Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

But even during the macroeconomic boom of 2004 to early 2008 (inflated by various credit bubbles – housing, sovereign debt, LBOs) tech IPOs were extremely rare and then the global economic crisis of late 2008 – 2010 only further dampened hopes for a recovery. Zynga – 8x+ trailing revenue. trailing revenue.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

Moreover, VC funds on average earn approximately 2/3 of their revenue from fixed fees. The first is that the ThomsonOne database shows capital weighted average returns consistently beating simple average returns for vintage years 1980-2008, implying that larger funds do better than smaller funds. First, it isn’t very precise.

LP 114

LP Securities and Exchange Commission Silicon Valley Venture Capital 114

Rob Go

JANUARY 16, 2013

At the time, I was thinking generally about the concept of aggregating demand for products and local services, and just hearing the word “Groupon” piqued my interest. I went to Groupon to find the daily deal site has just launched a couple weeks prior in Boston, after running a few deals in CHicago in late 2008.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

What is the right revenue model? Aside from the dramatically shorter development cycle that browser games enjoy, the split testing of features (which is intuitive to web application makers) is something that propelled Zynga's games and revenues to the top of the social games vertical. August 24, 2009 2:17 PM Norbert Mocsnik said.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Friday, October 10, 2008. The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. When we first published Bessemer’s Top 10 Laws for Being "SaaS-y" in early 2008 in conjunction with our annual invitation-only SaaS CEO Summit, we were overwhelmed with the positive response and feedback we received. Great list! Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

Designed for large businesses, the channels let a company share several types of documents, brand the channel with their own design elements, and then include display advertising, contest promotions, blog aggregation, social media integration and metrics reporting. The idea seemed to SlideShare to be a natural direction.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Analytics Continuous Deployment 167

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008). Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. Image from Sequoia Capital presentation.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

But if Thanksgiving this year was $15 mil revenue and last year was $10 mil then is that good? In aggregate trends can hide insights and hence "dirty" the data. Let's say I did lots of things to drive SEO from Nov 2007 to May 2008. More importantly, is that good enough? 2: Segmentation to the rescue!

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Analytics Metrics Search Florida 68

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008). Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. Image from Sequoia Capital presentation.

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect. In an entrepreneurial situation, this is hard, because artifacts that we are creating (products, code, marketing campaigns, even revenue) are of secondary importance.

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Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

I recommend segmenting the traffic and measuring revenue lift but also measuring the average order size, if you did your job right then that latter number should be higher. You can measure this at an aggregate level, or you can measure it just for your campaign traffic. In this case our Yahoo! Notice the competitive trends?

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Campaign Analytics Metrics Search 128

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

12 cloud IPOs in the past 2 years: One from Europe SaaS companies are thriving in the public markets, with their aggregated market cap grew 350% since 2011, and 12 cloud companies going public in the past 24 months. These 12 have performed well, with an aggregate $2.6 Our investments in the space have followed suit.

Europe 83

Europe Cloud API 83

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

by creating a great experience, reassuring me with clear pricing, and they won't even have to pay a bounty to their aggregators! The data is for 2008, but works like a charm in driving conversions. Don't you love happy customers and big revenues? Now they can acquire me (I'm pre-convinced!)

Web 164

Web Design Marketing Security 164

Occam's Razor

MAY 18, 2010

I have said: All data in aggregate is "crap" Because it is. So it was with absolute delight that I wrote a detailed post about the release of Advanced Segmentation feature in Google Analytics in Oct 2008: Google Analytics Releases Advanced Segmentation: Now Be A Ninja! Total revenue. Of course Yahoo! All visits.

Analytics 123

Analytics Web Acquisition Metrics 123

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

In the early days, my belief was that blogs (or as I called them micro-pubs back in 2002) would grow really fast and it would allow me to aggregate large subsets of audiences around specific niches. The decision to switch out of the chief executive’s role in early 2008 was preceded by one of those conversations with myself.

Founder 80

Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

From the start we said that we would never make a decision as to what features to build or what products to sell based on revenue alone, rather we would focus on things that make our customers smile and by doing so lots and lots of revenue will fall out over time. Sticking to that philosophy has been one of the keys to Fab’s success.?.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

Up and Running

JULY 13, 2016

While the recession of 2008 may have caused a slight downturn in the number of events held in the U.S. This means that when it comes to getting more clients and growing your revenue, maintaining a strong presence on Pinterest and Instagram is very important. every year, one thing is still certain: Everyone loves a good party.

Social Media 60

Social Media SEO Bandwidth Media 60

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO. Post-Mortem Title : Why Wesabe Lost to Mint.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

PeerTV was linux on DSP, which aggregated content from the Internet like Boxee and BeeTV. Long story short, I ended up spending a year and a half in China from 2008 to 2010 and now I’m hard at work with BizMe2. All the peripheral services are profitable, but there was no place that aggregated everything under one roof.

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Aggregator Caching PHP 84

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

This was supposed to be Airbnb's biggest year by many measures, including its IPO, which was one of the most anticipated since the 2008 financial crisis. A complete collapse of revenue that simultaneously affects your employees and your customers, your partners, your investors, everyone all at once and all the news is bad.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

endeve – Issue invoices, manage clients and check revenues all in one place. Database, File Storage & Information Management Pixily – An online service that lets you aggregate, organize, find and share your documents. 4 email share Last August we featured a post with more than 230 online apps for running your business.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Monday, February 04, 2008. A few times per year, Bessemer organizes a CxO event for our portfolio companies and we decided to focus our first session of 2008 on Software-as-a-service (SaaS). Your key business metrics are CMRR (Contracted Monthly Recurring Revenue) and cash. The 10 laws of SaaS unveiled at Bessemer CEO Summit.

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Way back in 2008, an obscure SaaS company called Zuora started talking—loudly and endlessly—about the “ subscription economy. Most businesses have a handful of target accounts they dream of closing—big, prestigious companies that could generate a whole lot of revenue in a single deal. Create movement-first content to build credibility.

B2B 133

B2B Marketing SEO Search 133

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Shamir Optical reported revenues of $142 million in 2009, generated mainly in Europe and the United States, and has about 1,400 employees. In 2008, the company, which employs about 30,000 worldwide, reported revenues of $28.8 In 2008, the company, which employs about 30,000 worldwide, reported revenues of $28.8

Bandwidth 80

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 80

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

After a somewhat disappointing congress in 2009, in which companies showcased products from previous years, this year is expected to be faster, greener and ‘cloudier’ Looking at the conference agenda , it’s not hard to spot the trends for 2010: Mobile Clouds – additional storage and new revenue streams to operators.

Mobile 109

Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

This highest quality of the traffic information, never achieved before, together with the perfect applications generate significant revenues for the operator and maintain customers’ loyalty. Logia has the unique combination of being both a content aggregator and a billing aggregator. Craze Productions. GoNet Systems.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The online video networks are doing terrific business, and even Yahoo is benefiting from increased brand spend, seeing revenue growth for the first time in a while. While the revenue numbers may not be huge in 2010, there is certainly promise to the business models that are developing on these platforms. How can you improve LTV ?

Internet 111

Internet eCommerce Advertising Flash 111

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

But the angels who’ve staked their funds on spreading bits of money all over the Valley are increasingly anxious that only 20 percent of their deals — in aggregate — will get the chance to keep going. iOS App Store revenue still dwarfs Google Play’s, but the challenger is catching up fast. November 29, 2012.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93