Quicksand is a design and product innovation firm that offers product management services to startups. They take a multidisciplinary approach integrating business, design, technology and user insights. Their services include product roadmapping, design, user research, analytics and liaising with technology teams. They work with startups through different engagement models involving consultancy, reduced fees or equity depending on the startup's needs and potential. Quicksand's team has experience founding startups and working with companies like Google, IDEO, PATH and Cisco. They have experience in areas like new product development, user research, branding and analytics.
Wisdom of crowds business intelligence market study findings overviewYellowfin
The latest edition – based on 859 responses from professionals with first-hand experience using vendor products and services – analyzes market place trends throughout 2011 and assess user perceptions towards BI for the coming year. The study also compares and ranks 17 of the world’s foremost BI vendors, their solution and associated services. Yellowfin achieved the equal highest overall ranking (4.57 out of five), as well as best outright score in the study’s “Emerging Business Intelligence Vendors” sub-group.
Yellowfin outscored traditional big name players, including Microsoft, IBM, SAP Business Objects, MicroStrategy, SAS Institute and Oracle. Yellowfin also outperformed other high profile vendors, including Information Builders, Actuate, Qliktech, Tibco Spotfire, Dimensional Insight, Arcplan, Pentaho and Jaspersoft.
Vendors are ranked on a five-point scale, across 33 different criteria, based on seven categories, including: Sales experience, value, quality and usefulness of product, quality of technical support, quality and value of consulting services, integrity and whether existing clients would recommend the vendor and its product to others.
The document discusses steps in assessing the viability of a business venture or commercializing a new technology. It outlines key questions to consider, such as whether the entrepreneur has experience launching businesses, if the venture appears profitable, and if the entrepreneur is capable of bringing the product to market. Financial modeling approaches are presented, including break-even analysis to determine sales needed to cover costs. Industry competitiveness is also an important factor to assess. The overall goal is to evaluate if a venture has sufficient potential for profit to merit further investment of time and resources.
This document outlines a workshop on market needs analysis, which is part of the process of discovering a potential one million dollar business idea. The workshop agenda covers identifying customer segments, perceptual mapping, marketing mix, competitor analysis, and macro trends analysis. The document provides an overview of how to conduct a market needs analysis to determine if a product meets a clear market demand. It discusses identifying product uniqueness, competition, customer requirements, barriers to entry, distribution channels, and pricing criteria. Examples are given on perceptual mapping and segmentation for car and smartphone ownership. Tools like the marketing mix, competitor analysis grid, PESTEL analysis, and force field analysis are presented as ways to evaluate market opportunities and trends.
CDI UK Feasibility Study 2009 - Digital Inclusion ResearchIris Lapinski
This is the summary report of the CDI UK feasibility study produced by Zeitgeist Advisors. Please share and attribute on a non-commercial Creative Commons licence basis.
This Lesson on Technical Plan is the Section 2 of the Part I- Feasibility Study/ Entrepreneurial Planning and Management Course intended for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and other Business Cluster. The lesson is good for 1.5 hours classroom lecture and discussion with inclusion of workshop to introduce knowledge and skills based research integration in classroom.
Quicksand is a design and product innovation firm that offers product management services to startups. They take a multidisciplinary approach integrating business, design, technology and user insights. Their services include product roadmapping, design, user research, analytics and liaising with technology teams. They work with startups through different engagement models involving consultancy, reduced fees or equity depending on the startup's needs and potential. Quicksand's team has experience founding startups and working with companies like Google, IDEO, PATH and Cisco. They have experience in areas like new product development, user research, branding and analytics.
Wisdom of crowds business intelligence market study findings overviewYellowfin
The latest edition – based on 859 responses from professionals with first-hand experience using vendor products and services – analyzes market place trends throughout 2011 and assess user perceptions towards BI for the coming year. The study also compares and ranks 17 of the world’s foremost BI vendors, their solution and associated services. Yellowfin achieved the equal highest overall ranking (4.57 out of five), as well as best outright score in the study’s “Emerging Business Intelligence Vendors” sub-group.
