a technologist's understanding of the startup process.
General Models
- The Tetrahedral Model
- Three legs of the tripod: technology, marketing, and finance. Roofing
the pyramid: Organization. Pinpointing the foundation: The organization's
mission.
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- Investor Models
- Who will invest in the enterprise, and why. The induction hypothesis.
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- Buyer Models
- A general picture of potential buyers, how much of a market they represent,
how much it costs to penetrate that market, and the shape of the adoption
curve.
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- The Third Time is the Charm
- Why entrepreneurs tend to succeed on their third venture.
Company-Specific Models
- Technology Models
- What the product has to do to win in a given market. A scenario that shows
how it is used. Component listing and risk analysis.
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- Revenue Models
- Who the customers are for the proposed technology, how they will be reached,
what they will pay.
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- Growth Models
- The plans that show how you get to the great end result you're projecting.
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- Business Models
- Structuring the organization: Legal entities, risks and costs.
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