ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a recent survey published on HubSpot, it was found that companies who put data at the core of their marketing/sales decisions improve marketing ROI by 15%-20%. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. Phase 1 – Research Your Customers To Find What They Need Most.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

the business was the same and through acquisitions it became to be worth $1.33 At the beginning of Bazaarvoice in 2005, the market risk was whether or not we could convince retailers to embrace both the positive?—?and voice of their customers and talk them off the ledge that negative reviews wouldn’t tank their overall sales.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a recent survey published on HubSpot, it was found that companies who put data at the core of their marketing/sales decisions improve marketing ROI by 15%-20%. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. Phase 1 – Research Your Customers To Find What They Need Most.

Retention 98

Retention Customer Developer Programming 98

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Never missing an opportunity for a good war story, I’d like to revisit one high-profile transaction, the $650 million acquisition of MySpace by Fox Interactive Media in 2005, on which I spent many sleepless nights along with the rest of the deal team. Read on for a fuller explanation. Redpoint, led by Geoff Yang , invested $11.5

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

by Christopher Wallace, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Amsterdam Printing. The founders sold the two year old company to eBay in 2005 for $2.6 eBay was ultimately unable to generate sufficient profits and synergies from the acquisition. This startup offered free peer to peer on-line phone service.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. Joe Chernesky, Vice President and General Manager of Global Licensing Sales, Intellectual Ventures. Geleerd acquired the stadium out of highly publicized bankruptcy and turned around its financial position and ultimately engineered the sale back to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2005.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2015

In 2005, David Choe was invited to paint a number of murals at Facebook’s HQ in Palo Alto. If you don’t have big dreams for your company and are happy running it day to day (you’re not thinking about your IPO or acquisition in five years), then offering equity in the business is not fair to employees.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

I learned this lesson 127 times between 2000 and 2005. I started investing in 1994 and while there was some bumpiness in 1997 and again in 1999, the real pain happened between 2000 and 2005. I suffered through the next financing after implementing a complex structure, or a sale of the company, or a liquidation.

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www.ashmaurya.com

AUGUST 29, 2012

Robert has been working in software since 2005. You research the market and develop some materials that will improve their standing, sales, or prospects. This can be really effective, and I was best introduced to the idea in Chet Holmes ‘ The Ultimate Sales Machine. He is a Ph.D. dropout who spent time working for Google.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

Q lipso, an Israeli startup funded by JVP (see previous VC Cafe post ), has announced the acquisition of the assets of Veoh , a user generated video site, on the virge of its declaration of bankruptcy. We have a 5-person sales team in NY, a large audience, it is completely transformational.”

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

Click fraud first came to light in 2005, when several major cases were taken to court. We spent around £5,000/day and generated around £50,000/day in sales on average. Any marketing strateg y that relies heavily on PPC—or any single channel—for acquisition is at risk. Diversifying your marketing spend is an essential hedge. .

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 15, 2009

It’s almost like the clock is moving backwards to 2004/2005 when blogs when there was much less noise in the blogosphere, but a smaller audience of commited, early adopters. I’ve been posting more and more recently, and my audience has grown faster than at any point in this blog’s history.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 14, 2011

While his strategic abilities are fantastic, our decision to bring him on as CEO was also motivated by his strong execution skills, as demonstrated by the conversion, sales and inventory growth he drove for Travelocity.”. “I I am very excited to join PetsMD,” said Calvoz. Veterinary care and pet services are a $15 Billion market in the U.S.

Advisory Board 63

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The numbers of potential buyers had decreased dramatically both because large companies were shedding jobs and because many past buyers simply lacked resources to make acquisitions. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. Bottom of the sales funnel.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

His latest book, “ Flip the Funnel: How to use existing customers to gain new ones ,” presents a powerful hypothesis that retention can become the new acquisition through the strategic incorporation and elevation of customer service, customer experience and customer initiated word-of-mouth, content creation and incentive-based referrals.

Social Media 32

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2018

At Samsung, user research led the company to redesign its televisions in 2005, doubling their market share in just two years. According to that same NNG research: Ecommerce sites can expect to double their sales. Sales representatives know that a happy customer is a potential referral that can generate a quick and lucrative commission.

Design 111

Design Framework Product Development Technical Review 111

Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2019

I loved working for start-ups, except for the being laid-off part, as a result of acquisition or pivot. After being laid-off (again), I started a sales consulting business helping tech start-ups build, grow, and coach their sales teams. Thanks to Kristie Jones, Sales Acceleration Group ! #4-Giving 10-It pays to give.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

As a result, the cost per acquisition was cut by 50%, and conversion increased by 4x with a 1.5x Following the site’s launch, Burberry saw a 50% year over year increase in e-commerce sales. In 2005, McDonald’s was faced with diminished trust among its UK audience for a number of reasons, necessitating a revitalization of the brand.

