Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

Waterfall Development. While it sounds simple , the Build Measure Learn approach to product development is a radical improvement over the traditional Waterfall model used throughout the 20 th century to build and ship products. Waterfall Development was all about execution of the requirements document. Microsoft Windows 3.0).

Lean 120

Lean Agile Business Model Customer Development 120

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

While those acquisition efforts worked well, not all do. Cheap acquisition is (too) cheap. Growth does require large-scale acquisition, but a product launch may not be the best time to do it. But cheap acquisition meant cheap leads. as he had overspent his budget developing the service. It’s not efficient.”.

Product 110

Product Campaign Acquisition Social Media 110

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. I understand his frustration. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Open Source 150

Open Source Business Model Technical Cofounder Southern California 150

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

In addition to having my company acquired, I worked with them on the diligence team for a number of other acquisitions. In 2000, I invested via Mobius Venture Capital in The Feld Group and joined the board. ” After Len and Jerry bought my company, the two of them took me under their wing and exposed me to doing deals.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Boston Internet Venture Capital 150

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

The two decades from 1979 when pension funds fueled the expansion of venture capital to 2000 when the dot-com bubble burst were the Golden Age for entrepreneurs and venture capital firms. During the decade between 1991 and 2000, nearly 2000 venture backed companies went public. Here’s why. Take a look at the chart below. (It

Venture Capital 297

Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 297

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I don’t believe that search is the only answer in 2010 as it was in 2000. I think everybody heard about this acquisition. On the founder’s side it’s about taking money off of the table and / or having strategic reserves for big acquisitions. There is also another inherent weakness. M&A Discussion.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. August 1995 – March 2000: The Dot.Com Bubble. Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

Reporting in the Harvard Business Review on a major study of growth stalls they conducted, Olson and his colleagues cite the case of the iconic brand Levi Strauss, which hit a historic high mark of sales in 1995, reaching revenue of $7 billion, but then, starting in 1996, saw a decline in sales so precipitous that by 2000, revenue was down to $4.6

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Algorithm Channel Analytics 127

The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

Some might feel that they will reduce the cost by developing their own site. The venture requires a massive financial investment due to the numerous expenses that include marketing, payment services, license acquisition alongside an early license fee. The startup websites are now fully developed, and they are functioning properly.

Securities and Exchange Commission 60

Securities and Exchange Commission Software Review United Kingdom Affiliate 60

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round).

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Kumar was the Founder, President and CEO of SneakerLabs, a company which developed software and services for web-based customer interaction. After the acquisition of SneakerLabs, he served as the Vice-President of Interactive Technologies for E.piphany. Manu Kumar is Founder and Chief Firestarter at K9 Ventures.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Early Stage Portfolio Software Engineering 48

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Once you’ve registered with a CDN provider, you or your web developer will need to enable it on your website. Google has started to recommend a format called JPEG 2000. When choosing your CDN, consider factors such as anticipated traffic volume, the main types of media you serve, and your budget. There’s also a format called WEB.P,

Caching 102

Caching Development Team Review Hosting Software Review 102

gigaom.com

JULY 10, 2012

Ma Bell has taken the locks off of its Watson speech application programming interfaces (APIs), allowing any developer to access them. Like Nuance, AT&T has developed specific taxonomies for specific use cases, allowing its servers to anticipate the words and phrasing consumers are likely to speak in a particular context.

API 50

API Technical Review Artificial Inteligence RSS 50

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Research & Development. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. Even with the turmoil in the capital markets in the second half of 2007, it was another record year for merger and acquisition activity. TECHNOLOGY. Internet and Online Business. Business Software.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In addition, if you know any developers you should ask them where to post your project or job up and where they recommend you go to meet other developers. In a search done today, a web developer in Washington, DC should make anywhere from $70,000 to $120,000 per year. Be sure to post your opportunity here.

Part-Time VPE 41

Part-Time VPE Sweat Equity DC Washington 41

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Phase 1 – Offline retail – golden period: before 2000. Retailers managed customer acquisition, stock and logistics. Phase 2 – Online retail – golden period: 2000-201? They still managed customer acquisition, stock, and logistics. Customer acquisition remains the core competence. That is a lot to ask.

Stock 104

Stock Acquisition eCommerce .Net 104

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

You dive deep into a customer development process, working closely with a few customers who feed you requirements and are willing to trial an imperfect product that is evolving quickly. customer acquisition cost or CAC). a third sales model has emerged which I''ll call "Developer Driven". 3) Developer Driven Sales.

Sales 50

Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

So here are the most common exit strategies and considerations these days for planning purposes: Merger & Acquisition (M&A). But since the Internet bubble burst in the year 2000, the IPO rate has declined every year until 2010, and is now at about 15%. Initial Public Offering (IPO). You retain ownership and enjoy the annuity.

Exit Strategy 241

Exit Strategy Initial Public Offering IPO Startup 241

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Today one of our portfolio companies BigDoor announced the acquisition of San Francisco-based OneTrueFan , a community and web check-in company. Recently the market demand has been outpacing their ability to keep up, so they turned to OneTrueFan as a means of accelerating their product development and overall growth.

