A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 13, 2015

Often your best estimate of any metric or market behavior or business model component is at best accurate within a power of ten, for example “expected conversion rate between 0.5% and 5%” or “cost to acquire a customer between $50 and $500″ or “average monthly revenue per customer between $20 and $200.”

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Max Delivery does the same, with one big difference: Kozmo was free and was killed by its high-cost, low-revenue business model. (In In 2000 its revenues were $30 million, delivery costs $35 million and net loss $120 million.) Max Delivery charges a fee and makes a profit.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Our business model nudges us slightly toward the sound, safe (stodgy?) We work with clients to get them off the ground with a platform to build their business. As the technical partner, we want to be real partners in the business-making sure the technology helps achieve the business objectives.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

DECEMBER 27, 2019

But there is a problem here and that’s the cost. The more people you hire for your business, the more expensive your business model becomes. So, let’s explore the different options, what they bring to your business and how much they will cost you. But how much will they cost?

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Yet in expansionary periods, successful leaders spent significantly less on [selling, general, and administrative costs] than did their former peers. A Harvard Business Review (HBR) study of 4,700 public companies looked at the three years before, during, and after recessions. Frameworks for businesses during a crisis.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Max Delivery does the same, with one big difference: Kozmo was free and was killed by its high-cost, low-revenue business model. (In In 2000 its revenues were $30 million, delivery costs $35 million and net loss $120 million.) Max Delivery charges a fee and makes a profit.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Up until late August, Lightning Labs had capped the channel capacity and payment size for users of their popular implementation of the network to ~$2000 USD and ~$500 respectively to better protect user funds with experimental software. . Other businesses are pushing mainstream Lightning adoption for shopping.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

I wanted to find a way to vastly simplify loyalty programs, eliminating most if not all of the costs and making them much lighter to deploy and manage. Throw in some basic CRM processing and analytics, and merchants can get 90% of what loyalty programs provide, for a fraction of the cost. A new paradigm. Early results are exciting.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In 2021, the startup landscape looks much different than it did in 2000. Traditional business models have changed as globalization takes hold on a global scale, and technology changes our lives day by day. For starters, there are more startups. The number of new companies that launched each year has increased 234% since 1990.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Institutional venture capital dispensed thus far in 2014 has been up significantly over the last few years, but is still less than half of the peak hit way back in the year 2000 (over $100 billion). The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out. That asset class need not represent the broader market.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Max Delivery does the same, with one big difference: Kozmo was free and was killed by its high-cost, low-revenue business model. (In In 2000 its revenues were $30 million, delivery costs $35 million and net loss $120 million.) Max Delivery charges a fee and makes a profit.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The Golden Age (1970 – 1995): Build a growing business with a consistently profitable track record (after at least 5 quarters,) and go public when it’s time. 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.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Aside from the environmental advantages, car sharing is a cost-effective option for company employees to use vehicles. Thanks to this, there is no need for employees to pay for taxis or save up for their own cars; instead, they can access cars from the company’s fleet when necessary for business trips or assignments.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Books don’t cost very much money. And at some point, people figured out that, “Hey, I can take written content that I publish in the real world, and put it online, and it eliminates all my cost and fulfillment. It eliminates my cost of distribution. This is a great business model. John Jantsch: Yeah.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Can you acquire them at a sustainable cost? Do they perceive enough value to pay prices that create for you a profit margin that matches your business model? Is there a development step that you must take to fulfill demand for a particular use case, and, if so, how does that cost get absorbed? You’ve just got to listen.

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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. Veritas , the team building a low cost, residential wind turbine. The Nine Teams Present.

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Eric Friedman

JANUARY 4, 2017

I take a positive approach which is; how can this business model affect small startups entering this space, and what can we learn from building businesses this way? Can hardware costs come down to $0? Can a locked in monthly SaaS fee cover the business model needs of a new startup to compete with a large hardware co?

