Austin Startup

MARCH 6, 2021

Muhummad Mahdi (left) and Arifin Hasan (right), Founders of Nitex In 2012, Bangladeshi computer science student Muhammad Mahdi received a call from an old high school friend, Arifin Hasan. HITTING THE RUNWAY For three years the company relied on revenue alone as skeptical investors failed to see their vision.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2012

by Bill Lee, author of “ The Hidden Wealth of Customers: Realizing the Untapped Value of Your Most Important Asset “. It’s hard to believe these are the methods and tools of a profession designed to attract and persuade us to become customers — especially when “we the buyers” increasingly ignore them. Pushy salespeople.

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Transformify

AUGUST 16, 2020

As millions of businesses in Asia have shifted to external workforce on-demand to optimize costs and increase flexibility, it comes to no surprise that the demand for the contingent workforce management solution provided by Transformify Freelancer Management System has skyrocketed.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

They’ve grown from nothing to >$2B in revenue in 30 months time, making the company among the fastest growing businesses in the histroy of the world. How They Make Money: Groupon keeps a share of the coupon value (typically 40-50%) as its net revenue (1). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. to the merchant.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2012

As these business applications reaches mainstream adoption, data centers are now housing a wealth of information, on a variety of applications, that can help organizations improve their revenues and gain market share. This could lead to data center inefficiency, loss of vital information and storage management costs spiraling out of control.

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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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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

But before candidates can decide if franchising is the right move for them, they must weigh the benefits and costs of franchising against that of a traditional business model. It’s important to keep in mind that there are two types of revenue/profit loss when you’re a small business owner. Lawns branding development since 2012.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

They also signed Global eTelecom as a customer, one of U.S.' Our plan is to have seven figure revenues and be profitable by Q3, in addition to to seven new hires by end of the year," he says. Anthony Favazza, CEO of DiningCircle has hired a CTO that will be overseeing a rebuild of our product in early 2012. "We Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2012

The relatively low cost of starting a tech business today has made this choice more enticing than ever. To ensure he didn’t get in over his head, Herman says, “I only put monies on the credit cards for which I know I have corresponding payments due from customers. It hasn’t all been smooth sailing. “At

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

However, most companies focus only on one – and are missing out on revenue opportunities. increase the number of customers, increase the average order size, increase the number of repeat purchases. #1: 1: Increase the number of customers. Upsell a product that cost ~60% less. Image credit. Longer commitment.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 2, 2013

Customer Acquisition : This is usually one of the most skipped sections of an investor pitch and a full business plan. How will you reach your customers? How much will it cost? Your financials should easily allow you to calculate your customer acquisition costs. How will you measure success?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 23, 2013

Marketo filed for IPO with impressive 80% year-over-year growth in 2012, with almost $60m in revenue. of revenue, force-feeding sales pipelines with an unprofitable product. I know the argument: The pay-back period on sales, marketing, and up-start costs is long, but there’s a profitable result at the end of the tunnel.

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www.kalzumeus.com

AUGUST 13, 2012

Posted on May 31, 2012. how I more-than-doubled customer lifetime value on Appointment Reminder by implementing a product tour. asking for email addresses would damage customer confidence. Folks scamming you for the incentive are a — cheap — cost of doing business.). Greatest Hits. Standing Invitation.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

In case you haven’t heard of the website before, it allows you to register and hire professional consultants with top-tier qualifications, at a fraction of the cost you might otherwise have to pay, and in a fraction of the time. Founded in 2012, FINEX Cast Iron Cookware Co. How a product-based company aced Kickstarter and got funded.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

His superiors weren’t all happy with this atypical approach to news and asked him to leave in September 2012. In December 2012 he met up with the founders of Momkai , a creative agency with clients such as Red Bull and Nike. Our custom-made CMS?—?called called Respondens?—?is

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

TLDR: Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits , authors of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development are back with a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur. It took the idea of Customer Development and made it accessible to a whole new audience. Illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. You can pre-order it starting today.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 7, 2017

Have a great logo and potential customers will immediately feel a certain way about your brand. You need reviews to make prospects understand what it’s like to be a customer. Consolidate your great customer feedback into website testimonials. Make it easy for customers to check in and tag you in social media.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

To do that, we built a demand funnel that took us from nothing to 44X revenue growth in a single year. SiriusDecisions Rearchitected Demand Waterfall (2012). This is the model my customers referenced when I was selling them demand-gen software in 2014. Here are the three lessons we learned along the way. Image source ).

