Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

You're selling your culture, you're selling your client list, you're selling your business model, but that's it, you have no tangible also, you know, agencies, don't typically service clients in a localized market. Are they all SMBs small businesses or do you have enterprise really big clients? Do you have a leadership team?

Entrepreneur 76

Entrepreneur Technical Review Cofounder Valuation 76

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Small Business and Startups: The Trends for 2014 (Pt II) - crowdspring.co/1atXci8. Amazon and the “profitless business model” fallacy – crowdspring.co/1aQZQ04. Entrepreneur PSA – Advertising Businesses are Hard | Seth’s Blog - crowdspring.co/1aHHgHS. But a nearly $4 billion valuation?

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Many of the best entrepreneurs I see find themselves besieged by investors, and have actively turned them away , at least until they reach a point of valuation and scaling where they don’t have to give away a lion’s share of ownership and control. These would include the following: You have a proven business model.

Bootstrapping 120

Bootstrapping Cofounder Equity Agile 120

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 30, 2011

Many of small business owners eventually find themselves at a crossroads and have to give serious thought about winding their way out of the business they built. Plan out your exit campaign much as you would plan and execute a great marketing campaign. Understand value. What’s left behind. In many (most?)

Small Business 89

Small Business Valuation IPO Startup 89

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

We use Google Analytics, HubSpot, and LinkedIn Campaign Manager for the majority of our analytics. Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. 3) Raise capital. If you have one, please contact me.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 5, 2020

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the industries that are ripe for disruption and here are the response; #1- The hemp extraction. We have a campaign to make consumers more aware of how their products are made, which will in turn dictate how producers are going to create these products. Photo Credit: Dr. Jon Thompson.

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Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur China 157

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 16, 2023

I like a lot of different types of industries and business models, but the ones that I most enjoy working with are ones that actually help people, animals of the environment. So they go to market, they have a very tight budget, you know, they do the lean business model thing, and they hire the minimum that they need to get a lot done.

Channel 62

Channel Hiring Sales Marketing 62

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 8, 2015

What is the ideal size and make-up of a team for a pre-revenue SaaS startup? The Angel VC: Key Revenue Metrics for SaaS companies – buff.ly/1INSu29. Valuation As A Scorecard – buff.ly/1F0CUyC. Online Courses Accelerate Any Business Model bit.ly/1InOB3Z. – buff.ly/1EY9ktL. 1PYFIjm.

Small Business 48

Small Business Design Social Media Startup 48

Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2016

While traditional business models provide a more regular income, in the real estate world, it might be three months before you get paid—and it could even be longer. And, if on top of being personable, you’re also organized, ambitious, goal-oriented, and up for a challenge, you’ve hit the metaphorical jackpot.

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Reputation Cofounder Naming Business Plan 60

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Microsofts originalplan was to make money selling programming languages, of all things.Their current business model didnt occur to them until IBM droppedit in their lap five years later. 6] What I didnt grasp at the time was that the valuation wasnt just the value of the code wed written so far. Thereis no rational way.

Startup 105

Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

The only thing that seemed to be consistent about my growth was that my revenue was relatively flat while my user base kept growing. This turned out to be a good move since it doubled their revenue that month. He has a great stats page that shows everything from monthly revenue to the breakdown of users by plan type.

Software Review 78

Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2016

Once the most heavily funded startup in New York City, according to then-CEO Jason Goldberg, Fab blew through $200 million of its $336 million in VC cash without settling on a business model. Before a quiet acquisition by PCH Innovations for just $15 million, Fab had raised 11 rounds of VC funding at a $900 million valuation.

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Venture Capital Securities and Exchange Commission New York City Cofounder 100