YoungUpstarts

MARCH 10, 2017

Launched in 2001, it is the world’s sixth most popular website regarding overall visitor traffic. We’re all experiencing the rise of a growing number of cloud applications coming through sales, marketing, HR, operations or finance to complement centrally designed, legacy IT apps, such as ERP, data warehousing or CRM.

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Government Technical Review Asia Japan 104

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The New York Times, January 2001. Finally, in December 2001, came the big reveal: Ginger was the Segway. . The order of operations may surprise you. I’d argue that you’d make more money by reading the former—these are proven tactics that have influenced day-to-day operations, and most of us lag behind in one area or another.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The New York Times, January 2001. Finally, in December 2001, came the big reveal: Ginger was the Segway. . The order of operations may surprise you. I’d argue that you’d make more money by reading the former—these are proven tactics that have influenced day-to-day operations, and most of us lag behind in one area or another.

Customer 101

Customer Differentiation West Virginia Campaign 101

YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2014

Over time, employees who fit this profile will cause your market share to drop, especially if you operate in the fast-moving consumer goods space. Employees who don’t have a problem lying about their expenses are just as likely to lie about other things, and who knows what that could cost you. The thunder stealer.

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Employee Leadership Customer Naming 168

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2017

A contract nurse claims it’s reduced roughly 20 steps from her daily workflow, and one accountant eliminated 17 filing cabinets from his office—drastically reducing operating expenses and potentiating room to save on commercial rent costs. Founded in 2001, eFileCabinet, Inc.

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Management Technical Review Albuquerque Security 100

The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

This is where someone else has done all the hardwork for you in establishing the below criteria from getting software providers, licenses, payment methods etc A white label provides all the stuff you need and will cost between £20k-£100k including the white label’s fee. The second step involves obtaining a license to operate.

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Securities and Exchange Commission Software Review United Kingdom Affiliate 60

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe. When your competition does irrational things to grow fueled by low-cost capital it makes it harder for you to compete by playing by the conventional rules.

Saudi Arabia 309

Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

Similarly, Google, well on its way to owning the dominant smart phone operating system and which maintains a near monopoly position in search, trades at a price/earnings (P/E) ratio (ex-cash) of around 13.7. Firstly, the cost of running an internet application has fallen 100-fold. Secondly, developers are more productive.

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Technical Review Software Review Valuation Internet 76

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. While the company continues to perform well it has come at a cost. But they were the lucky company because there was an investor that believed in the high-growth scenario and was willing to continue funding at any cost.

Burn Rate 263

Burn Rate Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Private Equity 263

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 19, 2017

Between the spring of 2000 and the end of 2001, I had the worst, most stressful, and most painful business period of my life. Instead, I, like many of my colleagues (investors, board members, founders, and CEOs), operated in a state of blissful denial until everything blew up. They are both worth reading right now.

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Internet Revenue .Net Operations 162

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

Tiffani emphasizes the need for a balanced approach to company strategy that involves all stakeholders, including IT, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and HR. Every year inbound brings together leaders across business, sales, marketing, customer success, operations, and more. That's right. Tiffani Bova (05:06): Well, yeah.

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Employee Technical Review Advisory Board Sales 76

Up and Running

AUGUST 1, 2016

Here are 26 businesses that you can start virtually free (and those that aren’t completely free are quite low-cost). While not a new concept, monetized blogging is always a popular option for an essentially no-cost business. The trouble is, you don’t have a whole lot of starting capital—or any, for that matter. Etsy business.

Design 60

Design Demand Finder Cost 60

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. They are operators, through and through.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Reasons: cost of sales executives, long sales cycles, deep functional requirements. I look for firms in which some of the partners (my partner) have operational experience and know what it’s like to wake up every day and be an entrepreneur. Biggest lessons ….

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Think about the tension between media companies and cable operators like last year when Viacom threatened to pull Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, etc. If you’re in the market for pure functionality and you value the lowest costs, Amazon will always be a great bet. This is true whether it’s physical products or media products.

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Curation Los Angeles Differentiation Channel 296

The Equity Kicker

JULY 3, 2013

And in fact the two forces are related: the decreasing cost of starting a startup is one of the reasons startups are becoming a more normal thing to do. They are why I stayed in the venture industry through a difficult decade 2001-2011 and why I’ve now moved to a place where we can make earlier stage investments.

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Startup Venture Capital Operations Cost 100

YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2014

Controlling costs. Most of today’s CEOs, CFOs, chief operating officers, boards of directors, and shareholders speak the language of this hard edge. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. Boosting speed. Effectively managing the supply chain.

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Analytics Forecast Cofounder Agile 160

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2017

Other setbacks are easier to trace: The average paper dependent organization either misfiles or loses a document every 12 seconds — each document costing anywhere from $150 to $300. Founded in 2001, eFileCabinet, Inc. The Freedom of Professional Development. If you don’t use DMS for your organization, the answer is a definite ‘no.’.

Metadata 100

Metadata Security Employee Retention 100

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 25, 2015

And need money to fund their operations. Sure, every now and then something magical happens (very high price point, very low cost of customer acquisition, zero churn), but that’s a serious edge case. Your revenue growth flattens out for a few quarters but you didn’t get ahead of the cost dynamic.

