Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2020

The way to start is with a sample financial model, available from many sources on the Internet, such as over 200 downloadable free from the Corporate Finance Institute website. The manual calculations to translate market assumptions into costs, volumes, expenses and net return are massive.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

They wanted to employ our entire team post acquisition. Recently — in the name of censoring pornography — China blocked access to Google and demanded that computers sold in China come supplied with an Internet nanny filter called Green Dam Youth Escort, starting July 1. In 2007 Salesforce.com wanted to buy Koral.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Growth entrepreneurs quickly find themselves removed from day-to-day operations, and become more and more occupied by transactions with lawyers, investors, and potential acquisition partners. If your passion is customers, you definitely will be happier as a lifestyle entrepreneur. Personal income is related to operations versus equity.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2012

For that, he turned to a previous relationship he had with Apple’s Senior Vice President Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue. Apparently, the technique worked as the deal is said to net everyone at Color, including investors, a return on the initial funding. Those apps were then abandoned after he showed them off.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

It also puts another chink in the armor of the meme that monster internet companies can only be built in Silicon Valley (LivingSocial, Kayak, Gilt Groupe, CSN Stores, et al doing damage here too). How They Make Money: Groupon keeps a share of the coupon value (typically 40-50%) as its net revenue (1). in net revenue and passes $0.58

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Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Using the internally developed software, the Judge Group executes Internet Bots that continuously crawl the internet in search of new potential candidate resumes and new job postings. The internet bots serve as resume harvesters, building a qualified candidate pool.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Topics covered in the panel discussions and closed door sessions will revolve around innovations in Asia, a look at merger and acquisition deals in Asia, as well as clean and green technologies. “It’s the next space to watch.” Techventure Asiasons Innovation Awards.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The Internet — which spawned social media — has changed the way we work and communicate. Meanwhile, they may be working on collaborative projects, examining acquisition possibilities, receiving development proposals, and more. Do scenarios like these keep you up at night? They should.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Although it has been difficult for various multinational telecom companies to do acquisition in Iraq, this industry has been enormously growing. It completed the AOL acquisition in 2015. It has expanded its wings even in internet connection where it has over 34,000 Wi-Fi hotspots. And GTE Corp. AT&T Inc.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The SEC’s proposed rules (mandated by the JOBS Act of 2012) amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow the offer and sale of securities through an internet crowdfunding campaign, similar in some respects to donation crowdfunding campaigns conducted on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Perform Background Checks.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

But you can overwhelm negative sentiment with positive content from others, creating a net positive effect. Michael Fertik, the founder of Reputation.com, said in an interview : “People, employers, and customers find you because of the internet. You can’t avoid negative reviews, opinions, and comments altogether.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I have to say that it has netted far more than I would have thought. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 23, 2010

If you’re into this new-fangled podcasting thingy you can hear me talk about Micropreneurship in two recent interviews: NET Rocks! Internet Marketing: Insider Tips and Advice for Online Marketing March 23rd, 2010 | Micropreneurship Building your startup? Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

Facing continuous disruption from globalization, China, the Internet, the diminished power of brands, changing workforce, etc., This first post will describe some of the structural problems companies have; follow-on posts will offer some solutions. existing enterprises are establishing corporate innovation groups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50 percent and a net margin in the 20 percent range. Startup productivity is embodied in key ratios, including low cost of customer acquisition, high retention and high revenue per employee. High customer loyalty and high team passion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2016

Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range. Startup productivity is embodied in key ratios, including low cost of customer acquisition, high retention, and high revenue per employee. High customer loyalty and high team passion.

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Revenue Valuation Startup Viral 145

Agile VC

AUGUST 9, 2012

The “value” case goes like this: A) Valuation Net of Cash – Zynga’s market cap sits at around $2.2-2.3B B) Zynga’s Solidly Profitable – Yes, on a net income basis Zynga has been unprofitable the last 3 quarters though they did post net profit before they went public. as of this post.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The registrar places your domain with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Another business may pick up the domain name and prevent or delay your acquisition of it. Purchase all available extensions if possible, such as.com,net,org,us,biz, etc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

I’ve netted out his and others to create the following basic strategy for entrepreneurial growth: Apply your core competency to related markets. They know you and your brand, so this should minimize your customer acquisition cost for the new product. New products or services to existing customers. Offer your business as a franchise.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

The first company represents a normal software company that sells its products directly (either via sales staff or directly off of the internet). On quick glance a person might lament the fact that Company A is “not profitable” or is being a typical Internet startup. The example chart is not actually atypical. Not necessarily.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

