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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

Both Sides of the Table

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. >50% of our revenue in now viral. But it is clearly not warranted in all cases. Probably revenue based. Probably a minimum of 3.

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Growing Your Audience (And Your Revenue) With A Book

Duct Tape Marketing

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. And in many cases, that was warranted. 2:25] Is self-publishing a more profitable way to publish today?

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

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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What is the Right Amount of Money to Raise at a Startup?

Both Sides of the Table

It places undue pressure early in the company’s history to “do big things&# when sometimes what is warranted is more prudence. But there are also problems / risks: - the funding environment might change dramatically – there may never be a next round (see: March 2000, September 11, 2001 and September 2008). -

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Startups often hand out shares, options, and warrants for employees and for contractors rendering needed services. I am very surprised when that cool thing actually meets a customer need or drives revenue. Many of us suffered in the 2000–2002 dotcom crash and/or the 2007–2009 Great Recession; others hardly noticed a blip.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO. created a vastly higher cost structure; I had 80 people mostly on base salaries under $100,000 and was bringing in revenue at the rate of $20 million annually. .”). During this year they. deprecated the old feature-complete product (ACS 3.4)

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How to Increase Online Sales: The Complete Checklist

ConversionXL

The other two groups—those researching and those who have made a decision—warrant added attention. As Nielsen foresaw: Whereas we might aptly call the period 2000–10 the conversion decade for website usability professionals, 2010–20 will be the loyalty decade. The first group is pretty much hopeless. People who are res earching.

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