Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2022

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. Don’t try to build the “ultimate” business model, for all possible alternatives, in multiple business domains. Pricing is always a tricky issue.

Conversion Ratio 368

Conversion Ratio Startup Business Model eCommerce 368

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 23, 2013

Marketo filed for IPO with impressive 80% year-over-year growth in 2012, with almost $60m in revenue. of revenue, force-feeding sales pipelines with an unprofitable product. I know the argument: The pay-back period on sales, marketing, and up-start costs is long, but there’s a profitable result at the end of the tunnel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur''s Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point.

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Entrepreneur Startup Angel Investor Technical Review 283

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2017

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Nail the business model.

Startup 161

Startup Angel Investor Technical Review Incubator 161

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a recent book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point.

Startup 296

Startup Angel Investor Technical Review Incubator 296

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Don’t cast your net too far and wide. For each potential channel, look at: Customer acquisition cost How many customers you can reach Whether the channel reaches the right audience. Use qualitative customer surveys and gather Net Promoter Score feedback to understand user intent and friction. What are their desires? Activation.

Retention 113

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

Some analysts argue that revenue drives growth, while others say user growth drives revenue. Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $1 trillion. A business only achieved critical mass by becoming cash-flow positive. Both have worked.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

Various business models in an on-demand courier delivery app. Business to Consumer (B2C) – It is the most common type of business model. The need for efficient last-mile delivery – has led to the rising need for Courier service apps among businesses and customers.

Technical Review 163

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Demand Social Media 163

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

Typical costs for startups today range from $250,000 to $1 million, even if the offering does not go through. As best, you should reserve this option for later stage VC discussions, once you have a well-proven business model, large market following, and substantial revenue. Going public is an expensive process.

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IPO SEC Prospectus Startup 210

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a new book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point.

Startup 286

Startup Angel Investor Technical Review Incubator 286

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. I support her assertion that a business model consists of at least the first seven of the following ten basic elements: Value proposition.

Business Model 242

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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. Don’t try to build the “ultimate” business model, for all possible alternatives, in multiple business domains. Pricing is always a tricky issue.

Conversion Ratio 308

Conversion Ratio Startup Business Model eCommerce 308

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Some analysts argue that revenue drives growth, while others say user growth drives revenue. Both have worked.Google reached $1 billion in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $400 billion. A business only achieved critical mass by becoming cash-flow positive.

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Revenue Entrepreneur Valuation Viral 246

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

ABM is a company-wide strategic approach to finding and converting specific accounts that add long-term value to your business, both financially and through industry standing and pulling power. Where lead generation casts a wide net, ABM uses a spear to target and catch the best fish. Does the client offer more than revenue?

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Lead Generation Marketing Sales Cycle Campaign 94

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Typical costs for startups today range from $250,000 to $1 million, even if the offering does not go through. As best, you should reserve this option for later stage VC discussions, once you have a well-proven business model, large market following, and substantial revenue. Going public is an expensive process.

IPO 218

IPO SEC Prospectus Technical Review 218

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. I support her assertion that a business model consists of at least the first seven of the following ten basic elements: Value proposition.

Business Model 246

Business Model Distribution Viral Green 246

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Write your business plan and develop your business model with this in mind so you can avoid these issues. . You can choose from a few different types of business plans depending on your needs. If you’re seeking investment, you need a traditional business plan. Personnel plan : Costs of employees.

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Business Plan Technical Review Forecast Software Review 154

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use. Metrics like Return on Net Assets, Return on Capital and Internal Rate of Return are the guiding stars of the board and CEO. The first will be commodity businesses that are valued for their ability to execute their current business model.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2016

Some analysts argue that revenue drives growth, while others say user growth drives revenue. Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $400B. A business only achieved critical mass by becoming cash-flow positive. Both have worked.

Revenue 145

Revenue Valuation Startup Viral 145

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 13, 2015

Often your best estimate of any metric or market behavior or business model component is at best accurate within a power of ten, for example “expected conversion rate between 0.5% and 5%” or “cost to acquire a customer between $50 and $500″ or “average monthly revenue per customer between $20 and $200.”

Business Model 120

Business Model Affiliate Startup Bootstrapping 120

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Investors and founders alike have been obsessed about “growth at all costs,” just as a virus colony grows without care to its effect on its host cells or whether the colony’s growth ends up destroying the host body completely, taking the colony down with it in a viral version of Lord of the Flies. The problem is “growth at all costs.”

