Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2011

Once you are able to achieve some real “traction” with your business (paying customers, revenue stream), it may seem the time to relax a bit, but in fact this is the point where many founders start to flounder. All the skills and instincts you needed to get to this level can actually start working against you, and you can fail to scale.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 5, 2020

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the industries that are ripe for disruption and here are the response; #1- The hemp extraction. The SARS outbreak in 2002 leads to the tremendous growth of online marketplace platforms in China. Fintech is undoubtedly one of the biggest opportunities for entrepreneurs today.

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Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

But the first real time we had a big celebration and folks felt like we’d “made it” was the party we held in the parking lot on February 14, 2002 when PayPal went public. We were a profitable company at that point with nearly $200M annualized revenue, one of the first tech companies to IPO after the dot-com bubble.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2010

Once you are able to achieve some real “traction” with your business (paying customers, revenue stream), it may seem the time to relax a bit, but in fact this is the point where many founders start to flounder. Way back in 2002, John Hamm published some early work on this subject in " Why Entrepreneurs Don't Scale."

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2017

Outcomes from a national study conducted by the Center for an Urban Future that reported a dramatic 52 percent growth in woman-owned business formation from 2002 to 2012.( However, workforce implications for women entrepreneurs in training and professional development are profound and not so good. Avg Revenues / firm.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 21, 2015

We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 But during the year 2000, we went through three different CEOs, fraud nearly killed the company, our revenue was negligible and unproven, and at our worst point, the company was burning well over $10 million a month — A MONTH!

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View from Seed

JUNE 17, 2015

But the first real time we had a big celebration and folks felt like we’d “made it” was the party we held in the parking lot on February 14, 2002 when PayPal went public. We were a profitable company at that point with nearly $200M annualized revenue, one of the first tech companies to IPO after the dot-com bubble.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Entrepreneur news from reporter Eric Markowitz. 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. Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth.

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Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

But the first real time we had a big celebration and folks felt like we’d “made it” was the party we held in the parking lot on February 14, 2002 when PayPal went public. We were a profitable company at that point with nearly $200M annualized revenue, one of the first tech companies to IPO after the dot-com bubble.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 20, 2015

We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 But during the year 2000, we went through three different CEOs, fraud nearly killed the company, our revenue was negligible and unproven, and at our worst point, the company was burning well over $10 million a month — A MONTH!

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2018

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Support families. My father and I started the business back in 2002 with the following dream: “our mission is to support USA families and jobs by producing high-quality clothing, in the USA, at an affordable price. Photo Credit: BJ Nickol.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Keep a close eye on your competitors but also on your peer entrepreneurs in your town; they provide the context relevant to you. I’ve been guilty of the SNIT method of selling — Sell Now Invent Tomorrow — as have most entrepreneurs in tech businesses. Keep yourself visible and keep your ears open for honest feedback.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

A company that in time can generate $100M+ in revenue and have an enterprise value measured in the hundreds of millions or more (what some VCs refer to as a “venture scale” outcome). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Simply put… startups that have golazo potential.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

It has made and wasted billions of dollars in oil revenues and outside Lagos the country is corrupt and doesn’t even run a Postal service for its people. The chance to be the ‘Amazon of Africa’ and to dominate e-commerce in Nigeria, and the rest of Africa, is one that entrepreneurs, and increasingly investors, are taking seriously indeed.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 21, 2015

We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 But during the year 2000, we went through three different CEOs, fraud nearly killed the company, our revenue was negligible and unproven, and at our worst point, the company was burning well over $10 million a month — A MONTH!

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View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

In the years immediately prior to the popularity of institutional seed investing (I’m using a time frame of 2002 – 2007), the early-stage financing landscape looked similar to the first segment of the chart. And all of that is a lot to absorb and understand, let alone react to as an entrepreneur who’s full-time job is not to fundraise.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 11, 2015

The best entrepreneurs are often those who can articulate their vision and roadmap in a simple, elegant and purposeful manner. 6 Passion While everyone wants to make money, good VCs look for more in an entrepreneur than the desire to cash out. They invest in entrepreneurs who want to change the world.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 1, 2015

