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The Subscription Economy May Be Revolutionary—But It’s Not Without Risks

Up and Running

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.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

It drives media attention and fosters customer retention rate, which is why most companies strive to have it in their mission statement. Born in 2003, Tesla wanted to prove to the world that it was possible to drive a fully electric car while being more powerful, faster, and more enjoyable than conventional cars. 9- Mary Kay Cosmetics.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). Retention / Churn. 10% of our revenue is coming from direct sales of our banner inventory. Nobody likes to raise money then look like a loser.

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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

Ted Rheingold: In 2003 I owned and ran a web service business called OneMatchFire , and made a number of image sharing products for customers (or as side projects). By the end of 2004 I had brought on two co-founders: John Vars – who is now the Chief Product Office at TaskRabbit, and Steven Reading took over Sales and Revenue.

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Website Information Architecture: How to Optimize for UX

ConversionXL

On-page FAQs do have a place—when they’re used to answer actual questions, not as a sales tool (e.g. While there’s a strong case against left-vertical menus , two studies (2003 and 2004) claim it’s better. Q: “Should I buy it?” ” A: “Of course you should!”). I really like how R.

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Keep It Under Your Hat: Valuation Caps and the $650 Million Sale of MySpace for $125 Million

Gust

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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What is an employee retention or M&A carveout plan?

Startup Company Lawyer

In response to the problem of worthless common stock, some companies have implemented employee retention plans, which are also referred to as M&A carveout plans. 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. Participation.