Social Media 28

Social Media Sweden Audience Advertising 28

Occam's Razor

APRIL 25, 2011

Have a balance in your spend between acquisition and website. Spend loads on acquisition, but also spend loads on creating websites that deliver on your promises. " I'd postulated this rule in 2005, it is even more true in 2011. Would you treat your mother like that? Not having a vibrant, engaging, non-pimpy blog.

Marketing 126

Marketing Flash Analytics Web 126

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

What was a Series A round in 2005 is now a pre-seed or seed round. For a Series A round you want to prove you have built a repeatable and scalable sales/revenue model and understand all parts of the business model. You need to begin to “instrument” your customer acquisition process with analytics. Step 5: Series, C, D….

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Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

He is an active angel with many successful angel investments including: Rent.com, (purchased by Ebay in 2005 for $415 million), Golfnow.com (purchased by Comcast in June 2008), and Lifelock (lead investors include Bessemer Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers). Moderator: Robert Savage, CEO, Track.com.

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BeyondVC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

Customer acquisition. VC – $5 or trade sale. I have shared many of these thoughts in earlier posts like " The web-based platform " last October and " Web-based businesses circa 2004." " Web 1999/2000. Critical Mass. GoToMarket Philosophy. If you build it, they will come. Release early and release often.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

On April 23, 2012, the SEC published guidance reminding issuers that “any offers or sale of securities purporting to rely on the crowdfunding exemption would be unlawful under federal securities laws” until the SEC adopts new rules. Most importantly, the crowdfunding provisions of the JOBS Act are not yet effective.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

The biggest deal I’ve ever done was a sale of a $100,000 website. I was still nervous because I hadn’t really invested that kind of money and negotiated a sale before, so I went to bed that night after I made the offer, wondering whether I was going to follow through with it. I saw them for sale and checked out the traffic statistics.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Or Ford (it is amazing that in 2013, for such an expensive product, it looks so… 2005). It does require working with your CMO, VPs, Directors, IT, Offline Sales, UX, IT, and more people than you could ever imagine. Focus on optimizing your Cost per Acquisition (CPA). Beat Beneful. It is worth it.

Analytics 165

Analytics Marketing Channel Metrics 165

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children). Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

The most noteworthy M&A deals of 2009 were Siemens’ $418 million acquisition of Solel; Medtronic’s acquisition of Ventor, estimated at $325 million; and IBM’s $225 million acquisition of Guardium. billion, and in 2005 it bought another generics competitor, Ivax, based in Miami, for about $7.4

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

March 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard ComputerSociety.) The woman in charge of sales was so tenacious that I used to feelsorry for potential customers on the phone with her. Stephen Hawkings editor told him that every equationhe included in his book would cut sales in half. At sales I was not very good.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

if you’re just offering a product for sale? But if they have already parted with it, they’re much more likely to ride out the sale. Part of any good marketing plan is customer acquisition costs and knowing when those costs are too high. . #23 m3mnoch on 08.18.10 24 George Scott on 08.18.10 42 Ruben on 08.19.10

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. Its thesame with acquisitions. For example, VCs generally write it into the deal thatin any sale, they get their investment back first. Want to start a startup? Apply for funding by March 3. Few startups get it quite right. Many are underfunded.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. There’s YouTube , of course — well established in its own right, it rewrote the book on how an acquisition can be run delicately, as a company within a company.

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ConversionXL

JULY 13, 2016

In 2005, basically all of their numbers jumped impressively. Apple Computer sales were up 68% over the previous year. A similar variation of the brand equity effect is when a product does really well, it makes the rest of a company’s catalog look attractive as well. Profits were up 384%. And the stock was up 177%.

Advertising 48

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

the meebo that launched in 2005 was a group effort – the idea primarily came from sandy being a huge IMer and having trouble getting on IM when we were working on earlier ideas in elaine’s apartment! The second one not until 2005. get to know each other first, etc. i’ll go into this is later posts.

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allthingsd.com

AUGUST 24, 2012

CCIE - Senior Sales Support Engineering. ATDacquisitions (Acquisitions). © 2005-2012 Dow Jones & Company Inc. — Dan Rather on the digital news cycle. JOB LISTINGS. POST A JOB. Cisco Partner - Pacific Star Communications - Portland, OR. Financial Representative. Thrivent Financial - Stevens Point, WI Wausau, WI.

Valuation 45

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ConversionXL

APRIL 12, 2012

Is it cause it’s really boosting sales? A study on sex in the movies - that examined more than 900 films released between 2001 and 2005 - concluded that nudity and explicit sex scenes don’t translate to success for major motion pictures. billion, up from $1 billion in 2005. Why are there so many ads using sex?

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? great web customer acquisition tutorials. turn customer feedback into sales and relationships. SaaS Sales Team Compensation â?? Startups For Sale. Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. good tutorial.

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