Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! Huge structural under-employment in much of the country and full employment in some niche tech markets where it’s impossible to hire developers, designers or sales professionals. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. and profits! You feel it, too. It’s surreal.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2012

Between 2005 and 2007, Starbucks aggressively opened new store locations and made several operational changes that diluted its customer value proposition, diluted its high employee engagement culture, violated its real estate site selection controls, and weakened its high value-added ‘experience’ business model.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

One of my favorite episodes who should be your first hire, what's your funding plan, Dr. Lisa Cravin shares her top advice from building spotlight oral. And that was, you know, 2004, 2005 was, I was realizing that it was no longer about working harder. So now it's the chief revenue officer, right. It was about working smarter.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 15, 2022

And I think as we talk just a little bit, as we got started, you started in 2005. Todd Cochrane (14:37): You know, and it's even funny because I hired a service to help me get more interviews. Matter of fact, my sponsor GoDaddy, which I've had since 2005, it's remarkable. So Todd, welcome to the show. I'd like to be asked.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. million in 2004 to $6.5

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. million in 2004 to $6.5

Retention 112

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. million in 2004 to $6.5

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2015

But like many companies over the past five years it hired aggressively and probably had some degree of straying off of a core strategy and some amount of excess jobs relative to its current revenue forecasts and opportunities. What is your revenue growth rate and what does this imply about your number of months of capital remaining?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. million in 2004 to $6.5

Retention 98

Retention Customer Developer Programming 98

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 13, 2017

Those dreams can fuel any business as it secures loyal customers and achieves a consistent revenue stream, but that may not be enough to take it to the next level: its transformation into a larger company. If it is time to hire additional salespeople, there are some helpful guidelines here. by Stephen Sheinbaum, founder of Bizfi.

Small Business 100

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Up and Running

AUGUST 1, 2017

In 2005, Claus Moseholm co-founded GoViral, a Danish company which specializes in harnessing the internet to promote advertisers’ videos and make them go viral. A venture capitalist is in the business to generate more revenue streams, but as an owner, you may have other agendas.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

But did you know that founder Markus Frind has just 3 employees for his $10MM+ revenue business? World class In-house UX is one of the most challenging hires you’ll make. Unfortunately they will be very expensive (30-50% or more of gross revenue). He basically outsources everything. Branding/Copy. PR/Marketing.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 20, 2013

I speak from personal experience, since I hired and partnered with a CEO, Jeff Weiner, very successfully at LinkedIn five years after co-founding the company. I co-founded LinkedIn in 2003, and by 2005, after asking myself the key questions about my passion, focus, and commitment, I knew I wanted to bring in a CEO.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. Sure, our revenue is growing, but is that enough to raise an internal round? There are times when you need to “hire above” somebody not rising to the expectations you’d have of their role. Call me when you’re ready to leave.” Sorry, brah.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 28, 2011

Convergent streams The most effective marketing strategy not only focuses on a core market and differentiators, it also finds ways to build multiple streams of recurring revenue.

Marketing 65

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 13, 2011

Blocked revenue One of the best ways to build a business that has marketable value is to develop multiple streams of residual income that a potential business buyer can view as a valuable asset. Of course, the flip side is true as well–audiences have become pleasantly surprised when they actually get value from time spent reading or viewing.

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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. The spin-out took a few months to negotiate and didn’t actually close until February 2005.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Hire smart. A good rule of thumb is to avoid hiring solely based on someone’s technical skill set. Instead, hire people with foundational qualities you can build on: integrity, enthusiasm, a willingness to learn, a sense of humor, and a sincere interest in your business, to name a few. You can always teach that. You deserve it.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 8, 2019

“YCombinator for Non-Unicorns” In 2005 YCombinator pioneered the concept of a startup accelerator, running their first batch of 8 companies through a 3-month mentorship program and providing them with $6,000n in funding (where n = the number of founders). 3: We Provide World-Class Mentorship.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Shama is a bestselling author with her book - The Zen of Social Media Marketing: An Easier Way to Build Credibility, Generate Buzz, and Increase Revenue. Award winning CEO of The Marketing Zen Group – a global digital marketing firm.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

we had no revenue. As a result, we knew that our pitch would need to steer into investors’ biggest concern: the lack of revenue. Instead, our strategy was to steer immediately into the revenue question because that was the top concern of investors in 2004. We made the mistake of listing three different revenue streams.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

