View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2019

All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional. All three are impressive and valuable businesses in their own right. And Zoom has become the most valuable of the three in terms of market cap though daily fluctuations put it and Lyft fairly close ($16B+).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Business model: o They bought a lot of ad inventory (banner ads/advertising) driving people to signup forms, converting (fill out form) and sold leads, o Initial strategy was first comparison shopping and then monitoring and upselling on more savings. He typed lowermybills.com was not registered and available so he bought it.

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Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

You ask a question related to starting a business and for the next few weeks, every Monday, we will provide the answer. QUESTION: Should I send out market research surveys prior to approaching an investor? Also, how safe is it to pitch my business idea to an investor? In 2004, Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman launched Reddit.

Exit Strategy 91

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Phanfare's CEO Andrew Erlichson strongly believes that the iPhone and other smartphones will disrupt the traditional point-and-shoot photo camera market in the long run and will allow new players like Apple to get a foot into this market. " I first started using Phanfare in late 2004 and have been a fan since. 

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Caching Software Review Mobile Distribution 60

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Traditional business models have changed as globalization takes hold on a global scale, and technology changes our lives day by day. An individual can’t be running more than one business at once unless they have permission from all of the other parties involved (which is rare). What’s behind this boom?

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Not mentioned in the movie is the unbelievable story of a Peter Thiel one of the founders of PayPal investing $500,000 in 2004 in exchange for approximately 5% of Facebook. No doubt Thiel's cat-bird seat as CEO of PayPal in the late 1990's allowed him to "get" instantly the scalability of the Facebook business model.

Social Network 72

Social Network Networking Technical Review Flash 72

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

CRM became more sophisticated, resulting in detailed monthly statements and targeted direct marketing. Loyalty experts will swear this is not true, and will use complex models to demonstrate ROI of their systems. My company won the ROI of The Year award from The Banker magazine in 2004, something I was very proud of.

Programming 150

Programming Turkey Social Media Redemption 150

Agile VC

APRIL 30, 2019

All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional. All three are impressive and valuable businesses in their own right. And Zoom has become the most valuable of the three in terms of market cap though daily fluctuations put it and Lyft fairly close ($16B+).

IPO 100

IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors 100

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 15, 2013

Tweet During the dot com boom around the year 2000, and the years that followed it (this was before I started blogging in 2004), I was a guy in his early twenties looking for a business idea to make my riches with online.

Business Model 109

Business Model Internet Restful Marketing 109

Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2010

Berkeley’s Haas Business School since the fall of 2004 and in a joint MBA with Columbia since 2005. Back in 2004, Jerry Engel the head of the Entreprenuership program at Haas Business School at U.C. While the Customer Development class was cutting edge theory in 2004, by 2009 the class was getting stale.

Customer Development 219

Customer Development Lean Developer Customer 219

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

There are times when small and slow is the right strategy for a specific market opportunity. When the market conditions are right, you should blitzscale for the benefit of all stakeholders: customers, employees, investors, and society. Blitzscaling is a response to market dynamics, not the cause.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 26, 2014

As further market proof of the power of Drupal in the enterprise, Acquia has received about $100 million in funding in the past 3 months, which puts its valuation at over $1 billion. They kind of invented this business model. Google has optimized this open source to freemium model in almost all of its products.

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Founder Los Angeles PHP Open Source 42

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 6, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch.

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Small Business Marketing Social Media Engineer 58

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The challenge with our business model is that we are dependant on both an internal team as well as constantly revolving remote teams. In event marketing, our success is dependent upon us putting forth our best talent and keeping the ship sailing smoothly no matter what. Create a feedback loop.

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North America Database America Hiring 100

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The product/service did not satisfy any need in the market. It is fundamental that during the market research process, you observe if what you have in mind can solve some substantial problem in it. Having a good product but a wrong business model. Having a poor marketing strategy.

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Venture Capital Cofounder Finance United States 77

BeyondVC

JUNE 2, 2004

Rather than go into the software (which I really like btw, combination RSS reader, bookmark manager, and simple collaboration tool), I wanted to share some of our thoughts about consumer-based web businesses circa 2004. Today it is a multi-billion market. The post Web-based businesses circa 2004 appeared first on BeyondVC.

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Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Let’s have a look at some numbers from the Australian market. In 10 years the best part of half of their business has gone. When critical mass is lost, the business model itself starts to crumble. It was built in 2004 at a cost of $220 million. source IBIS World).

Channel 85

Channel Business Model Advertising Revenue 85

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

by Christopher Wallace, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Amsterdam Printing. A volatile stock market and economic recession have since changed much of this thinking. Google reportedly turned down buyout offers from Microsoft shortly before the 2004 IPO. Large market share, limited competition and high barrier to entry.

