Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2016

Every new business quickly realizes that revenue coming in every period on a committed basis is the Holy Grail to survival and growth. According to many experts , getting new customers is five to ten times harder than getting additional revenue from existing customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2020

As an entrepreneur mentor and startup investor, I see with sadness the 50 to 90 percent that fail. Just because you would have loved to have your groceries picked out and delivered, doesn’t mean the mainstream customer was ready for Webvan in 1999. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that. Fail fast and pivot.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 7, 2015

When I saw the proposal, I immediately thought of the web consulting rollups of 1999. Companies were being bought (and valued) at 10x forward revenue only to be valued at between 0.5x revenue several years later. Do you remember US Web, iXL, Scient, and Viant? I’d argue the 0.5x Or the ASP rollup?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

In the old days, every entrepreneur planned on taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is finally up from the dead zone of the last two decades, and is now double the rate back in 1999.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

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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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – I Have a Dream. I was the first social entrepreneur in the coffee world. I hit over six figures in my first year in business – and the company revenue has increased annually ever since. Image Credit: Enrico Bratta.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Supply-chain disruptions can affect small businesses in numerous ways: reduce revenue, cause issues with production, and inflate costs. As president of ABBA, which he founded in 1999, he serves as an advisor to business buyers and sellers throughout the nation. Changing buying habits. .

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Then I realized what that qualifies me to be: an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs have to wear a hundred different hats, be good at dozens of skills. Armchair philosophy aside, I truly believe that people with diverse skills, people who are well-rounded and good-but-not-great in many areas can make perfect entrepreneurs.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them & entrepreneurs that run them. I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. And no life is more of a constant negotiation than that of an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs: Don’t Quit Your Real Job Too Early. Subscribe by email. Invested Interests. I like that. June 5th, 2012.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Following is a guest post on DevOps by Gene Kim , Multiple Award-Winning CTO, Researcher, Visible Ops Co-Author, Entrepreneur & Founder of Tripwire. Since 1999, my passion has been studying high performing IT organizations. Act I begins with IT Operations, where we’re supporting a large, complex revenue generating application.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. We asked some entrepreneurs “why they started their businesses.”

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 5, 2011

I’m procrastinating so I thought I’d write one of my periodic public service announcement for entrepreneurs. In 1999, 2000, and 2001 I had a my.yahoo.com page up with a bunch of stocks, including a number of companies I was an investor in, as my home page. .&# As an entrepreneur, this was all noise.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

LinkedIn’s Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs (annotated by Reid Hoffman) – crowdspring.co/1gIv7bI. 11 Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Be Able to Answer - crowdspring.co/19IMztu. A Startup’s Minimum Revenue Per Employee - crowdspring.co/GNlKua. Fewer US startups now than in 1999.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

I had actually developed the logo in 1999 and it is now on the back of my entire product line. customers, revenue, etc.). A few years ago I realized my success was due to people liking working directly with me – not because they thought I was some large entity. Thanks to Julie Rustad, Julie Originals LLC. #4

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2013

In 2012, total entrepreneurial activity in the United States hit its highest level since their survey started in 1999, according to Babson College. This means building a revenue stream, and tuning your business model to produce margins in the 50% range or above. Treasure – Most entrepreneurs assume that treasure means funding.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

million in revenue the year before. . Amidst all the recent talk of boom vs. bubble , there is a hue and cry that the current environment may smack of 1999. Let’s not forget that Time Magazine featured Alan Greenspan, Rob Rubin and Larry Summers on the cover in February 1999 with the headline: “The Committee to Save the World.”

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

For many years preceding 1999, the 1982 vintage was known as the industry’s worst vintage year. Exabyte, one of Colorado’s hottest deals, was formed in 1985; Connor Peripherals (fastest growing company in the history of technology manufacturing, four years to $1 billion in revenue) raised its first round in 1987. “By

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OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2011

But still, the subject doesn’t always translate as well to the average entrepreneur as microeconomics does – most business people have good intuitive understandings of supply, demand, and pricing. Inflation may seem like a neutral thing for a business – your costs may be going up, but your revenue should be going up as well, right?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2016

As an entrepreneur mentor and startup investor, I see with sadness the 50 to 90 percent that fail. Just because you would have loved to have your groceries picked out and delivered, doesn’t mean the mainstream customer was ready for Webvan in 1999. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that. Fail fast and pivot.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2015

