The Startup Magazine

JULY 8, 2022

These days, many businesses are adopting the freemium model as their primary strategy for customer acquisition, and it’s easy to see why. However, they’re increasingly gaining popularity, especially with SaaS or software as a service. They’re also employed across many fields like healthcare, education, and gaming.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2020

While this “balance sheet” valuation of your company overlooks important value factors such as revenue and earnings potential, it is a good place to start in determining the actual material value of physical property. Look at Revenues. Another way to do this would be to look at price/earnings (P/E) data.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

billion acquisition of Sweden-based software company Mojang, the developer behind the popular building game ““Minecraft”, which has sold over 100 million copies since its release in 2009, illustrates the degree to which Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s long-term vision for Microsoft is taking root at that company. Microsoft’s $2.5

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

So you’re interested in raising capital from a Revenue-Based Investor VC. A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors (“RBI”) are emerging. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Rational burn profile, up to 50% of revenue at close, scaling down. Bigfoot Capital.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2019

HR processes, legal processes, financial processes, acquisition and contracting processes, security processes, product development and management processes, and types of organizational forms etc. And by product, I mean the creation of new hardware, services, software, tools, operations, tradecraft, etc. The result is process theater.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn how to build a marketing growth strategy to increase your market penetration, market share, and revenue. For example, in 2021 accounting software platform Bill.com acquired spend management tool Divvy in order to increase its market share. Acquisitions. Customer experience improvements.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Getting the right data to improve revenues, measure impact and reach peak efficiency can seem too difficult, too expensive, or both. Consider how technology — and, in particular, modern board management software — can cut through complexity and help illuminate the insights that data provides.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Acquisition. As InVision App’s marketing manager Sophia Eng explains: “It is rare for a large company at a late stage or an enterprise software company to be doing growth marketing with all of the channels at top peak performance. Let’s look at each stage of the framework and how to use it to drive and measure growth. Image source.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

Having worked as a consultant at an A/B testing and personalization software company, I’ve seen many personalization efforts getting stuck in the weeds. Acquisition segments. Acquisition segments. It is about focusing your marketing efforts on a few select companies that could represent huge revenue streams. Image Source.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

Perhaps the most misused terms I see these days from entrepreneurs involve CAC (customer acquisition costs) and LTV (life time value) and a lack of understanding these critical components is driving many companies to premature failure. CAC is often measured incorrectly and doesn’t often doesn’t capture the true costs of acquisition.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Some studies suggest that the best consumer subscription companies are able to retain 65% of their revenue after one year. I also previously wrote about the rise of consumer subscription as well as the ‘ consumerisation of enterprise software ‘ on VC Cafe, and I recommend Ben Futoriansky’s post with additional benchmarks.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Customer acquisition cost (CAC) is an important metric for any ecommerce business. Put simply, you need a healthy customer acquisition cost for your business to succeed. It’s up to every ecommerce business to find the middle ground between investing too little in customer acquisition and spending beyond your means.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

billion revenue in 2021 for Epic Games and was played by 83.3 billion revenue in 2021 for Epic Games and was played by 83.3 billion acquisition of Weta Digital, Peter Jackson’s VFX company, gives Unity capabilities in creating hyper realistic virtual environments using RT3D (real-time 3D) technology. Fortnite generated $5.8

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. Good stuff. Posted byTony Karrer at 6:58 AM 1 comments: Jon Miller said.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

So if your costs are $500,000 per month and you have $350,000 per month in revenue then your net burn (500-350) is equal to $150,000. We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I’ll start by taking you to the world of Startup X, a passionate team of entrepreneurs who believed they had the next big thing in the world of software as a service (SaaS). User experience The success of a SaaS software product largely depends on how well it meets the needs of its users. How to design SaaS UX?

