Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

I explain in the video what happened in my first company (e.g. The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). In the video I also covered why you shouldn’t raise too much money too early in your company’s existence. Minutes 11-16 in the video. <<

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. side note: our last fund at GRP Partners is currently ranked as the 5th best performing fund of the year 2000. Start at minute 50.30

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

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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. Most of their video content is behind-the-scenes footage of their people in their office environment. You’d think that no one could recreate a product so sophisticated and advanced as space rockets, right?

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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). a month for a subscription.

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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. Questions I ask Matt Briel: [1:29] Could you tell us about the origin story of Lulu and how did it come to be? [2:25]

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 22, 2018

We call them “Boot Camps” Second, we offer a variety of online training courses via modules, webinars, and both live/recorded videos. The Small Business and Mindful Caring Divisions taking off and eclipsing the revenue generated from Home Care. First would be attending one of our events.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

In 2000, the SEC adopted Regulation FD in response to growing concerns regarding “ selective disclosure.” Hastings in the era of social media : On July 3, 2012, he posted to his Facebook page , which had more than 200,000 subscribers, the fact that Netflix had streamed a billion hours of video in the preceding month.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why Startups Die | The Next Web - [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

What you’ll see if you watch the video is an unscripted and unfiltered look into how Scott Kupor & I see some of the changes and challenges of the venture industry. Here is the video of the presentation that I gave that preceded our debate. Most of those industries are fee-based and are competing on revenue growth.

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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. Thank you for the kind introduction. I’d like to start with a request.

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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.

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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. A 2 minute iPhone video from your CEO would have such a bigger impact than a highly manicured campaign or corporate sounding email. Image source ). are moot.”.

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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

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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. Sales enablement is the act of enabling salespeople to help them close more deals/bring in more revenue/hit their quota. The two aren’t disconnected, though. Image Source. Image Source.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

But a certain amount gets lost in the headlines – especially when not everybody actually heard the video and knows the nuance of the message. 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. Fair enough. and profits!

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2019

Together, they brought in total revenues of over $275 billion in 2018. No longer just an auction site, eBay introduced the “ Buy it Now ” option in 2000. And, YouTube explodes with new unboxing videos. Simply showing up online with a business website isn’t enough to guarantee success. retailers , including Amazon and Walmart.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

The dot-com boom of early 2000 saw a proliferation of similar anything-at-your-service start-ups. Others, such as Loosecubes, are looking for a more consistent stream of revenue by switching to a subscription-based model. Thats real money." Struggling to manage costs, the start-up closed shop as quickly as it opened.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

But what we do is we work with executive teams at growing companies, say, anywhere from 15 to $150 million in revenue to help them build the structure for the team to be able to be productive and build the relational dynamics for them to be more effective in terms of how they work together. We started off with Gangbusters in 2000.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. I bet AT&T’s legal budget is bigger than Nuance’s entire yearly revenue. More Video » Now Loading… The next generation of collaboration. Tech News and Analysis.

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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.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Leading up to their product launch, they highlighted production images and videos of not-yet-available products on Instagram. American Biophysics debuted the Mosquito Magnet in 2000, at the height of the West Nile Virus scare. Suspense piques potential customers’ interest while also managing expectations. Conclusion.

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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.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2016

For example, ater working with a handful of small businesses, I realized buzz words like “SEO” were often thrown about as a way to generate revenue, but few knew how to make them work for their business. We currently carry over 2000 products from more than 50 designers and have served over 30,000 happy customers. The Bagtique was born.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2011

Free to install, it allows the readers of a blog to interact with one another, engage in discussions, as well as share online content such as photos and videos. “It forced us to get laser-focused and drive customer value and revenue as quickly as we could,&# he remembers. Facilitating Blog Interaction.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Keep a cash cow: Your monthly revenue goal. Specify how much revenue you need to be generating from your startup for you to let go of other responsibilities (such as a part or full-time job) to be able to focus entirely on your new business. Is it $2000, $3000, five, six, or seven clients per month?

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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. a month for a subscription.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

To see the video of This Week in VC click on this link. You can listen to Om, Paul & I debate the topic in the video. Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Founded in 2000 in New Brunswick, NJ. Real-time search engine. 406 Ventures.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 28, 2018

Combined with the passion and guts was an inherent foresight as to the overriding business importance of predictable customers and recurring revenue. These insights served him well in 1987 when he invested in a small Chicago video tape rental chain called Blockbuster. And to delegate.

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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. She's an eight time author and built a writing agency express writers to $5 million in revenue and over 100 on staff. I think I found that.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

to which the answer for most people is “no.&# If you’re interested in that topic the link also has a short video I did on the topic for Fox Business News. Your revenue will take longer to ramp then you think. I’ve spoken about this in a post entitled, “ Do you even need VC ?&# add a buffer.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Because we achieved our most aggressive revenue targets and built a strong community, we realized that we had a broader opportunity to change the world of graphic design. Size of Opportunity - market size, revenue or usage, exit outcome and their ability to get equity early are all important. Culture - a fun, collegial work atmosphere.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

As a revenue-driven founder specializing in sales and business development, Melissa has learned how to build companies with very few resources — by automating what she could, outsourcing wherever possible, and inspiring talented people to join her team with shared focus and enthusiasm. There's no live video. John Jantsch (03:09): Yeah.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

In this video recorded in October of 2012 (about 20 months ago), Uber’s CEO, Travis Kalanick, notes that when Uber launched its services in 2010 there were about 600 total black cars in San Francisco. The consultant’s prediction, 900,000 subscribers, was less than 1% of the actual figure, 109 Million. Undiscovered Clues.

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