Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

MySpace was incubated by a small team of employees within Intermix in 2003 (Chris DeWolfe, Tom Anderson and four others). VantagePoint Venture Partners came to the rescue in late 2003 with an infusion of $15 million in capital, adding Andrew Sheehan (now at Sutter Hill Ventures ) and David Carlick (now at Rho Ventures ) to the Board.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 19, 2016

When I was at Reuters Venture Capital, for example, we worked like crazy to raise our second fund in the tech nuclear winter of 2001-2003 and kept believing, but there came a point when we flipped the switch and gave up. However, we need the switch when that irrational optimism stops serving us well. Fascinating stuff.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Metrics Sales Startup 60

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

When you want to get more “leads” into the top of your sales funnel, you have the option of not requiring people to register to get the valuable content that your company creates (an ebook or white paper perhaps). With a gate, each person downloading becomes a valuable sales lead. You have a choice. But you want leads, right?

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Small Business Force

MARCH 11, 2017

However, the book “ Moneyball ” by Michael Lewis, published in 2003 and the follow-on movie, with Brad Pitt, from 2011, really seemed to bring it into mainstream thinking not just in sports, but in business and most everything else. For example, every business needs sales to succeed. But what drives your sales successes?

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David Teten

AUGUST 7, 2019

Likely signs of a Value investment: the company has challenges in filling out the round; the investors have more negotiating leverage than the founders during the closing process; the company has significantly better metrics (e.g. For example, the founders and common shareholders of FanDuel got nothing from their sale for $465m. .

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Venture Capital Valuation Stock NDA 60

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Look for numbers like sales, units, leads, presentations, page views, downloads, and conversion rates. The management happens with the following up on the metrics. Develop measurement to set your marketing goals so you can track and measure your progress. You track plan vs. actual results and look carefully at the difference.

Marketing 41

Marketing Matching Social Media Cofounder 41

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.

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Software Review Artificial Inteligence Retention Technical Review 103

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 4, 2014

User experience guru Jared Spool was talking about the dangers of radical redesigns already back in 2003, Louis Rosenfeld was ranting against it in 2002, and so on. Furthermore, its online sales plunged by 8.1% Year-on-year, same-store sales tanked, and they have been negative for eight quarters now. Yet they spent less.

Conversion 124

Conversion Technical Review Design Framework 124

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

There are three parts to a good competitive analysis: (1) defining the metrics and identifying the competitors you’re comparing, (2) gathering the data, and (3) the analysis. You’re going to need some brand health metrics to track. Start by defining what metrics are important. 3) Develop personas for your target customers.

Marketing 162

Marketing Charlotte Naming Design 162

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game is a book by Michael Lewis, published in 2003. Moneyball uses rigorous statistical data analysis in player selection and attempts to predict the value of the players by using metrics more granular then batting averages and RBIs. Good design is problem solving.”. – What’s Moneyball?

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Design Analytics Software Review Conversion 100

Startup Company Lawyer

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

This was particularly common from 2001 to 2003, after the dot-com crash when companies had raised a large amount of venture financing at high valuations. Alternatives include position, time of service, current equity holdings or other metrics as determined by the company’s board of directors. Junior Preferred Stock.

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Retention Liquidation Preference Employee Common Stock 31

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

We basically automated that and then the business grew over eight years to do a bunch of different things that were related to sales and marketing for car dealerships. We started that company in 2003, and we sold it in the 2011, so you frame up the timing. They were very much a luxury item. It was a different day and age.

Kansas City 40

Kansas City CTO Hire Las Vegas Software Developers 40

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.

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Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I stayed up late every night after a day of meetings doing email until 3am so that I didn’t feel out of touch with our product and sales pipelines. So I decided to run the London Marathon in April 2003, just 3 weeks before my son was born. April 29th, 2003 my first son was born. But the story doesn’t end there.

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Entrepreneur Silicon Valley San Diego Non-Compete 308

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

The biggest deal I’ve ever done was a sale of a $100,000 website. 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. There’s a few sites you can go to and monitor that have a constant stream of websites for sale.

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Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

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). STARTING IT UP.

Founder 80

Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80

Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

If you keep these 7 things in mind, you well be well on your way to a good blog and ideally, plenty of leads or sales. What are your most common sales objections? How do the sales representatives answer questions? To a certain extent, blogging works in a similar fashion to real-life sales.

Audience 77

Audience B2C Sales Web 77

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Copper’s Relationship Era does the same for the sales industry, and Dialpad’s Anywhere Worker paints a picture of simple, streamlined communication for SMBs. Set up in 2003, the website has a strong network-effect moat that makes it harder for other blogs and publications to compete. It generates lots of irrelevant traffic.

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B2B Marketing SEO Search 133

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. Mce Systems.

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Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103