Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. On day one there are no customers to lose, no revenue and profits to decline.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Jeff Bezos’s private space technology company Blue Origin was founded back in 2000. And yet, revenue went up by 45% YoY. At a startup, this can be as simple as defining why the founder started the company in the first place. Build systems and processes that enable your team to create and distribute content seamlessly.

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Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

I’ve observed what may be an emerging trend, at least in some startups, that I find somewhat unsettling. But I think it’s important to discuss, particularly given today’s heady environment for startups. But I think it’s important to discuss, particularly given today’s heady environment for startups.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

What are they, how do they differ and what can startup do to take advantage of them? Paths to Liquidity: a quick history of the four waves of startup investing. 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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View from Seed

JUNE 17, 2015

I’ve observed what may be an emerging trend, at least in some startups, that I find somewhat unsettling. But I think it’s important to discuss, particularly given today’s heady environment for startups. But I think it’s important to discuss, particularly given today’s heady environment for startups.

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Startup Cofounder Seed Stage IPO 120

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

If not, let me share with you the results of recent research about E-Commerce Startups. “90% 90% of the E-Commerce Startups fail within their initial four years.” Are the reasons for startup failure the same as they’ve always been? Why do so many startups fail? E-Commerce Business Stats: The reality check.

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Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

I’ve observed what may be an emerging trend, at least in some startups, that I find somewhat unsettling. But I think it’s important to discuss, particularly given today’s heady environment for startups. But I think it’s important to discuss, particularly given today’s heady environment for startups.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The HBR study contrasts Office Depot and Staples during the 2000 recession: Office Depot cut 6% of its workforce, but it couldn’t reduce operating costs significantly. This means more people behind a screen, which means more opportunity across distribution channels. Even less does it mean high transaction volume or revenue.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Successful product launch campaigns have a strong value proposition, multi-channel distribution, supporting content, and other trappings common to every marketing campaign. startups want to launch their products without at least trying to language-market fit. Product launches are one phase in the product lifecycle. Image source ).

Product 110

Product Campaign Acquisition Social Media 110

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Advisor. ); STARTUP. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. And his vendors ended up with nothing when his company, OpenAuto.com , went out of business, in 2000. Arizona Bay has also blended equity payments with revenue-sharing deals. Email address: Home.

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Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

“Founder trouble” is a leading cause of startup death (though data also show that companies with only one founder are more likely to fail , so the conclusion is just that startups are just always likely to fail!). If Google launches a new product that generates $10,000,000/year in revenue, is that good? Recruiting.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

s form of no-holds-barred capitalism, our financial markets were slow to adopt the idea, with the trend really only taking hold during the heady securitization period of the mid-2000’ s. Sometimes buyers are able secure continued tax revenue, applied either as a property millage or sales tax. appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Driven by strong customer demand for its award-winning identity governance solution, SailPoint achieved record growth in 2010, with revenue up 200% over 2009. The fourth quarter of 2010 was the company’s eighth consecutive growth quarter, highlighted by a record number of new customers.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. Yet despite literally patenting ride-hailing in 2000, his own venture, Sidecar, lost out to the more aggressive scaling of Uber and Lyft.

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Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

Agile VC

MAY 23, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. We now only think about “electricity” companies in the narrowest of senses… the small number of businesses (relative to the overall impact of electricity in the economy) that are actually in the business of generating and distributing electrical current. May 23, 2012.

Internet 182

Internet Silicon Valley IPO Seed Stage 182

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. They were frustrated that despite having the (monopoly) infrastructure that brought you the Internet, the majority of innovation and profits went to Silicon Valley startups. Apple wants to take a major share of the revenue.

