Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2010

Over time, innovations outside the company (demographic, cultural, new technologies, etc.) The company loses customers, then revenues and profits decline and it eventually gets acquired or goes out of business. The diagram for managing disruptive innovation in large company looks suspiciously like starting from square one as a startup.

Search 245

Search Agile Customer Development Technical Review 245

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

One of the greatest threats to long-term success is when companies aren’t vigilant enough about responding to the changes in their market—whether it’s by failing to spot product or channel fatigue, acknowledge new competition, make needed updates to products or marketing adjustments in a timely fashion, or embrace new technology coming online.

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Algorithm Channel Analytics 127

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Hurricane Irma had a major negative revenue impact on one whose fall book of business was mostly in Florida. But, credit is due to all these CEO’s for perseverance. Just realize that if you are going to play the tech startup game in any way other than as a tourist, dare I say you need “to be disturbed.” (Yes, Do the math.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Atlanta Software Review Early Stage 48

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Social media is seen as something new that can be bolted onto existing CRM and loyalty management platforms. 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. The “Horseless Carriage Syndrome”.

Programming 150

Programming Turkey Social Media Redemption 150

Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

This growth is due, in large part, to an aging U.S. percent in 2000 to 19.6 To date, North America has dominated the home health care global marketplace due mainly to a more sophisticated health care infrastructure and more resources committed to research and development. Technological upkeep and maintenance. population.

North America 95

North America United States Technical Review America 95

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc).

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Term Sheet Valuation Stock Options 282

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Btw, here’s our startup [link] We are bringing yield management to the restaurant industry. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. May 26, 2011.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Tech: Blogs. Technology Live. Talking Tech. Talking Your Tech. Sponsored Links Americans with heaps of stuff, skills and time are connecting online with tech-savvy and early adopters eager to share and rent homes, cars, tools and services in exchange for deep savings. Skip to Main Content. Game Hunters.

San Francisco 105

San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. Huge downturns have a real impact on the revenue line of start-ups and therefore the pressure on valuations. The company had a huge burn rate but investors and management brought that under control by late 2008.

Burn Rate 263

Burn Rate Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Private Equity 263

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

There are many ways to measure technical skills and check work histories and achievements, but assessment of team chemistry is a high art form. Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served. Are the logistics manageable? Some products are very simple to message.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

ConversionXL

MARCH 4, 2016

We often talk about online conversion optimization without mentioning that many businesses, especially B2B, rely on offline sales to produce revenue. Technology is changing the way sales is conducted. Sales enablement is the act of enabling salespeople to help them close more deals/bring in more revenue/hit their quota.

B2B 48

B2B Sales Technical Review Software Review 48

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

Growing Your Audience (And Your Revenue) With A Book written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Matt Briel In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Matt Briel. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! So, Matt, welcome to the (01:22): Show. Thanks, John.

Audience 88

Audience Revenue Distribution Differentiation 88

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Technology | Thursdays. Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. TECHNOLOGY. Technology. Managing Creativity. Leadership and Managing >. Quality Manager Job Description. Quality Manager Job Description. Recruitment Manager Job Description. Start-up | Mondays.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. The Funding Problem. Just why does over-funding dampen returns?

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Ian McAllister of Amazon offers greater detail on the process: The target audience for the press release is the new/updated product’s customers, which can be retail customers or internal users of a tool or technology. I see this happen far too often when people submit products to me for review to post on Product Hunt. His solution?

Product 110

Product Campaign Acquisition Social Media 110

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! One when scale started to kick in, when we hit the, you know, 200 employees at the head office, 2000 employees system wide, it started to get complex and a little bit outside of my sandbox. So now it's the chief revenue officer, right. And now we've got technology coming in.

CTO 79

CTO Cofounder Networking Operations 79

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 20, 2022

According to an Accenture study, companies are increasingly becoming invested in creation, with 62% of high-growth companies planning to invest in technologies that lead to higher rates of innovation study. Blockbuster is a classic example of how complacent management can lead to a business’s downfall. Blockbuster.

Software Review 190

Software Review Application Development Technical Review Bankruptcy 190

Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

2 – Our Flagship Technology. When filing for incorporation ATLAS Technologies was already taken, so Mobile was added since that’s our focus. Thanks to Steve Wood, ATLAS Mobile Technologies. #3 Naming a company is always a time consuming process that requires due diligence. 3 – From Blah to Moi.

