Broadly speaking, people want to buy companies that have a good mixture of assets in seven categories:
Intellectual property
The business lays claim to, or is known for, valuable ideas, methods or defensible intellectual property rights.
Brand assets
The business is known, liked and trusted by a loyal group of fans who are unlikely to switch to a new brand.
Market assets
The business can sell products, disseminate ideas or be present to a large group of potential buyers faster and more cheaply than others in the same market.
Product assets
The business has created unique products and services that are either difficult to replicate or difficult to compete with.
Systems assets
The business has a set of systems and processes that allow it to run more efficiently than its rivals while still delivering the same or better quality.
Culture assets
The business is able to attract, retain, develop and manage good people at a lower cost than its competitors.
Funding assets
The business is able to raise capital or borrow money on better terms than its competitors.
It does sound like using a marketplace would work the best for what you’re looking to do. If you’d said that you just wanted somewhere for beekeepers to exchange information then you could have looked at using the free Mighty Networks group or setting up a Facebook group. As you’re looking to create a place where …
If you’re looking to build a classifieds website like Kijiji (Canada) or a marketplace like Gumtree (Australia), you could potentially use Sharetribe to build it but you will come up against some limitations in managing listings. Sharetribe is built more for, what I’ll call, persistent or permanent listings. These are marketplace listings where you list your …
We’ve all been in the situation where someone is speaking in a meeting, sending chat messages or reeling off tasks over the phone. You’re grabbing for a pen, double-tapping to open your notes app or finding anything you can to try and not forget anything. By splitting out your communication into a clear channel, people …
Business Assets
Broadly speaking, people want to buy companies that have a good mixture of assets in seven categories:
Intellectual property
The business lays claim to, or is known for, valuable ideas, methods or defensible intellectual property rights.
Brand assets
The business is known, liked and trusted by a loyal group of fans who are unlikely to switch to a new brand.
Market assets
The business can sell products, disseminate ideas or be present to a large group of potential buyers faster and more cheaply than others in the same market.
Product assets
The business has created unique products and services that are either difficult to replicate or difficult to compete with.
Systems assets
The business has a set of systems and processes that allow it to run more efficiently than its rivals while still delivering the same or better quality.
Culture assets
The business is able to attract, retain, develop and manage good people at a lower cost than its competitors.
Funding assets
The business is able to raise capital or borrow money on better terms than its competitors.
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It does sound like using a marketplace would work the best for what you’re looking to do. If you’d said that you just wanted somewhere for beekeepers to exchange information then you could have looked at using the free Mighty Networks group or setting up a Facebook group. As you’re looking to create a place where …
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