Finance 70

Finance Bootstrapping Acquisition Revenue 70

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

For many businesses you should keep your costs low & your capital raises low until you discover whether you are really on to a big idea where there is market demand. Every conversation about fund raising should start with what your current operational needs are and the stage of your business. Are you in the “lean&# phase?

Pre-Money Valuation 303

Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Valuation PR 303

YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2014

You can have the best operations. If you cut 1 percent in cost or time, that’s not much. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. When I visited Fred Smith, chairman and CEO of FedEx, at his Memphis headquarters, he said strategy was his company’s top priority. Think Wang.

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Stock Memphis Balance Sheet Analytics 157

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2013

If you think that the trend of big corporations and their heads misbehaving started with Enron back in 2001, I won’t take it against you. Living a decent life doesn’t really cost so much, as you can see. by Stacey Thompson. What would the mentally above-average spectator glean from the stories of these captains of industry?

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San Diego California Internet Leadership 124

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

There was no repeatable methodology, startups and their VC’s still operated like startups were simply a smaller version of a large company. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. Startups that win in the bubble will be those that get wide adoption (using freemium, viral growth, low costs, etc) and massive distribution (i.e.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

He then led the growth of the domain services division, expanded into the aftermarket business and built Oversee’s owned and operated portfolio of domain names into one of the worlds largest, firmly establishing the company as a leader in Internet real estate. Jake Geleerd, President and Chief Operating Officer, Ocean Tomo, LLC.

Naming 122

Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. My company had raised venture capital in April 2001 but we were told that there may never be any more coming. There is a high probability that the person you’re hiring will leave you within 18 months.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2013

After I graduated in 2001, I remember it seeming impossible to feel the same way about living in New York City. I will have setup at least two dozen of these things before the the year is out and it''s the equivalent of sponsoring a two hundred plus person event, for just a couple grand of total cost in a completely manageable way.

Community 116

Community New York New York City Hosting 116

Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 27, 2019

If your pharmacy is anything like most, though, you may be feeling at an impasse in operations right now. Reports published as early as 2001 advocated the use of automation in medical dispensing and this has already been implemented within hospital settings. Still, the size and cost of robots like these have kept most pharmacists away.

Technology 40

Technology Mobile Reputation Developer 40

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 5, 2011

NYC 2.0: Post 2001 crash, the NYC tech community rallied, the tech meetup got started, as did a number of companies utilizing NYC’s domain strengths in financial services, advertising, media and mobile. A handful of local VCs and angel investors (primarily from the financial sector) funded the startups. the list goes on and on.

Ghana 84

Ghana Indonesia Silicon Valley DC 84

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 16, 2014

The emergence of cloud applications like FreshBooks, Constant Contact, and Salesforce are changing the way we work by bringing enterprise power to small businesses at a fraction of the cost. They’re simplifying accounting, invoicing, project management, CRM, and more with no software to install, maintenance, or personnel costs.

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Afghanistan Iraq Cloud SMS 68

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

They all went away; they got rolled up in 1999 and 2000 into these too-big-to-fail banking operations," Davidson tells us. stock market: The change led by NASDAQ in early 2001 to valuing stocks in increments from one-eighth of a dollar down to one cent. The question is why? Two orders of magnitude. "Two Two orders of magnitude.

IPO 115

IPO Stock San Francisco Lean 115

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Despite the Internet bubble bursting, the company was able to generate over $160 million in revenue in 2001. Go after it aggressively, even if it means risking making hiring and operating mistakes and wasting capital – so long as this capital is relatively cheap, as it was for Akamai in the midst of the Internet bubble. Market Cap.

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Distribution Lean Massachusetts Cofounder 49

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

So this has always been our most significant focus area, whether in 2022, 2021, or 2001. . When you put those two things together, you get high-quality customers, high LTV, and acquisition at super low costs. And you know, a cost goes out with an acquisition, so whether it’s hiring a salesperson, commissions, or paying Google.

Partner 132

Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 3, 2020

By 2001, he was invested in the stock market and witnessed a unique situation where the stock market was in a tumble and, simultaneously, real estate was going up. Save your money because there is a much larger startup cost to invest in commercial real estate. Early Career in Real Estate . Tips for New Entrants in CRE.

New York City 106

New York City Marketing Technical Review New York 106

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

From April 2001 through June 30, 2006, we achieved 21 consecutive quarters of revenue growth. During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, we achieved positive operating cash flows of $0.3 During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, we achieved positive operating cash flows of $0.3 million, $0.9 million, $0.9

IPO 60

IPO Investment Bankers Demand Revenue 60

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. Two of the three have gross margins <50% (AMZN is 40%, AAPL 38%, MSFT 67%) and one has operating profit margins <5% (AMZN 4%, AAPL 22%, MSFT 34%).

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 5, 2018

You had people opening affiliates in their garage and really taking, it was kind of first time that, you know, we’re talking 2001, people are taking this information off of the internet and turning into these brick and mortar locations where people were working out. So, by nature it was wild west.

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Kansas City Management Kansas Affiliate 56

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

The opportunity cost of the money I have not made on crypto is insane because I first was talking about crypto in 2011 as I’ve been in financial services for a long time. On Deciens’ Lean Operation. Dan Kimerling: I love 2001: a Space Odyssey. In general, I am not very long crypto. I have never been very long crypto.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88