Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2016

Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) I wish I could claim I deftly foresaw this, but I was just seeking recurring revenue to to cover OneMatchFire’s office expenses. Though I should point out was still doing client work for OneMatchFire until mid-2005 until the business could pay full salaries.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Cofounder SMS 48

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

To be clear, this isn’t your salary – this is your budget to run your company. Your salary does come from this number, but you also need to cover salaries of everyone else on your team (if there are others on your team). And, if you travel, those costs come from this number too.

Salary 48

Salary Capital Call Bootstrapping Cofounder 48

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

To be clear, this isn’t your salary – this is your budget to run your company. Your salary does come from this number, but you also need to cover salaries of everyone else on your team (if there are others on your team). And, if you travel, those costs come from this number too.

Salary 48

Salary Capital Call Bootstrapping Cofounder 48

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Founders however are asked to take low salaries and never really get back the time they worked for free. We should end the year with a few million in fully recurring revenue and we’re projected to double next year. But more spend = more viral opps = more revenue down the road. >50% of our revenue in now viral.

Founder 329

Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

So a lot of agencies track revenue, some actually even track profit, but you, if we're gonna optimize, um, profitability, what, what should we be measuring? And that's mostly gonna be the labor cost of the work that we do for clients. And that's mostly gonna be the labor cost of the work that we do for clients.

Cofounder 77

Cofounder Hosting Networking Software Review 77

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). I learned how to get press coverage when we were no longer “hot.&# I learned how to manage costs effectively. and we ultimately sold when we hit $14 million and had more than $30 million in backlog revenue.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

From April 2001 through June 30, 2006, we achieved 21 consecutive quarters of revenue growth. During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, we achieved positive operating cash flows of $0.3 During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, we achieved positive operating cash flows of $0.3 million for 2004, $1.9

IPO 60

IPO Investment Bankers Demand Revenue 60