2003 Metrics Naming Sales 
Up and Running
DECEMBER 18, 2017
When I started in the financial services industry in 2003, getting to meetings when I was on the road was pretty straightforward—I took a cab. In the traditional “production model” based on a series of one-time sales, the key driver of growth was continually attracting new customers. Failure to deliver value.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
Then you can do a little bit of research and find out that very few companies ever achieve this valuation in a trade sale so you’re clearly gunning for an IPO. 2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. Here’s the problem.
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ConversionXL
MAY 22, 2017
Though it wasn’t intended, the last two articles I wrote on the PlainFlow blog have formed a series: The Modern SaaS Stack and the Unexploited Amount of Data is a walkthrough that shows how companies use Modern SaaS Stack to cover their Marketing/Support/Sales activities from day-0. It was 2003. All manual operations.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
billion for a company with less than $50 million in sales. The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. For the next four or five years, technology M&A boomed, growing from 50 in 2003 to 450 in 2006.
crowdSPRING Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2018
Branding is a process designed to develop, among other things, a unique business name and custom logo design for a company, product, or service. But branding isn’t solely about tangible concepts like a company’s name and logo. You’re going to need some brand health metrics to track. What is branding?
reidhoffman.org
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
Friendster was at its height, strongly battling MySpace after raising its premium round from Benchmark and Kleiner in the fall of 2003. Friendster raised a big round in 2003; MySpace started gaining traction. And show that you’re focused on the metrics that matter: revenue numbers, engagement traction, etc.
om.co
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
I had been writing GigaOM (the blog) since December 2001, but in 2003, I started working on a piece for Business 2.0 The success of business can be measured through many metrics — page views, revenues, profits, the number of employees, or an exit (either through a private or through a public sale). Name (required).
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