crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

You can find this, and 26 other science fictions that became science facts in 2012, in the Other section below. Don’t Accidentally Bootstrap Yourself to Death | saastr – [link]. Revenue is the new black | Gigaom – [link]. Revenue Doesn’t Matter – [link]. Will 2013 Be Harder For Startups Than 2012? (by

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

We launched the larger channel back in 2012 and the smaller channel in 2019. Typically, people who are going to watch these videos are already customers or at the very bottom of the funnel. It’s a great way to bring value to your customers, but you’re missing out on the leverage that YouTube provides.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

But, what constitutes success for the parties involved – investors, entrepreneurs, employees, and customers – can vary dramatically. Can you bootstrap your way to positive cash flow? Can you bootstrap your way to positive cash flow?   If the answer is relatively soon, then bootstrapping is a very serious consideration. 

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

7 Crucial Lessons from an Embarrassing Customer Service Trainwreck | Help Scout - [link]. Seth’s Blog: The cycle of customers who care - [link]. The Series A Crunch: One More Reason to Bootstrap and Skip Venture Capital | Enterprise Irregulars - [link]. Seth’s Blog: The cycle of customers who care - [link].

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css-tricks.com

JANUARY 2, 2013

December 18, 2012. At the outset of a project is a perfect opportunity to build/choose/customize a CMS that works for you. How is the customer support at your hosting provider? — Ryan McLaughlin (@ryanmclaughlin) December 18, 2012. — Tim Panicucci (@tpanicucci) December 18, 2012. Navigation n Search.

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Rob Go

DECEMBER 28, 2011

61M in Q3 revenue, up 28% YoY. The company is expected to do around $500M in revenue in 2011 and has seen 50%+ growth YoY the past two years. The company also never raised any previous financing, and is one of the great bootstrapped success stories out there. Onwards to 2012! market cap. Carbonite: Raised $62.5M

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Of course, everyone understands that somewhere in the equation theres revenue, whether directly or indirectly. The customer comments were entirely negative. We communicate to customers and competitors by how we price, and it is not simple to change. The customer comments were entirely negative. October 2012.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2013

Based on the latest Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom, personal money, or bootstrapping, continued to be the primary startup funding in 2012. At least wait until later, when you ready to scale, and have some “leverage” based on a proven business model, some real customers, and real revenue.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

In 2012 I got together with Alexander Osterwalder , Henry Chesbrough and Andre Marquis to think about the Lean and the future of corporate innovation. What CEOs, management teams and shareholders care about is growth —revenue growth, greater user adoption, increased market share, bigger margins, etc. in developing these new models.

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The Next Web

JULY 12, 2012

I’m a geek and given the choice I will always choose to hangout with my own “kind” Having launched a product and started a service business I quickly realised that I had to break out of my habits and start going to where my customers really are. Also, what’s in it for the customer? The LiL group.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

What makes me really proud though is we’ve been 100% bootstrapped for our 3.5 Entering our 4th year of business, we doubled our headcount, became a certified B Corporation, and released our revenue model which aligned with our becoming a 1% for the Planet member. Thanks to Joe Sinkwitz, Intellifluence ! #3- 3- Publishing a book.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

At today's roundtable we saw three very nice businesses, each with pilot customers, and each working on real problems. Antonio has 100 trial customers at the moment, and is looking to figure out exactly what his company positioning is going to be. And these pilots will pay for her early bootstrapping phase.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

The revenue in 2012 was $16.4 Being a completely bootstrapped company, Steals.com cannot offer its team the best possible pay. Being a completely bootstrapped company, Steals.com cannot offer its team the best possible pay. Most of the customer service staff is able to work from home for 30 hours a week.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Freshdesk is a social customer support startup offering a SaaS solution to small businesses. Freshdesk aims to do the same in Social CRM and already has paying customers. Freshdesk aims to do the same in Social CRM and already has paying customers. The Biggest Open Problem of 2012. Loyaltepays.com.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Where in your area will you find land or a building with the right zoning, size, facilities, and access for bringing in raw materials, attracting customers, and/or shipping out finished beer for distribution? Breweries don’t really win customers with one beer, but they can lose customers with one beer.”. Relationships.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

In September of 2012, Zapier closed our seed investment round of $1.2MM. In May of 2012, I had no idea where to start when it came to raising money for a company or if I even wanted to raise money. When we went out to raise money, we raised with only a couple thousand dollars in monthly recurring revenue.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. September 19, 2012, 9:32 p.m. Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Back to Top « Customer Service. Customer Center.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The Performance Appraisal » October 08, 2012.   The company prepared, as I recall, several million labels for their big customer (really their only customer) a major retailer based in the midwest.  They failed to mail a substantial portion of the best customers for the biggest event of the year.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 8, 2009

  In my case, in the first company, it was early customer selling that provided the startup cash.  These companies find capital primarily by finding customers and understanding trade-offs.    An example of that is pre-revenue science start-ups with grant funding.  There's always another way. 

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Where in your area will you find land or a building with the right zoning, size, facilities, and access for bringing in raw materials, attracting customers, and/or shipping out finished beer for distribution? Know your customers and your financials. Step 4: Building relationships with vendors and the local community.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 21, 2011

" "What are your assumptions about how long it will take to get customers?" " "Where do you expect to find these customers?" "  "What's the current solution these potential customers are using today?" Sales to segment A will be $500 per customer.

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

Last year, I tried out a custom textbook through one of the major publishers, which seemed like a great way to go. The artists received very little of album sales, but kept concert and merchandise revenue. The artists received very little of album sales, but kept concert and merchandise revenue. ► 2012. (1).

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model.   Pre-bubble Siliicon Valley deals were popularly valued at multiples of revenue. This is why a bottom up approach is more credible.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 14, 2008

Now, as their revenue grows substantially, its time to make the shift toward a more quantitative management environment. Can we quantify success in terms of calls, visits, customer sizes, and so forth? Can we produce a market map to track what our customers want, and from whom they are getting it? October 2012.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 2, 2007

In reality, the ability to estimate growth based on revenue for a new venture is low. Are we planning for the lowest customer acquisition cost the industry has ever seen? In reality, the ability to estimate growth based on revenue for a new venture is low. October 2012. Bootstrapping. Signup for email updates.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

In a lot of startups (especially good ones) the founder/CEO/leader is a customer-oriented sales person. Because of the virtuous feedback loop right at the center of the company, innovations for customer benefit come more rapidly. Even with bumps along the way, the major customer facing components add up to more and more success.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 22, 2006

If customer interest can be obtained in a live test involving revenue, valuation may rise again. If customer interest can be obtained in a live test involving revenue, valuation may rise again. October 2012. Bootstrapping. And so forth through team building, developing expense structures, etc. April 2013.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 13, 2006

(Of course, it goes without saying that no one would bottom-up an expense budget then fill in revenue to make it “come out,” right?). Growth involves, in many businesses, more customer service, product development, support, marketing and so forth – in addition to more R&D. October 2012. Bootstrapping. April 2013.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 24, 2006

The period of flat revenues in between has killed many companies waiting for the early adopters to begin buying. Create a culture in your company that is focused on the customer, rather than on the technology. The period of flat revenues in between has killed many companies waiting for the early adopters to begin buying.

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