Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Since in most cases, there was no revenue in many of these companies, all trying to gain market share at any cost, we had to invent the metric to use. Remembering the insanity before 2000. But, when the bubble burst in 2000, most of us quickly grew up. Revenue experiments (and failures).

Revenue 118

Revenue Metrics Advertising Internet 118

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. Which brings me back to your mobile phones. Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use. I’d like to start with a request.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

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. . And >40% of that revenue is coming from in-game purchases.

Networking 168

Networking Global OTC Security 168

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. Common revenue streams are consulting, training, support, customization, upgraded versions for corporate applications, etc. I understand his frustration.

Open Source 150

Open Source Business Model Technical Cofounder Southern California 150

Where to Play

AUGUST 18, 2020

In 2000, they included tentage into their portfolio and since then they have established themself as a premium brand in marriage event management. Time to revenue is low due to short transactional volume and the short sale cycle. The time to revenue is much longer due to the seasonal and B2B nature of this opportunity.

Pakistan 62

Pakistan Sales Cycle Marketing Technical Review 62

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The dead startups honored were mobile social-networking company Addieu, mobile game and activity locator Get-a-Game and the late, seldom-lamented but often-derided Kozmo.com, which failed way back in 2001 but to this day is held up as the embodiment of dotcom-era foolhardiness. (The alcohol, not the bagpiper.)

Technical Cofounder 60

Technical Cofounder Video Cofounder New York City 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

A VC: MBA Mondays: Revenue Models – Subscriptions – [link]. Thanks To Facebook, Strongest Year For IPOs Since 2000 With $21.5 A Showcase of Beautifully Designed Mobile App Landing Pages – [link]. The Science of Productivity: How To Get More Done In Less Time – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

Reporting in the Harvard Business Review on a major study of growth stalls they conducted, Olson and his colleagues cite the case of the iconic brand Levi Strauss, which hit a historic high mark of sales in 1995, reaching revenue of $7 billion, but then, starting in 1996, saw a decline in sales so precipitous that by 2000, revenue was down to $4.6

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Algorithm Channel Analytics 127

Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

If we are in a bubble, that is a bit of an odd commentary for a company that grew revenues 83% year-over-year and grew earnings 93% year-over-year. In the last bubble, the S&P hit 44x in January 2000. International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that there will be 1 billion mobile internet users by 2013.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Valuation Internet 76

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Rental subscriptions and late fees were the main drivers of revenue for the organization. Ironically, the founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings, made an offer to Blockbuster to buy out Netflix for $50 million in 2000. Blinded by its advertising revenue , Yahoo let customer experience take a backseat.

Software Review 190

Software Review Application Development Technical Review Bankruptcy 190

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

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Witness, for example, this terrific Fast Company article on Bill Nguyen , serial entrepreneur who’s seventh startup “Color” famously raised $41m for a new mobile app before it even launched. They said I don’t understand mobile. invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2.

IPO 240

IPO Flash Bootstrapping Private Equity 240

gigaom.com

JULY 10, 2012

Developers that exceed that amount will be charged $20 for each 2000-point increment, which works out to about 1 cent per transaction. Mobile Q4: The scramble for spectrum continues Updated: Forecast: global mobile subscribers, 2010–2015 Carrier IQ and the continued erosion of operator trust. Tech News and Analysis. 2 Comments.

API 50

API Technical Review Artificial Inteligence RSS 50

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] Terence Donnelly. Read More ».

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

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

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. The biggest new trends, according to a 2015 Gartner study , are cloud, mobility and the use of data and AI in decision-making. The two aren’t disconnected, though. Image Source.

B2B 48

B2B Sales Technical Review Software Review 48

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

Steve Blank

JUNE 17, 2011

Ben offers that as Apple, Google and Amazon survived the dot.com crash, we can ignore the fate of the thousands of failed public and private dot.com companies when the bubble burst in March of 2000. Do the new wave of social/web/mobile/cloud companies going public have valuations which exceeds their fundamental value by a large margin?

Investment Bankers 310

Investment Bankers Stock Valuation Venture Capital 310

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. But with the help of Grahams company, which specializes in creating tech systems for start-ups, Jumpstart grew to more than $50 million in revenue--enough to make it an attractive acquisition for media conglomerate Hachette Filipacchi.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

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

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Skip to Main Content. Tech: Blogs. Technology Live. Game Hunters.

