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

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2014

IPO market showed more activity than any other first quarter since 2000, with 64 companies raising $10.6 You better have lined up a major international expansion, some major acquisition candidates, or a wealth of unfilled orders. " Current IPO activity feedback seems to support their excitement. Analysts want escalating profits.

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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. There was no repeatable methodology, startups and their VC’s still operated like startups were simply a smaller version of a large company. The New Exits.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Local businesses in Singapore report up to 5x increase in repeat business , up to 7x increase in fan acquisition rates and 10x increase in word of mouth. On the operational aspects, 96% of members say it is easy or very easy to join the Fan Club and 92% say the checkout process is fast or very fast. Early results are exciting.

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VC Adventure

APRIL 2, 2020

First, the overall trends, which show both a steady increase of returns post the 2000 bubble and show the specific increases post 9/11 and post the 2008 market crash. Marketing expenses are lower and customer acquisition costs typically are reduced. As we emerge from this, it can be your moment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

The job changes from creating a “work of art” to operating a “cookie cutter.” So here are the most common exit strategies and considerations these days for planning purposes: Merger & Acquisition (M&A). The ideal buyer is someone who has more skills and interest on the operational side of the business, and can scale it.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

The second step involves obtaining a license to operate. The venture requires a massive financial investment due to the numerous expenses that include marketing, payment services, license acquisition alongside an early license fee. Incorporate table games, poker, slots machine among others.

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gigaom.com

JULY 10, 2012

AT&T promised in April to open Watson up to general development, but on Monday AT&T SVP for technology and network operations John Donovan made the launch official in a blog post , revealing seven different “contexts,” or language libraries, that app builders can access to speechify their products. Sign up for a free trial.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2011

The job changes from creating a “work of art” to operating a “cookie cutter.” So here are the most common exit strategies and considerations these days for planning purposes: Merger & Acquisition (M&A). The ideal buyer is someone who has more skills and interest on the operational side of the business, and can scale it.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

B2C sales and customer acquisition efforts are a different matter (and one I''ll perhaps address in a future blog), but for B2B, those three models are the most common pattern. customer acquisition cost or CAC). To that point, a well-run telesales operation will be super metrics-driven. I''ll discuss each one below.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 29, 2019

In doing so, you’ll see your profit margins widen, your customer-base grow and you’ll be in a position to better compete with big box operations. By working with inventory that doesn’t require odd accommodations, you’ll save money at your shipper’s counter and in the acquisition of supplies.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. He then led the growth of the domain services division, expanded into the aftermarket business and built Oversee’s owned and operated portfolio of domain names into one of the worlds largest, firmly establishing the company as a leader in Internet real estate.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

So when you take a look at the major causes and decrease in firm value, and once again, I'm talking fortune 2000 firms, but I think it attracts to smaller businesses too. And they fit into four buckets, financial, operational, external change and strategic change. You know, the question is, you know, what are those?

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Office and Operations. 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. Naming a Business. How to Incorporate. Financing a Small Business.

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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.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

So I helped, I was one of his first employees and wound up becoming the chief operating officer and running part of the firm and we grew at our peak to around 50 people or so. We started off with Gangbusters in 2000. And I really wanted to get into management consulting field. And it was great from a number of perspectives.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

The very best analysts are comfortable operating with ambiguity and incompleteness, while all others chase perfection in implementation / processing / reports. tearsofpain One way of removing silos and focusing on the entire business is to leverage Acquisition, Behavior and Outcome metrics. We have to really get good at this.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We talked about the negative effect of Apple’s closed system attitude but how that will be a gift to the market because Apple’s cracking of the operator hegemony has forced the industry to innovate. Founded in 2000 in New Brunswick, NJ. Potentially limits acquisition opportunities for independent ad networks.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, we investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. But, when the bubble burst in 2000, most of us quickly grew up.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 30, 2015

It took the NASDAQ fifteen years to get back to it''s March 2000 peak--and I think that it''s possible we''re looking ahead at the same kind of period, but one without the huge trough. Instead of paid acquisition fueling an up and to the right hockey stick, these companies would grow organically. They''ll be around 10 years from now.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In 2000 our industry had more than $100 billion in LP money. I’ll admit that I do know one VC firm who’s strategy is not to call their entrepreneurs and not to be involved in operations. This happens at acquisition time, too. The industry isn’t dying. It is changing. And reinventing itself. That’s normal.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 5, 2014

Over the years it has expanded its reach through acquisition of similar companies as well as adding retail locations. This movie, released in 2000, tells the story of Chuck Nolan, a systems analyst for FedEx. This portion of the company was created to oversee the vast operations of all the subsidiary organizations.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2018

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. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked into an organization, they’ve got 2000 names of people that have bought products from and they’ve never sent him a thing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2022

John also spent several years at The New York Times Company at NYTimes.com running strategy, marketing, and operations. He was part of the management team that was instrumental in launching NYTimes.com’s first digital paid product and the acquisition of About.com. There was a, a guide.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 5, 2016

Let’s not forget that Microsoft had a huge monopoly in operating systems in the 90’s. Apple’s iOS & Google’s Android emerged, challenged, and overtook operating system dominance in the space of a few short years. This has not occurred without excess and without some years recording staggering losses.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Guest author Bernard Lunn is a serial entrepreneur and business adviser to start-ups and is ReadWriteWeb's former Chief Operating Officer. You cannot use freemium strategies without this type of user experience (and freemium is the first fundamental change to the cost of customer acquisition). That is just lipstick on a pig.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Key Takeaway: In a recent Texas Tech Survey, out of 2000 consumers, 89% of them claimed they had a business that they loved enough that they would gladly recommend — only 29% of them actually did it. And I'm going to start by citing a, a recent Texas tech survey of 2000 consumers. Why is there such a gap? Why is there such a gap?

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

10- Address financial and operating metrics. 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-

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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.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 9, 2017

And I’m not a technical guy but I certainly — I am very much a strong advocate of consumer privacy and I think the recent congressional decision was just appalling.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over 13 years ago, in March of 2000, I wrote a blog post titled “ The Most Powerful Internet Metric of All. ” Internet analytics can be roughly broken down into two simple activities – customer acquisition and customer optimization. Customer acquisition efforts are pervasive in our industry.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Big Data meets travel…in 2000. Magical, really. TripAdvisor’s History: Two Big Pivots. TripAdvisor’s Future.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. It did not have the same success as Google’s acquisition and MySpace sold Photobucket 2 years later to a relatively unknown Seattle-based startup called Ontela for a reportedly $60 million.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators. Broadcom, which has a market cap of $21.7

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Mo was graduated from Wharton, worked in investment banking, spent 6 years at IAC (including in an operational role for Connected Ventures which includes College Humor, Busted T’s and Vimeo) before joining Spark Capital in 2008. Content, of course, is the same!]. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

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. As I said, I have a very small operation and I’m able to make much more than the average person. I’d find a café, bring out the laptop, do some work, and get away with it. The money has been really good.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

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. His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010. Of the 6,613 U.S.-based

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