Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

If you are looking to expand your leadership team or board , are looking for a part-time executive role or board role , or are an investor looking for fractional executives to join your portfolio companies , you should become part of the Bolster network right now.

Fractional CTO 195

Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 195

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2015

A unified Microsoft has set the stage for sustained revenue growth. Nadella’s efforts to reboot Microsoft positions the company to more effectively engage with channel partners and enterprise customers. year-to-year revenue gain in calendar 4Q14, to $26.5 While Microsoft’s 7.9% year-to-year in 4Q14 to $16.3

Cloud 100

Cloud Mobile Software Review Technical Review 100

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

The primary source of your funds should be your paying customers, i.e., your business should generate enough revenues and profits to fund the growth and expansion. These usually play a role in the very early stage of your business, primarily pre-revenue. Investors usually carry a portfolio of startups. Government programs.

Startup 150

Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Lightning is a network of bi-directional payment channels that allows for instant settlement between parties and routing of payments over a TOR-like p2p network settled in units of bitcoin. > 36,000 public channels . > And >40% of that revenue is coming from in-game purchases. > 14,000 public nodes . >

Networking 168

Networking Global OTC Security 168

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

They are tasked with “getting deals done&# so they race around talking to tons of potential partners inking anything from channel sale deals , product integration, international distribution agreements, co-marketing arrangements, M&A discussions, etc. what is the best channel to reach these people? - I love that saying.

Development Team Review 323

Development Team Review SEM Channel Social Media 323

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

as a distribution channel have vastly reduced the amount of capital a startup needs at the early stage when the risk is greatest. With a portfolio of at least 20 investments, or you are at risk of the adverse selection problem.) This is true whether the company is concept stage or ramping revenue. The Bend Experience.

Early Stage 290

Early Stage Silicon Valley Oregon Technical Review 290

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

PC and mobile interfaces dynamically display portfolio valuations and exposures, along with system-generated investment recommendations tailored to a specific client’s financial goals and risk appetite. According to research from JP Morgan, revenues from investment banking peaked in 2009 at $207.7 In 2014 Granger, a Ph.D.

Technical Review 154

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 154

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

They provide a hands-on transformation and revenue growth partner for B2B technology companies. Prior to working with Citius, he helped global businesses generate up to $200M in annual recurring revenue and realise valuations of $1Bn+. Inside Sales), Channel, Pre-Sales, SDRs, Marketing, Customer Success, and Professional Services.

Founder 158

Founder B2B Private Equity India 158

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

That’s what every VC is telling their portfolio companies these days. In other words, they’re telling companies that, in order to get next round funding, they’re somehow supposed to stay the same fast growers they were before the tech downturn, but just do that longer and get to higher aggregate revenue and performance numbers.

Lean 166

Lean Aggregator Portfolio Revenue 166

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Your friends and advisers tell you that this means you need revenue because in this economy VC’s will only fund businesses with revenue. So if it’s not necessarily revenue that’s preventing an investment, then WTF is traction? Unfortunately your advisers are wrong. Update them on your fund raising progress.

Technical Review 309

Technical Review Term Sheet Venture Capital Revenue 309

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. If you can break this down by channel that you’ve acquired them from this is obviously better. The next step after measuring the customers you’re adding is to add the “cost to acquire” by channel.

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

In Discovery startups take all their hypotheses about the business model: product, market, customers, channel, etc. After I retired I would get calls from VC’s to help with “marketing problems” in their portfolio companies. These “friends and family orders” made the first nine months of their revenue plan.

Burn Rate 250

Burn Rate Silicon Valley Marketing Boston 250

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Today’s workforce has radically different expectations, brands are losing their power, physical channels are being destroyed by virtual ones, market share is less important than market creation, and software is eating world. Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use.

Private Equity 328

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 328

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

If you are looking to expand your leadership team or board , are looking for a part-time executive role or board role , or are an investor looking for fractional executives to join your portfolio companies , you should become part of the Bolster network right now.

Fractional CTO 70

Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 70

ReadWriteStart

JULY 19, 2023

After experiencing both successes and failures, they decided to channel their expertise and passion into the world of venture capital. Focusing on enterprise SaaS companies and immigrant founders, Karsybaev and Nurgozhin created a fund to provide financial support, mentorship, and guidance to startups in their portfolios.

Kazakhstan 92

Kazakhstan Montana Venture Capital Miami 92

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

And yet, revenue went up by 45% YoY. It helps them audit existing content portfolios (blog posts, landing pages, etc.) Marketing: Which channels are they active on? Their followers remember them as the funny revenue data company that knows what they’re talking about, and then recalls them when they’re in a buying position.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

For that reason, you should pre-plan your promotional efforts in all marketing channels — specifically: website, social media, business directories, in-store, offline, and email. All of these channels should complement each other by supporting the same goal or goals (i.e., and stay consistent.

Small Business 178

Small Business Social Media Channel Media 178

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 16, 2020

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. High CPC’s and inefficient channels led us to a place where we thought getting new customers was better done in-person. 1- Collaborate and provide more employment.

Entrepreneur 147

Entrepreneur Agile Artificial Inteligence San Francisco 147

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2016

The people who spend the most money on reaching consumers: consumer products, car companies, food & beverage, entertainment – need to reach mass audiences and smaller channels aren’t as effective for them relative to the time to produce creative and learn how to perform in a channel. All of this is smart.