Yellowfin outscored traditional big name players, including Microsoft, IBM, SAP Business Objects, MicroStrategy, SAS Institute and Oracle. Yellowfin also outperformed other high profile vendors, including Information Builders, Actuate, Qliktech, Tibco Spotfire, Dimensional Insight, Arcplan, Pentaho and Jaspersoft.
Vendors are ranked on a five-point scale, across 33 different criteria, based on seven categories, including: Sales experience, value, quality and usefulness of product, quality of technical support, quality and value of consulting services, integrity and whether existing clients would recommend the vendor and its product to others.
The document discusses steps in assessing the viability of a business venture or commercializing a new technology. It outlines key questions to consider, such as whether the entrepreneur has experience launching businesses, if the venture appears profitable, and if the entrepreneur is capable of bringing the product to market. Financial modeling approaches are presented, including break-even analysis to determine sales needed to cover costs. Industry competitiveness is also an important factor to assess. The overall goal is to evaluate if a venture has sufficient potential for profit to merit further investment of time and resources.
This document outlines a workshop on market needs analysis, which is part of the process of discovering a potential one million dollar business idea. The workshop agenda covers identifying customer segments, perceptual mapping, marketing mix, competitor analysis, and macro trends analysis. The document provides an overview of how to conduct a market needs analysis to determine if a product meets a clear market demand. It discusses identifying product uniqueness, competition, customer requirements, barriers to entry, distribution channels, and pricing criteria. Examples are given on perceptual mapping and segmentation for car and smartphone ownership. Tools like the marketing mix, competitor analysis grid, PESTEL analysis, and force field analysis are presented as ways to evaluate market opportunities and trends.
CDI UK Feasibility Study 2009 - Digital Inclusion ResearchIris Lapinski
This is the summary report of the CDI UK feasibility study produced by Zeitgeist Advisors. Please share and attribute on a non-commercial Creative Commons licence basis.
This Lesson on Technical Plan is the Section 2 of the Part I- Feasibility Study/ Entrepreneurial Planning and Management Course intended for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and other Business Cluster. The lesson is good for 1.5 hours classroom lecture and discussion with inclusion of workshop to introduce knowledge and skills based research integration in classroom.
This document discusses the process of decision making and technical feasibility. It outlines the key steps in good decision making: 1) identifying the problem, 2) gathering information, 3) analyzing the situation, 4) developing options, 5) evaluating options, 6) selecting the preferred alternative, and 7) acting on the decision. Each step of the decision making process is then described in more detail with examples of tools that can be used at each step, such as cause-and-effect diagrams and Pareto charts for analysis.
Over the years, some of our customers have selected Creative Engineers, Inc. to perform a feasibility analysis for their project to help make good investment decisions. The format shown below is a well-rounded view of the problem that can be used for such an analysis.
The Technology Strategy Board will invest up to £2 million in feasibility studies to stimulate innovation in the UK space industry. The funding competition seeks studies that accelerate innovative space technologies, exploit space data for new services, or position organizations for future funding. Eligible studies can last up to 3 months and cost up to £33,000, with the Board providing 75% funding. The deadline for applications is February 10, 2011.
The document discusses the importance of conducting comprehensive feasibility studies for new ventures. It outlines three key areas of feasibility studies: technical feasibility, market feasibility, and financial feasibility. Technical feasibility involves product testing and development. Market feasibility requires identifying the target market and demand. Financial feasibility involves determining funding needs, costs, cash flow, and return on investment. Comprehensive feasibility studies across all three areas are necessary to avoid common reasons why new ventures fail such as inadequate market knowledge, ineffective marketing, or undercapitalization.
The technical feasibility study assesses how a product or service will be delivered by examining materials, labor, transportation, location, and technology needs. It answers questions about availability and costs of raw materials, equipment, distribution, facilities, utilities, and labor. The chapter outlines preparing a technical feasibility study, including sections on materials and supplies, location, engineering and technology, and human resources. It provides examples of assessing raw material sources and costs, site selection, technology description and costs, equipment specifications, and estimating labor requirements and costs.
