Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. Your A round?

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JULY 15, 2013

It was at that time that I reconnected with Raj De Datta, a fantastically talented repeat entrepreneur with whom I had gone to Harvard Business School from 2001-2003. 2013 big data startups Bloomreach founders SEO'

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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 ). makes a long conversation feel short. James invites his friends for a chat in the studio, and the lively conversation rarely disappoint. itunes.apple.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

It’s 2003 and VCs aren’t exactly lining up to fund startup businesses. Sure, our revenue is growing, but is that enough to raise an internal round? This is a real conversation I have ALL the time even still. There are merger discussions, board debates, product miscues, revenue misses and a litany of delicate topics.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It was a great conversation and I thought it would be a good idea to do some visible networking with Aaron to get to know him better. I grew up in Los Angeles and went to undergrad at UC Santa Barbara, graduating in 2003 with Honors in Economics. A few years ago “venture capital” was a revenue model.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2020

The first shows were created in late 2003, and the term itself was coined in 2004 by combining “iPod” with “broadcasting.”. Explore a pay-per-conversion affiliate program for referring site traffic that results in listeners, especially if you’re trying to generate revenue from your podcast. Let’s get started. .

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I didn’t start actively networking until I started my business in 2003. Before 2007, when a handful of companies may have gone after the same piece of business, now scores of them are, meaning we all have to work longer and harder, and in some instances we do so for the same, or even a lesser, amount of revenue. I have a secret.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

If the state has budget issues, which I believe it does, and needs to raise tax revenue (which has other options available such as cutting staff, eliminating duplication and programs and implementing automation – all of which businesses have been doing for the last ~2 years), then let’s raise taxes. Citrix Presentation Server 4.0,

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 28, 2011

Start looking for ways to create and document a marketing system that you can teach others to run and remove yourself from the lead generation and conversion game. Convergent streams The most effective marketing strategy not only focuses on a core market and differentiators, it also finds ways to build multiple streams of recurring revenue.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 13, 2011

Blocked revenue One of the best ways to build a business that has marketable value is to develop multiple streams of residual income that a potential business buyer can view as a valuable asset.

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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 James Altucher Show — James makes a long conversation feel short. The show starts with the history of Podcasts and ends with where they may be headed. itunes.apple.com.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. Revenue multiple? These are all real conversations.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In brief, a cap acts to place a limit on the conversion price of a convertible note such that investors are guaranteed a minimum number of shares for their bridge loans if the startup does a priced equity round at a high pre-money valuation – “high” meaning above the cap, which is often a heavily negotiated term.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

But what would happen if, instead of ending with the sales conversation; the new customer, you began with the customer purchase? What would happen if you focused on the 20% of your customers responsible for 80% of your revenue? You are addicted to acquisition as you cast out that wide net, which just happens to be full of holes.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Our conversation dives deep into the challenges that businesses face when scaling up, offering valuable insights and strategies for navigating this crucial phase of growth. Founded in 2003, ActiveCampaign helps small teams power big businesses with the must have platform for intelligent marketing automation. This is John Jantsch.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

136 CMOs were recently asked “What do you see as your biggest opportunity for revenue generation in early 2013?” ” 46% of them said “improving conversions” Excellent. Saying you want to improve conversions without testing or feedback is like trying to do blind archery. What’s Moneyball?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

The conversations usually go down the same path, ending with a you’re how old? At the same time it seemed that whenever I would have a conversation with a friend, family member, colleague, manager, executive–you name it!–about Eitan Lev, was born in 2003 with a rare and serious heart defect known as TAPVR.

