BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

2018 Recap. Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. Once again, we led each of these rounds at slide deck stage and helped land the first handful of customers to accelerate path to product market fit and their Series A rounds.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2018

If you want to supercharge your marketing and accelerate growth and revenue, you’ll love this guide. Messenger marketing is the act of marketing to your customers and prospective customers using a messaging app like Facebook Messenger. Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Messenger Basics. What is Messenger Marketing?

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

by Robbie Kellman Baxter, author of “ The Membership Economy: Find Your Super Users, Master the Forever Transaction, and Build Recurring Revenue “ Everyone knows that retention is crucial for subscription-based companies. I get calls all the time from clients struggling to retain new customers.

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Agile VC

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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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

billion in annualised revenue , an a myriad of new companies were born, from open source LLMs to application layer startups that were able to move fast and do much more with less. As Viola points out, there are 5 main barriers to adoption: Security, privacy, intellectual property, performance, and cost.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

An Insider’s Perspective “Bird Zero” that are custom designed by the company There is a story arc of the electric scooter market that took the world by storm in 2018, was second-guessed late in the year and has quietly re-emerged as a powerful force of growth where few really appreciate the speed and scale of what has happened.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2018

According to most investors I know, traction is some clear evidence that the “dogs are eating the dog food” – usually meaning that you have at least one customer paying full price for your solution. Another term often mentioned is “momentum,” or growing visibility and advocacy within your customer set.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 31, 2017

So that’s why we are excited about 2018 because there will be more and more entrepreneurs and businesses. After almost a decade of working alone, I am implementing a team in 2018. Along with the capital costs of this investment, there was also a steep learning curve that resulted in rookie mistakes. 6- Two things.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2020

In 2018, the Oxford Economics Institution conducted an interesting survey across 780 cities to determine which ones would make it to the list of Top 10 wealthiest cities in the world by 2035 on the basis of their annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Its current GDP of $50 billion is estimated to become a whopping $201.4

India 147

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2018

But, in 2018, incremental gains no longer cost $1 million either: You have more data; Storage is cheap; and. Massive, cloud-based repositories of customer interactions, often called data lakes, are the raw source material for predictive analytics applications. the number of purchases or revenue that will occur in the future.

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Analytics Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Campaign 131

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2018

The cost of rolling out a business has never been lower – it only takes a few hundred dollars to incorporate a Limited Liability Corp (LLC) online, create your own website, use social media to get attention, and you are in business. In the early Internet days, it would cost a million dollars to get this far.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

There is nothing more pure than building a product, putting it out in the world and seeing paying customers using your product and in some cases loving it. MakeSpace (as he named it) would help you get your excess goods into low-cost warehouses. How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs?

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Operations New York City Technical Review Startup 286

View from Seed

MARCH 20, 2020

This has the potential to dramatically reduce cost and increase access to higher education. While online education brings considerable positives in the form of increased access and reduced costs, there are several downsides to consider. Healthcare costs more in the United States than in any other nation in the developed world.

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New York City Demand Technical Review Non-Compete 374

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Freemium and free-trial signups have one thing in common: Neither generates revenue. You may agonize over the decision to choose one path over the other, but you can save that strategic energy for figuring out how to transition more free users into paying customers. Why product-led strategies work for SaaS companies.

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VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

In a capital scarce environment following the Dot Com crash, startups needed to do more with less and survive long enough to generate revenue. Ditch the business plan and when assumptions are proven wrong, pivot Customer Development: Build a product your customers want (vs. Cash (alone) isn’t king.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Doing so also closed their doors to a source of revenue they relied heavily on to keep their business alive and operating. The company has made impressive changes to adapt to this global pandemic in the following ways: Offering a new approach to their existing customer base. Expanding into new segments of the market.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

While other industries often speak of being “customer centric” or “putting the customer first,” the U.S. healthcare system rarely thinks of the patient as a customer. healthcare market is the least customer centric of any customer service industry. One could go even farther, and suggest that the U.S.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Then we ship it to customers way before it’s ready. For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. We didn’t spend any real cash prior to getting our first paying customer,” recounts Arsenault. “I’ll Image source).

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Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 78

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2014

The challenge is to increase response rates and propagate a single view of the customer, by integrating customer data from multiple Web and social media interactions. Then companies can determine promotional effectiveness by narrowly defined customer segments, by location, or by delivery channel. billion by 2018.

