by danieldalonzo | Feb 5, 2019 | Business, Competitive Analysis, Creativity, Customer, Design, Digital Transformation, Entrepreneur, Feedback, Innovation, Learning, Research, Startups, Vision
A list of people, theories, and ideas that can be used as building blocks for the future. Disruptive Innovation by Clayton Christensen “First, a quick recap of the idea: “Disruption” describes a process whereby a smaller company with fewer resources is able to...
by danieldalonzo | Feb 5, 2019 | Business, Innovation, Startups
This is an excerpt from Steve Blank’s book titled, The Four Steps to Epiphany. Rather than focusing on the products a company may or may not possess, pioneers now focus on developing their customers, validating needs, mitigating risk, failing fast and failing often,...
by danieldalonzo | Dec 29, 2015 | Marketing, Startups
As I study the most successful web and mobile products I notice a common theme. There are hundreds of communication channels at my disposal. How do i know which ones to use to leverage my app? It turns out, there are only a few channels that are considered...
by danieldalonzo | Aug 17, 2015 | Startups
As mentioned in my previous post, I will be publishing a series of profiles on potential competitors. I was recommended to start by writing a profile on seed-stage venture capital firm, First Round Capital. First Round Capital is financially successful because they...
by danieldalonzo | Aug 16, 2015 | Innovation, Social Enterprise, Startups
I had an unexpectedly inspiring phone call this week. The topic? Doing a competitive analysis for my social enterprise. It is not that I was expecting the person to be uninspiring, however, it was the first time we had ever spoken to one another. Introductory calls...
by danieldalonzo | Apr 2, 2015 | Business, Social Enterprise, Startups
It can be difficult for social entrepreneurs to build profitable business models. I outlined a framework below that a social entrepreneur can utilize in order to start thinking through a business model. Business Model for Social Entrepreneurs Your answers to the...
