01792nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245007300055210006900128260004200197520137600239100001901615856003601634       2010                        eng d  a1913-610200aBlueprint and Approach to Grow Revenue in Small Technology Companies0 aBlueprint and Approach to Grow Revenue in Small Technology Compa  aOttawabTalent First Networkc06/20103 aThis article examines a new approach to grow the revenue of small technology companies and technology startups. We name this new approach the business ecosystem approach.

The article is organized into five sections. The first section provides a blueprint to grow revenue and an inventory of growth formulas that top management teams of small technology companies and founders of startups find useful. The second section briefly defines business ecosystems, keystones and platforms. The third section describes the business ecosystem approach to grow the revenue of small technology companies and technology startups. It compares the traditional and business ecosystem approaches to growing revenue; identifies when the business ecosystem approach works better than the traditional approach; explains what small companies and startups need to do to grow revenue using the business ecosystem approach; and describes the benefits and risks of implementing the business ecosystem approach. The fourth section compares three approaches to growing revenue and highlights the differences between i) business ecosystems and development communities and ii) the business ecosystem approach and outsourcing. The fifth section identifies the key decisions a small technology company or technology startup needs to make to become the keystone that anchors a business ecosystem. 
 1 aBailetti, Tony  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/355