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Analytics Entrepreneur Retention Social Media 257

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2019

A mobile app can help small businesses engage with and build their customer base, improve their reputation in the market, and drive sales. The cost of the app depends on the app’s complexity, the type of firm employed, the developing team’s experience, etc. However, the cost depends on how many screens the app will have.

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Mobile Social Media Technical Review Channel 113

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

The entrepreneur who founded and grew the largest startup in the world to $10 billion in revenue and got fired is someone you have probably never heard of. Ford’s Model T cost just $260 ($3,700 in today’s dollars) and Ford held 60% of the U.S. Durant kept building for a future assuming the flow of cash and customers would continue.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

In today’s totally interconnected world with its abundance of information, choices, and marketing, how your customers buy has drastically changed. Whether you are an executive, an entrepreneur, a marketer, or a salesperson, it’s time to look beyond how you sell, and focus on how your customers buy.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

In 2018, after two short years and $3 million raised in startup funds, recruitment AI company Ansaro shut down due to bad market fit. Muun found a market need but failed to compete with bigger names that provided customers with authoritative content and resources. Muun’s more well-known competitors had more features and better pricing.

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Marketing Product Audience Equity 110

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Adopt a project-based revenue model with metrics. Freelancers can justify their cost based on more direct return on investment calculations at all operational levels. Treat every business as a customer, not a client. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/08/2018. Use social media for more visibility.

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Silicon Valley Social Media Software Review Leadership 140

ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

On Facebook, an ideal customer may log on to see photos of a new nephew, not to check out a 30-second demo of your SaaS product. They also come with higher costs and LinkedIn-specific platform limitations. An eMarketer study estimated that, in 2018, 25% of U.S. LinkedIn video ads: tech specs, targeting, metrics, and cost.

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Video B2B Technical Review Campaign 129

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Then we ship it to customers way before it’s ready. For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. We didn’t spend any real cash prior to getting our first paying customer,” recounts Arsenault. “I’ll Image source).

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Gifted Healthcare is listed as one of the Country’s 2018 Fastest-Growing Staffing Organizations by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA). The commitment to their nurses and clients has contributed to a 30% annual growth rate allowing them to gross revenue of $56,543,000 in 2017. is listed as 2018’s 100 Most Influential People in Staffing.

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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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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. In 2018, Taobao GMV (Gross Merchandise Value) was a staggering RMB2,689 billion, which equates to $428 billion in US dollars.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 21, 2019

That’s especially true for SaaS companies and others who maintain long customer relationships and obsess over churn. Eventually, you’ll make a mistake, but you don’t need to lose a customer over it. Even if you face a legal dispute—or are trying to keep a customer complaint from reaching that threshold—apologies can help.

Software Review 125

Software Review Social Media Demand Advertising 125

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The potential ROI of CRO also varies based on revenue. Peep Laja, CXL Founder, explains: If you increase sales by 1% for a company that makes $100 million, that’s $1 million of added revenue. Test wins become revenue only after they’re deployed across the site. CRO makes sense. No one to own the relationship. Image source ).

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 27, 2019

Automated accounting is a fast, efficient and cost-effective method of accounting that can reap you a multitude of benefits. In this article, we look at how outdated accounting can cost you more than time, so read on to find out more. Incorrect data entry could cost you thousands, or even get you into trouble with the taxation office.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 11, 2018

One of the worst things about marketing — aside from the endless supply of ill-fitting t-shirts at conferences — is the pressure to keep up with new trends, even if you don’t understand how they benefit your business or its customers. billion USD to $25.1 Provide crucial information to these same individuals.

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Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

The Judge Group is the 12 th largest staffing company in the country and it is the recipient of the Inavero’s 2018 Best of Staffing Client Diamond Award. What makes one more successful than another is the ability to deliver top candidates quickly to their customers. Mick Angelichio, President of Judge Healthcare.

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CPA Software Review LLC Technical Review 76

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2019

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. Each month Peak District SEO serves 25 customers with SEO services. 9- Get small businesses to improve their customer response rate. 1- Recruit female executives recruitment.

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View from Seed

MARCH 5, 2019

There are a variety of quick write-ups on the Lyft S-1 for basic figures like annual revenue, rider growth, or who the largest shareholders are. Early on, one of the key questions for all ride sharing companies was the breadth & depth of usage by their customers. Revenue per rider has more than doubled from 2016–2018 (from $15.88

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