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). Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Founding Date: 2004.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

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. Luckily, we also discovered that certain other metrics, like LTV and CPA were much better than we initially projected.

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

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.

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

This is all the way from Aug 2009: Web Analytics Career Advice: Play In The Real World! The latter is particularly useful as an aggregated view for senior executives. Where you have CPA, it is is an even more valuable signal. Hence, I have been obsessed with encouraging you to get actual data to learn from. Take a break.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60