David Cohen

AUGUST 22, 2012

After the market downturn, I think that investors in general got more picky about “real” revenue models. Since 2009, people have consistently been pronouncing the model dead. As an example, one of the areas that I like to invest in is vertical search. With vertical search, it’s all about the crack.

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Vertical Search Business Model Software Developers 110

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers? And without revenue how do we know if we achieved product/market fit to exit Customer Validation?” However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web.

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Customer Development Web Developer Customer 219

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2021

They sell into multiple verticals, or pursue multiple revenue streams, such that they can’t develop a repeatable, scalable sales process, and don’t do anything well. Of course, relevancy doesn’t work if you don’t have a winning business model.

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Early Stage Vertical Sales Global 379

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 13, 2015

Often your best estimate of any metric or market behavior or business model component is at best accurate within a power of ten, for example “expected conversion rate between 0.5% and 5%” or “cost to acquire a customer between $50 and $500″ or “average monthly revenue per customer between $20 and $200.”

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Business Model Affiliate Startup Bootstrapping 120

ReadWriteStart

MAY 24, 2021

Also, the revenue from this platform will be $79,608 million in the year 2021.” . With this data, let us move on to the different aspects involved in creating a food delivery business like UberEats. Initially, Uber launched its vertical in the food delivery services with the name UberFresh. Business Model Followed By UberEats.

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Business Model Social Media Mobile Revenue 168

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

We’re hitting record revenue months, weeks, and margins. And they probably never will be unless business model viability is reassessed across the board. Don’t be afraid to pivot The collapse of SVB spurred us to do a deep evaluation of how we’re generating revenue and value for customers. they still aren’t profitable.

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Early Stage Los Angeles Silicon Valley Cofounder 111

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

With over a decade + experience in three previous entrepreneurial journeys, I learned the hard way that focus and dedication to build expertise in a specific niche is important and is one of the keys to successful agency business. Photo Credit: Matt Daigle. There is so much for me to be proud of in 2019! directly impact the environment.

Entrepreneur 117

Entrepreneur Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 117

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

There’s nothing wrong with a business that supports you and perhaps an extended family. But if you want to build a scalable startup you need to be asking how you can you get enough customers/users/payers to build a business that can grow revenues past several $100M/year. With 317 million people the U.S.

Global 335

Global Australia Silicon Valley China 335

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

In the last three posts, we drew the relationship of market risk and invention risk with vertical markets and pointed out verticals where customer development would be useful. In contrast to simply executing your business plan, the Customer Development process is built on low-cost and continuous learning and iterating.

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Vertical Silicon Valley RSS Marketing 122

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2019

They sell into multiple verticals, or pursue multiple revenue streams, such that they can’t develop a repeatable, scalable sales process, and don’t do anything well. Of course, relevancy doesn’t work if you don’t have a winning business model.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The Founder’s New Insight Smart founders are never satisfied with simply executing their current business model, they are constantly observing, orienting and deciding whether their current business model can be made better. It’s a natural part of learning about your customers and business model.)

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

If you pick one vertical and do it well, other folks will find you. Dribbble is what I like to call a “boot up,” or “organic startup” – a company that lives and breathes on revenue. […] For us, getting cash flowing in sooner than later was critical to give us resources to respond to the site’s rapid growth. Find your niche.

Cofounder 164

Cofounder Founder Startup Bootstrapping 164

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

If you like this, go see his Shockwave Innovations blog ) Anyone that has taken an accounting class or learned basic business financials knows the interaction between key elements of a P&L (revenue, cost, expense) and a balance sheet (assets, liabilities, equity).

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Churn Rate .Net Metrics Hosting 288

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2017

by Patrick Henry, author of “ Plan Commit Win: 90 Days to Creating a Fundable Startup “ What makes one idea good, and another one bad, from a business perspective? In creating a successful business, it is important that you assess your business idea in terms of its ability to make money. 5) The Idea Refinement Test.

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View from Seed

MARCH 29, 2018

For many years, NextView has looked at many health-related businesses but invested in relatively few. We wanted to learn more about the nuanced industry market forces before applying the same hands-on investing model we do with tech startups in other verticals. I should make clear that we are not life science investors.

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Vertical Stealth Portfolio Seed Capital 120

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

billion dollar business this year to $5 billion by 2012, taking market share away from DVD retailers and intensifying the carriers' ambition to bid for the best (and first run) titles. revenues from internet video services spanning user-generated content to television shows and movies will exceed $7 billion this year. Annual U.S.

Los Angeles 85

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Technical Review Distribution 85

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

Startups don’t fail because they lack a product; they fail because they lack customers and a profitable business model. Look at the Product Development model and you might wonder, “Where are the customers?” Where exactly did the assumptions in our startup business plan come from?” before you ship.

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 238

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2013

They sell into multiple verticals, or pursue multiple revenue streams, such that they can’t develop a repeatable, scalable sales process, and don’t do anything well. Of course, relevancy doesn’t work if you don’t have a winning business model.

