Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

But the real asset became obvious to me at almost exactly five PM that day, when all eight stopped what they were doing and began using a tool they had licensed from a Florida company to find other Internet gamers to join them in playing intense first party shooter games over the ‘net. And a month later the Internet bubble burst.

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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%. They need a combination of capital and experience to separate from the rest of the pack – the low cost of starting a business means it is even more vital to become the market leader more quickly. The Funding Problem.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. SALES & MARKETING. Internet and Online Business. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. Theres a huge opportunity cost in not taking equity," he says. The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays. Finance | Tuesdays.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 4, 2011

If you get your offer wrong, you won’t make sales. Obviously I was pretty stoked at how successful the course was, and it went on from there to grow to over 2000 members and become the most successful program I’ve ever created based on total number of users. I look forward to seeing you as one of our new members.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Image via @_DataTsunami on Twitter A tidal wave of valuable data is surging from the Internet and connected devices today, and the volume is growing exponentially each year. This is nearly 30 times the size of the entire global Internet in 2000. All devices are fast becoming self-aware, user-aware, and Internet connected.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a recent survey published on HubSpot, it was found that companies who put data at the core of their marketing/sales decisions improve marketing ROI by 15%-20%. In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. image source. image source.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a recent survey published on HubSpot, it was found that companies who put data at the core of their marketing/sales decisions improve marketing ROI by 15%-20%. In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. image source. image source.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a recent survey published on HubSpot, it was found that companies who put data at the core of their marketing/sales decisions improve marketing ROI by 15%-20%. In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. image source. image source.

Retention 105

Retention Customer Developer Programming 105

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a recent survey published on HubSpot, it was found that companies who put data at the core of their marketing/sales decisions improve marketing ROI by 15%-20%. In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. image source. image source.

Retention 98

Retention Customer Developer Programming 98

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

1990s to 2000: Infrastructure, Security, Management, etc. 2000 to 2005: CRM, SFA, ERP, Payroll, Analytics, etc. This can be depicted as such: Mainframe-Terminals –> LAN/Internet Client/Server –> Mobile Broadband, Big Data/Analytics, Social Business, Cloud Analytics, Mobile Devices & Apps (3rd Platform).

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Technology Singapore Malaysia Indonesia 174

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

When new companies enter the market they really have no chance to initially unseat the incumbents because the performance gap is too large and the costs / time of catching up too unachievable. In 1999-2000 they weren’t doing enterprise-wide installations at Merrill Lynch, Dell and Cisco. Enter Salesforce.com. They can’t.

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Vesting Framework Revenue Technology 376

Eric Friedman

JANUARY 4, 2017

This is a great example of a hardware sale that probably happened at a nominal profit (maybe loss?) Just see Internet of S**t for some hilarious tweets. Can hardware costs come down to $0? Other examples include things like a FitBit which has a physical cost, then an upgrade to “pro” with a monthly subscription underneath.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 8, 2019

I wrote my first, I don’t think I wrote my first book until 2006, so you wrote yours about 10 years before that maybe, on a topic that was just getting started, internet marketing. Dan Janal: When I self published my first book, which was early in 1991, it cost thousands and thousands of dollars. Dan Janal: Right.

Flash 74

Flash Software Review Naming Los Angeles 74

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. It is also intriguing to see that the market bottom was reached only two years after the start of the decline for the 1929, 1973 and 2000 crises, so we might need another year before the market reaches it lowest point.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2011

Internet investor Dave McClure coined the acronym &# AARRR ,&# to remember the parts of Customer Relationships on the web.). Veritas , the team building a low cost, residential wind turbine. But the big project for the week was testing and analyzing Customer Acquisition Costs. Worse yet, each of these clicks cost about a $1.00.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

But the real asset became obvious at almost exactly 5 PM that day, when all eight stopped what they were doing and began using a tool they had licensed from a Florida company to find other Internet gamers to join them in playing intense first party shooter games over the ‘net. Two months after that, a French game company offered $1.5

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Liquidity Event Pre-Money Valuation Sales Valuation 59

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. Any discussion of Internet marketplaces begins with the first quintessential marketplace, ebay (*). Exchange of Goods Marketplaces. annual GMV.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

According to Ferenstein, “AAA estimates that the average cost of car ownership per year is about $9,000.” The fixed costs of this marginal car are very high (DMV registration, insurance, depreciation), yet the usage of that car is much lower. AAA estimates that the average annual cost of owning a car is $9,000.

San Francisco 111

San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

That is because we do not sell, or use, anything other than “canned” software, for which we collect and remit appropriate sales taxes. He said that people who download “standard” software (like TurboTax) from the internet should pay sales taxes, just like someone who buys TurboTax in a box at BestBuy. Oracle PeopleSoft 8.9,

Software 48

Software SQL Colorado Fractional CTO 48

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. SALES & MARKETING. Internet and Online Business. That cost him accounting fees, legal fees, and time because the financing round couldnt close until the arrangements were formalized. Copyright © 2000 inc.com. The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays. Finance | Tuesdays.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 13, 2015

and 5%” or “cost to acquire a customer between $50 and $500″ or “average monthly revenue per customer between $20 and $200.” Including future cancellations, they’ll need to sign up a total of 2000 customers to net 1666. ” Estimating with these extremely wide ranges can be surprisingly useful.

