Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Include a current valuation estimate.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Include a current valuation estimate.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

There is nothing on sales. Can you add useful resource for generating sales for start-ups. Reply Martin Henk , on June 8, 2011 at 6:13 am said: Impressive list, but missing a key ingredient: Sales management tools. Reply jade , on February 27, 2011 at 2:25 pm said: Great compilation. removed from the list.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Include a current valuation estimate.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

Un-Social Networking: Martin Lindstrom of Brand Sense says we are suffering a little from digital emptiness. Does the store have an emotional footprint or large ‘sale’ signs? Social media will create a virtual advertising stock market of the future. It’s about being there. Meaning & Value > Volume.

Moldova 91

Moldova Internet Australia Libya 91

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. Bottom of the sales funnel.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Include a current valuation estimate.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

According to VCs, there’s been a 65% decrease in up-rounds (where a company gets a bigger valuation) in the last six months and more than 60% of those polled expect a longer wait for an exit. e.g. invest $2 mil and expect a $60-$100 mil valuation for exit. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Lastly, seed-stage entrepreneurs who have pushed for the maximum valuation possible haven’t done themselves any favors. Meanwhile, their seed investors aren’t particularly incentivized to get them a Series A that crams the previous valuation down. HealthTab acquires Avvo Health to double its doctor network.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. But with so many investors still licking their wounds from the dot-com bust, many focused on proven business models, such as advertising or e-commerce. What’s more, the sales and marketing costs of acquiring listings are expensive.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. turn customer feedback into sales and relationships. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. SaaS Sales Team Compensation â?? Ad networks. advertising. Mailing lists/groups.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Once this new service became popular then the media companies could control the rules of distribution & advertising. They monetize via high-priced advertisements during the prime-time airing on TV, via syndication to international audiences or less-watched channels after the original series has run and via DVD sales in retail channels.

Video 292

Video Technical Review Advertising Distribution 292

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Plenty of advertising systems work well on 0.8%. #4 So if you can’t immediately profit from freeloaders (think gmail and advertising) don’t invite them in at all. #8 if you’re just offering a product for sale? But if they have already parted with it, they’re much more likely to ride out the sale.

Software Review 78

Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

ConversionXL

JANUARY 29, 2014

Consider the amount of money spent on Super Bowl advertisements. Does this type of advertisement really pay off? A survey conducted by the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association (RAMA, a division of the National Retail Federation) provided some interesting information. million dollars for a mere 30 seconds of airtime.

Software Review 126

Software Review Stock Video Advertising 126

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Valuations were enormous relative to progress in companies. Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. I spent my days meeting companies, figuring out what areas of the market interested me and trying to get a sense for how VCs thought about fair valuations.

Stock 305

Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

and Excite in particular as well as all of the Internet companies with grandiose stock market valuations. You’ll likely see applications that draw you into interactive experiences, connect you to your social networks, help you browse your TV better and create a richer media experience overall.

Distribution 386

Distribution Audience Video Internet 386