Strategy, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation

• Startup vs Lifestyle Business - Explained
• Is Entrepreneurship a Gamble?
• Master Checklist for a Startup Venture
• Small Business vs Startup Venture
• Building Business Credit - Explained
• Requirements for a Business License
• Business Permits and Occupational Licenses
• Registering Your Business Name - Explained
• Establishing a Business Bank Account - Explained
• Business Plan Outline Overview
• Business Plan - Executive Summary
• Business Plan - Company Description
• Business Plan - Market Analysis Section
• Business Plan - Competitive Analysis
• Business Plan - Marketing Plan
• Business Plan - Marketing Plan (Cont'd)
• Business Plan - Operations Section
• Business Plan - Management and Organization
• Business Plan - Financial Projections Section
• Business Plan - Appendices
• Business Plan - Final Modifications
• Methods of Innovation
• Ideation and Innovation - Explained
• Entrepreneurs and Opportunity
• Needs vs Wants - Explained
• Entrepreneurs and Inventors
• Prior Experience in Entrepreneurship
• Generating Ideas through Brainstorming
• Basic Types of Brainstorming
• Ideation Best Practices
• Translating the Business Idea into the Business Plan
• Testing A Concept for Value
• How Entrepreneurs Encounter Opportunity - Methods of Innovation
• Critical Points About Entrepreneurship
• Determining Market Size
• Customer Priority - Explained
• Qualitative and Quantitative Research - Overview
• Product Development Process - Explained
• Alpha Testing the Product
• Strategic Assessment & Minimum Viable Product
• Beta Testing the Product
• Disclosing Your Business Idea
• Intellectual Property Considerations - Product Development
• What is Strategy?
• Concept Test the Value Proposition - Entrepreneurship
• Porter's Generic Strategies - Explained
• Bowman's Clock - Strategy
• SWOT Analysis - Explained
• TOWS Analysis (Strategy)
• PESTEL External Factors
• Porter's Five Forces - Explained
• Competitive Advantage
• Other Elements of an Operational Plan
• Situation Analysis - Entrepreneurship
• Social Media Marketing
• 5Ps - Placement
• 5Ps - Packaging
• 5Ps - Process
• Action Plan - Part of a Marketing Plan
• Financial Analysis of Business Idea (Overview)
• How to Conduct an Initial Financial Analysis
• Business Model - Explained
• Constructing a Business Model
• Business Model vs Business Plan
• Investor Pitch - Explained
• Business Presentation Components
• Investor Pitch - Presentation Format
• Investor Pitch - Presentation Content
• Investor Pitch Style Guide
• Investor Pitch - Slide 1: The Company Logo
• Investor Pitch - Slide 2: The Business Team
• Investor Pitch - Slide 3: Problem or Need Statement
• Investor Pitch - Slide 4: Your Solution
• Investor Pitch - Slide 5: The Market
• Investor Pitch - Slide 6: The Business Model
• Investor Pitch - Slide 7: Your Advantage
• Investor Pitch - Slide 8: Competition
• Investor Pitch - Slide 9: Marketing and Sales Plan
• Investor Pitch - Slide 10: Financial Forecast
• Investor Pitch - Slide 11: Milestones and Funding
• Investor Pitch - Slide 12: Capital and Valuation
• Investor Pitch - Slide 13: Questions
• Startup Budget - Definition
• Forming a Business Team Overview
• Founders and New Employees
• Early Employees and Contractors
• Ownership and Control of Founders
• Rights of Owners - Startup Venture
• Organizational Documents Overview
• Choosing a Bldg & Location
• Lease or Purchase Real Estate
• Closing a Business - Explained
• Selling a Business - Explained
• Select a Business Entity
• Elements of Operational Plan
• Initial Board Actions
• Business Capitalization - Explained
• Employee and Intellectual Property Considerations
• Considerations When Starting a Business - Explained
• What is Strategic Planning?
• Core Competency - Explained
• What is the Ansoff Matrix?