This document provides an overview of key financial statements including the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. It discusses the components and purpose of each statement. The balance sheet outlines a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity. It adheres to the formula that assets equal liabilities plus shareholders' equity. The income statement assesses financial performance over a period of time by showing revenues and expenses. The cash flow statement provides data on cash inflows and outflows from operating, investing, and financing activities. It is used to analyze changes in cash from these different business activities.
This document defines key terms used in economic feasibility studies, including project life cycle stages of planning, construction, and operation, as well as the value of products and services and costs incurred. It discusses accounting concepts like revenue, expenses, profit, and return on investment. The time value of money is also introduced, noting that a shilling today is worth more than a shilling in the future. Methods for conducting economic feasibility studies are outlined, such as payback period, net present value, internal rate of return, benefit-cost ratio, and present value of costs.
Conducting a Market Study & Developing the Business model- delivered at IIT R...Amit Ranjan
These are the slides from a talk I delivered at IIT Roorkee (India) on 15th Sep,07. The talk was titled - "Conducting a Market Study & Developing the Business Model". I used our experience with slideshare to illustrate some of the points covered in the presentation.
The event was organised by the entrepreneurship cell at IIT Roorkee.
Roorkee is incidentally, India's oldest engineering college and it was a real pleasure visiting its campus.
This document discusses project feasibility analysis techniques. It begins by defining feasibility as the capability of being done with the means and circumstances available. For organizations, feasibility analysis is an important planning procedure to ensure a project will be effective and work as intended. The document then outlines the basic steps of feasibility analysis, which include project planning and analyzing the project's possibility of success. It discusses various factors to consider in project planning and different aspects of feasibility analysis, including technical, managerial, economic, financial, cultural and social feasibility. The overall purpose is to determine the likelihood of a project's success through a thorough planning and analysis process.
Technical Training and Coaching Material on How to develop a feasibility studies within transitional economies, and how to assess project feasibility and investment climate in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
The document discusses the technical feasibility study that should be conducted for a new business. It outlines key areas that must be addressed including selecting products/services, determining production needs, estimating costs, evaluating required equipment and technology, identifying suitable locations and facilities, sourcing raw materials, and calculating labor requirements. Conducting an thorough analysis of these areas is necessary to determine if the business has the technical expertise and resources to operate successfully.
The document outlines different stages of early stage commercialization from idea/feasibility to prototype development. It describes the technical and commercial activities expected at each stage, including validating concepts, demonstrating proof of concept with potential customers, and developing initial prototypes to test in real world environments. Intellectual property protection and funding requirements also increase as concepts move from idea to prototype validation.
This document provides information about the technical aspects of an ice cream business, including a menu listing ice cream flavors and toppings, diagrams of the facade, floor plan, and production process flowchart, a list of machinery and equipment used, and a Gantt chart laying out pre-operating activities from site selection to business start-up over a 12-month period.
A feasibility study analyzes the viability of a proposed business idea or project. It focuses on answering whether the project should proceed by identifying potential problems. The document discusses the purpose of conducting a feasibility study, including determining if a business idea will work and be profitable before expending resources. It also differentiates a feasibility study from a business plan, noting that a feasibility study investigates viability while a business plan provides the action plan if an idea is deemed viable.
Feasibility Study: Marketing , Technical and Management AspectLena Argosino
This document provides an overview of key considerations for the marketing and technical aspects of a business plan. It discusses conducting demand analysis to identify target markets and competitors. Product description, industry profile, demand segmentation, supply analysis, and marketing strategies are covered. For technical aspects, it outlines examining the production process, equipment needs, facility requirements, capacity, and operating costs. Organization and management factors like business structure and staffing are also mentioned.
Individual Sections Development Exercise#5s1170230
The document provides tips for writing effective instruction manuals. It discusses 11 tips for writing instructions, including deciding on a perspective, providing key information, creating a table of contents, using clear language and formatting, considering illustrations, ensuring safety, testing the instructions, and using an editing service. It also outlines 5 major points for instructions: defining the topic, listing supplies, breaking tasks into detailed steps, completing the project, and using simple language. Specific examples are given for how to outline instructions for playing piano and how to structure each part of an instruction manual.