San Francisco 115

San Francisco Acquisition Cofounder IPO 115

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 14, 2020

In 1980, when the old AT&T commissioned a top consulting firm to estimate the market for cell phones in the year 2000, they forecast that there would be only 900,000 cell phones. What has been the most important leadership development experience in your career so far? It causes tunnel vision. Set the agenda: Why are you there?

Sales 147

Sales Conversion Forecast Framework 147

thebarefootvc

JANUARY 15, 2020

acquisition of Plaid by Visa, in a highly competitive deal, shows how even the largest incumbents are feeling pressure to innovate and need to think outside of their current business models. Along those lines, I have been spending time thinking of the the continued digitization of the financial services sector. The recently announced $5.3B

Disintermediation 69

Disintermediation Aggregator China API 69

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000. Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. Earlier in his tenure at IV, Mr. Barhydt successfully designed and implemented the targeted patent acquisition program and developed processes and metrics to improve licensing operations.

Naming 122

Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2011

So here are the most common exit strategies and considerations these days for planning purposes: Merger & Acquisition (M&A). But since the Internet bubble burst in the year 2000, the IPO rate has declined every year until 2010, and is now at about 15%. Initial Public Offering (IPO). You retain ownership and enjoy the annuity.

Exit Strategy 231

Exit Strategy Initial Public Offering Startup IPO 231

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

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2011

Many of the students had heard phrases that fall under Customer Relationships before; “customer acquisition, SEO/SEM, public relations, Social Network, Advertising, Loyalty programs, cross-sell and up-sell” etc., But the big project for the week was testing and analyzing Customer Acquisition Costs. The results were disappointing.

Customer 247

Customer Cloud EC2 Channel 247

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

So we're seeing research and development move faster, right? Adding a virtual assistant to your team can help you focus on high value activities like business development to boost your bottom line work better. I, I think the question to be asking, you know, is whether the goal is acquisition or whether it's shaping, right.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Networking United States Artificial Inteligence 62

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The masses have grown weary of the blog “fad” just as they grew weary of the “email” fad in the late 90s, the “internet” fad in 2000, MySpace and Friendster in 2007/2008, and how they’ll grow tired of the Facebook and Twitter fads in 2010 and move on to something else. And that’s why now is a fantastic time to start a blog.

Software Review 49

Software Review RSS Software Developers Software Development 49

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Online social game network; make their own games (FarmVille, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille) in addition to allowing third-party developers to access network. Founded in 2000 in New Brunswick, NJ. Potentially limits acquisition opportunities for independent ad networks. Read more: PaidContent. OTHER DEALS: 1. 406 Ventures.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2018

What I did was, I had … when I’ve done business development, I had developed this digital marketing scorecard essentially and I was doing business development. And then the third thing about the customer is to focus more on customer retention and growth and not so much on new customer acquisition.

Marketing 56

Marketing Social Media Analytics Software 56

Up and Running

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Is it $2000, $3000, five, six, or seven clients per month? From every business dimension, the best mentors have been shown to make a significant impact in entrepreneurial success whether by boosting new business initiatives, increasing revenue, funding, acquisitions, partnerships, and more. Identify the magic number.

Cofounder 125

Cofounder Revenue Valuation Design 125

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

How much would an extra $1000 or $2000 per month help during that time? Right now companies are cutting costs and letting go of their $125/hour development shop. Back in 2001 I worked with a consultant who was a developer when times were really good, and a trainer when times were really bad. The average U.S.

Programming 30

Programming Technical Review Software Review RSS 30

Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

For me Bubble will always be inexorably linked to what went down in 1999 and 2000 in the internet sector. These markets are not yet well developed and remain asymmetric. I will post separately on valuation metrics and the implications of the dichotomy between recent public company valuations and merger & acquisition statistics.

Valuation 50

Valuation Social Media Media IPO 50

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Being enterprise scale means that your representatives have regular dialogue at CXO or at least VP level with Global 2000 accounts are they are bringing in millions of revenue from those accounts every year. It is equally true for the brilliant developer who has to migrate to becoming a leader of managers.

Software 127

Software Startup Architecture Bootstrapping 127

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Bioquark’s current focus is on developing proprietary. By screening hundreds of SMB acquisition opportunities as managing partner at my private equity firm, I saw first-hand that the vast majority of small business owners run their firms without the benefit of good financial or operating metrics. Thanks to Leo B, RoofCalc ! #10-

Entrepreneur 76

Entrepreneur Social Media Liquidity Event Private Equity 76

Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

I’ve been a web developer for 10 years and I cringe when I see that I need a module that’s not included…there goes two hours of my day searching, configuring and installing dependencies. As a developer I’ve probably had contact with 300 open source projects, components, and applications. 29 Rob on 08.11.09

Open Source 62

Open Source Software Review Non-Compete Software 62

Pascal's View

APRIL 5, 2016

The challenge that many regions face in seeking to become innovation centers of excellence can be summed up in one sentence: Good ideas are generated from all corners of the earth, but few regions offer a complete and cost-effective ecosystem to develop these good ideas into great companies. Why is this the case? ”

Austria 28

Austria Global Silicon Valley Advisory Board 28

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

Daniel Confino, Founder, MergerID Is a qualified lawyer who has 30 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions with a strong international element. Dan Burstein, Managing Partner, Millennium Technology Value Partners Dan Burstein founded Millennium Technology Ventures in 2000 and co-founded Millennium Technology Value Partners in 2004.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68