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Viral Metrics Salary 120

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Max Delivery does the same, with one big difference: Kozmo was free and was killed by its high-cost, low-revenue business model. (In In 2000 its revenues were $30 million, delivery costs $35 million and net loss $120 million.) Max Delivery charges a fee and makes a profit.

Technical Cofounder 152

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Video New York City 152

Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

These groups are adapting or adopting the practices of startups and accelerators – disruption and innovation rather than direct competition, customer development versus more product features, agility and speed versus lowest cost. Every large company, whether it can articulate it or not, is executing a proven business model (s).

IRR 335

IRR Startup Business Model Agile 335

Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2017

You want to review all the different components of your business model. This description should basically be an elevator pitch for potential partners and business investors to get excited about what you’re offering and your unique location, philosophy, and approach. What is your business model? Projected costs.

Business Plan 93

Business Plan SBA Software Review Advisory Board 93

Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

Moreover, I like inspiring myself with interesting online business models and Wikipedia is a great example of a user-generated content-based website. It led the way to a new kind of business model and changed the game. And he is not afraid to take bold bets on new technologies and business models.

Artificial Inteligence 77

Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 77

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In order to achieve such feats, Strike uses (at least initially) a trusted or custodial model that hedges any BTC risk with their own trading desks and infrastructure. Other businesses are pushing mainstream Lightning adoption for shopping. And >40% of that revenue is coming from in-game purchases.

Networking 168

Networking Global OTC Security 168

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

What seems to be the best way to create customers and revenue may result in a business model that is out of vogue with the investment world and shortchanges you on enterprise valuation. If you deliver exactly the same results at the same net cost to the customer via a SaaS product, you may get a tech multiple 10X higher.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Nevada Silicon Valley 48

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

Typical costs for startups today range from $250,000 to $1 million, even if the offering does not go through. As best, you should reserve this option for later stage VC discussions, once you have a well-proven business model, large market following, and substantial revenue. Going public is an expensive process.

IPO 245

IPO SEC Prospectus Startup 245

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

That's hundred grand annual revenue. And that became about, and now is about 40% of HubSpot's revenue. I always stayed there until that team was counter million in annualized revenue, which was around 2016. I was 15th employee, I remember the hundred person party, the hundred customer party.

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Metrics Analytics Forecast Software Review 75

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Typical costs for startups today range from $250,000 to $1 million, even if the offering does not go through. As best, you should reserve this option for later stage VC discussions, once you have a well-proven business model, large market following, and substantial revenue. Going public is an expensive process.

IPO 120

IPO SEC Prospectus Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

One of the big differences between an entrepreneur and an employee of a big business is that employees tend to have a very narrow focus on their job, while entrepreneurs have to keep the broader focus on business. entrepreneurs consistently claim to be happier , and have a higher net worth than employees. In fact, U.S.

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Entrepreneur .Net Employee Business Model 234

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Max Delivery does the same, with one big difference: Kozmo was free and was killed by its high-cost, low-revenue business model. (In In 2000 its revenues were $30 million, delivery costs $35 million and net loss $120 million.) Max Delivery charges a fee and makes a profit.

Technical Cofounder 96

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Video New York City 96

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

If you like this, go see his Shockwave Innovations blog ) Anyone that has taken an accounting class or learned basic business financials knows the interaction between key elements of a P&L (revenue, cost, expense) and a balance sheet (assets, liabilities, equity). Now let’s cover those nuances I mentioned.

Churn Rate 288

Churn Rate .Net Metrics Hosting 288

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 18, 2024

With her expertise, she’s boosted hundreds of agencies to millions in revenue, attracting premium clients willing to pay 50-600% fees. As a former business exit advisor, she crafts exit strategies, adding up to five figures to clients’ net profit monthly so they can focus on growth. But that comes at a cost.

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Framework Sales Cycle Sales Hiring 64

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

In this excerpt from The Lean Entrepreneur , by using fishing as an analogy, Brant and Patrick reveal how market segmentation influences your business model and why “For Whom” is as important as “What” to build. Market segments drive your business model. It was a fairly organic thing.

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David Teten

AUGUST 21, 2019

Or should they look to one of the new wave of Revenue-Based Investors? Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use. For more background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Lower processing cost.

Revenue 60

Revenue Liquidation Preference Equity Cofounder 60

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2016

If it cannot be fixed, it means the business is a failure even if other metrics are stellar. It’s also by far the greatest determinant of equity value, because it maximizes both revenue and the revenue multiple. The unicorns are dying not for of lack of revenue, but for lack of profit. Once you’re scaling (i.e.

Metrics 270

Metrics Retention Revenue Equity 270