Individual Sections Development Exercise#4s1170230
The document discusses factors that must be considered in conducting a feasibility study for a project. It notes that a feasibility study report needs to be logical and unbiased, and there are five common factors of feasibility that should be appropriately selected. It provides details on the format of a feasibility report, including an abstract, summary, contents list, introduction, discussion, conclusions, and recommendations. It also discusses different types of feasibility that must be analyzed, such as technical, economic, legal, operational, and schedule feasibility.
The document discusses banning the use of cell phones while driving in some states due to drivers not being able to pay sufficient attention to the road or pedestrians. It also covers designing policies around using cell phones while driving at home or in the office. Some sentences were long and included unnecessary details that could be easily found elsewhere. Pictures or graphs could help improve understanding by showing the dangers of phone use. Examples from other countries besides the U.S. would make the article better.
This document provides a 5-step process for installing sound drivers but lacks details and pictures. It does not address exceptions like hardware that does not fit or drivers that do not install properly. Suggestions for improvement include adding pictures for each step, a separate section addressing exceptions, and translating the document into other languages.
Car navigation systems use GPS satellites to determine location. GPS satellites have atomic clocks and radio transmitters that allow a car's GPS to receive signals from nearby satellites slightly before more distant ones. This allows the car navigation system, which has a detailed built-in map, to precisely pinpoint the car's location on Earth. The article provides a basic explanation of how GPS is used in car navigation systems to calculate a vehicle's position.
This business aims to launch a local agricultural venture at the University of Aizu to produce and sell fresh, delicious fruits and vegetables. This would benefit the community in three ways: 1) Improving health by providing nutritious options, 2) Reducing anxiety over food safety by using university-grown produce, and 3) Encouraging local agriculture and exposing more people to its benefits. The business needs land, seeds, fertilizer, and computers to research automation. It also requires advertising and selling at university shops/cafeterias and potentially online. Nearby universities run similar programs selling locally-grown produce at on-campus stores.
This business aims to launch a local agricultural venture near the University of Aizu to produce and sell fresh, delicious fruits and vegetables. This would benefit the community in three ways: 1) Improving health by providing nutritious options, 2) Reducing anxiety over food safety by using university-grown produce, and 3) Encouraging local agriculture and exposing its benefits to young people. The business seeks land, equipment and support from the university to grow crops sustainably and research automation to share the pleasures of farming.
This document discusses the process of decision making and technical feasibility. It outlines the key steps in good decision making: 1) identifying the problem, 2) gathering information, 3) analyzing the situation, 4) developing options, 5) evaluating options, 6) selecting the preferred alternative, and 7) acting on the decision. Each step of the decision making process is then described in more detail with examples of tools that can be used at each step, such as cause-and-effect diagrams and Pareto charts for analysis.
Over the years, some of our customers have selected Creative Engineers, Inc. to perform a feasibility analysis for their project to help make good investment decisions. The format shown below is a well-rounded view of the problem that can be used for such an analysis.
The Technology Strategy Board will invest up to £2 million in feasibility studies to stimulate innovation in the UK space industry. The funding competition seeks studies that accelerate innovative space technologies, exploit space data for new services, or position organizations for future funding. Eligible studies can last up to 3 months and cost up to £33,000, with the Board providing 75% funding. The deadline for applications is February 10, 2011.
The document discusses the importance of conducting comprehensive feasibility studies for new ventures. It outlines three key areas of feasibility studies: technical feasibility, market feasibility, and financial feasibility. Technical feasibility involves product testing and development. Market feasibility requires identifying the target market and demand. Financial feasibility involves determining funding needs, costs, cash flow, and return on investment. Comprehensive feasibility studies across all three areas are necessary to avoid common reasons why new ventures fail such as inadequate market knowledge, ineffective marketing, or undercapitalization.