Naming 48

Naming Technical Review PR LLC 48

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

A Harvard Business Review (HBR) study of 4,700 public companies looked at the three years before, during, and after recessions. 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. Image source ).

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 13, 2022

12:18] What’s been your inspiration in terms of the development of your own time management? [15:55] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Evergreen important topic of getting more done managing your time. And we've now over a thousand student, over 2000 students, I've gone through that program.

Employee 91

Employee Design Networking Differentiation 91

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

You assign an annual quota to each rep, train them, feed them some sales tools and assign them a sales engineer (particularly for more technically complex products) and coach them along the way. To achieve friction-free revenue (and who doesn''t want friction-free revenue?), to, finally, $2M in annual quota.

Sales 50

Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

The fact that SaaS valuations are being more affected by the downturn than the Nasdaq can be surprising given the supposed resiliency of the SaaS model (recurring revenues) but it translates the public investors belief that SMB software spend is going to be hit very hard by this recession. With this decline, the average EV/08 rev.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

9:33) Scaling Up Excellence , process debt, technical debt, and human capital debt, plus rapid prototyping during the pandemic. (13:58) 28:12) The pandemic as a moment to invest in people and technology, have a plan and execute. And I remember, we set up a war room that we managed, we met twice a day. And what did we need?

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

Her previous startup, a real estate tech company, was acquired in 2019. 17:06] What’s been the hardest part from a tech perspective? [18:37] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! My first two was in real estate tech. Melissa is the CEO and Co-founder of Webinar. eWebinar.com. Like this show?

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Demand Cofounder Video 84

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

My co-founder and other management team members wanted us to hold off and see whether we could get the deal done at a higher price. We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. Our final closure was the first week of March 2000. I was resolute. It was December 1999.

Technical Review 301

Technical Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Venture Capital 301

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Lately, everybody seems to be talking about a new technology bubble. A Comparison Between Today’s “Bubble” and the Last Tech Bubble. In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. Are the prognosticators correct? Will we head mercilessly into another crash?

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Database 78

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

An eight-time author with a flair for building successful businesses, Julia grew her writing agency, Express Writers, to a remarkable $5 million in revenue with a team of over 100 staff members. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! And this company just passed 2000 users. I ask all these founders questions.

SEO 63

SEO Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Video 63

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The VCs basically have liquidity in management fees along the way, in the sense they get paid decently along the way. We should end the year with a few million in fully recurring revenue and we’re projected to double next year. But more spend = more viral opps = more revenue down the road. It’s your baby.

Founder 329

Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2015

First, your average human today is inundated with over 2000 outbound marketing interruptions per day. In 2016, businesses and organisations will need to put a greater emphasis on effectiveness, top-line revenue and overall engagement. Having the right technologies in play can go a long way in accelerating business growth.

Asia 100

Asia Las Vegas Marketing Technical Review 100

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Dan is an entrepreneur, and angel investor and became a highly sought-after coach in the SaaS industry and founder of SaaS academy after exiting three technology companies within a ten-year period. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Learn More About The Agency Intensive Certification: Learn more Like this show?

Hiring 75

Hiring Email Angel Investor Technical Review 75

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . Last week, I wrote about Akamai , a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet’s fabric. Magical, really.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I have the knowledge in tech to implement it. If you’re looking for technical talent – go to the dev meetups. I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. Philosophical] I have the idea. No, I have many ideas.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2018

I started DBC because I found something to be able to work as efficiently as possible, without the corporate hierarchy of managers of managers. 8 tons transportable dome capable of withstanding 200 or more mph winds due to its shape and design. I sent out over 2000 resumes over about 3 months and got nothing.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Detroit Software Review Florida 102

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). No prizes for guessing … there’s ALWAYS a second act in technology. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. The Past (1985-2002). Is the game over?

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I went to the University of Queensland and studied for a business management degree. 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. I have a few contractors to do the technical side of my work and a customer support person, but that’s it.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

ConversionXL

APRIL 27, 2019

Research says 50% of purchases are not completed due to lack of information. Hi Deniss, My name is […], Senior Director of Feedback Management at [.]. This could be the most boring technical video of all time. Beardbrand wants to sell you products to manage your facial hair. A chair: 2 feet tall, black, $5,000.

Sales 128

Sales Conversion Design Video 128