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Market Like Its 1999 In 2015 – 9 Marketing Strategies That Worked Back Then & Still Work Now

YoungUpstarts

Once upon a time marketers would print up 100 or more flyers and post them on grocery store bulletin boards, power poles, deliver them door-to-door, or distribute them from the cash register. When it came to ROI in 1999, the bigger, brighter, and more noticeable your yellow pages’ ad was, the better. And guess what? Yellow Page Ads.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers? And without revenue how do we know if we achieved product/market fit to exit Customer Validation?” They’re putting money into web services/business – most without early revenue. End of theory.&#

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In Spite of Avatar, The Movie Business is Dead

Growthink Blog

revenues from internet video services spanning user-generated content to television shows and movies will exceed $7 billion this year. In 1999, Lee joined the Silicon Valley new media content contingent as an Internet-company CEO, and has since founded two innovative Los Angeles media companies. How about Internet Video? Annual U.S.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

At the same time, the company contained its operating costs and came out of the recession stronger, bigger, and more profitable than it had been in 1999. This means more people behind a screen, which means more opportunity across distribution channels. Even less does it mean high transaction volume or revenue. are moot.”.

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2011 May be the Year of the IPO for Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

He says that you should never consider a public offering unless you are confident that the company will deliver increasing profits and revenue after the offering, so that the public buyer can anticipate a gain. In 1999, there were 486 IPOs nationwide; just 10 years later, in 2009, there were only 63.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

Andy is a global thought leader in remote work, telecommuting, and distributed workforces having served as CEO of Crossover and Sococo and on the board of Texas Central, our new bullet train. Bob invented Ethernet, founded 3Com (revenues of $5.7B), was the Editor of InfoWorld magazine, and was a venture capitalist at Polaris in Boston.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

Disruption in the Education Space: When I first started looking at education technology investments in 1999, very few VCs would go near the sector. Universities are also creating more interdisciplinary programs in order to encourage this collaboration. What’s Next in 2012….