Today these potential adversaries are able to harness the power of social networks, encryption, GPS, low-cost drones, 3D printers, simpler design and manufacturing processes, agile and lean methodologies, ubiquitous Internet and smartphones. Terrorists today live on the ‘net and they are all early adopters.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 6, 2014

Patent trolls are an easy one, but heavy handed regulatory activity by incumbents and random lawsuits around acquisitions are also part for the course. Deals acquisitions deals facebook m&a oculus zenimax' Now that I’ve been clear about what I think, I’m curious what you think.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

I’ve netted out his and others to create the following basic strategy for entrepreneurial growth: Apply your core competency to related markets. They know you and your brand, so this should minimize your customer acquisition cost for the new product. New products or services to existing customers. Offer your business as a franchise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2015

The way to start is with a sample financial model, freely available from many sources on the Internet, such as this one from Entrepreneur. The manual calculations to translate market assumptions into costs, volumes, expenses and net return are massive. What if your customer acquisition cost assumptions have to change?

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Conversion Ratio Startup Business Model eCommerce 120

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Anyone reading this blog will have noticed that the internet has transformed retail. Retailers managed customer acquisition, stock and logistics. They still managed customer acquisition, stock, and logistics. Winners included Amazon and Net-a-porter. Customer acquisition remains the core competence.

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Stock Acquisition eCommerce .Net 104

The Equity Kicker

JUNE 1, 2015

With this slide in her Internet Trends deck Mary Meeker is making the point that as internet penetration passes through 10-20% in India companies matching the scale and significance of Netscape, Yahoo, Amazon, Tencent and Alibaba will be created.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

If YouTube really cares about dominating the future of Internet video it should take less because at 45% it will only encourage video producers to seek alternate distribution and will make it easier for competitors to emerge. Selling at smaller retailers will net you fewer customers and higher margins. Except for 2 things: 1.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 20, 2014

With the multi-billion dollar acquisition of Nest, people are talking a lot these days about the connected home. As the lead investor in the company''s seed round, you''d think I''d be really bullish about the connected home, especially after their record Indiegogo pre-sale netted them almost $2 million in purchases. Connected Home".

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66 Net income was around $1.4 million, compared to a $7 million net loss in 2008. But LivingSocial is reportedly doing around $180,000 per day in gross revenue.

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Software By Rob

MAY 4, 2009

Except that four-figures in sales resulted in just a few hundred dollars in net profit after cost of goods sold. And credit card processing fees took another 3%, which left me with a net profit of around 10% of my gross revenue. From a blockbuster month of sales I made just over 10% net profit. I was pleased to say the least.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over 13 years ago, in March of 2000, I wrote a blog post titled “ The Most Powerful Internet Metric of All. ” The key thesis was this: if an Internet company could obsess about only one metric, it should be conversion. As such, it is time to pound the table again – conversion is by far the most powerful Internet metric of all.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

He focuses on investments in fintech, the internet, and software. So they have about 60 million customers now, and they have a view of the net present value of each customer when they’re onboarding them and their models to show it. The vast majority of their customer acquisition is word of mouth. Jonathan Siddharth .

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 8, 2011

I was speaking at Internet Week yesterday on networking and so I wanted to gather some of my thoughts. These people are bad for you, bad for your network, and take steps to avoid them is a net positive. I've been very lucky over the last six years of being involved in the NYC innovation community to meet some fantastic folks.

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Networking Social Media Acquisition Curation 114

Guy Nirpaz

AUGUST 10, 2011

The nature of Internet marketing is essentially casting a wide net into the unknown and trying to engage with as many people that are relevant to what you have to sell. One of the key challenges for the marketing teams of a SaaS company is the need to properly qualify leads.

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Metrics Conversion Acquisition Sales 66

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Is this digital thing here to stay or is the thing that has worked so well for 150 years – catalogs – the thing that still works ("the internet is a fad!")? We'll measure Revenue, Profit (the money we make less cost of goods sold), Expense (cost of campaign), Net (bottom-line impact). The people.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2012

Then Gaurav Dahake from IIT KGP pitched BUYHatke , a penny auction site that is considering three primary segments with a consumer-to-consumer e-commerce business model: net-savvy housewives, IT and BPO professionals, and college students with Internet access. Univect Education Solutions.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Any big changes in your marketing/customer acquisition strategy over the last time period (more money doing Search, less money in Email, elimination Facebook as it does not work, etc., And you also have, perhaps more useful, the industry wide acquisition strategy distribution. Direct Traffic (I get a lot of it!) Exhaust those first.

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