Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

There is an old saying in the startup investor community, “Smart investors invest in the team, not the idea.” Even social entrepreneurs need milestones, quantifiable results, and revenue to sustain their value. Investors expect to hear annual revenues, average margins, customer acquisition costs and sales pipelines.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Between January 2015 and January 2016, we grew our platform Slidebean from $1K to $20K in monthly recurring revenue. Getting the first tracks of revenue is one of the toughest processes of building a startup. Jun-15: Community Manager (growth team). 1x hacker in charge of product/development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Premium ventures need real traction, such as 100 million users, 10 million in revenue, or brand recognition around the world. It may be time to bring in a new executive team with visible integrity and a sterling track record, or round up some new advisors who have connections with the venture community.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. 3- Triple our revenue and grow our base. We have two key goals for 2018: To grow our user base to more than 1 million and triple our revenue. 7- Giving back to the community.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 24, 2017

I’ve been helping clients with digital marketing (mostly Facebook ads) since early 2016, but this year was able to quit my job to do that full-time. One of my major accomplishments of 2017 is being named Chair of the Public Relations and Communications Committee for The Los Angeles South Chamber of Commerce. 8- Creating LUX Rave.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 7, 2017

Stat that matters : According to a 2016 Vendasta study about online reputation , 61% of consumers are more likely to contact a local business if they have a mobile optimized site. Stat that matters : From the same 2016 Vendasta study: 92% of consumers now read online reviews vs. 88% in 2014. Keep it clean. Or reviews!

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 2, 2017

Largely yes, but the pot of gold might be more modest than some of 2016’s notable transactions suggest (Jet, Cruise, Dollar Shave Club). We had our first taste of this trend playing out early in 2016 when GM acquired self-driving tech startup Cruise for north of $1b. Next Level: Buying Customers/Revenue/Distribution.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2017

The supportive pro-business environment paired with forward-thinking government initiatives such as the Start-Up Enterprise Development Scheme (SEEDS) ensure that Singapore’s startup community is teeming with activity. The website also acts as a supportive online community for Muslim women. Build a team. Don’t do it alone!”

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VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2021

According to Statista, revenue generated from apps (paid downloads and in-app advertising) will reach $935 billion by 2023, and that doesn’t doesn’t include the many trillions of dollars transacted via apps in the last decade alone (think Amazon, Uber, games, etc). Worldwide mobile app revenues in 2014 to 2023 (in billion U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 8, 2019

My first interaction with John Jantsch was in April of 2016 at the annual Social Media Marketing World conference in San Diego, CA. A copy of John Jantsch’s presentation at the 2016 Social Media Marketing World conference in San Diego, CA. 40% Revenue Growth. This has resulted in a 40% revenue growth over the last 12 months.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2017

Small businesses are community and individual focused. There are quite a few differences between big and small businesses, like legal structure, the number of employees, and revenue. Small businesses tend to be more community and individual focused. Small businesses tend to be more community and individual focused.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 31, 2016

2016 was a bad year for some and for some it was a great year. In the last few days of 2016, we took some time to ask a few entrepreneurs and business what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1 I officially incorporated my culinary consulting business January 2016 after freelancing in the industry for 2 years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

Identify the communities for these micro-segments. Traditionally, community implied a physical grouping, but today a community is characterized by what they value, more than proximity. More important than finding a community, is creating one, with your blog and other social media engagement. This is not trial and error.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Along with some friends from Yale (my alma mater), I recently brainstormed some ideas to accelerate a university’s campus tech community. Marketing of tech community : Yale Tech News , Yale Entrepreneurship Magazine. Those unique assets are sometimes leverageable into a resource for strengthening the university’s tech community.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

It was 2016. An interesting aside: revenue continued at old levels, even after slashing work hours by 60%). 21- Communicate creativity. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. So people could know that we have a.co and not.com I started referring to our business as BrillMedia.co as the official name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Entrepreneurs don’t realize that Facebook spent over $100 million, before revenues from advertising turned cash positive. Change, acceptance, and trust become more difficult as you get deeper into the fabric of a community. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/13/2016. Anyone can do it.

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Up and Running

MAY 4, 2016

total revenues reached 27 billion U.S. The low level of market concentration has made a variety of fitness niches accessible in local communities. In 2009, Marcela Xavier, the owner of Bread and Yoga, saw a need for a yoga studio in the Inwood community in upper Manhattan. In the U.S., dollars last year.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 30, 2016

But only around 2% will actually achieve revenues over $1 million dollars. Successful women in the investment community need to be on the lookout for them and support them by funding, giving access to resources or simple advising. Photo Credit: Aquila Leon-Soon. So what could possibly shift and increase their growth?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

Unfortunately, a number of them had an early exit from the business scene due to ineffective business plans and/or unsustained revenue for their investment. Over time, as you scale your operations, you may need to source additional funding from venture capitalists to mitigate high production costs or limited revenue.

