Jess vs. The World

Chris Dixon
Notes on the acquisition process

Giff Constable
Selling your company – some core questions and answers

David G. Cohen
You have acquisition interest – now what?

Apologies for the ALL CAPS - it was like that. :)

This is an interesting correlation between games and mapping out a business model with a group of people. This exercise can be useful in a handful of different scenarios:

1. generate a business model for a start-up organization
2. develop a business model for a new product and/or service
3. map out the business models of competitors, particularly insurgents with new business models
4. map out and understand innovative business models in other industries as a source of inspiration
5. communicate business models across an organization or to investors (e.g. for start-ups)

http://www.businessmodelalchemist.com/tag/business-model-canvas

Great article (about a year old) on the effectiveness of getting your ideas and concepts in front of people and essentially doing some user testing before writing any code.

“Now armed, with 4 “screenshots” and a story, we approached our target market”