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Flash Mobile Application Development Cloud 326

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2017

Brand building at-scale can be different than brand building for a startup or small business. The 2017 Brandz Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands report offers important branding lessons for startups and small business. Sometimes called “Gen Y”, millennials are the much sought after generation born between 1980 and 2000.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Analyzing 32 Startup Failure Post-Mortems to Find the 20 Top Reasons that Startups Fail. We’d previously highlighted the top startup failure post-mortems of all-time here (32 in total) written by a group of startup entrepreneurs gracious enough to share their lessons learned from their startup’s failure.

Cofounder 89

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2019

Even though ‘big data’ has now been around for several years, the opportunities for startups seem to keep growing, just as the amount of data keeps growing. According to IBM , companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. This domain is a hotbed of innovation for startup opportunities.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). They controlled distribution to the masses. Murdoch seethed at these “startups&# getting rich off the back of MySpace. AOL was closed, the Internet was open.

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Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. I love startups. Here’s my high-level approach for startups. No, I have many ideas.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

So when Microsoft released the most "full-featured word processor ever for the Mac" that crawled on their Macs -- we're talking literally two minutes to startup-- the community immediately started posting in newsgroups that Microsoft was actually trying to "kill the Mac.". Legal wasn't used to distribution via IP enabled devices.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

They found ways to support longterm care facilities, homeless shelters, and other locations serving those most at risk, all while schools, their main source of revenue, were closed. So here we are today designing, producing, distributing close to three million meals per week across 400 cities. Rev Foods rapidly scaled up.

Cofounder 60

Cofounder Security Founder Entrepreneur 60

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2017

Even though ‘big data’ has now been around for several years, the opportunities for startups seem to keep growing, just as the amount of data keeps growing. According to IBM , companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. This domain is a hotbed of innovation for startup opportunities.

Database 188

Database Social Media Global Distribution 188

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2022

Are there ways that you’ve seen local businesses use this in a way that might effectively drive revenue? [19:23] So about, this was like around 2000 ish, I think, or something like that. One is, you know, potentially revenue. Not, not just to build numbers, but to do something that might effectively, uh, drive revenue.

Community 69

Community New York Small Business New York City 69

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

We’ve hung out periodically over the past few years and I have enjoyed debating many startup topics. What is the mix of revenue between ads, subscriptions, digital downloads & ecommerce. My favorite quote of the show, “Gregg, what’s the mix of revenue types?&# JibJab doesn’t do ad revenue at all.

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Viral Investment Bankers Video Business Model 303

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

This is in part because these businesses are unencumbered by legacy constraints that had previously been hardwired into the companies and industries these startups are trying to disrupt. It turns out that network effects can be broken – Amazon and StubHub took on eBay in the mid 2000’s. Many investors love “disruptive” businesses.

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B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

endeve – Issue invoices, manage clients and check revenues all in one place. Shoutlet – Distribute and track viral marketing campaigns across social media outlets. Office Applications Celum Imagine – Software that lets you manage and distribute your photos, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs and multimedia content.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Israeli startups in the mobile space are once again showing impressive attendance levels, with 56 Israeli companies exhibiting in the Israeli Pavilion. IPgallery, a privately held US company, founded in 2000, is a leading global supplier of converged Legacy and Next Generation/IMS Value Added Services for Voice, Video, and Data.

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Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

I have been involved in startups since I graduated from college in 1996. My background with entrepreneurialism is this is my sixth startup. One, I’m an entrepreneur or in the startup stage of a business. This is really an exciting panel to be a part of. Bates: Fantastic. Thank you Sabrina. Joshua Reeves: Thanks, John.

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Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

For example, distribution to find new apps in a mobile Internet is tightly locked down by the oligopoly of Apple and Google. Distribution of media is tightly controlled by YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and a handful of others. Our social graphs are locked in Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. Enter the decentralized Internet.

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Government Distribution Stock United States 280

Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2012

from box-office revenue. But the total movie industry revenue was $87 billion. 1940’s – movie studios had to divest their distribution channel – they owned over 50% of the movie theaters in the U.S. After the VCR was introduced, studio revenues took off like a rocket. Where did the other $57 billion come from?

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