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Startup Early Stage Vertical Sales 293

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 21, 2017

Revenue multiples, profit multiples, premium over the previous financing — these are metrics used by sellers to help determine a minimum acceptable price. Even for startups, it takes years for a new product to become good enough to demand many millions of dollars in revenue.). Yet mobile advertising revenues were paltry.

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Balance Sheet Vertical Acquisition Revenue 242

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Whenever there’s a complete disruption of the business model, it means that the underlying rules for that vertical have dramatically changed. A company that’s being disrupted certainly feels the pain that their business model is under attack. News AbeBooks Amazon Bookselling Business model disruption twitter'

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Sales Cycle Business Model Aggregator Vertical 122

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

Maintenance contracts are another great way to create a brand-new revenue stream. Instead of selling your services to everyone, expand your services “vertically” by targeting industries where you’ve already been successful. One of the best ways to achieve a stable cash flow is to offer prepaid retainers or ongoing payment plans.

Entrepreneur 234

Entrepreneur Vertical Reputation Valuation 234

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

by Lonnie Sciambi, author of “ Secrets to Entrepreneurial Success “ It never ceases to amaze me how many small business owners think that having multiple sources of revenue, often across multiple market types is a good business model. Bring me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…!

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Vertical Bankruptcy Small Business Sales 182

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2012

They sell into multiple verticals, or pursue multiple revenue streams, such that they can’t develop a repeatable, scalable sales process, and don’t do anything well. Of course, relevancy doesn’t work if you don’t have a winning business model.

Startup 247

Startup Early Stage Vertical Sales 247

Version One Ventures

APRIL 23, 2013

Looking back, there were several factors limiting our ability to grow, including: Geographical markets: We had internationalized to five non-English speaking countries in Europe, but felt that conquering Asia was too risky an endeavor for a relatively small company (our platform revenues were in the hundreds of millions of dollars).

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Vertical Non-Compete Asia Europe 130

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2012

Maintenance contracts are another great way to create a brand-new revenue stream. Instead of selling your services to everyone, expand your services “vertically” by targeting industries where you’ve already been successful. One of the best ways to achieve a stable cash flow is to offer prepaid retainers or ongoing payment plans.

Startup 236

Startup Vertical Reputation Valuation 236

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2016

They sell into multiple verticals, or pursue multiple revenue streams, such that they can’t develop a repeatable, scalable sales process, and don’t do anything well. Of course, relevancy doesn’t work if you don’t have a winning business model.

Startup 120

Startup Early Stage Vertical Sales 120

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Its automated platform collects and allocates revenues in real-time, from tickets sold to filmmakers’ pockets. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries.

Cofounder 88

Cofounder Vertical Austin Revenue 88

Mucker Lab

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Most brilliant “Internet of Things” ideas are quicksand for capital unless you have the branding, vertical integration and customer lock-in that Apple achieved. The iPod model will separate IoT platforms from fads. Second, Apple vertically integrated the user experience, business model and distribution model.

Vertical 60

Vertical Widget Distribution China 60

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2011

Maintenance contracts are another great way to create a brand-new revenue stream. Instead of selling your services to everyone, expand your services “vertically” by targeting industries where you’ve already been successful. One of the best ways to achieve a stable cash flow is to offer prepaid retainers or ongoing payment plans.

Startup 230

Startup Vertical Reputation Valuation 230

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The lean start-up movement has been based on a single insight – which the purpose of a start-up is to discover a business model that works. The objective of a start-up is to discover a business model that works. This process continues until a viable product (and business model) can be discovered.

Product Development 153

Product Development Lean Developer Product 153

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

See Betmarkets talk about their business model in the category Innovative World Technology between 5 and 6 pm Saturday, March 14, before a live audience and a panel of expert judges. Attaining $100,000 in monthly recurring revenue and securing a business partner in the United States are major goals. It’s that simple!

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Portugal Investment Bankers United States Cofounder 62

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

See Betmarkets talk about their business model in the category Innovative World Technology between 5 and 6 pm Saturday, March 14, before a live audience and a panel of expert judges. Attaining $100,000 in monthly recurring revenue and securing a business partner in the United States are major goals. It’s that simple!

Portugal 62

Portugal Investment Bankers United States Cofounder 62

View from Seed

JUNE 23, 2022

Long-term: Influencers across the world with 10K+ followers and across all major verticals (e.g. To my surprise, people actually watched my channel and several years later I launched an eCommerce website to better monetize my channel, which became my top revenue stream. What’s the same and what’s different? DC: What’s the same.

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DC Cambodia eCommerce Social Media 156

Hunter Walker

MAY 20, 2018

The idea was to build a publishing-focused brand with events as a revenue base while we figured out our own differentiation in a crowded market — and then added business lines around advertising, custom content and now subscriptions. VCs always stayed away from media models for scale reasons. How long, I’m not sure.

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PR Media Differentiation Audience 64

Hippoland

OCTOBER 16, 2016

As a result, for these kinds of businesses, investors often don’t expect that companies can earn revenue right out of the gate, because they may not legally be able to. These are products that can and should generate revenue right out of the gates in both B2B and consumer ideas. Do you have virality built into the product?

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