San Francisco 105

San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

Cracking the Code

MARCH 24, 2015

I was interviewed by Seema Mody at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. As the Nasdaq reached 5,000 pts that day, the focus of the discussion was not on mobile trends but on valuation and whether or not we are in a bubble. For example, if you look at SaaS comps, the average FWD revenue multiple is around 5.4x

Valuation 48

Valuation Venture Capital Mobile Global 48

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 14, 2020

by Andrew Sobel, author of “ It Starts With Clients: Your 100-Day Plan to Build Lifelong Relationships and Revenue “ You’re great at what you do. And people clearly value your expertise and domain knowledge. That’s as it should be: Knowing your stuff is your ticket to entry in a competitive business market.

Sales 147

Sales Conversion Forecast Framework 147

Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

Since we’re a mobile app company we wanted a product name that was short, easily remembered, non-controversial and at least somewhat descriptive of the service. 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 48

Naming Technical Review PR LLC 48

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. Facebook is doing billions in revenues. Valuations.

Angel Investor 104

Angel Investor Valuation Startup Revenue 104

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Since in most cases, there was no revenue in many of these companies, all trying to gain market share at any cost, we had to invent the metric to use. But, when the bubble burst in 2000, most of us quickly grew up. Great revenue projections from a small user base lead to worries over sustainability.

Metrics 83

Metrics Revenue Advertising Internet 83

socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The generally accepted hourly wage calculation used by the staffing industry is Annual Salary divided by 2000 Hours. If you sum up these costs and divide them by 2000 Hours then you are looking at $1.15 Adjust the annual average to what it should be on an hourly basis. So for someone making $70k that comes out to around $35/hr.

Part-Time VPE 41

Part-Time VPE Sweat Equity DC Washington 41

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2018

He is the president and founder of Revenue & Associates and the creator of The bullseye marketing framework and we’re going to talk about a book built on that called Bullseye Marketing: How to Grow Your Business Faster. This was more important four years ago than now, but did they have a mobile friendly website.

Marketing 56

Marketing Social Media Analytics Software 56

ConversionXL

AUGUST 18, 2013

If you’re after mobile traffic (everyone is), site speed becomes even more important. Only 25% of the Alexa 2000 uses a CDN. Amazon reported already in 2006 that they got 1% revenue increase for every 100ms of improvement. Are you thinking about mobile users? How To Make Your Websites Faster On Mobile Devices.

Conversion 131

Conversion Caching Hosting Analytics 131

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. Mobile Marketing. Mobile marketing involves reaching customers through mobile devices. Online Marketing. Traditional Marketing.

Small Business 107

Small Business Marketing Affiliate PPC 107

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Does the photo look like something taken on a mobile phone from 2000? Our mission statement included our goal of improving revenue, reducing marketing cost, getting more traffic, making more sales, increasing social media engagement and SEO success. Look at your product photo and description.

Startup 124

Startup eCommerce Audience Widget 124

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 going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones ushering in the era of “m-commerce.&# Gag. Within a year WAP became the laughing stock of the mobile industry. Absolute Power Corrupts, Absolutely.

Flash 326

Flash Mobile Application Development Cloud 326

VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, podcast industry ad revenue will reach $220 million in 2017, up 85 percent from 2016’s $119 million ( source ). The show starts with the history of Podcasts and ends with where they may be headed. Interestingly, Podcasts are starting to become a big business too. The third wave of podcasting.

Audio 109

Audio Silicon Valley Curation Cofounder 109

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Reportedly, Softbank and Zynga have discussed jointly distributing games through Softbank’s mobile-phone service in Japan and other countries. Software Helps companies rapidly convert unstructured online data and content into structured data assets that can be used to create new products, revenue Streams, and enhance current online data sets.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

Click on the site link, go browse around, go to their social pages, checkout the mobile app, then write down the six metrics you would choose. Outcomes: Revenue | Ideas Funded Behavior: Path Length | Cart Abandonment Rate Acquisition: Assisted Conversions | Share of Search. Every ecommerce site has to obsess about Revenue.

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141