abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

No other metric so holistically captures as many critical aspects of a web site – user design, usability, performance, convenience, ad effectiveness, net promoter score, customer satisfaction – all in a single measurement. Unfortunately, conversion improvements typically are the aggregate gain of 100 tiny improvements, not one silver bullet.

Metrics 93

Metrics Conversion Internet Acquisition 93

Agile VC

MARCH 5, 2019

So it’s not really the case that Lyft’s riders (in aggregate) are using the service more often, but rather Lyft is getting much better at netting more revenue per active rider. So you can think of bookings as a GMV type figure and revenue as true net revenue to Lyft. Lyft’s Biggest Cost “Driver” Isn’t the Driver.

Aggregator 100

Aggregator .Net Revenue IPO 100

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

” David makes a powerful assertion — allowing the patient to rise to the forefront and to be truly be seen as a customer — will lead to not only more satisfied patients, but patients with better medical results and much lower costs. Additionally, the large employer motivations are likely contributing to rising costs.

Customer 59

Customer Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 59

David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

Deal aggregation websites Increasing in popularity, trying to increase market efficiency. To maximize value and sale price, wider net is better There is a lot of un-invested capital sitting in funds and outside-in it is hard to tell the internal dynamics, so casting a wide net increases chances of a good outcome. Intermediaries.

Private Equity 122

Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Deciding on your price can feel more like an art than a science, but there are some basic rules that you should follow: Your pricing should cover your costs. There are certainly exceptions to this, but for the most part you should be charging your customers more than it costs you to deliver your product or service. Retail Distribution.

Business Plan 163

Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. 2010 Net Income: $8 million. 2010 Operating Income: $16 million. Founding Date: 2004. Headquarters: Norwalk, CT & Concord, MA.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. We are also seeing technology evaluation as an increasingly important part of LP operational due diligence. Capital has built a free online tool for founders to calculate their cost of capital.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

After a somewhat disappointing congress in 2009, in which companies showcased products from previous years, this year is expected to be faster, greener and ‘cloudier’ Looking at the conference agenda , it’s not hard to spot the trends for 2010: Mobile Clouds – additional storage and new revenue streams to operators.

Mobile 109

Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

ConversionXL

MAY 16, 2018

Better examples of a falsifiable hypothesis might be: I believe my shoe business is losing money because our sneakers are priced too high and by reducing the cost we will increase sales by at least 50%. By reducing the cost of our sneakers, sales will not increase by at least 50%. Check out some examples of null hypotheses below.

Marketing 133

Marketing Metrics Programming Design 133

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

2:17) Some of the teams and projects Sam has been impressed with and how inspired he's been by the way the biotech industry has pulled together and operated with newfound speed. (6:56) The things that I always say you need for a startup to be successful are a fast cycle time and low costs. I don't think people go back from that.

Silicon Valley 68

Silicon Valley Technical Review Government .Net 68

Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2015

You’ll be able to think through your assumptions, what you think you can charge for your product or services, and what you think it’s going to cost, and then you’ll be able to see the bottom line. A persona is an aggregate of all the traits that your customers have, so that it becomes your most common customer.

Forecast 60

Forecast Video Business Plan United States 60

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

A smaller portion of the total capital in the VC ecosystem comes from high net worth individuals. The income these investments generate then help fund the operations of those organizations or capital investment (e.g. new buildings, etc). Insurance Companies.

LP 335

LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

And while we feel a bit uncomfortable, we still engage because the cost of non participation is currently higher than the price of privacy. Like most politically important information, consumers will eventually get to be in control of their own aggregated data. Our personal data is being, bought, bartered and sold with every log in.

Uruguay 123

Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. In between you and the healthcare system, say you have your employer, right?

Singapore 43

Singapore Government Silicon Valley Software Review 43

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

A smaller portion of the total capital in the VC ecosystem comes from high net worth individuals. The income these investments generate then help fund the operations of those organizations or capital investment (e.g. new buildings, etc). Insurance Companies.

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

i-nigma was successfully deployed by hundreds of enterprises, among them operators, advertisers, integrators and solution providers. Our solutions provide peace of mind, improve quality of life and save costs to users and service providers. Aerotel Medical Systems. Allot Communications. BoomeRing Communication. Craze Productions.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Ultimately, finding a low-cost, repeatable way to show customers how to be successful with your solution is as important as the solution itself. You put into words what we were thinking for our cost of client. Michael Kassing. Let me just say "Thanks". You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

It is mathematically impossible for the median investor to beat a low-cost index, after expenses. (Of This is very different from the way most of us think about investing; in our personal lives and in most operating businesses, investors try to spend as little as possible for the maximum results. First, because of the returns.

Management 114

Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers divided the portfolio companies into six stages and startups are still operating a loss in each of the first four. However, enough on digital, so Sarah, please stop with the positive news- where will VC go to invest outside of net negative or zero ROI on green? A few more stats make that picture look worse. just my opinion.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Venture Chronicles

APRIL 20, 2014

When you combine inbound marketing with account-based scoring, you get a very potent combination of predictable opportunity funnel that also benefits from lower customer acquisition costs. We know from this data that there are tipping points that occur in the opportunity (account) scoring that should and do cause additional sales activity.

B2B 45

B2B Marketing SEM Bandwidth 45

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Many have noted that the aggregate shareholder value created by all of the Unicorns will vastly overshadow the losses from the inevitable failed unicorns. If you over-fund the industry, aggregate returns fall. Moreover, once high-flying startups began to struggle on the fundraising trail. Anxiety slowly crept into everyone’s world.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2020

For instance, my post on Moz about the economics of link building, which included our link-building rates to help readers compare costs, brought me a number of inquiries. Another great example of linkable assets are pages that aggregate industry stats, like this one. There’s also a chance for referral traffic and leads.

B2B 142

B2B Social Media Email Campaign 142

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

If viewed holistically, this data is just a generalized aggregation of disparate data points. Did they place high-ticket items in a shopping cart to determine total cost, with tax and shipping? Grouping all these visitors under the same umbrella would be akin to me saying that the average net worth of Warren Buffett and myself is $31.6

eCommerce 78

eCommerce Analytics Revenue Customer 78