Advertising 150

Advertising Iowa Campaign Media 150

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 9, 2018

Entering new markets can be a great way for your business to expand its portfolio and diversify its product offering. Identify Distribution Channels. In terms of actually reaching your customers with your message, you need to identify the channels and media they engage with most. Referral marketing. Referral marketing.

Jacksonville 189

Jacksonville Due Diligence Exit Strategy Marketing 189

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

than multi-channel attribution modeling. Here's the outline of our incredible multi-channel attribution modeling adventure: ~ Three Unique Attribution Challenges. ~ Multi-Channel Attribution Models. Multi-Channel Attribution Analysis. ~ Multi-channel attribution across digital channels. Grab a Red Bull.

Channel 161

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 161

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2010

You can always tell during this discussion whether the entrepreneur has logged into their products, talked to their customers, read all the news stories and gotten all of the back channel info on the competition. One of his investors called him, “the best CFO in our entire portfolio.&# ).

Entrepreneur 286

Entrepreneur CTO Hire Cofounder Early Stage 286

ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

Years later Clavier's name now comes up all the time when one of his portfolio companies finds success; his exits include Mint, Tapulous, and UserPlane, other investments include Mashery (a ReadWriteWeb sponsor), Rapleaf, Fitbit, bitly, GroupOn, Twitter and many more. What's interesting is the assumptions that go into that vision of scaling.

Investment Bankers 153

Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder Due Diligence 153

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Omni-channel messaging will become even more crucial as more organizations adopt this strategy, especially during a pandemic. Consumers make purchases through a number of channels, ranging from YouTube to Facebook, making it difficult to categorize their behavior. Thanks to David Wurst, Webcitz ! #4- Photo Credit: Mark Valderrama.

Artificial Inteligence 114

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 114

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

However, it is important to check the portfolio of the program and see how many companies from your industry have participated. On the other hand, if the program’s portfolio demonstrates that they worked with quite a few companies in your field, you are good to go. Contact accelerator staff. It was all hypothetical.

Programming 124

Programming Chile B2B B2C 124

Where to Play

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

As for the challenge, the firm already had the know-how for developing the drone, and estimated both the implementation obstacles and the time to revenues as ‘mid’, taking into account the distribution requirements and the length of a sale cycle. The overall potential was therefore estimated as ‘high’.

Agile 54

Agile Technical Review Sales Cycle Distribution 54

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

When it comes to identifying what has changed, Labay continues: I’d think the first stop is analytics—who dropped off, what channels, who remained, etc., Use that intelligence to inform product portfolio and investment choices.”. This means more people behind a screen, which means more opportunity across distribution channels.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Austin Startup

JULY 29, 2018

Some will invest in a great person with a big idea and others need to see customer traction and revenue first. They rationalize it with portfolio theory but almost everyone I know does it because they really enjoy it. Some like to be the first investor to commit and others prefer to be the last. Try for casual interactions.

Angel Investor 59

Angel Investor Technical Review Los Angeles Seed Stage 59

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. Then we constantly, and proactively, facilitate introductions to the right mentors and advisors in our network.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Recently, I’ve been working with a few of our portfolio companies to help them think about how to recruit and interview their first analytics hire. YoY, MoM growth rates, % revenue by customer segment) to concepts such as margin and working capital is tremendously useful when determining what operating metrics to focus on as a business.

Analytics 149

Analytics Hiring SQL Forecast 149

ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

1,983% boost in annual revenue, 1,000% user base growth within six months with no upfront costs. increased revenue. This post takes you step-by-step through the process of building lasting and profitable relationships with channel partners. 80-20 rule says that a few of your partners provide most of the revenue.

Channel 84

Channel Partner Programming B2B 84

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 2, 2013

Like everything in life, you want a balanced portfolio (left). Multi-channel attribution was the flavor of the month for every month in 2012. Conversions > Multi-Channel Funnels > Assisted Conversions. If email assists, can we understand its order in the conversion process and which channel it most assists?

Analytics 159

Analytics Search Campaign eCommerce 159

ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

1,983% boost in annual revenue, 1,000% user base growth within six months with no upfront costs. increased revenue. This post takes you step-by-step through the process of building lasting and profitable relationships with channel partners. 80-20 rule says that a few of your partners provide most of the revenue.

Channel 77

Channel Partner Programming B2B 77

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

If the retailer can get the product “exclusively” (even for just a time window) then it hopes to get more customers shopping at its store or watching its video channel vs. its competitors. I will use some examples from Parachute and some other portfolio companies to give you examples from our experiences of watching successful brands grow.

Curation 296

Curation Los Angeles Differentiation Channel 296

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

What guidance for your portfolio companies? I think every company’s portfolio is different, so they’re all different sizes, different stages, different geographies, different cash positions, and different market leadership positions. . I will say the one thing we tell all our portfolio companies is to get fit and lean in.

Partner 132

Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

Across our portfolio and in my own entrepreneurial experience, I have seen three main sales models work successfully in scaling B2B sales: 1) Enterprise; 2) Telephone; and 3) Developer-driven. To achieve friction-free revenue (and who doesn''t want friction-free revenue?), to, finally, $2M in annual quota.

Sales 50

Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

BeyondVC

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Let me give you a few examples from recent meetings with portfolio companies or friends seeking advice. I was recently reviewing a 2008 budget and was quite excited about the bookings and revenue ramp that the management team had presented. It is careful when budgeting to think about 2008 but also to plant the seeds for 2009 as well.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Revenue Forecast Channel 60