Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

These 6 KRIs are The CHICAGO MetricsR and are the result of an aggregation algorithm based on any number of tactical metrics. The business idea to do technology-driven customized and personalized trips for travelers coming to India was born sometime in 2009 just before I had to go to study and do my MBA. Photo credit: Harsh Sonawala.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Founding Date: 2009. Revenue Growth: 2241% YoY (2010 vs 2009), 1357% YOY (Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010). Gross Profit Margins: 42% (Q1 2011), 39% (2010), 36% (2009) –> i.e. for every $1 of Groupons sold, the company currently keeps $0.42 Cumulative customers (unique buyers of Groupons): 15.8M (Q1 2011), 9.0M (2010), 0.4M (2009).

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

FDI, M&A’s WEIGHED DOWN BY CRISIS IN 2009, UPTURN EXPECTED IN 2010. billion in 2009, compared with $10.8 63 Israeli companies were acquired or merged in 2009, a 28 percent drop from an average of 87 companies in the previous three years. The top ten deals in 2009 yielded 80 percent ($2.02 billion in 2008 and $8.8

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, January 4, 2009 Sharding for startups The most important aspect of a scalable web architecture is data partitioning. January 5, 2009 9:36 AM Eric said. January 5, 2009 9:49 AM Nathan said. January 5, 2009 5:37 PM spankysaid. January 5, 2009 6:07 PM dodo said. I like it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, February 22, 2009 Please teach kids programming, Mr. President Of course, what I really mean is: let them teach themselves. February 22, 2009 5:54 PM CapnCleaver said. February 22, 2009 10:14 PM Aleks said. February 23, 2009 2:22 AM Clement said. February 23, 2009 9:23 AM Clement said.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008). Filing Date: initial S-1 filed Nov 17, 2010 , updated March 9, 2011.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2011

That’s also how Anand Singh and Harveen Narulla felt, and that is why they founded GreenBills Pte Ltd, the technology start-up behind e-bill aggregation solution GreenPost. Singh and Narulla believe they have found the answer, and that is: aggregated e-billing. Not to mention, it’s a massive waste of paper.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. April 14, 2009 3:09 PM Eric Santos said. Great post!

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, June 5, 2009 It’s a startup, not a spreadsheet Some people, when they start to realize the power of using data to inform their decisions, become obsessed with optimization. Paul June 6, 2009 8:34 PM Nick Shepheard said. June 8, 2009 1:16 AM Colin said. June 8, 2009 6:11 AM Jason said.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

So, here is the first edition, including the recent Q4 2009 earnings and the updated 2010 forecast. However, despite healthy Q4 results (most companies were at or above plans) few have increased their 2010 guidance and the median moved only from 15% (same as 2009) to 17%. ► 2009. (9). ▼ 03/07 - 03/14. (1).

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Two others – that each team member give their input independently and that the results be objectively aggregated – are also key parts of building a meritocracy. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. So why is demographic diversity important?

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

rise in 2009, while investment in fixed assets is estimated to grow 6.2% drop in 2009. Shamir Optical reported revenues of $142 million in 2009, generated mainly in Europe and the United States, and has about 1,400 employees. In 2009 it boasted revenue of $4.49 billion, higher than the 17 deals made in 2009 for $1.5

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 24, 2009 Marching through quicksand I have been spending a lot of time lately talking to people in various media companies: editors and agents, executives, journalists, producers and directors. Doug August 24, 2009 8:21 AM Hugh said. August 24, 2009 8:36 AM Erin said. Very smart stuff.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

2009-2011: Retrenchment. 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. Uber is founded and AirBnB goes through YC in 2009. We’re only a few months past Sequoia’s famous “R.I.P.

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www.peterdrew.net

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Recent Comments Peter Drew on Trust SEO – Part 7 Seo Bank Automation Steve Evans on Trust SEO – Part 7 Seo Bank Automation Peter Drew on Trust SEO – Part 7 Seo Bank Automation John Gaydon on Trust SEO – Part 7 Seo Bank Automation Peter Drew on Trust SEO – Part 7 Seo Bank Automation jgriffin on Trust SEO – Part 7 (..)

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

In 2009, the Apple Corporation attracted international attention when it released advertisements featuring the tagline ”There’s an App for That.” For example, the Fisher Investments app on iTunes gives people aggregated news content about investing and similar money matters.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Aggregate PE Deal Value by Size (%). The average deal value in Q3 of 2010 also doubled, reaching $35 million, compared to $18 million in the previous quarter and $14 million in the third quarter of 2009. No distressed debt deals were reported in Q3 2009. (4)turnaround/

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Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2009

Reply Jesse Farmer , on April 7, 2009 at 8:53 am Said: Customers don’t ask for your transcript. Martin , on April 7, 2009 at 9:40 am Said: There’s a wide spectrum between A student and dropout. Reply steveblank , on April 7, 2009 at 10:16 am Said: Michael, Thanks for the Kauffman foundation link.

