ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). echoes Labay’s sentiment: Search habits change.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2011

This week they were testing one of the most confusing sections of a company’s business model – Customer Relationships - the activities used to “Get, Keep and Grow” customers in a physical or virtual (web or mobile) channel. But the big project for the week was testing and analyzing Customer Acquisition Costs. Can the D.C.

Customer 247

Customer Cloud EC2 Channel 247

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. The numbers of potential buyers had decreased dramatically both because large companies were shedding jobs and because many past buyers simply lacked resources to make acquisitions.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

There are Search people and Content people and Landing Page Optimizers and Cart fixers and Attribution Specialists and more. tearsofpain One way of removing silos and focusing on the entire business is to leverage Acquisition, Behavior and Outcome metrics. Lastly, it pains me how often silos quickly emerge in every company.

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

BeyondVC

MARCH 31, 2004

Google just launched a new version of personal search based on user preferences. In early 2000, we seeded a Xerox PARC spin-out called Outride (formerly called Groupfire) which aimed to bring personal search to the web by learning from a surfer’s prior searches or his workgroup or community’s prior searches.

Search 60

Search Java San Jose Cofounder 60

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

TripAdvisor may be one of the most fascinating companies I know and so I was excited to dig into their business model as part of my series on scaling. TripAdvisor is more of a classic consumer Internet success story, but with even more powerful network effects and an amazing business model. Big Data meets travel…in 2000.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model. Yet the team got the new service up and running and used this to power and grow their business for another 7 years, until they disrupted themselves again by moving aggressively to the streaming model.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

It’s transformed my life in terms of the freedoms I’ve had and what kind of life I’ve been able to live and what kind of business I’ve been able to run. I got out of the university in early 2000 and I never went on to a full-time job, so it’s always been an online business for me. I own my own house. Buy sites in your market.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures.

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

View All Search Results » Subscribe. The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Advanced Search. Businesses For Sale |. Business Opportunities. Business Services. SmartMoney.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Search for: Videos. I’m not afraid to pick up the phone, cold call someone, use LinkedIn to find someone who’s recently left a company that might be considered competitive and ask them for advise around the business model and marketplace. Acquisition / Lifetime Value, etc. Now our biz model is lighter, more flexible.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

I have been working with my Partners since November 2000. It was becoming a business model destined to fail. They recognize the average lifespan of a client is 3-6 months, so they implement a strong sales team to consistently search for new clients. It was in year 2000 and my friend and I were young and ambitious.

Entrepreneur 115

Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 115

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Established location-based services to enable the CSP offer B2B and B2C services based on mobile positioning, tracking & locating, turn-by-turn navigation and mobile local search. Series ORG-2000 is OriginGPS smallest fully featured GPS receiver. Mer Telecom. - Rad Data Communication.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Josh, it reminds me of when I was doing web sites back in the day in 2000 and 1998 and instead of going and being able to buy a shopping cart you had to code the shopping cart from scratch. In a subscription business, there three to five times would be a really good multiple for that ratio. Bates: You know Josh—.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95