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Small Business Force

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

We had some nice sustained success with six consecutive quarters of record revenues and earnings. Like Lego, we had to have a game plan for the investment community regarding how we were going to fix the shortfall, recover and get back on track. Between 2012 and 2016, Lego added 7,000 new employees. We, effectively, cut no one.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

I don’t feel comfortable sharing exact revenue numbers but it’s now making me more than $1,000 per month. We opened in Scarsdale, NY and the program was so successful that we expanded in 2016 to Rye Brook and 2017 to Armonk, all in Westchester County, just north of New York City. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

They span the gamut from peer-to-peer interactions to crowdsourcing, gamification, and communities. Digital disruptors have also introduced the concept of value vampires , who shrink the overall revenue and profit pool in a market to gain competitive advantage. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 09/05/2016.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

In 2016 Pete Newell, Alexander Osterwalder and I developed the Mission Model Canvas for our Hacking for Defense Class. For example, in the Dept of Defense you don’t measure progress by measuring revenue. Therefore, the business model canvas box labeled Revenue Streams doesn’t make sense.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

By 2016, that figure was down to ~971 or ~22% of the industry. The most common way for a public hospital to become part of a larger health system (whether community nonprofit, faith based, or for-profit) is by using a lease structure, rather than an outright sale of stock or assets.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 24, 2017

As we learned in our 2016 State of the Industry report , those who do conversion optimization go by a variety of titles. For maximum business growth + substantial revenue/session increases, you have to compel your highest intent and top converting traffic to visit way more often. heterogeneous treatment effects).”. How do you do that?

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Up and Running

JUNE 19, 2017

If you’re new to the community, they can also be a great way to introduce yourself and get involved. Show customers that you’re invested in your community by donating to a cause or charity. The best part is: you stand to gain a lot of extra revenue with coupons. Throw an event. Social good is great for business.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2016

For most businesses, success translates to more revenue (and profits). For example, if your revenue model is driven by advertising on your site, one interim goal could be to drive a certain amount of additional traffic to your site. From 2014 to 2016, the number of featured snippets (also known as rich answers), nearly doubled.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

SOLUTION: Since September 2016, the city has collected more than half a million dollars from its 1 percent TNC fee — that funding could be used to subsidize the purchase of accessible vehicles for the city. Not to mention, TNC providers and the City of Austin will enjoy added revenue from people with disabilities now using TNC services!

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 30, 2019

As things stand, female-owned startups receive just 2% of all investor capital — even though women-founded companies generate twice the revenue per dollar of investment as companies founded by men. The number of black female founders has doubled since 2016, for instance, and female-founded unicorns are now growing faster than ever before.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To build a community. I wanted to be a part of a community of consultants that would provide me with the opportunity to build relationships with other practitioners, share lessons learned, and periodically collaborate. Photo Credit: Will Bachman.

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

B2B ecommerce sales , (businesses selling directly to other businesses) generate three times as much revenue as B2C, at $7.7 In 2016, mobile search officially overcame desktop search with nearly 60 percent of all searches coming from mobile devices. And, these trends don’t just apply to businesses selling directly to consumers (B2C).

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

At the early stages, raising the first $2m tends to be straightforward in most geographies that have meaningful startup communities. For growth companies (usually Series D or later), there are pretty clear market comparables based on growth rate, revenue, gross margin %, and type of company. Are you a bull or bear?

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

It was an ad supported virtual community. The margins were small given the competition (~10–20% depending on the item), but I grew the revenues at a pretty impressive clip and sold the business two years later. I never raised money because I didn’t need to. Profitable from day one. The second was MBA ZoNe.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

TJ Parker (@tjparker) August 25, 2016. Next, look at the average revenue per user numbers (courtesy of Piktochart ) are listed below, and while this information is from 2015, it’s interesting to note the trends (Instagram projected to rise to $9 by 2020 according to Forbes ). pic.twitter.com/LDrlNyH8mR. — Data Warehouse.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 27, 2015

So that’s why we are excited about 2016 because there will be more and more entrepreneurs and businesses. This includes a “Learning and Leading in Manufacturing” forum for small manufacturers in my region and the hosting of the “Leadercast”in May of 2016. For us at CEO Blog Nation, we get it. 2 – Rewards.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2022

And after my surgery in 2016, I dived right into starting my own business and got a job with a photography company based in BC Women’s Hospital where I went on to photograph over 1,000 babies for over two years! I recognized a way to help my community and the globe as a whole, which inspired me to start advising on divorce-related issues.

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