Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan. Then one day it was over. IPOs dried up.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. In 2004, investors regained interest in the consumer internet again.

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, we achieved positive operating cash flows of $0.3 million for 2004, $1.9 While the Salary.com numbers are strong ( read the S-1 here), they are not close to those metrics. million, $0.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively, and used $0.7 million for 2005, $3.0

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

TripAdvisor may be one of the most fascinating companies I know and so I was excited to dig into their business model as part of my series on scaling. TripAdvisor is more of a classic consumer Internet success story, but with even more powerful network effects and an amazing business model. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

So this is the understanding that you have the total amount of money that comes into your business, but you're not responsible for the efficiency or the profitability of all of that revenue. Simple examples of this would be things like advertising spend print budgets. Sometimes you might be using white label or outsource partners.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

In 2004 I began blogging. Because I have no employees, there’s a profit margin of about 70%, so it’s a really fantastic business model and gives me the freedom to travel and come back from my travel with more money than I left with. I began placing advertisements on the website. I own my own house.

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