• Growth and Scalability as a Strategic Goal
• Diversification Business Strategy - Definition
• Vertical and Horizontal Integration Strategies
• Customer Centric Strategy - Definition
• Blue Ocean Strategy - Definition
• BCG Matrix (Growth-Share Matrix) - Definition
• GE - McKinsey Matrix - Explained
• Overfished Ocean Strategy - Explained
• Stability, Expansion, and Retrenchment Strategies - Explained
• Advantages and Disadvantage of VC Funding - Explained
• Early Exit (Startup) - Explained
• Early Stage - Definition
• Elevator Pitch - Definition
• Gap Analysis - Definition
• Differentiation (Strategy) - Definition
• Disintermediation (Strategy) - Definition
• First Mover Advantage - Definition
• Horizontal Integration - Definition
• Hedgehog Concept - Definition
• Affinity Diagram - Definition
• When to Incorporate a Startup
• Bootstrapping - Definition
• Business Exit - Explained
• Backward Integration - Definition
• Bass Diffusion Model - Definition
• Benchmarking - Definition
• Business Model Canvas - Definition
• Commoditize (Product) - Definition
• Cottage Industry - Definition
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) - Definition
• Insourcing - Definition
• Incubator - Definition
• Lean Strategy - Definition
• JOBS Act - Definition
• Long Tail - Definition
• Loss Leader Strategy - Definition
• Razor Blade Business Model - Definition
• Software as a Service (SAAS) - Definition
• Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) - Definition
• Product Life Cycle - Definition
• Using Business Analysis to Develop a Strategy
• Small Business Job Protection Act - Definition
• Self Employed Contributions Act (SECA) - Definition
• Strategy - Definition
• Strategic Analysis - Definition
• Central Driving Forces Model - Definition
• Small Business Innovation Development Act - Definition
• Social Venture - Definition
• Niche Market Strategy - Definition
• Strategic Planning - Definition
• Strategic Investor - Definition
• Time to Market - Definition
• Synergy - Definition
• Unicorn (Company) - Definition
• Vertical Analysis - Definition
• Boil the Ocean - Definition
• Corporate Defense Management - Definition
• Collaborative Commerce - Definition
• Value Added (Strategy) - Definition
• Vertical Integration - Definition
• Small Business Innovation Research Act (SBIR) - Definition
• Minority Enterprise Small Business Investment Company - Definition
• Balanced Matrix Organization - Definition
• Brassboard Configuration - Definition
• Brownfield Investment - Definition
• Bottom Up Forecasting - Definition
• Basing Point Pricing System - Definition
• Aggregator Model - Definition
• Offensive Competitive Strategy - Definition
• Ideation - Definition
• Manufacturing Production (Strategy) - Definition
• Price War - Definition
• Value Chain - Definition
• Value Proposition - Definition
• Growth Company - Definition
• Growth Curve - Definition
• Commercialization - Definition
• Turnkey Business - Definition
• S-Curve - Definition
• Barriers to Entry - Definition
• Barriers to Exit - Definition
• Scalability (Scalable) - Definition
• Six Forces Model - Definition
• Acceptance Testing - Definition
• Acceptance Risk (Strategy) - Definition
• Lanchester Strategy - Definition
• Strategic Alliance - Definition
• Breadboard Configuration - Definition
• Intrapreneur - Definition
• Bleeding Edge - Definition
• Monetize - Definition
• Inorganic Growth - Definition
• Organic Growth - Definition
• Mobile First Strategy - Definition
• Pyramid Scheme - Definition
• Pyrrhic Victory - Definition
• Feasibility Study - Definition
• Pitchbook - Definition
• Network Effect - Definition
• Consortium - Definition
• Assortment Strategy - Definition
• Low-Cost Production - Definition
• Freelance Economy (Gig Economy) - Definition
• Industry Lifecycle - Definition
• Click and Mortar - Definition
• Contestable Market Theory - Definition
• Asset Acquisition Strategy - Definition
• Diffusion of Innovations Theory - Definition
• Coopetition - Definition
• What is a Mission Statement?
• What is a Values Statement?
• Setting Company Goals
• McKinsey's 7s Model - Explained
• Industry Lifecycle Analysis - Definition
• Corridor Principal - Definition
• Types of Business Strategy - Explained
• Strategic Management - Explained
• Organizational (Corporate) Strategies - Explained
• Intended, Deliberate, Realized, and Emergent Strategies - Explained
• Mintzberg's 5Ps of Strategy - Explained
• Concentration Strategy - Explained
• Internationalization Strategy - Explained
• Cooperative Strategy - Explained
• SPACE Analysis - Explained
• Steps in Developing an Operational Plan - Explained
• Where to Form a Business - Explained
• Less Common Forms of Business Funding - Explained