The technical feasibility study assesses how a product or service will be delivered by examining materials, labor, transportation, location, and technology needs. It answers questions about availability and costs of raw materials, equipment, distribution, facilities, utilities, and labor. The chapter outlines preparing a technical feasibility study, including sections on materials and supplies, location, engineering and technology, and human resources. It provides examples of assessing raw material sources and costs, site selection, technology description and costs, equipment specifications, and estimating labor requirements and costs.
This document provides an overview of key financial statements including the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. It discusses the components and purpose of each statement. The balance sheet outlines a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity. It adheres to the formula that assets equal liabilities plus shareholders' equity. The income statement assesses financial performance over a period of time by showing revenues and expenses. The cash flow statement provides data on cash inflows and outflows from operating, investing, and financing activities. It is used to analyze changes in cash from these different business activities.
This document defines key terms used in economic feasibility studies, including project life cycle stages of planning, construction, and operation, as well as the value of products and services and costs incurred. It discusses accounting concepts like revenue, expenses, profit, and return on investment. The time value of money is also introduced, noting that a shilling today is worth more than a shilling in the future. Methods for conducting economic feasibility studies are outlined, such as payback period, net present value, internal rate of return, benefit-cost ratio, and present value of costs.
Conducting a Market Study & Developing the Business model- delivered at IIT R...Amit Ranjan
These are the slides from a talk I delivered at IIT Roorkee (India) on 15th Sep,07. The talk was titled - "Conducting a Market Study & Developing the Business Model". I used our experience with slideshare to illustrate some of the points covered in the presentation.
The event was organised by the entrepreneurship cell at IIT Roorkee.
Roorkee is incidentally, India's oldest engineering college and it was a real pleasure visiting its campus.
This document discusses project feasibility analysis techniques. It begins by defining feasibility as the capability of being done with the means and circumstances available. For organizations, feasibility analysis is an important planning procedure to ensure a project will be effective and work as intended. The document then outlines the basic steps of feasibility analysis, which include project planning and analyzing the project's possibility of success. It discusses various factors to consider in project planning and different aspects of feasibility analysis, including technical, managerial, economic, financial, cultural and social feasibility. The overall purpose is to determine the likelihood of a project's success through a thorough planning and analysis process.
Technical Training and Coaching Material on How to develop a feasibility studies within transitional economies, and how to assess project feasibility and investment climate in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
The document discusses the technical feasibility study that should be conducted for a new business. It outlines key areas that must be addressed including selecting products/services, determining production needs, estimating costs, evaluating required equipment and technology, identifying suitable locations and facilities, sourcing raw materials, and calculating labor requirements. Conducting an thorough analysis of these areas is necessary to determine if the business has the technical expertise and resources to operate successfully.
The document outlines different stages of early stage commercialization from idea/feasibility to prototype development. It describes the technical and commercial activities expected at each stage, including validating concepts, demonstrating proof of concept with potential customers, and developing initial prototypes to test in real world environments. Intellectual property protection and funding requirements also increase as concepts move from idea to prototype validation.
This document provides information about the technical aspects of an ice cream business, including a menu listing ice cream flavors and toppings, diagrams of the facade, floor plan, and production process flowchart, a list of machinery and equipment used, and a Gantt chart laying out pre-operating activities from site selection to business start-up over a 12-month period.
A feasibility study analyzes the viability of a proposed business idea or project. It focuses on answering whether the project should proceed by identifying potential problems. The document discusses the purpose of conducting a feasibility study, including determining if a business idea will work and be profitable before expending resources. It also differentiates a feasibility study from a business plan, noting that a feasibility study investigates viability while a business plan provides the action plan if an idea is deemed viable.
Feasibility Study: Marketing , Technical and Management AspectLena Argosino
This document provides an overview of key considerations for the marketing and technical aspects of a business plan. It discusses conducting demand analysis to identify target markets and competitors. Product description, industry profile, demand segmentation, supply analysis, and marketing strategies are covered. For technical aspects, it outlines examining the production process, equipment needs, facility requirements, capacity, and operating costs. Organization and management factors like business structure and staffing are also mentioned.