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Although Sharktank has been running reruns on Fridays the last few weeks, the show ran a Sharktank 2012 Holiday special on Tuesday night. Revenue is driven by children’s parties, which cost $600-$4,000 for a two hour party for 15 kids, which apparently is the market price for kids parties in LA.

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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]. Seth’s Blog: The cycle of customers who care - [link]. Just 25 Developers Grabbed 50% Of App Revenues On U.S. App Store, Google Play Last Month - [link].

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

It would have been easy to explain the difference by changes in the 2010/2011 revenue growth projections but unfortunately that is not the case. revenues while large caps are trading at 6.4x. ► 2012. (1). McKinsey highlight #1: the art of cost cutting or. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. What happened? Online Gaming.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

They won a design award at a trade show, but have no revenue and no orders. As he said, “Great innovations solve problems or reduce costs. in 2012 sales and $2M in income. Zomm is probably counting on a big Q4 holiday bump to hit its 2012 sales and profitability projections. Provides an emergency one touch dialer.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

However, we small business owners can take some comfort in the fact that we’re not at the helm of a massive corporation where a mistake can cost millions. Ronald Johnson: Know your customers, or face losing them. The company saw its revenue drop by 25% in 2012, and Johnson was unceremoniously ousted from his position in April 2013.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

by Annie Tsai, author of ” The Small Business Online Marketing Handbook: Converting Online Conversations to Offline Sales “ Are your customers “connected consumers”? What’s more, they assume all technology users are comprised of the younger generation and NOT their customer base. Many small business owners don’t think so.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2013

With estimated revenues of over $7 trillion a year, small businesses have been cited as one of the driving factors in the nation’s economic recovery. Both kinds of online marketplaces help your business drive growth through access to new customers. Steve Apfelberg joined TriNet in November 2012 as the Vice President of Marketing.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Nayeem explained why: Building a hardware product standalone is very, very difficult because you have to deal with supply chain, you have to deal with customer service, you have to deal with fulfillment. … Keen Home appeared on the TV show, Shark Tank , in 2012, landing one of the highest valuations in the show’s history.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

The overarching idea, of course, is to reduce the cost of capital while maintaining appropriate flexibility for the venture.  But, what constitutes success for the parties involved – investors, entrepreneurs, employees, and customers – can vary dramatically. 2]   Aligning interests in structure: cost and risk.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2012

We’ve taught two cohorts: 21 teams ending in December 2011 , and 24 teams ending in May 2012. In July 2012 we’ll teach 50 more teams, and another 50 in October. Few of the Principal Investigators or Entrepreneurial Leads had startup experience, and few of the mentors were familiar with Business Model design or Customer Development.

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Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2017

Back when I was junior in college in 2012, I had an idea for an app called Recycler Spotter, a platform that rewarded users for their eco-friendly actions. But when I ran the numbers, the revenue from just the first three months from the 150 who were interested in premium would cover the investment and more.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Voice activation is now helping small and midsized businesses use customer relationship management (CRM) software with more speed and efficiency. Soon, CRM users will be able to interact with email, set up activities, and even receive recommendations on the next best customer interaction to initiate. This saves hours.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The industry is expected to grow 16 percent between 2012 and 2022. A business plan describes your business, sets goals, defines your customer base, and addresses finances. Additionally, start with basic services for phone and internet to keep costs low. Everything added up to twice the cost that I expected,” he recalls.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2014

The basics are pretty simple: you need to pay vendors, bill customers, make deposits, and pay your taxes. Often these companies will engage an outside tax accountant who specializes in the arcane details of the IRS as well as state departments of revenue or taxation. Beyond that it starts to get pretty complex, pretty quickly.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 2, 2013

It is hard to get overall search keyword performance in GA, so grab this quick custom report All Search Performance and apply the standard advanced segments to it (Non-paid Search Traffic, Paid Search Traffic). Great landing pages equals more customers enticed to engage plus higher conversions plus higher (AdWords) quality score.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Failing to look at customer and partner financial data can end up costing you big time. After failing to complete adequate due diligence before acquiring Autonomy in 2012, they ended up with losses of around $5 billion. For example, look closely at their revenue and stability. Just look at the example of Hewlett-Packard.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This is my recap of what stood out to me this year and what I’m looking forward to in 2012 — we are only in the beginning of many revolutions. What’s Next in 2012…. Yes, we have huge challenges ahead…but if you read these 10 trends it’s hard not to be optimistic about meeting these challenges.

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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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View from Seed

JUNE 13, 2019

revenue business still growing >50% YoY? Embedded Growth From Existing Customers. One of the key features of Chewy’s business is the recurring nature of customer purchases. Chewy now has over 10 million customers, repeat purchases by existing customers account for approximately 90% of their revenue today.

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