Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 19, 2014

I’m finding many business advantagesb in this world for a group of websites I am building to bootstrap a few “baby startups” in areas I’m already interested in – #travel, #classic-cars, #SaaS #Art sales, #techjobs, etc. It’s a somewhat different world than the VC funded startup world that is my day job.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

For example, if organic traffic is a priority for you, include a statement like this: From an SEO perspective, our primary goal in the early stages of this content strategy is to focus on low-volume, high-buyer intent keywords and queries related to specific pain points. Organic traffic: Don’t forget about SEO.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

After I sold Smart Bear, that division has increased revenue and profit every year, for five years, even through the 2008/2009 economic disaster. GroupOn’s engine that turned capital into revenue growth was a form of force-feeding rather than building a product). But really, are all those acquirers so stupid? Surely not.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Facilities and staff. Sales and marketing costs.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 13, 2015

and 5%” or “cost to acquire a customer between $50 and $500″ or “average monthly revenue per customer between $20 and $200.” So they’ll need 1666 customers to achieve their revenue target. (We ” Estimating with these extremely wide ranges can be surprisingly useful.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2017

As a bootstrap company without investors we always have to use cash flow as our development and maintenance funds. We got to thousands of customers and millions in recurring revenue. Everything from strategy design, SEO, and whatnot. That was a company founded by Brian Gardener who is a principle here in Rainmaker Digital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

A few years ago, this is where you would sink all your hard earned bootstrap cash – but these days our friends at Amazon have given you a bunch of free hosting and space to get your next venture launched at no cost. Developing a solid SEO strategy will also help you grow your business’s digital footprint. Step 5: Marketing and sales.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2017

1- Converting more leads and offering more SEO packages. I have hired staff to continuously perform outreach for my SEO business, which has led to sales nearly tripling this year. I also want to create more SEO packages for small businesses with lower budgets as the industry seems to be lacking this type of offer.

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Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM), like cohort analysis , yourself. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Facilities and staff.

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Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 139

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

Diving in a bit more into some thoughts here: 1b) Ad-based revenue streams generally have terrible unit economics. A typical ad-based revenue stream on a media website is around $5 per 1000 eyeballs ($5m CPM and give or take $1-$20ish CPMs). This is obvious. They sell their hardware at cost – say a new refrigerator.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

Diving in a bit more into some thoughts here: 1b) Ad-based revenue streams generally have terrible unit economics. A typical ad-based revenue stream on a media website is around $5 per 1000 eyeballs ($5m CPM and give or take $1-$20ish CPMs). This is obvious. They sell their hardware at cost – say a new refrigerator.

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Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. This is her core market.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

The interesting part is that my own path moving from consulting to products followed the same steps, as you can see in my product revenue chart from the past decade: Each revenue jump is when I made the move to the next step of the Stairstep Approach. Getting those initial early sales is a big win. all at once.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each.

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Burn Rate SEM Social Network Angel Investor 125

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

The interesting part is that my own path moving from consulting to products followed the same steps, as you can see in my product revenue chart from the past decade: Each revenue jump is when I made the move to the next step of the Stair Step Approach. Getting those initial early sales is a big win. all at once. Step 2: Own Your Time.

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Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 36

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Here is a 60-second tour of IM Creator: IM Creator is bootstrapped with $250k from the founder Jonathan Saragossi, and a few unknown angel investors. Service includes integrated Google Analytics, SEO tools, and on-demand customer service. million, has revenues of over $2 million a year. mo or $5.95/mo

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 8, 2019

And we received offers of support from successful founders who have raised funding, bootstrapped, and those who’ve done both: +1 on that! We don’t have a maximum revenue cut-off, but if you’re generating $150k in annual revenue then you’re probably able to make things work on your own.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

The interesting part is that my own path moving from consulting to products followed the same steps, as you can see in my product revenue chart from the past decade: Each revenue jump is when I made the move to the next step of the Stairstep Approach. Getting those initial early sales is a big win. all at once.