Individual Sections Development Exercise#5s1170230
The document provides tips for writing effective instruction manuals. It discusses 11 tips for writing instructions, including deciding on a perspective, providing key information, creating a table of contents, using clear language and formatting, considering illustrations, ensuring safety, testing the instructions, and using an editing service. It also outlines 5 major points for instructions: defining the topic, listing supplies, breaking tasks into detailed steps, completing the project, and using simple language. Specific examples are given for how to outline instructions for playing piano and how to structure each part of an instruction manual.
Individual Sections Development Exercise#4s1170230
The document discusses factors that must be considered in conducting a feasibility study for a project. It notes that a feasibility study report needs to be logical and unbiased, and there are five common factors of feasibility that should be appropriately selected. It provides details on the format of a feasibility report, including an abstract, summary, contents list, introduction, discussion, conclusions, and recommendations. It also discusses different types of feasibility that must be analyzed, such as technical, economic, legal, operational, and schedule feasibility.
The document discusses banning the use of cell phones while driving in some states due to drivers not being able to pay sufficient attention to the road or pedestrians. It also covers designing policies around using cell phones while driving at home or in the office. Some sentences were long and included unnecessary details that could be easily found elsewhere. Pictures or graphs could help improve understanding by showing the dangers of phone use. Examples from other countries besides the U.S. would make the article better.
This document provides a 5-step process for installing sound drivers but lacks details and pictures. It does not address exceptions like hardware that does not fit or drivers that do not install properly. Suggestions for improvement include adding pictures for each step, a separate section addressing exceptions, and translating the document into other languages.
Car navigation systems use GPS satellites to determine location. GPS satellites have atomic clocks and radio transmitters that allow a car's GPS to receive signals from nearby satellites slightly before more distant ones. This allows the car navigation system, which has a detailed built-in map, to precisely pinpoint the car's location on Earth. The article provides a basic explanation of how GPS is used in car navigation systems to calculate a vehicle's position.
This business aims to launch a local agricultural venture at the University of Aizu to produce and sell fresh, delicious fruits and vegetables. This would benefit the community in three ways: 1) Improving health by providing nutritious options, 2) Reducing anxiety over food safety by using university-grown produce, and 3) Encouraging local agriculture and exposing more people to its benefits. The business needs land, seeds, fertilizer, and computers to research automation. It also requires advertising and selling at university shops/cafeterias and potentially online. Nearby universities run similar programs selling locally-grown produce at on-campus stores.
This business aims to launch a local agricultural venture near the University of Aizu to produce and sell fresh, delicious fruits and vegetables. This would benefit the community in three ways: 1) Improving health by providing nutritious options, 2) Reducing anxiety over food safety by using university-grown produce, and 3) Encouraging local agriculture and exposing its benefits to young people. The business seeks land, equipment and support from the university to grow crops sustainably and research automation to share the pleasures of farming.
This document discusses strategies for a vegetable and fruit shop in Aizu to succeed in business, including:
1) Advertising the shop's good quality, tasty, and reasonably priced organic vegetables and fruits online and via partnerships to reach customers worldwide at low prices due to lack of transportation costs.
2) Offering discounted products through advertisements, websites, and commercials to increase profits, with a limit of discounts up to three times the regular price if customers contact clerks.
3) Using green and blue boxes for packaging to represent the freshness of their vegetables and fruits that are grown in fresh water, air, and soil.
Individual Sections Development Exercise # 2 (Due Week 4)s1170230
The document provides guidelines for writing business emails. It states that business emails should be brief, concise, and avoid spelling errors. The email should include the sender's telephone number in case the recipient needs clarification, but does not need to include the sender's email address. Non-essential information should be omitted.
Individual Sections Development Exercise # 1s1170230
The document provides guidelines for writing business emails. It states that business emails should be brief, concise, and avoid spelling errors. The email should include the sender's telephone number in case the recipient needs clarification, but does not need to include the sender's email address. Non-essential information should be omitted.