crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Small business and startup issues: net neutrality and H.R. Small business and startup issues: net neutrality and H.R. 90+ creative advertising & design from January-February 2011 – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link].

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Late last week, I wanted to take a step back and review what has transpired the last two years. We have investments in e-commerce, SMB SaaS, Business Software, AdTech, Payments, Enabling Platforms, Consumer Social, Gaming, and Education. But like us, all of these companies are very early. Y-Combinator was probably half the size.

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View from Seed

JUNE 13, 2019

The company launched in 2011 and then was acquired by PetSmart for over $3 billion in 2017 (PetSmart itself owned by PE firm BC Partners), but Chewy is now preparing for life as a standalone public company. Annual Net Sales By Customer Cohort. Chewy is unprofitable, on both a net income and EBITDA basis. in revenue.

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Agile VC

JUNE 13, 2019

The company launched in 2011 and then was acquired by PetSmart for over $3 billion in 2017 (PetSmart itself owned by PE firm BC Partners), but Chewy is now preparing for life as a standalone public company. Annual Net Sales By Customer Cohort. Chewy is unprofitable, on both a net income and EBITDA basis. in revenue.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

In 2011, it accounted for approximately $2.3 To find out what people are complaining about, read forums, turn to your social media accounts, and read reviews. At Palo Alto Software, we use the One-Page Pitch feature in LivePlan to quickly validate new business ideas. billion in total industry sales. Today it is even larger.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2015

For software companies, a similar measure of repurchase loyalty is the maintenance contract renewal rates. Gauge word-of-mouth promotion with the Net Promoter Score. The Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a popular way of measuring customer loyalty through understanding word-of-mouth marketing. Netflix offers a great example.

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Up and Running

JULY 7, 2014

Today, Dyson has a net worth of over £3 billion. Not too long ago, Noah Parsons, the COO of Palo Alto Software, wrote about a restaurant business that had failed. Even though Palo Alto Software (PAS) shared the same building with them, the restaurant employees made no attempt to build any sort of rapport with the company.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

The percentage rake is the amount that the marketplace charges as a percentage of GMS (gross merchandise sales), which typically represents net revenues for the marketplace. As an example, eBay’s 2011 marketplace revenues were approximately $6.6B Many Internet marketplaces also have a rake or vig. against GMS of approximately $68.6B

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. at 11:09 AM.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

I emphasize that the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores. I particularly urge you to review SpeakerNetNews ; it contains a tremendous amount of curated wisdom from professional speakers: how to be a more powerful speaker, deal with distracting audiences, etc. Photo source: [link].

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. Now let me clarify — NET is a dandy language. ” Don’t get me wrong: NET on your resume isn’t an instant showstopper. Skill is harder, but really only requires hard work — a lot of people can get that.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

and Tweetdeck (purchased by Twitter in June 2011). Mr. Parekh started his career at Goldman Sachs, developing the firm’s equities business in the Middle East, with high net worth family offices and sovereign wealth funds. He has been granted two software patents, and has multiple patents pending.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Companies that produce little value today might still receive high valuations due to high growth expectations. As you can see, not all of these multiples are comparable as some of the bubble era multiples were NM—not meaningful—due to negative earnings. Welcome to the great Internet Boom of 2011.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The approved projects involve innovations in the areas of life sciences, healthcare IT, electronics, software and energy. The IntelliGym has been granted with the first ever Brain Fitness Innovation Award, reviewing 40 implementations in that area. Binational Industrial Research and Development ( BIRD ) Foundation, approved $8.1

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. 43 page dress code manual at UBS AG?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Do that – nothing else but one product / company / focus and get to $1M in sales with atleast $15% net profit. Don’t wait to fill the void before letting him go (but obviously get all the code / usernames / password). Friends & Family – High net-worth individuals with a passion for you and your industry. do something else.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

I emphasize that the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores. I particularly urge you to review SpeakerNetNews ; it contains a tremendous amount of curated wisdom from professional speakers: how to be a more powerful speaker, deal with distracting audiences, etc. Photo source: [link].

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

You’re looking for a number of 70 precent or more within five miles of the zip code you desire,” says Ben. “I A used system might be through the door quicker and might save you money up front, but make sure you’ve thoroughly reviewed the system and seller—and remember that when you have problems, you’ll likely be on your own to fix them.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

ISRAELI CABINET APPROVES 2-YEAR MODEL FOR BUDGET 2011-2012. The Israeli Cabinet approved Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz’s proposal to continue with the biennial state budget model in 2011-2012. Billing software company Amdocs has acquired mobile payments and messaging firm MX Telecom for $104 million in cash.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 6, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. However, SaaS companies are trading today at an average of 5-6x trailing revenues (salesforce leading the pack with 8.7x), while traditional software companies are in the 2-3x range.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A few times per year, Bessemer organizes a CxO event for our portfolio companies and we decided to focus our first session of 2008 on Software-as-a-service (SaaS). Monday, February 04, 2008.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

On his website, he states that, “new technologies – robots, software, artificial intelligence – have already destroyed more than 4 million US jobs, and in the next 5-10 years, they will eliminate millions more. I started Venture for America back in 2011 with the goal of creating thousands of American jobs in communities around the country.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Amazon S3 Reports Staggering Growth in 2011 – [link]. Amazon Misses; Q4 Sales Up 35% To $17.4B; Net Income Down 58% To $177M – [link]. 35 Highly Advanced Yet Simple To Use jQuery Plugins – [link].

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

“Founders don’t think their problems are due to trends. The networking company will close the deal early next year with Cariden Bay, which specializes in software for planning, designing and engineering computer networks. This comes only a few weeks after LivingSocial posted 3rd quarter net losses of around $556 million.

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