Bootstrapping 27

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 27

Spencer Fry

JUNE 29, 2011

You may see a lot of signups by a certain type of user, but that cohort may bring in only half the revenue of another cohort that may provide fewer total signups. You can give away free paid accounts (see: Bootstrap Marketing ), offer limited edition virtual goods such as icons, and special early adopter features.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Later on, as the number of your satisfied subscribers grows, the creation of a long-term business with predictable revenue becomes possible. I bootstrapped Subbly by building an MVP (“minimum viable product”). Search engines (SEO)—link building and content development. But, with that said, you can always do more with less.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. This is her core market.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. This is her core market.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

Should you bootstrap? Then I want to talk to you about adding a new revenue stream to your business that will completely change how you work with clients. So I was, and, and the time when everyone wanted to know how to do SEO and online marketing, I was there. Should you raise funding? Who should you partner with?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 8, 2012

They’ll just Google it, and they’ll find apartmentratings.com, for example, which is really good at SEO, and is basically a way to find apartments, with ratings even, and it’s very popular. All you’ve proven is that you can make $200 a month in revenue off of some basic websites. Your SEO is going to improve.

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API Software Review Hosting Technical Review 220

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

They offer improved SEO, maximized revenue and ROI with ads and landing pages, higher performance, and richer UX— all while providing flexibility and major results. It’s difficult to run a business that you’re bootstrapping and trying to grow as fast as you can, all while not having enough resources and capital.

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Spencer Fry

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Do some basic keyword analysis: Not every app is great for SEO, but if you think that people are searching with a problem you're solving, then you should do the keyword analysis and build your site's copy around it. Model our potential revenue: You should never found a company without a good idea about how you plan on making money.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 11, 2010

In the last interview Peldi Guilizzoni (Balsamiq Studios) gave detailed advice about how he earned almost a million dollars in revenue in his first year of operation. They're rarely actionable or insightful. This interview is uncommonly different. Podcast: Startup Success. in the comments to continue the discussion.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Bootstrapping your business. If you aren’t familiar with the term, bootstrapping, also known as “self-funding,” refers to the various methods entrepreneurs can use to fund their startups beyond funding sources like small business loans. Using a side business to bootstrap your startup. Let’s begin.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

We’ve continued bootstrapping since then — today we are a $2.5 I was doing freelance SEO consulting for e-commerce businesses and on my first trip to Thailand fell in love with the country and the culture. The revenue on the darkroom rental was close to what I was making weekly, I was in disbelief.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

This applies to bootstrapped companies. I’ve seen first-hand how funded competition can crush a bootstrapping company. And your search engine rankings drop as competitors hire high-end SEO firms. All of this combines to make vertical niches the best option, by far, for someone bootstrapping a company. #3:

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Bootstrapping Revenue Vertical Advertising 75

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Bootstrapped companies have no such luxury. In my opinion SEO is the same way. If you're doing SEO as one of ten tactics to get people to show up to your site, that's great. Like with SEO for lead-gen, you still do it, but it's not your only means of lead-gen. They "survived.". The other way is to diversify.

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Marketing Ruby SEO Widget 229

Transformify

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Bootstrapping. Your own savings and help from family and friends may be enough to develop an MVP ( a minimum viable product), launch it and start generating revenues. SEO & Social Media. Speaking of valuations, there are at least three avenues an entrepreneur can take to secure funding for her/his project. Word of Mouth.

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Affiliate Equity Valuation SEO 49

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Being a guest on podcast, getting yourself booked on podcast is a really really great SEO tactic, great brand building tactic, Podcast Bookers can get you booked on two to three to four podcast every single month on auto-pilot. You get great back links. People want to share that content, maybe you can even transcribe that content.

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Kansas City CTO Hire Las Vegas Software Developers 40

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

You’re asking someone to take a chance that with the code they deliver you can get funding or gain some revenue traction. You can add to it after you begin to generate revenue or find your investment partners, but if you can build it and launch it cheaply, you’ve kept the concept simple and got your project off the ground.

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Technical Review Fractional CTO Partner CTO Hire 40

Software By Rob

JULY 21, 2011

If you’re bootstrapping, use bottom-up.). SEO is a tricky one since your investment will pay out over time rather than send you a few clicks and die. If your LTV is $250 per customer this is $500 in future revenue per month. Yes, it’s an obvious statement. And you probably want to kick me in the knee right now.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 1, 2018

I mean are you better off bootstrapping a company and building it to something and then maybe deciding, or are you better off going out and saying, “Here’s my great idea. Being a guest on podcasts, getting yourself booked on podcasts, is a really, really great SEO tactic, great brand-building tactic.

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