Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

And that was, you know, 2004, 2005 was, I was realizing that it was no longer about working harder. I mean, you've got people, chiefs, happiness, chiefs, revenue chiefs, you know, I mean, so where, you know, how does the COO or second in command orient themselves then in, in that world? So now it's the chief revenue officer, right.

CTO 79

CTO Cofounder Networking Operations 79

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

LinkedIn’s product had only been live for a couple months, we only had tens of thousands of registered users, and wouldn’t start generating revenue for more than a year after this point. Thanks for sharing a candid view of what went on; I’ve heard Reid discuss the process in 2005 at a conference in the UK. Congrats!

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. Good press and industry mojo wasn’t enough to overcome the financial metrics of the business and the offers came in at more like $10 million. Sure, our revenue is growing, but is that enough to raise an internal round? Call me when you’re ready to leave.”

Startup 417

Startup Dilution San Diego Stock Options 417

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

There is a universal truth: fewer than one in a thousand start-ups meet or exceed their projected revenues in the periods planned. So how do you use financial projections as valuation metrics when you know the odds of those being accurate predictors of the future are so very unreliable? But a lot of time has passed since then.

Valuation 48

Valuation North Carolina Oklahoma City Silicon Valley 48

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.

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. The opportunity to transact at the point of purchase increases the sheer number of revenue opportunities.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

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.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

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.

Cofounder 429

Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2018

The key is to connect user research to an improved user experience and, in turn, an increase in customer retention, leads, or any other metric for which C-suite members are accountable. At Samsung, user research led the company to redesign its televisions in 2005, doubling their market share in just two years.

Design 111

Design Framework Product Development Technical Review 111

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 2005, $3.0

IPO 60

IPO Investment Bankers Demand Revenue 60

Up and Running

MAY 25, 2016

Census Bureau data, of the nonprofits that started in 2005, only 43 percent of these firms still existed in 2010. In this article, I’m going to provide you with a list of strategies that will help you increase your nonprofit’s revenue so that you can not only stay in operation, but thrive! Hold benefit events. Bake sales.

Revenue 86

Revenue Oregon Campaign Social Media 86

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Or Ford (it is amazing that in 2013, for such an expensive product, it looks so… 2005). Bonus: Facebook Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value ]. If you open your copy of Google/Adobe Analytics or CoreMetrics or Webtrekk you'll notice that every single report has a gigantic number of metrics in it. Beat Beneful.

Analytics 165

Analytics Marketing Channel Metrics 165

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 4, 2014

If you just go ahead and redesign your site, chances are that it will fail – conversions / revenue per visitor actually go down. Target redesign in 2011 resulted in less revenue + a myriad of technical problems. Listening to people is a good idea, but you have to pay attention to the metrics. This happens to big sites too.

Conversion 124

Conversion Technical Review Design Framework 124

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. in place before you expand.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

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. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Metrics: 50mm users (up from 40mm in Dec 2009), -Competition includes: Spotify , Last.fm.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Los Angeles Oakland Asia 217

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

By 2005, it became clear that more people were reading GigaOm than they were reading my then employer, Business 2.0. The success of business can be measured through many metrics — page views, revenues, profits, the number of employees, or an exit (either through a private or through a public sale). Back to the top.

Founder 80

Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

This metric is called x-height, and you want more of it on a screen font: Has the right personality. This is no doubt why, at least as far back as 2005, users were overwhelmingly voting for small fonts as the #1 web usability problem. Your font is like your site’s attire. It gives across a certain vibe; it creates a certain impression.

Web 48

Web Design Vertical Technical Review 48

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

Adding Ad Revenue. I hired those writers, the traffic increased, I started getting more revenue from advertising, and the income increased to about $1,500 per month as a result of that. I paid him half of the Adsense revenue, which turned out to be about $500 a month, and he just managed the whole site. We increased the revenue.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 19, 2010

First presented at an eMetrics summit in 2005 the 10/90 rule was borne out of my observations of why most companies fail miserably at web analytics. Only a plea to obsessively obsess about measuring outcomes and compute economic value, not just revenue. Mongoose Metrics ~ ifbyphone. . Mongoose Metrics ~ ifbyphone.

Analytics 135

Analytics Web Non-Compete Campaign 135

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Mobile commerce revenues may still pale in comparison to their ecommerce brothers, but we’re already seeing signs of mobile commerce’s potential. While commercial software houses have the luxury of targeting a specific platform for a revenue-generating commercial app, business developers have to satisfy business requirements.

Mobile 90

Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90