Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

If you are a regular reader of this blog you know how deeply fond I am of the Acquisition, Behavior, Outcomes framework. Now it's time for acquisition. It will be a great reflection of how well thought out their acquisition strategy is, or how sub-optimal it is. ~ Now, I better understand visitor acquisition.

Web 138

Web Analytics Technical Review Affiliate 138

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In blue is how much time we spent in 2010 and in blue the time spent in 2014. was the dramatic shift between 2010 to 2014 to mobile content consumption. The team at Google has done a great job of having the end-to-end view there across Acquisition, Behavior and Outcomes. What was surprising, even to me (!), Thank you.

Analytics 141

Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 141

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

Back in 2010 we were observing more and more new B2B startups emulating the product and customer acquisition strategies of existing consumer web companies which my partners & I have long been familiar with. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Pingback: [link]. Read More ».

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Agile VC

AUGUST 12, 2011

But unfortunately there’s no magic formula… not getting X million users if you’re a consumer facing startup, or Y customers if you’re B2B SaaS startup, or Z revenue, or whatever. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Acquisition 113

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Back in 2010, we were running a digital agency in Los Angeles for premium fashion brands when they came upon the idea for NuORDER. The differences between B2C and B2B within the same brands were staggering! My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c. Thanks to Sebastian Ravitz, Loudley ! #9-

Entrepreneur 114

Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 114

techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

My experience: I exited my last company, an award-winning B2B telecoms operator, and knew that I wanted to build a SaaS product. I wanted to maximise my chance of success, so I set out to find a technical co-founder who would complement me, which I did early in 2010, and with his help we launched Teamly into beta in the summer.

Technical Cofounder 49

Technical Cofounder Cofounder San Antonio Europe 49

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 6, 2010

Before all the excitement of the new year wears out, here are five simple things I would love for you to try so that your company will have a glorious truly data driven 2010! #1: In 2010 Consider trying just two tools listed above that you have not used so far. 1: Don't suck. Seems obvious. There are so many ideas.

Analytics 99

Analytics Web Campaign PPC 99

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

ReachForce experienced significant customer growth in 2010 adding over 100 new customers and over 100% annual growth in its information-as-a-service solutions. New customer acquisition is critical to our customers and that is where we focus our value,” said Bob Riazzi, CEO of ReachForce.

B2B 54

B2B Acquisition Retention Finance 54

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

In the fall of 2010 I laid out reasons why all the tech “bubble” chatter was really more the hallmark of a reasonably sustained boom , and then revisited the topic almost one year ago to the day. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. Read More ».

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010. The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. At its peak, in 2010, Goodmail had roughly 40 employees. Business Services (B2B).

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We were immediately thrust into a globally competitive market for B2B collaboration tools. Except that after the acquisition Salesforce.com required that I commute more than an hour each way from Palo Alto to San Francisco. So no prizes for guessing my New Year’s resolution for 2010. I was on top of the world again.

Entrepreneur 308

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley San Diego Non-Compete 308

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The first of these to exit was recently announced, with Groupon’s acquisition of Hyperpublic , though most of the portfolio will continue to build for a long time. Just under half our portfolio is B2B in nature, slightly more than half is consumer-facing in some way. PMarchetti. Congratulations! Read More ».

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LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 13, 2012

I first met Wiley Cerilli on April 23, 2010. When I asked him to come share his sales and company culture expertise at GA, he was on it--right in the middle of acquisition negotiations. If you've ever met Wiley, you know you can bank on him maxing out that additional $30 million. Wiley was soft spoken and extremely professional.

Syndicate 151

Syndicate Syndication Viral B2B 151

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

The top performing SaaS companies typically achieve annual customer renewal rates above 90% - with most of the churn due to death (bankruptcies) or marriage (acquisitions) - and over 100% renewals on a dollar value basis due to up-sells into this installed base. upfront acquisition cost, making the CLTV equal to $2.5-$0.7= means a $0.7

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Adobe’s recent acquisition of Comscore’s Digital Analytix business adds another product integration to their future roadmap. Cons: Measurement of acquisition channels appears to be a mute point with Clicktale. Great salemanship is to be expected at Adobe. Clicktale even has a (per page) javascript error report (wow!).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Conversion 48

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 14, 2010

October 14th, 2010 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? I would include B2B software for small businesses. With that said, Unbounce is a good choice if you’re not a developer, or don’t have any time to tackle one of the other options I’ve listed. Check out my book Like this post?

Software Review 77

Software Review Marketing Technical Review Software 77

Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

Email campaign ideas, content improvement, behavior targeting, testing product prices , hiring a supposedly awesome consultant, using offline calls to action, measuring impact of television on the web, opening a twitter account of a B2B business, doing… Anything you can think of I can do it. Usually for free. Usually at least a test.

Analytics 118

Analytics Web Metrics Channel 118

Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

The former includes the Twitters, Facebooks, Linkedins, Tesla Motors of the World and the latter is the 95% of companies (B2B SaaS, Semiconductors, Cap Equipment, Biotech, MedTech, etc) that need to be marketed (Supply Push) by legions of brokers. Thomson Reuters data indicates that pre-money valuations for VC deals in the U.S.

Valuation 50

Valuation Social Media Media IPO 50

www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Rocket Watcher Product Marketing for Startups Product Marketing for Startups About Speaking Contact Email Posts Startups Product Marketing Messaging Social Media Commentary Uncategorized Marketing Metrics 101 for B2B Startups 13. Rocket watcher b2b marketing metrics View more presentations from April Dunford.

B2B 42

B2B Metrics Marketing Startup 42

www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

B2B: Business Media. 2010 Eddie and Ozzie Awards Call for Entries OPEN! B2B Publishing. Mix of B2B and Consumer Pubilshing. Mergers and Acquisitions. Featured Jobs. Newest Jobs. Job Seeker Login. Post a Job. Employer Login. Browse Jobs. Search Jobs. Post a Job. -->. --> By Topic. Audience Development. CMS Insights.

Social Media 40

Social Media Rhode Island Media South Dakota 40

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

August 18th, 2010 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? Part of any good marketing plan is customer acquisition costs and knowing when those costs are too high. 19th, 2010 in [.] #38 I can remember a number of sources for similar numbers (they may be higher for B2B). Check out my book Like this post?

Software Review 78

Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

But while it was a little less understood outside the payments world, their acquisition of TxVia theoretically gives them some of the plumbing they’d need to create a store of value or couple a Google mobile payments product to existing financial accounts. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. great web customer acquisition tutorials. mixpanel vs kissmetric vs google analytics review.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Previous Israeli exhibitors lists are available MWC 2009 and MWC 2010. Established location-based services to enable the CSP offer B2B and B2C services based on mobile positioning, tracking & locating, turn-by-turn navigation and mobile local search. Mer Telecom. -

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Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103