Business Model 120

Business Model Affiliate Startup Bootstrapping 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Soon every other VC was using the phrase to justify the reckless “get big fast” strategies of dot-com startups during the Internet Bubble. Over the next ten years, while Ford focused on cost reductions, General Motors built a diverse and differentiated product line. Fast Followers – a better idea. In fact, a 1993 paper by Peter N.

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Silicon Valley Differentiation United States Customer Development 317

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And, as the industrial revolution showed us, there are some real costs to scale. Amazon saw that the internet would change retail. Thanks to the internet and other globalizing technologies, the entire world has entered the Networked Age. And Apple used the capacitive touch screen to develop a new paradigm for computing.

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Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

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 advent of GPS, the always-on Internet and social networks enable finding things in real time from people you somewhat trust. Thats real money."

San Francisco 105

San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

To supplement this guide, I interviewed an expert in the home health care field: Carol Byrne is the National Sales Director for 21st Century Health Care Consultants, a consulting firm which serves home health care agencies throughout the United States. percent in 2000 to 19.6 Nursing aide. Social work. percent by 2030.

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North America United States Technical Review America 95

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

And also there are a large number of people who would like to do startups in theory, but have high cost bases (family, real estate, school loans, whatever) that makes it very difficult to take the kinds of risks required. It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. Internet pioneers.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Joe Chernesky, Vice President and General Manager of Global Licensing Sales, Intellectual Ventures. Prior to joining Oversee, he spent 10 years in executive leadership positions building SaaS-businesses that leveraged the power of the Internet as a platform for growth and efficiency. Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000.

Naming 122

Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

For I have stared into the countenance of evil and lived to speak the tale… A Long Time Ago (In Internet Years). I would have taken a crack at it myself, but the site is written in ColdFusion, and I haven’t touched CF since 2000. Total cost: less than $100. But no more! Except it wasn’t a couple hundred.

Software Review 56

Software Review Naming Email Internet 56

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 31, 2018

In its annual report issued this week, the RBI also noted it is exploring the issuance of digital currency to save costs related printing paper money. Dfinity, an ambitious new protocol for blockchain based cloud computing, raised over $100M in pre-sale funding from Silicon Valley investors including a16z Crypto.

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Silicon Valley Offshore Singapore India 40

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

He started in online publishing before the Internet (with Prestel in 1980!). 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. That is the surface change. Photo by LotusHead.

Software 127

Software Startup Architecture Bootstrapping 127

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 1, 2013

But marketing, when planned and executed correctly, can also lead to more sales and revenue. Online marketing relies on strategies that leverage the Internet and mobile devices. Direct sales. Direct sales involves the marketing and sale of products and services directly to consumers, but not from a fixed retail location.

Small Business 107

Small Business Marketing Affiliate PPC 107

Start Up Blog

APRIL 4, 2011

Cost of wages in labour intensive industry. Sales recorded music sold on a physical transportable device (Tapes, CD’s, LP’s et al) have declined 76.3% since the year 2000. Seems they are closing all the factories down in Allan Town – as 23% have closed down since 2000. Apparel Manufacturing.

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LP New York Video Developer 118

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

A year ago I blogged about one of my most common mantras that applies to sales, biz dev & fund raising alike: “ Time is the Enemy of all Deals.&#. For many businesses you should keep your costs low & your capital raises low until you discover whether you are really on to a big idea where there is market demand.

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Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Valuation PR 303

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

They all went away; they got rolled up in 1999 and 2000 into these too-big-to-fail banking operations," Davidson tells us. IPOs by year, 1980-2011, with pre-IPO last 12-month sales less than (small firms) or greater than (large firms) $50 million (2009 purchasing power). Brown & Sons, Montgomery Securities. The question is why?

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IPO Stock San Francisco Lean 115

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

And also there are a large number of people who would like to do startups in theory, but have high cost bases (family, real estate, school loans, whatever) that makes it very difficult to take the kinds of risks required. It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. Internet pioneers.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The audio destination for business professionals host Jason Bay, dives in with leading sales experts and top performing reps to share actionable tips and strategies to help you land more meetings with your ideal clients. And the two things that that person owns is the post-sale experience and the customer experience. Or onboarding.

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Hiring Email Angel Investor Technical Review 75

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. ” The key thesis was this: if an Internet company could obsess about only one metric, it should be conversion. As such, it is time to pound the table again – conversion is by far the most powerful Internet metric of all.

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Metrics Conversion Internet Acquisition 93