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

It has become an established term in the software industry to indicate the short term fixes of quick and dirty coding that can create problems down the road — problems that come knocking at the door to collect with interest. Founders need seed capital to get their operations up and running, and to begin generating revenue.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Indeed, Silicon Valley was born as a center for weapon systems development and its software and silicon helped end the Cold War. And from then on, innovation in semiconductors, supercomputers, and software would be driven by startups, not the government. companies felt a patriotic duty to help their country defeat a common enemy.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? Sam’s enthusiasm was infectious and his plans were bold.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, That died with waterfall software development. Let’s take your revenue line. The COGS (costs of goods sold) tells me about how big your customer acquisition costs will be. Ditto for enterprise software companies. portfolios.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off. They have have raised $2-3 million, built a product that has some amount of market traction and got to annualized revenues of around $1 million.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Stacked Marketer turned a free newsletter into a six-figure revenue generator by staying actionable, convenient, and entertaining. Marketing software. How market share and revenue have grown. For example, let’s say you sell accounting software to law firms. Consistency is equally critical for startups. Marketing strategy.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

After analysing our case studies and CRM, we saw that 73% of total revenue came from these two segments. In the first quarter of 2020 we grew our revenue by 50% and were able to double revenue compared to 2019, significantly decreasing the sales cycle length and growing the ACV—all the while the world faced the consuqneces of a pandemic.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 9, 2021

Chargify, the leading billing platform for B2B SaaS, today announced the appointment of Matt Downs as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) effective immediately. He will play a pivotal role as Chargify and SaaSOptics are brought together as the industry leading SaaS subscription billing and revenue platform.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2015

With Nadella’s message that the company he leads is primed to further evolve into a platform and productivity company communicated at great length during the Windows 10 preview event in earlier January 2014, it is clear that the primary focus for Microsoft has shifted back to increasing user engagement with Windows software.

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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. Just for reference, Slidebean is a SaaS presentation software where users can add content, and a finished presentation is designed automatically. This is when metrics come into play. Increase budget for the next period.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

And the funds came from revenue generated by my portfolio of web applications and websites that I’ve built over the past several years. This acquisition is a long story, but if you have a few minutes let me tell you the best parts. But within 24 hours we were off and running, discussing a potential acquisition.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2021

Read the Geography of Software Development Outsourcing for guidance. Your app may cost you money, but the revenue it generates may justify the budget. You can start by researching your competitors to gain an understanding of cost structure, revenue generation, and the business model for your app. 1-2 months?

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SiliconHills

APRIL 30, 2019

Upland Software of Austin announced recently that it has acquired PostUp, an Austin-based email marketing company for $35 million. Upland, which makes cloud-based enterprise work management software, reported that PostUp “is an important addition to Upland’s Customer Experience Management solution suite.” Joshua […].

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

This leads to greater brand awareness , revenues, and customer loyalty. For example, a CMO might decide they need some software but delegate the research to a marketing executive before a marketing manager narrows down options. When they’re aligned revenue and profits increase. Who are you marketing to at each stage?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

For the first few years, your VCs want you to keep your head down, build the product, find product/market fit and ship to get to some inflection point (revenue, users, etc.). Not for some short-time “lets flip the company” strategy but an eye for who, how and when you can make an acquisition happen. If so, how is the revenue measured?

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 21, 2014

Maybe they''re locked up in golden handcuffs post-acquisition of their startup. Plus, it gives you some street cred if at least one software developer thinks that what you are building should and could be built. They can help vet what you''re building, give you credibility in the hiring process and help assess candidates.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

This is final installment of a 3-part series covering my acquisition of HitTail. Could you talk a bit about the diligence you did during the acquisition? Due diligence is the most important part of the process because it dictates whether you should move forward with the acquisition, and at what price. Photo by psiaki.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In the wake of what is now considered the second-highest enterprise SaaS acquisition in history, below are some quick takeaways that are on my mind: 1/ The Efficiency Of Silicon Slopes – By now it should be no surprise that Utah’s tech ecosystem is on fire. And, every year, it doesn’t materialize that way.

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Eric Friedman

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Why Shipping Is Important When Building Shipping defines software engineering in a magical way that is challenging to understand. It’s evident in the rise of companies like WhatsApp and Instagram that employed a mere 20+ people before their acquisition. Building for this person is critical to any software company’s success.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Outsourcing talent acquisition efforts to external service providers like SOURCEitHR Payroll & HR Outsourcing Partner In UAE makes sense because executing all of these processes in-house can divert attention away from your key expertise. There are usually four steps in the hiring process: Using job boards to post job descriptions.

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