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IPO Exit Strategy San Francisco Startup 162

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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VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2024

Since I’ve started writing about Israeli startups in 2004, there has never been any event like October 7 and the war that followed. This could accelerate a new rally in the domestic market, so we are also becoming more aggressive here. Israeli startups deliver #NoMatterWhat I’ve started VC Cafe in December of 2004.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital 78

BeyondVC

MARCH 22, 2004

How does seeing an architecture diagram where the vendor’s products are in 12 places in a stack solve her business problem? Given this tension between vendors and proprietary lock-in, it is no surprise that open-source and open-platform technology and new business models like the hosted or subscription sale are spreading rapidly.

Architecture 60

Architecture Early Stage Open Source Security 60

Start Up Blog

MAY 13, 2019

Google IPO 2004 – 5 years after it was founded. All of whom already have autonomous car projects and eyes on the market of transport as a service. Legal Issues & Regulation: On top of all its general business challenges, Uber is fighting dozens of legal cases. Amazon IPO 1997 – 2 years after it was founded.

IPO 48

IPO Valuation Stock Cost 48

Hearpreneur

JUNE 24, 2018

This spirit of purpose and empowering those around us led to our purpose-driven business model called Community Commerce, which equips underserved people and communities with access to the opportunities and resources that enable them to create lasting value for themselves and others. Thanks to Josh Rubin, Post Modern Marketing ! #7-

Entrepreneur 49

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Calculating LTV depends on your business model. Examples including indirect marketing, such as word of mouth and referrals.) Tracking these traits and behaviors , like site visits, factors into creating the most useful LTV model. How Model LTV. Peter Fader, Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School.

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Metrics Acquisition Conversion Revenue 121

Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

I had already been freelance writing for several years and decided to turn it into a business, creating content, ghostwriting, and teaching businesses to use storytelling and Cause Marketing through keynotes, trainings, and my books. But another reason was I defined my mission in business. Image Credit: John Lincoln.

Entrepreneur 131

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

Optimizing Your Agency For Profitability written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Marcel Petitpas. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Marcel Petitpas. More About Marcel Petitpas: His business — Parakeeto. His podcast — The Agency Profit Podcast.

Cofounder 76

Cofounder Hosting Networking Software Review 76

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

While multiples are indeed often an input for valuing mature, slower growing companies, in the private, high growth tech market, entry multiples tend to be a byproduct of the valuation process: What investors are really trying to understand are possible exit values. A multiple is a company value divided by a metric.

Valuation 36

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

(PS.there are various companies in this article I have or have had business involvements with. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. What's the business model? Reader beware.). Open Government.

Technology 116

Technology Valuation Community Restful 116

Campus Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Bra guy” is a relatively new gig for Ohly, dating back to about 2004, when his MBA classmate and now Zyrra co-founder Christi Andersen mentioned that there was a pervasive problem with bra fit. So Ohly, who says he was overwhelmed by the number of women sharing Andersen’s gripes, set out in the bra business.

Software 37

Software Angel Financing Cofounder Finance 37

Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 2, 2011

Will they cross the chasm and move beyond the early adopter market into the mainstream market? Will they build sustainable business models? 2011 will be a pivotal year for the company to turn some of their business model experiments into something scalable. . billion valuation). Instapaper. TweetDeck.

Curation 34

Curation Business Model New York Venture Capital 34

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

Our direct sales group markets and sells our solutions primarily using the telephone and web-based demonstrations. During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, we achieved positive operating cash flows of $0.3 million for 2004, $1.9 million, $0.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively, and used $0.7

IPO 60

IPO Investment Bankers Demand Revenue 60

BeyondVC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

I have shared many of these thoughts in earlier posts like " The web-based platform " last October and " Web-based businesses circa 2004." Building product, marketing $ to acquire users. Business Models. In other words, these business models are quite capital efficient. Critical Mass.

Web 60

Web API Open Source Business Model 60

ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

It was essential for their market: Most people will assume the service is fairly identical among [car insurance] companies, or close enough, so they’re going to do it on cost, so I gotta be the low-cost producer. Until 2004, when the U.S. Takeaway : The positive impact of market share compounds—especially for software adoption.

Non-Compete 122

Non-Compete United States Networking Acquisition 122

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.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike believes the reason AltaVista didn’t become Google ( despite their market leadership position ) was because they didn’t focus on search. Of course, monetization of search became one of the best business models in the history of business. They sold in December 2007, but he started selling Quigo in 2004.

Semantic 302

Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

Austin Startup

MAY 14, 2019

Its founder, John McGann, discussed the community and productivity aspects of the space in this article from 2004 : “People are here to work. Miscellaneous Nearly all coworking spaces provide office conveniences like coffee, but if you’re looking for something more specific and unique, there are plenty of spaces that serve niche markets.

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Austin Community Networking America 48

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

If you have or are thinking about a business in the video space you’ll enjoy hearing from Gregg but even more broadly this is a great conversation for entrepreneurs, investors or industry analysts. Why do a freemium model? This is to drive marketing and any IT or infrastructure spend can be seen as such.

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