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Altgate

APRIL 22, 2009

 Obviously, WSGR has a much larger sample size and the fact that they make it public (in aggregate) is impressive. ← There is Too Much Venture Capital…Not Too Little 2009 Startup Executive Compensation Survey Opens → [link] Are You In Need Of A Payday Loan Now?   Building that must have been crazy. . 

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 18, 2010

Ive previously named his post Achieving Flow in a Lean Startup as one of my favorite blog posts of 2009. Examples of things I monitor are the numbers of user activations, active users, and aggregate page hits to user galleries. Ive previously named his post Achieving Flow in a Lean Startup as one of my favorite blog posts of 2009.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 30, 2008

In order to get optimal results from a group-based effort, you need three things: diversity, Independence , and an objective method for aggregating results. Aggregate results carefully. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. cause disaster.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 17, 2019

You’re actually better off with an aggregate rating of between 4.2 Since 2009, Smartpress has been on a mission to enable professionals to create brilliant print by providing them with a powerful online ordering platform, expert service, and uncompromising print produced with world-class print technology.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 14, 2009 Business ecology and the four customer currencies Lately, I’ve been rethinking the concept of “business model&# for startups, in favor of something I call “business ecology.&# Some ecosystems are stable, others malign, and others grow and prosper.

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www.subelsky.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Mike Subelskys Blog Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Lean startup tools for Rails apps A few months ago I was invited to dinner with the Geeks on a Plane crew when they stopped in Washington, and had the opportunity to meet one of my heroes, Eric Ries , author of the Startup Lessons Learned blog. November 30, 2009 10:46 AM charliepark said.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 8, 2017

7541547) from the USPTO in 2009. Some innovators with integrated business models like Kaiser Permanente are making great strides in aggregating your patient data and making it accessible to you. And it’s filled with a lot of repetitive filling out of forms and providing the same info to each entity you visit.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) We have witnessed one hell of a startup boom from 2009-2014 which has coincided with the boom in accelerators. My good friend Adam Lilling and I started Launchpad more than 5 years ago . We had a specific goal in mind.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

They're going strong , and constantly adapting their platform to users' changing needs for information and social media aggregation. And there's DailyMotion , which is eating into YouTube's market share and had a 70% jump in US traffic in 2009.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2009

Reply np , on August 20, 2009 at 2:06 pm Said: Rule 4: Custormer compares our product to a big comapny say BC they start to ask why should we use your product insted of BC. An Existing Market All four were trying to resegment an “Existing Market.” or posterous, but you have to pay for it&#. or posterous, but you have to pay for it&#.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Since you have access to intelligent information, the question becomes — how will you aggregate and leverage all this data? In 2006 and in 2009, John was awarded the Technology Executive of the Year, and the Titan of Technology awards by the CTA. Today’s best SMB-focused CRMs capture metrics more effectively than ever before.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2016

This “gap” first came to fruition in 2009 when retailers decided that the best way to attract mobile users was to create a mobile application. There are 3 steps marketers can follow to start connecting specific users’ mobile and desktop behavior: Aggregate audience data. Aggregate Audience Data. Image Source.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2010

This represents a 15% drop from Q4 2009 and a 12% drop from the first quarter of 2009. An aggregate look at the venture capital deals performed in Q1 2010 in Israel, shows a slow down in seed investments and increased interest in Life Sciences over Clean Tech. million in the first quarter of 2009. million, compared to $2.22

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

While the specific tactics you take for each of these will be certainly different depending on the tools you choose to use, I think everyone needs to take steps around the following four strategies: Refine your personal elevator pitch Monitor what's being said about you online Proactively do content marketing Aggregate and curate to reinforce.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 6, 2016

The 2009 series was a hit in the US and albeit we got it a few years late, this show has got Indians hooked on. Amit Damani, cofounder of Vista Rooms , when not having quintessential talks on anything entrepreneurial, runs one of the fastest growing online aggregator for budget hotels in India.

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VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2011

MultiMi aggregates messages from email, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, and file storage services. Zbang.it (site redirects to Multimi), was started in Israel in 2009 by Eidan Apelbaum , previously a director of product management at Yahoo! overseeing Mail, Groups, Yahoo messenger, etc.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 21, 2010

Disclaimer: I am an investor in Sparefoot, and they were in the 2009 Capital Factory program where I am a Managing Director. In early 2009, the founders of Sparefoot (then called Homstie.com) had a vision of allowing people with extra storage space in their homes to make a match with people who wanted to store things.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 17, 2018

One study ( 1) published in 2010 aggregated research on the business growth of 11,046 companies and found that planning improved business performance. When you should start the planning process. What steps you can take to reduce your chances of failure. Planning can help companies grow 30 percent faster. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2006.07.001.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. As of near the end of September 2009, we’re up 46% since the March 9th nadir (yes, I need to find a way to use one of my SAT words ; – ).

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