As an entrepreneur mentor and startup investor, I see with sadness the 50 to 90 percent that fail. Just because you would have loved to have your groceries picked out and delivered, doesn’t mean the mainstream customer was ready for Webvan in 1999. business entrepreneur mistakes Scott Fearon startup' Fail fast and pivot.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners on their best business or entrepreneur turnaround story and here are the responses. #1- billion in annual revenue. In 1999, Alibaba had to face many failures; for the first three years, the company made zero revenue. 1- Reed Hastings. Photo Credit: Paige Arnof-Fenn.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2015

Every new business quickly realizes that revenue coming in every period on a committed basis is the Holy Grail to survival and growth. According to many experts , getting new customers is five to ten times harder than getting additional revenue from existing customers. business model entrepreneur startup subscription'

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2013

Like most startup entrepreneurs, when I began my first company in 1999 I had no formal sales experience. This article originally appeared on Inc.com. I did have the wherewithal to visit potential customers and try to understand the pain points that I thought could be solved with our solution.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was “Reid” Reid’s an incredible entrepreneur, startup investor, and human being. This is my 2nd time trying this, first time was in 1999. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. link] leehower. A lot has changed.

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Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 15, 2011

There seems to be a lot of this going around these days – the “I’m just about to start a startup” category of entrepreneurs, or “I just started a startup” when they haven’t. Eventually it also needs revenue growth and profits. It’s also become the new euphemism for unemployed.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

I used to meet a high profile entrepreneur or investor moving here every month and now it seems it’s one or two a week. Follow Ben on Twitter @FederalLamm #ArtificialIntelligence #CEO #Space #Science #TomorrowingToday Brett Hurt is one of the most successful serial entrepreneurs in Austin.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

I often have career discussions with entrepreneurs – both young and more mature – whether they should join company “X&# or not. It was 1999. Ventro was trading at $8 billion on sub $2 million of revenue. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Startup Advice. This is part of my Startup Advice series.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This will continue as more role models, mentors and capital are created from the resulting success stories, thereby creating more support for the next generation of entrepreneurs. Kiva pioneered the concept, allowing individuals to lend or donate small amounts online (as little as $25) to entrepreneurs around the world.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

By 1999 we had grown into the largest independent consulting firm in the world. By 1999 it seemed like everybody was growing, though. I left Andersen Consulting in 1999 at the height of the market. Bryce is a bit like the entrepreneurs I search for. In other words, in a strong market even turkeys can fly. I love that.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

So first, we were much more sort of with a high growth rate, and we did not even care about how we got the revenue when we got it. And now we are much more careful about revenue quality revenues. So the quality of growth has implications on the revenue stream’s sustainability. Would you say that? . David Zhang.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

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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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2012

Young entrepreneurs take note. Founded in 1999 by college student Bryn Carey, this ski and snowboard rental and delivery service is used by over 30 ski resorts in locations such as California, Colorado and British Columbia, Canada. Boasting revenues of up to $1.5 – Thomas J. Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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The Next Web

JUNE 20, 2013

When cloud services company Cornerstone OnDemand got its start in Los Angeles in 1999, the odds were against it. In Miller’s view, passion sets a startup apart because it gives entrepreneurs the drive to keep going even when they encounter obstacles. Entrepreneur Insider Profiles and Interviews' Image credit: iStockphoto.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

While that’s not true, it is a fact that entrepreneurs only have one word for “startup.” Most startups following the Product Development Model never achieve their revenue plan and burn through a ton of cash not knowing what hit them. After twelve months Handspring’s revenue was $170 million. They never understood Market Type.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2012

Revenues have continued to increase every year and investors couldn’t be happier with what brave Mr. Drexler has done for J. Google is one of the largest companies in the world and its founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, are some of the richest entrepreneurs to date. Crew experienced a dramatic increase in sales, earning $3.8

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Every investor and entrepreneur knows there is something scary about the current startup economy. More entrepreneurs get to try out their ideas with smaller amounts of capital, but the bar remains the same to get to the bigger rounds. Facebook is doing billions in revenues. LinkedIn has great revenue growth. stock market."

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. The opportunity to transact at the point of purchase increases the sheer number of revenue opportunities.

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