Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system. Looong Appendix (only for those interested in reading another story about losing a sale & key lessons): A personal story of losing a sale that haunted me for years. I later learned one of my biggest lesson in sales.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 328

Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

Jump forward 16-17 years, through numerous mergers, sales, wins and losses, and our current agency, HUB, is going strong, powered and pushed forward by that original desire to do a good job, create sustainable digital products and generally make a difference. I started my own marketing and communications agency back in 2003.

Entrepreneur 130

Entrepreneur B2B Database Technical Review 130

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 29, 2011

Non-technical people now employ technology (iPhones, Facebook). Methods of reaching consumers change every year (compare SEO or AdWords strategies from 2003 and 2010). Use that rolodex to set up meetings and sales calls, but don’t assume you know what they’re going to say.

Lean 269

Lean Software Software Developers Software Development 269

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. billion for a company with less than $50 million in sales. Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.)

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. But in our first year of sales (and those were really shitty years to be selling software) we sold $2.1 I learned how to establish sales targets and how to manage a sales pipeline.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2019

Sergey, a mathematical wizard, is the arbiter of Google’s technological approach. Technology alone does not make a great company. In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Larry is the primary thinker about the company’s future direction, and still weighs in heavily on key hiring decisions. Unique business tactics.

Startup 247

Startup .Net Advertising Search 247

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. Overture became intrigued by Quigo’s AdSonar technology and wanted help targeting ads for their content business.

Semantic 302

Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

Cloud 343

Cloud Technical Review Database Semantic 343

ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

A Brief History of Marketing Technology Software. 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.

Customer 92

Customer Marketing Artificial Inteligence Clickthrough 92

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

Early-stage investors in technology startups are only looking for growth-oriented companies that can achieve an “exit&# someday – either via selling your company to a larger company or via 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.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

One of the most compelling case studies of this shift away from apps and back to websites came earlier this week from Jason Pontin , the Editor-in-Chief and publisher of Technology Review. iPad and Android tablet apps for magazines have been a big trend over the past couple of years, spurred on by dwindling print magazine sales.

HTML 69

HTML Technical Review Software Review Semantic 69

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Calxeda is on track with its business and ARM-based product development plans, moving toward providing first samples of its industry-changing technologies in 2011. This is within our reach with technologies we are developing at Calxeda. The response from customers and technology partners validates we are onto something big.

Naming 59

Naming Hiring Technical Review Virginia 59

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Even worse, DVD sales were starting to lag, and a Hollywood backlash further muddied the situation. Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model. This solution clearly differentiated for the sales team, and also ensured quality search results, whether paid or organic.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. I was working hand-in-hand with my close friend and associate Stuart Lander who was running our UK office and with one of our local sales reps. I later learned one of my biggest lesson in sales. But first I’d like to start with a story.

Software Review 151

Software Review Technical Review Silicon Valley France 151

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Sergey, a mathematical wizard, is the arbiter of Google’s technological approach. Technology alone does not make a great company. In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Larry is the primary thinker about the company’s future direction, and weighs in heavily on key hiring decisions. Unique business tactics.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur .Net Founder Advertising 232

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Past failures of enterprise technology to live up to its promises and ITs lack of agility caused by legacy technology have decreased the influence of the CIO, explained R "Ray" Wang in a piece for Forbes last year. Now in a new paper he has written for his own firm, Wang is exploring the future of the role that the CIO plays.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Balance Sheet Cloud Software Review 48

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Zhitao runs Hangzhou Liaison Interactive, which is a Chinese technology-based company founded in July 2002. This sale turned him into a billionaire. Holmes founded a company known as Theranos in 2003 when she was just 19 years old. Magazine ranked his company among the top 50 retail companies in the US. Today, he is worth $1.5

Cofounder 141

Cofounder Venture Capital India Valuation 141

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2017

Sergey, a mathematical wizard, is the arbiter of Google’s technological approach. Technology alone does not make a great company. In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Larry is the primary thinker about the company’s future direction, and weighs in heavily on key hiring decisions. Unique business tactics.

.Net 120

.Net Advertising Search Internet 120

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. It helps with sales cycles because customers know that they can switch away if they so choose. 15 minutes.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software St. Louis API 285

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2012

Sergey, a mathematical wizard, is the arbiter of Google’s technological approach. Technology alone does not make a great company. In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Larry is the primary thinker about the company’s future direction, and weighs in heavily on key hiring decisions. Unique business tactics.

Founder 225

Founder Search Advertising Engineer 225

Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2014

For those who don’t know, I wrote the book Open Innovation in 2003, and followed it with Open Business Models in 2006, and Open Services Innovation in 2011. One memorable example of this was Xerox’s internal venture capital fund, Xerox Technology Ventures (XTV). As Steve would say, this is a big idea.