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Americas new business model: Sharing. The dot-com boom of early 2000 saw a proliferation of similar anything-at-your-service start-ups. Struggling to manage costs, the start-up closed shop as quickly as it opened. The $40 to $50 she charges for a one-way ride helps shave her costs on gas. Game Hunters. Dan Vergano.

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Ben's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

With these costs radically reduced, companies today deploy 10X as many applications as they did just 10 years ago. Today, only 8 months after launch, the SnapStore has 63 supported snaps representing around 2000 integrations. This explosion of applications creates a strong need for better integration.

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Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Here are the justifications and logic process for so many claiming they have a startup before they really do, and in many cases actually getting some funding: people feel like they might as well start their own business since nobody is hiring. the barriers are now very low for actually forming a business, as is the cost.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. The most successful of these businesses will still need venture capital to scale their businesses. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. The Funding Problem.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And, as the industrial revolution showed us, there are some real costs to scale. What makes this tricky is that markets evolve, and an innovative technology or business model can transform a normal market into a Glengarry Glen Ross market. These companies didn’t blitzscale; they scaled sustainably.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. Page 4: Business Model. Reasons: cost of sales executives, long sales cycles, deep functional requirements. Page 3: Competition. Page 5: Financials.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. Like a venture capitalist reviewing business plans, he now weighs the potential of every company Arizona Bay works with. Theres a huge opportunity cost in not taking equity," he says.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

You know, the cost of labor, but also consumption. Well, Uber has actually made new things possible in cities, new business models possible, uh, new businesses possible. Now, clients say that their virtual executive assistants have made an impact on their business. There are no contracts and no additional costs.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 4, 2010

In 1921, Ford sold 900,000 Model Ts for 60 percent market share compared to General Motors 61,000 Chevys, a 6 percent market share. Over the next ten years, while Ford focused on cost reductions, General Motors built a diverse and differentiated product line. Google is a $25 billion dollar company with most of its revenue from AdWords.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

The typical quota for a sales rep varies by type of business model (SaaS vs. perpetual), product gross margin (e.g., Typically you want to see a 3x ratio between the contribution margin per rep (factoring in the lifetime value of the customer, or LTV) and the cost per rep to acquire that customer, fully loaded (i.e.,

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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. The recently announced $5.3B

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2015

But recent innovations in SaaS-driven business models have come of age on the backs of B2B solutions, and providers are finally learning how to cater to the underserved VSB market. Low initial start-up costs and easy setup make SaaS based solutions an attractive proposition, both for VSB owners and as venture investments.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

While it’s not advisable to obsess over companies competing in your field, it’s always a good idea to be aware of their business models , the updates they make, and how your product/service may have an advantage over theirs. To set a lousy price in relation to its quality and cost.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

I’ve tested pricing models and conversion rates. I’ve worked in digital businesses since 2000 as Product Manager, ECommerce Operations Director and most recently as Chief Operating Officer (3 companies). In the last 15 years, the cost of production has gone down, distribution has gone mainstream.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Is 2012 going to be 2000 all over again? The difference between many of these companies and what we saw back in 1999 is that there are real revenues and revenue growth at many of these companies--and their costs are largely in people, which can always be trimmed down. When the bubble burst in 2000, many of us felt it in our pockets.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

This drop in public valuations basically means that private companies lost half of their value in a comparable way and therefore the cost of capital doubled in the past month, pushing much higher the hurdle for any additional investment, be it in sales, marketing or R&D. McKinsey highlight #1: the art of cost cutting or.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2020

Be respectful, honest and transparent with people as you never know how much time, effort and energy it cost them to get where they are. In the end, Ajax lost and my pain was more or less covered by the fact that I didn’t spend $2000 on a ticket to fly back home. What has the startup experience taught you about life?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2. In other words, they’re back to seeking product/market fit, and only an immense market (and excellent fit) will counterbalance their crushing costs and pay back past investments. Support.com — On 2.5m

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

percent in 2000 to 19.6 There are also societal and political factors at play including a growing acceptance among physicians of the practice of home care, as well as pressure to alleviate the demands placed on hospitals and an overall desire to find cost efficiencies in the health care system. “In percent by 2030.

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