ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Next, Umakant Soni discussed Vimagino.com , a software for Web-based Q&A support to engage customers better on sites that are trying to draw people in and convert them into customers. Now, the Web self-service software market is very crowded with major players like RightNow already deeply entrenched. Vimagino.com. PowerStores.in.

India 114

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 114

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Business Model I would like to propose that in addition to team, product, and market, there is actually a fourth, equally important, core element of startups, which is the need for a viable business model. These new business models focused heavily on how buying behavior has changed because of the power of the web.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

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.) This is an incredible skill, one that most engineers overlook. Fantastic post.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

ReadWriteStart

MAY 4, 2011

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. He is exploring outside financing, but my concern is that unless the growth rate accelerates, this particular business may not fit the venture model. Discuss.

India 116

India Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Massachusetts 116

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 4, 2004

Adam Bosworth has an interesting post on the evolution of software and why software delivered as a service will be the business model of the future. Software delivered as a service enables that and packaged software does not. For the vendor, it makes it: 1.

Software 60

Software Bandwidth Sales Cycle Business Model 60

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 19, 2016

Companies that commit to their teams succeed because they attract hard-to-recruit talent like Brianna Crab , a data engineer at Capital One. He wants to hire “someone who is not afraid to go figure it out on her own, who has the capacity to discover what is needed and then present the business case for how to get that skill.”.

Startup 100

Startup Burn Rate Cofounder Salary 100

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

This shift in focus results in more efficient use of your marketing budget, shorter sales cycles, and a better customer experience. How you approach it will depend on your business model and ideal accounts and how (or if) you plan to expand campaigns. That’s the power of marketing to a chosen few rather than everyone.

Customer 98

Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Since SaaS businesses (or any other subscription-based business) are different from standard software businesses, there are some interesting elements that we will uncover. We practice it religiously in the engineering team at HubSpot and the insights are always there, highly valuable.

Metrics 55

Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2016

It’s only going to get more complicated and it’s important to have the right analytics software that can handle it. Like any model it has its pros and cons. sales page, cart, purchase, etc.) The best way to describe this change is going from 2 dimensional to 3 dimensional funnels. via Quora).

Analytics 78

Analytics Metrics Channel Software Review 78

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. “Just say no” to on-premise deployments The most important part of Software-as-a-Service isn’t “Software” it’s “Service”! Cracking The Code. at 11:09 AM.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software St. Louis API 285