Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Modern theories of economics and finance teach us that in a world of perfect information, the market will decide what a fair price is for any company’s stock at any point in time based on its current financial condition, results of past operations, analysts’ forecasts of future performance, industry conditions and so on.

SEC 158

SEC Prospectus United States Technical Review 158

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Good design creates trust and can improve the perceived value of what you’re selling too. CXL did a study on what makes a website feel luxurious , and the key takeaways match up with the design philosophy of some of the best performing luxury brands out there, as well as with our own research. Pay close attention to typography.

eCommerce 125

eCommerce Conversion Sales Technical Review 125

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

After a while, people were able to think about automobiles in a new way, which finally paved the way for massive improvements in design and manufacturing. Of course incumbents cannot be expected to jeopardize their revenue streams or investments in CRM platforms with new concepts that wipe out the need for their current solutions.

Programming 150

Programming Turkey Social Media Redemption 150

ConversionXL

APRIL 27, 2019

Design a great site. Now, would you rather buy running shoes that are suitable for all runners, or ones specifically designed for your gender, age group, weight, and type of use? Design a great site. In a nutshell: Beautiful design sells better than ugly design. Beautiful design looks great and works well.

Sales 128

Sales Conversion Design Video 128

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

I’m honored to be at a university noted for knowledge, and in a city with 2000 years of history – home of Gaudí one of the 20 th century’s greatest innovators. Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use. The stock market clearly values companies that can deliver disruptive innovation.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them.

Retention 115

Retention Customer Developer Programming 115

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them.

Retention 112

Retention Developer Customer Programming 112

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2000, Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr founded StubHub , a secondary ticket exchange marketplace. The estimated annual GMV of GOAT and its leading competitor Stock X is already over $1B per year (on a combined basis). Popular categories include web developers, mobile developers, designers, writers, and accountants.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. Within a year WAP became the laughing stock of the mobile industry. In Chris Dixon’s words, it wasn’t designed for normals. Apple wants to take a major share of the revenue. These phones were so over hyped.

Flash 326

Flash Mobile Application Development Cloud 326

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 13, 2022

The Profit First Professional organization is designed to support accountants, bookkeepers, and other financial professionals to substantially differentiate themselves in the market. 15:55] A big concept in your book you talk about is the 4 D’s: Doing, Deciding, Delegating, and Designing, and you’ve added a 5th now: Downtime.

Employee 91

Employee Design Networking Differentiation 91

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them.

Retention 105

Retention Customer Developer Programming 105

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. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class.

Saudi Arabia 309

Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them.

Retention 98

Retention Customer Developer Programming 98

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. VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

ConversionXL

JUNE 14, 2012

Make your design good. Now, would you rather buy running shoes that are suitable for all or the one that is specifically designed for your gender, age group, weight and type of use? How to design user flow. Design and visual hierarchy. In a nutshell: beautiful design sells better than ugly design.

Sales 129

Sales Conversion Design Technical Review 129

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

They can call a meeting with all the stakeholders in the room and then just let them fight it out – this is design by committee and it rarely yields anything beyond mediocrity. To be specific, AdWords is currently 16 years old, and last year alone it generated well over $50B in revenue.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. LinkedIn’s product had only been live for a couple months, we only had tens of thousands of registered users, and wouldn’t start generating revenue for more than a year after this point. link] Graham. link] Kevin Marshall.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did. MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Virtual Stock Exchange. Stock Quotes. The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. Web Design/Tech Services. AllThingsDigital. AllThingsDigital. Financial News. Professor Journal. SmartMoney. Student Journal. WSJ Classifieds. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

Net foreign investment in stocks traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) totaled $440 million in June, 9% higher than in May, and well above the $240 million monthly average recorded during the first six months of the year. “ Ophir has a history of impressive revenue growth.

China 90

China Cofounder India 90

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

19:36) Brian on his background as a RISD-trained industrial designer. (20:32) 19:36) Brian on his background as a RISD-trained industrial designer. (20:32) A complete collapse of revenue that simultaneously affects your employees and your customers, your partners, your investors, everyone all at once and all the news is bad.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 1, 2013

But marketing, when planned and executed correctly, can also lead to more sales and revenue. Effective email marketing requires good design and optimization. Inbound marketing is multi-channel - it’s designed to reach people wherever they want to interact with you and your business. Email Marketing. Tradeshows.

Small Business 107

Small Business Marketing Affiliate PPC 107

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. If you’re looking for a designer, engineer, or biz marketing guy – go to meetups / conferences that those people would go to.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

Until recently Showplace Square’s post-quake red-brick warehouses were home to furniture and interior design showrooms, but soon, if the real estate developers have their way and the tech economy continues to expand, they will be converted to offices filled with even more “techies.” So what of the tech sector and its bubbles?

San Francisco 20

San Francisco Silicon Valley California Oakland 20