Social media (2002). 10 things entrepreneurs can learn from kids. There are dozens of examples of new ideas, inventions, and machines that launched a small business that grew and grew into business powerhouses. Photo: Wikipedia ). Screenshot: Wikipedia ). Related posts: 3 historical innovations and the businesses they birthed.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I have focused this as advice to entrepreneurs building enterprise software ventures today. Guest author Bernard Lunn is a serial entrepreneur and business adviser to start-ups and is ReadWriteWeb's former Chief Operating Officer. You have to do this; addressing real customer needs releases revenue dollars that you need to survive.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 23, 2010

From Chicago’s Booth School of Business : The only two serial entrepreneurs in Chicago who can answer those questions have agreed to share what they know with students at Chicago Booth. I realized Eric is probably the most successful entrepreneur on the planet in the last 10 years. That is a great opportunity for Booth students.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

9:19] You put in a lot of hours – there are a lot of entrepreneurs and startups some of who don’t achieve anywhere near the level of success you did – what toll did that take on your personal life? [12:51] And so when that revenue tripled and suddenly I was like, Oh, I can hire people to help me, like this thing is gonna work.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The Past (1985-2002). billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? Social Networks: Past, Present & Future.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

A Lean Startup methodology offers entrepreneurs a framework to focus on what’s important: Business Model Discovery. These three tools allow startups to focus on the parts of an early stage venture that matter the most: the product, product/market fit, customer acquisition, revenue and cost model, channels and partners.

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Gust

MAY 24, 2012

Yet I’m skeptical that a widespread shift will occur anytime soon, and for reasons discussed below, as much as I admire and advocate for talented entrepreneurs, I believe it would be a losing proposition for nearly all involved.

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Designmantic Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

It is apparent that the United States has the highest performing entrepreneurship, but what is truly amazing is how women contribute the biggest growth in revenue, employment and financial efficiency. Rebekah Radice is an accomplished entrepreneur with a marketing experience of over 20 years. Background Image: Unsplash/Rawpixel.

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BeyondVC

MARCH 23, 2004

However, what I would like to share with you is some conversations I had with some VCs and entrepreneurs over the course of the day yesterday. On top of this, VCs threw too much money at these companies and there was no need for entrepreneurs to be resourceful and creative in order to get things done. What allowed them to do it?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

When we started our company in 2002 we decided that Sonjara would make a great name for our company or product; meaningful and unusual, as well as easy to pronounce and spell. 10 – Obsessed with Entrepreneurs & Music. I am obsessed with entrepreneurs. Thanks to Siobhan Green, Sonjara, Inc !

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2012

While it is admirable to build a successful business of any kind, some entrepreneurs do more than just make a profit with the fruits of their labor. Bill Drayton isn’t just a great example of a social entrepreneur, he actually helped to define and promote the term itself. Bill Drayton. Muhammad Yunus. Jeffery Hollender.

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www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Since I was a new entrepreneur, I knew needed a lot of advice. As I reached out to successful investors and entrepreneurs, I made each of them signed my nifty NDA. flavor of a question-and-answer, poll-your-friends site with a distant revenue model and no user acquisition strategy. Oh, and what was the company? 7 months ago.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

It is still hard for me to think of myself as anyone other than a teller of other people’s stories, but some entrepreneur friends have nudged me to share what I have learned as a founder. I’m a young entrepreneur and wholeheartedly believe in the lessons you’ve posted here. To tell my story. Back to the top.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

For example, a couple of entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley created a company to develop an iPhone social-media app. Facebook didn’t buy the business because the company had no revenues. The vast profits that product produced allowed HP in 2002 to buy Compaq, the leading brand of personal computer at the time.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

The Deutsche Bank report has a very interesting chart on the topic presenting the Free Cash Flow margins vs. the revenue growth four years post IPO for select software leaders: As you can see, with 20% Free Cash Flow margin and a 50% growth rate, Salesforce is well positioned in the pack! 2002, the stock price went from $17.5

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

At crowdSPRING we talk a great deal about how we can leverage our limited marketing resources to drive traffic and revenues and build strong community. OK Go is an indy rock band formed in 2002, with three albums released since their inception. Most important lesson: hire a 6-foot tall chicken to promote your brand.

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