Startup Mimicry: Business Modeling

If you’re going to be an entrepreneur copycat of anything, you must consider copying the business models that work. Few entrepreneurs spend enough time learning about business models within their sector — and even more importantly, outside their sector.

When trying to figure out your business model as a startup, you have to look at it from a different perspective than an existing company, or even a company in an emerging or growing market. The entrepreneur logic is simple. Most startups are fi...