Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2023

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. That leads to switching costs, sunk costs, brand equity, and a host of other considerations, commonly called “barriers to entry.” These elements are referred to as “barriers to exit.”

Competition 88

Competition Startup Framework Pricing 88

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. That leads to switching costs, sunk costs, brand equity, and a host of other considerations, commonly called “barriers to entry.” These elements are referred to as “barriers to exit.”

Competition 151

Competition Startup Framework Pricing 151

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2013

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. That leads to switching costs, sunk costs, brand equity, and a host of other considerations, commonly called “barriers to entry.” These elements are referred to as “barriers to exit.” It’s a painful end.

Startup 80

Startup Framework Competition Pricing 80

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2018

You company is the product and you’re selling an equity ownership in your company but much more broadly you’re selling trust & confidence that you’re going to build something enormously valuable and that you’re going to be enjoyable to work hand-in-hand with over the coming decade of each other’s lives.

Venture Capital 314

Venture Capital Technical Review Invest Slides 314

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2012

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. That leads to switching costs, sunk costs, brand equity, and a host of other considerations, commonly called “barriers to entry.” These elements are referred to as “barriers to exit.”

Competition 94

Competition Startup Pricing Framework 94

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Porter proposed a Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think still makes a lot of sense today. That leads to switching costs, sunk costs, brand equity, and a host of other considerations, commonly called “barriers to entry.” These elements are referred to as “barriers to exit.”

Startup 86

Startup Competition Pricing Framework 86

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

WordPress, by way of $15M via North Bridge Growth Equity in WPEngine. But Baer’s reference to “consumer internet,” is validated through this foundation of the consumer internet: eCommerce is here. Addison, Texas is home of The open source eCommerce framework Broadleaf. Though, I’m glad that I did.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71