Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

2) What is the business model and the potential unit economics? Certain investors tend to gravitate towards certain business models. But, it’s not so high such that only a small number of people can pay for it, so you don’t have to get the sales process perfect as a first-time entrepreneur or be a super salesperson.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. Page 4: Business Model. I had planned a balance of large companies and SMB/divisional sales but have changed my thinking. Reasons: cost of sales executives, long sales cycles, deep functional requirements.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The statistics show that even though most founders bet their time and resources that their startups will be the best in the world, 90% of those new startups won’t be in operation in 10-15 years. Some common drivers of sales underperformance include product-market fit challenges, slow/low sales channels, and poor execution.

Startup 69

Startup Sales Cycle Down Round Revenue 69

ReadWriteStart

MAY 4, 2011

First up, Manoj Dharap presented EzeeBank , a core banking solution for credit co-operative societies. Manoj is experiencing a long sales cycle of close to 12 months, but he has already created a sustainable company that has revenues and profits. On the other hand, it can be a perfectly fine owner-owned-and-operated business.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. Sales cycles matter though. Business customers, depending on the problem, are less price sensitive than consumers. Sales cycle, as a consideration, also works the opposite way.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. Sales cycles matter though. Business customers, depending on the problem, are less price sensitive than consumers. Sales cycle, as a consideration, also works the opposite way.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) And what of the product development team? Every board meeting, the metrics of success change.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

The Next Web

MAY 12, 2013

Originally, the company started out developing SS7 Gateway type communications components. Sales cycles were long and unpredictable. “You don’t need an MBA to realize that this sort of business model wasn’t going to work” “Nothing ever filtered down properly to the operational employees.

Database 126

Database United States Cloud 126

Hearpreneur

MAY 8, 2022

connections and benefit from quicker sales cycles and more opportunities. The problem with trying to serve everyone is that in the end, you don’t end up serving anyone, which is especially relevant for service-based businesses like ours. As a COO of the Mediumchat group, I'm responsible for all operations including marketing.

Entrepreneur 130

Entrepreneur Audience Social Media Channel 130

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

As Sangram Vajre explains in his book “ Account-Based Marketing for Dummies ”: “The traditional lead-based sales and marketing funnel has been turned into a cone by using account-based marketing. This lead becomes your first contact and is then developed into an account. 8 questions to ask before developing your ABM program.

Customer 98

Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

Tim Keane

APRIL 14, 2008

Can we, in short, develop knowledge that other competitors do not have to reduce our sales cycle and increase results? If our automated warehousing system is state of the art and provides us a 10% increase in Net Operating Income, what can we do with that money? Books I Like. Resources for startups.

Ireland 60

Ireland Wisconsin Forecast Sales Cycle 60

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. Thus, as your startup matures, many of your operational functions can be successfully outsourced. Pyramid Power.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 40

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

In my case (LucidEra -- a SaaS analytics provider focusing on sales, marketing, and financial analytics), weve found that success requires not only building some best practices for analytics into our solution, but also coming up with a repeatable and scalable way to show the customer how to use the analytics and how to interpret the results.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

We could do this in several ways: Cross sell to add additional products Up sell to add seats, or premium features Develop a scalable pricing matrix that does a better job of charging higher end customers that are willing to pay more. SolidWorks 2: The best VAR management program in the world? just.a.guy David -- this is a great article.

Metrics 55

Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55