ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

We started this week's One Million by One Million roundtable with a discussion of online advertising trends, looking at them from the perspective of cost-effective customer acquisition and brand building, as well as entrepreneurial opportunities. You can find more on the topic on my blog at Top 10 Online Advertising Trends For The Decade.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

I have discussed at length why revenue sharing channel deals may serve as perfectly fine alternatives to raising equity (or even complements) because of their non-dilutive nature. Jeff also described a compelling in-game offer-based customer acquisition model that is proving quite effective for him. million in revenue.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2011

and SEO as two of the most effective and affordable customer acquisition strategies. and an affiliate program would also help with customer acquisition. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Guerrilla p.r. AskHerFriends.com. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 12, 2011

She has, thus far, not done any other formal customer acquisition initiative. The next two customer acquisition strategies we will be expanding on are more aggressive guerrilla p.r. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Photo by svilen001.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 2, 2011

I pointed him to specific modules within the 1M/1M curriculum to beef up his customer acquisition strategy, Value Proposition and Positioning description, etc. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2011

Mike's customer acquisition strategy is weak at this point, and he also has a rather broad strategy in approaching this market. Kelly's business has already done about $150,000 in revenue in 2010, which tells me that she has successfully validated at least some of her assumptions. Photo by Bessarro. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Google PPC is a key channel for customer acquisition for many e-commerce and online businesses, yet keywords have become quite competitive, and the costs of campaigns for certain keywords tend to be extremely high. Also, Kimbra Orr with Kimbra Studios presented an interesting business selling photo jewelry that is already at $750k revenue.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

I also advised Antonio to defer his investor road show and even customer acquisition programs until this basic positioning exercise is in place. In addition, I took Rohit through a discussion on a possible OEM strategy that could result in a significant revenue ramp relatively quickly. IDES Technologies. If possible, of course.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2011

Then Greg Snead, also from Tacoma, discussed Orbiter , an RFID venture that is moving along quite nicely, having clocked more than $700,000 in revenue last year. Orbiter expects to give its investors a 15 times return on investment based on their current pipeline and revenue forecast. Happy Grasshopper. Social Pulse.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. John already has a couple of customers, and needs about 50 customers to get to $1M in annual revenue.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Jimmy already has about 65 customers and about a million dollars in annual revenue. This also makes it much more lucrative for him in the event that an acquisition happens in the medium term. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

A sustainable business = (customer + revenue + profits). It would go a long way in validating his assumptions and possibly also bring in customer revenues if the value proposition really resonates. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

To replace them, employers spend $11,500 average per healthcare employee acquisition cost (20% of the annualized salary plus hiring incentives is considered customary for acquisition cost). A customer acquisition strategy that is pragmatic, and. Bureau of Labor and Statistics - 37.5%

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Bill Gurley’s excellent piece on Silicon Valley IPO Anxiety inspired me to take a companion look at the East Coast, particularly Massachusetts and New York, and evaluate the health of the local IPO economy and prospective pipeline. Today, I'll cover Massachusetts; tomorrow, New York. Massachusetts. 2009 Revenue (mn).

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Justin is looking for a more efficient customer acquisition model, and my suggestion to him was to look into using distributors, instead of trying to do all the development and then also all the distribution himself. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Scott Edward Walker

AUGUST 30, 2020

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David Teten

JUNE 7, 2018

He could claim, “The earnout was 10% of revenues instead of 7% of revenues.” I would show a judge my version of the agreement, which shows the earnout was 10% of revenues. Typically we just sign one page of a lengthy document, and theoretically an unethical individual could swap out a key page months from now.

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David Teten

JUNE 7, 2018

He could claim, “The earnout was 10% of revenues instead of 7% of revenues.” I would show a judge my version of the agreement, which shows the earnout was 10% of revenues. Typically we just sign one page of a lengthy document, and theoretically an unethical individual could swap out a key page months from now.

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

Social media audiences have effectively become another universe of prospects to tap, which means measurement and tracking is essential to yielding from these visitors both direct and indirect revenue. Mergers and Acquisitions. Massachusetts. Massachusetts. Content Licensing. CRM Systems. Database Marketing. Distribution.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 30, 2011

The site has 11 million page views a month, and Jeu expects 2011 revenues to be about $250k. The revenue models need to be revisited, and the customer acquisition strategy as well. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Discuss.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Massachusetts. Massachusetts.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Are Israeli companies on the verge of developing a repeatable playbook to scale their companies and become market leaders, not just acquisition fodder for the Silicon Valley giants? To answer these questions, we built a database of 112 Israeli companies founded between 1996 and 2013 that have met or exceeded $20 million in revenue.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

As a result, Pandora is nowhere near profitable at more than $103 million in quarterly revenue, paying more than half of this sum to labels for content licenses. Today, HealthTab announced the acquisition of Q&A site Avvo Health specifically to increase the number of doctors within its network, doubling it to 30,000.

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