Startup 327

Startup Business Model Lean Russia 327

Up and Running

AUGUST 23, 2016

In 2003, Matthew Kinsman was traveling around the world and found himself in Hong Kong. But there are some other steps you can take toward a viral marketing campaign: Prepare to grow: Make sure your web hosting account is ready for increased traffic and your merchant account is ready for an increase in sales.

Agile 60

Agile Viral Social Media Differentiation 60

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

My longtime friend Marion Jenkins, CEO of IT consultant QSE Technologies wrote what I think is one of the most eloquent and well thought out rebuttals to the proposed Colorado “Software Tax” (HB 1192). I run an 8-year old information technology company in Englewood, QSE Technologies, Inc.

Software 48

Software SQL Colorado Fractional CTO 48

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2011

Sergey, a mathematical wizard, is the arbiter of Google’s technological approach. Technology alone does not make a great company. In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Larry is the primary thinker about the company’s future direction, and weighs in heavily on key hiring decisions. Unique business tactics.

Advertising 222

Advertising Founder Search Internet 222

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Nowadays, companies and startups are interested in increasing market share maximization with the use of new technology like email marketing. We come across many situations where we become the victim of these “trap” technologies. In 2003, President George W. Business practices are changing every day.

Email 100

Email Marketing Advertising Government 100

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

This week Mike Michalowicz, Chris Curran and Kristina Bolduc welcome guest Robin Robins who took her business from $0 in 2003 to $10 million in revenue in 2015. Robin is the author of the Technology Marketing Toolkit and Million- Dollar Managed Services Blueprint. Also Available On. Show Summary. Show Links. Corporate Partners.

North America 60

North America Australia Europe Revenue 60

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

According to MarketWatch, GTA has generated over $6 Billion in total sales since its release in 2013, which makes it the top grossing entertainment title in history. New technology – games today are by default much more technological & data driven and thus more open to innovation. Billion so far.

Global 131

Global Revenue Mobile IP 131

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Four years later, in May of 2003, they launched Taobao Marketplace, Alibaba’s answer to eBay. In its most recent quarter, the company processed the exchange of $923 million of sales, which equates to a $3.6B In 2017, the company reported sales of over $500 million. annual GMV.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2010

By 2003, I entered my first show and in 2004 I had a full-fledged business running. They were eventually sold off to a company that had heavily invested in Rogue Wave’s technology. Large format was a great selling hook and I could easily take on other competitors at the shows and win sales. I loved this product.

Java 66

Java Product Software Developers Software Development 66

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Philip Bouchard : You’ve started teaching at Berkeley since 2002, Columbia in 2003 and at Stanford since 2011. But they’ve taken that basic technology past fabrics into multiple markets – medical, filtration, fibers, cables, etc. The first step is where the ideas or technology come from.

Incubator 331

Incubator Lean Programming Government 331

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

She has been covering technology news for over 15 years, most recently as a senior editor for TechCrunch. SOPA author to chair House Science, Space, and, Technology Committee. Among other things, the committee is responsible for “the application of new technologies to expand our economy and create jobs for American workers.”

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2010

Sergey, a mathematical wizard, is the arbiter of Google’s technological approach. Technology alone does not make a great company. In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Larry is the primary thinker about the company’s future direction, and weighs in heavily on key hiring decisions. Unique business tactics.

Advertising 222

Advertising Search Internet Founder 222

Cracking the Code

APRIL 27, 2018

What a journey it has been since the genesis of the company in 2003, when it’s visionary team set out to automate the agreement process and solve many pain points from speed to cost and accuracy. It’s rare to see any type of technology reach such a range of customers - from very large companies to individual users across all industries.

Seattle 48

Seattle Global Cofounder Security 48

Mucker Lab

MAY 20, 2013

2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. 2003 – “The browser war is over, Microsoft has won”. 2005 – “Sales cycle is too long for software companies selling to government and educational sector”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. Myspace, Facebook). Everything).

Widget 76

Widget Sales Cycle Social Network Government 76

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2010

In 2003 we started developing a martial arts motion sensing toy, a full three years before the Nintendo Wii changed the world of motion sensing. I found the perfect person at the department of Industrial Design Engineering of the Delft University of Technology. What follows are solely his opinions. Better yet, he plays drums.

Continuous Deployment 164

Continuous Deployment Technical Cofounder Cofounder San Francisco 164

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

Ratiopharm, a privately-owned subsidiary of German holding company VEM, was founded in 1973 and has annual sales of about $8.6 “Israel is known for its strong capabilities in technology and science. Electronics components maker TTI Inc, a Berkshire Hathaway company, bought Net-Aye Technologies Ltd.,

OTC 68

OTC Brazil Paraguay 68

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

But there’s also the satellite-mapping company Keyhole, which in 2003 became the seed that sprouted Google Maps. On2 designed video codec technology which Google used to optimize its WebM video format. On2 Technologies. On2 Technologies. Result: sale was made. Google bought web 2.0 Google bought web 2.0

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104