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Bryce Dot VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

I know it’s an uncomfortable contradiction because every time I talk to Andy Baio about it, the conversation starts with, oh, that name. What that meant is that six companies a year could achieve a hundred million in revenue or a billion in valuation. Today I want to talk about this thing. I’m not sure what to call it. So we have.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2010

I stopped in and started up a conversation with him about his photos. By 2003, I entered my first show and in 2004 I had a full-fledged business running. When everyone took notice of Java and abandoned C++ in droves, Rogue Wave’s revenues plummeted. As a result, Rogue Wave’s revenues continued to decline.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

Among her early investments are Lyft, TaskRabbit and Modcloth, which, as our recent conversation shows, are only part of the reason Forbes called her “the most powerful woman in startups.” The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. I've been in venture now twice.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

But if you want to accelerate growth and improve your revenues and profits, you need to up your game. It is a key factor in the success and prosperity of all businesses and nonprofits, regardless of their revenues. Make your feedback process a conversation so that your customers know that their input is valued. User personas.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

We’ve had over 20,000 people download that free tool that we built, and the key metric there is if somebody has used that free tool, their conversion rate on our paid product is three times higher than those who have not. We started that company in 2003, and we sold it in the 2011, so you frame up the timing.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

It is something I talk about often, but mostly with my team members and in one-on-one conversations. I had been writing GigaOM (the blog) since December 2001, but in 2003, I started working on a piece for Business 2.0 That conversation ended with two decisions. At GigaOm, we are story tellers. STARTING IT UP. Back to the top.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

Adding Ad Revenue. It was 2003 or right about then, and I was walking across the Green Street Mall in Brisbane, thinking that I was no longer interested in Magic the Gathering as a card game. I paid him half of the Adsense revenue, which turned out to be about $500 a month, and he just managed the whole site. Deciding to Sell.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2021

I first met Mark in Israel in 2003, when he offered me a job at GLG straight out of college. VC Cafe: In one of our recent conversations you mentioned that you look at Philanthropy, an area you’ve been very active in, like a business decision. And I find a little time elsewhere in the day. That’s impact.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

if you have some thoughts on this you could add to the conversation and provide some advice. this might not be for you but if not then maybe share your own experience and try to further the conversation because it would be appreciated. Hopefully your idea of business model isn’t “ad revenue based”. it is always product first.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

That was until my husband’s best friend Mike came over and joined the conversation. Towards the end, we decided we needed a name that really spoke to what we wanted to do, that being, increasing visibility for companies and driving traffic and revenue. He immediately insisted that groat was not a very appetizing name.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

The conversation was in Hebrew, so hopefully nothing got “lost in translation&#. Yair Margolin: I was a member of the core team at Peerapp in 2003, a supplier of caching solutions for ISPs. The market analysis showed that they want to focus in the first year on 400 big conferences that represent most of the revenue.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

But there’s also the satellite-mapping company Keyhole, which in 2003 became the seed that sprouted Google Maps. Setting a value is always difficult especially when you come across so many companies that are pre-revenue and sometimes pre-monetization strategy. World Videos Featured: Facebook. Trending Stories. Flag this comment.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Most businesses have a handful of target accounts they dream of closing—big, prestigious companies that could generate a whole lot of revenue in a single deal. Set up in 2003, the website has a strong network-effect moat that makes it harder for other blogs and publications to compete. Conversion rates will drop through the floor.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

After a somewhat disappointing congress in 2009, in which companies showcased products from previous years, this year is expected to be faster, greener and ‘cloudier’ Looking at the conference agenda , it’s not hard to spot the trends for 2010: Mobile Clouds – additional storage and new revenue streams to operators.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Google bought Gil’s company in 2003 (pre IPO) for $100+ million and this business now represents about 30% of all of Googles revenue. I’ve had this conversation so many times over the past year that I know it’s not immediate intuitive.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Founded in 2003, ASOCS develops and markets MultiComms.processors that provide seamless connectivity over diverse wireless networks. Established back in 2003, Comarcom Ltd. Improves customer experience during sale, after sale and support interactions while generating revenues and reducing operational costs. Craze Productions.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 13, 2017

For example… Let’s say they end up looking at Visitors, Conversion Rates, and Revenue. Why not build in a model where the decision maker can change Conversion Rates, to see the impact on Revenue? Why not build in a model where the decision maker can change Conversion Rates, to see the impact on Revenue?

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

” In off the record conversations, many angels have expressed the urgency of self-discipline. As a result, Pandora is nowhere near profitable at more than $103 million in quarterly revenue, paying more than half of this sum to labels for content licenses. “That’s just keeping the plates spinning.”

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