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Updates – Industry Study: Freight Trucking (#Startups)

December 31, 2016 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

Note: John Azubuike (@jnazubuike) and I are currently conducting research on software startups in the ocean freight shipping market. We expect to publish that towards the end of January 2017. Our blog post about freight trucking startups opened the door to numerous conversations that we may never have had, with people who know more about […]

Filed Under: Industry Study, Innovation, Market Study, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital Tagged With: Business Models, Business Strategy, Competitive Strategy, Early Stage Startups, Industry Study, Innovation, Investment Analysis, Logistics & Supply Chain, Startups, Strategy, Technology, Venture Capital

#NotesOnStrategy: Tips For Early Stage Startup Founders on How To Build A Culture of Accountability

July 2, 2016 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

CULTURE EATS STRATEGY FOR BREAKFAST, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOR LUNCH, AND EVERYTHING ELSE FOR DINNER. – Bill Aulet During one of our weekly Monday morning team meetings we were talking about one of the startups in our portfolio . . . Things are going well; the product is pretty good and improving, sales are increasing, revenue […]

Filed Under: Entrepreneurship, Management, Organizational Behavior, Strategy, Team Building, Technology Tagged With: Behavioral Finance, Early Stage Startups, Leadership, Management, Strategy, Team building, Teamwork, Technology, Venture Capital

Revisiting What I Know About Efficient Scale, Cost Advantages, & Early Stage Technology Startups

January 9, 2016 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

This is the fourth post in my series of blog posts on economic moats. I have already written about Network Effects, Switching Costs, and Intangibles. In this post I will discuss how Cost Advantages and Efficient Scale might develop as an early stage startup travels through the discovery phase of its life-cycle. 1Any errors in appropriately […]

Filed Under: Strategy, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital Tagged With: Business Models, Competitive Strategy, Early Stage Startups, Economic Moat, Strategy, Technology, Venture Capital

Revisiting What I Know About Intangibles & Startups

October 26, 2015 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

  This is the third post in my series of blog posts on economic moats. I have already written about Network Effects and Switching Costs. The remaining three sources of an economic moat are Cost Advantages, Efficient Scale, and Intangibles. 1Any errors in appropriately citing my sources are entirely mine. Let me know what you object […]

Filed Under: Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Funding, Innovation, Management, Strategy, Technology, Venture Capital Tagged With: Brand, Business Model Canvas, Business Models, Due Diligence, Early Stage Startups, Economic Moat, Innovation, Intangibles, Intellectual Property, Investment Analysis, Margin of Safety, Persuasion, Strategy, Venture Capital

Notes on Strategy; Michael Porter’s Generic Competitive Strategies for Early Stage Tech Startups

August 21, 2015 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

Running a business without a strategy is like breathing air without oxygen. My post Notes on Strategy; For Early Stage Technology Startups led to follow up questions from a handful of readers who asked for additional posts with more explanations and examples. 1Let me know if you feel I have failed to attribute something appropriately. Tell me how […]

Filed Under: Business Models, Management, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Business Strategy, Competitive Strategy, Early Stage Startups, Strategy, Venture Capital

How Studying Bankruptcy And Working On Two Turnaround Assignments Prepared Me To Become An Early Stage Venture Capitalist

August 1, 2015 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

  When I started business school at NYU Stern in the fall of 2005 my plan centered on taking every class in Bankruptcy & Reorganization, and Distressed Investing that I could. I took 3 elective classes in that area; Bankruptcy & Reorganization with Prof. Ed Altman, Case Studies in Bankruptcy & Reorganization with Prof. Max […]

Filed Under: Behavioral Finance, Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation, Investment Analysis, Key Performance Metrics, Operations, Organizational Behavior, Private Equity, Sales and Marketing, Startups, Strategy, Team Building, Uncategorized, Value Investing, Venture Capital Tagged With: Behavioral Finance, Business Models, Business Strategy, Competitive Strategy, Early Stage, Early Stage Startups, Leadership, Management, Persuasion, Strategy, Turnaround, Venture Capital

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