Five ways to build a $100 million business

Build the thing you wish to see in the world

For most of my career, I've been confusing building products with building businesses—and that confusion kept me from pursuing a lot of ideas. Two weeks off helped me realize that not everything needs to be a startup, and some of the best things we build are the ones we build just because we want them to exist.

Revenue Models (2026): 19 Different Ways to Make Money [B2B & B2C] - Gust de Backer

So many different revenue models... But, which one fits your business? Over the past few decades, many new revenue models have proven to be profitable. That's why I'm going to show you 16 different revenue models so you can evaluate if there might be a better way to monetize the value you deliver to your customer. Let's start... What is…

30 Revenue model cards (B2B)

Explore these revenue model examples for B2B, and find new ways your organization could be making money.

Project vs. Product, Startup vs. Business

A couple of weeks ago I dropped into a thread by Mosh Lee, about how ATproto has too many projects and too few businesses. Yes! A few months ago I volunteered to help teams with ops or strategy, and k

What is the best way to fund your startup?

47 votes, 44 comments. If you’re married or have kids starting a business can be a lot harder. You have more to lose and more people depending on…

Sidecar funds, corporate vehicles, club deals: how do startup studios get financed?

As explained in The Rise of Startup Studios, a white paper published by The Global Startup Studio Network in 2019, the term “startup…

Anthropic and Wall Street giants prepare $1.5 billion project to sell AI to businesses – Oninvest

Investors in the project include Blackstone and Goldman Sachs, The Wall Street Journal has learned

Interviews with Failed & Successful Startup Founders

+200 interviews with the brains behind shut down and active startups. Learn from their wins and their mistakes and become a better founder.

I wanna make $1million for a thousand indies - Erlend’s notes

or, how to accrue a billion dollars without losing your soul

Founders Hub | Transform Finance

The founder playbook for building a company that lasts and stays true to why you started it. Research, case studies, and practical tools for incorporation, fundraising terms, board structure, ownership, and culture.

Kalil's Corner: Business Plan Competitions for Multi-Sector Collaborations

In the latest post from Renaissance Philanthropy's CEO, Tom Kalil looks at ways to incentivize the public and private sectors to collaborate and address some of the world's most pressing problems.

The Four Fits: A Growth Framework for the AI Era

Everything's changed. Here's how to reach $100m at venture speed.

She Made $10,000 a Month Defrauding Apps like Uber and Instacart. Meet the Queen of the Rideshare Mafia

Priscila Barbosa came to the US with a dream of making it. Using gig-economy platforms she built a business empire up from nothing. There was just one huge problem.

Steve Blank How to Find a Market? Use Jobs-To-Be-Done as the Front End of Customer Discovery

Modern entrepreneurship began at the turn of the 21st century with the observation that startups aren’t smaller versions of large companies – large companies at their core execute known business mo…

The Rise of the Silicon Valley Small Business

What you need to know about the next big startup archetype