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Revenue Development

K9 Ventures

SneakerLabs’ first product was a Java-based chat server and client. Since I had good connections with the University, we got a lot of feedback on how the product could be improved to meet their needs. We listened to their feedback and started adding features to the product accordingly. The product worked. Not so fast.

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How Diversity Can Increase Innovation And Growth In Your Business

YoungUpstarts

I came to the United States in 1998 as a Turkish immigrant with my husband Serhat Pala. Since the company’s founding, we’ve seen 2,000 percent revenue growth with 30 percent year-over-year growth. And, we have become a leader in personal and professional health testing through innovative medical diagnostic products.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter. Startups needed millions of dollars of funding just to get their first product out the door to customers. A hardware startup had to equip a factory to manufacture the product.

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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

If we are in a bubble, that is a bit of an odd commentary for a company that grew revenues 83% year-over-year and grew earnings 93% year-over-year. Secondly, developers are more productive. In 1998, I was working at Netscape, which owned well over half of the browser market. Horace Dediu, Asymco. Today, there are over 2.1

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What is the biggest enemy of a startup?

K9 Ventures

In 1998–1999, when I was running my first company, one of my investors, the late Don Jones , came by to visit us at the office. Our company was at a stage where we were recruiting, building product, and trying to find product market fit. One of the first things every company has to do is to find product market fit.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: Akamai

Seeing Both Sides

But once the company has honed in on a strong value proposition and found initial product-market fit, what is the best approach to scaling it? With over $1 billion in revenue, 2000 employees and a market capitalization of over $6 billion, Akamai has become a role model for scalable start-ups. After all, scaling is hard. Really hard.

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Angel Investors Do Make Money, Data Shows 2.5x Returns Overall

techcrunch.com

He is on the board of the Angel Resource Institute, and is a partner with Montlake Capital (a late stage growth capital fund) and with Revenue Capital Management (a royalty based lender). as well as a more detailed description of the distribution of outcomes: Kauffman Foundation Angel Returns Study and NESTA Angel Investing Study.