What would happen if you focused on the 20% of your customers responsible for 80% of your revenue? This is ultimately how a small, growing or even larger business can grow its revenue, customer and content base from the inside out by adding new leads to the traditional funnel without necessarily having to sacrifice any on the back end.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Hiring an expert or a coach to walk you through this stage can help you minimize the chances of failure although identifying the problem first can be a great way to create a long-lasting strategy. billion in revenue annually. She started HuffPo in 2005 when it was relatively unknown. Thanks to Jason Feldman, Immigrate Me ! #8-

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And this rapid prototyping thing when your back's against the wall and your revenue model's gone from 100% to 10%, if you're a small business, restaurant owner or you're running a small curbside, even a consignment store, I'm trying to help a leader understand how he can serve. So, how are you investing in being even better?

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In his 2005 book, The World Is Flat , Thomas Friedman recognizes that the Internet has the ability to create a “level playing field” for all participants, and one where geographic distances become less relevant. Launched in 2005, Etsy is a leading marketplaces for the exchange of vintage and handmade items. annual GMV.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

Click fraud first came to light in 2005, when several major cases were taken to court. When the fraud hit, that fell to just a few hundred pounds of revenue a day and a ton of wasted spend. Any business can hire a botnet or, in some cases, even genuine people to maliciously click ads.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

in December of 2004 with just our one little product, and by the end of 2005 we had sold 1 million Finders Key Purse(r). These were personal advisors in other disciplines/fields like nursing, medicine, and law where professors regularly own their own practices, offices, or revenue-generating services. I launched Alexx, Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. When I saw what BuddyTV is working on and how long they’ve been the market (since 2005) I realized that this has huge potential to help disrupt the television market. No Dave S. =

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Bryce Dot VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

What that meant is that six companies a year could achieve a hundred million in revenue or a billion in valuation. Back in 2005 we started a venture firm called OATV, O’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, myself, my partner Tim O’Reilly, and my partner Mark Jacobson. Her revenue is up more that anyone in the group right now. So we have.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

There are two reasons to raise money: You have a killer idea that is only partially validated, that you think can get to $50M+ of revenue in 5 years with 80%+ gross margins (if margins are lower, you need a lot more revenue)and you need money to get to product-market fit, or. Not all startups need outside investment to grow.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2019

We will be hiring people with mental and physical disabilities in the near future. million in annual revenue. I started my business consulting firm in 2005 when I decided to become a mom. Helping others is what makes my heart full. Giving back and helping others leads to a full filling life for me. 5- Two reasons.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 29, 2006

Microsoft released its third quarter numbers the other day and while revenue growth was strong, the stock got hammered and dropped over 10%. To refresh your memory, I suggest reading Bill’s email from October 2005 (also see the Ray Ozzie memo ) where he leads the battle charge for the next generation web, the SaaS era.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

March 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard ComputerSociety.) One of the best tricks I learned during our startup was a rule for deciding who to hire. And when businesspeople try to hire hackers, they cant tell which ones are good.Even other hackers have a hard time doing that. Want to start a startup?

Startup 105

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Altgate

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

 Typically they are very early stage (usually pre-revenue and often pre-product) companies that have a partial management team and hope to raise $2-5 million to "go build it."  They hired 13 new people in Q4 of last year! " I've been repeating myself so many times I'm just going to write it here.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 31, 2008

37signals has several other products, but Basecamp accounts for about 60% of their projected $8 million in 2008 revenue. On the financials alone, 37signals should be worth about $80 million (10X revenue). Jason is “famous&# for saying he’d never hire someone who didn’t use a Mac.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Focus on what you get done day by day that drives revenue. Many people think you have to have to hire someone or use a service to file for your Employer Identification Number (EIN) otherwise known as your TAX ID. I’ve been using LivePlan since 2005—I believe it is the premier and easiest business planning tool out there.

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