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JUNE 23, 2022

It was during that time, I created my own YouTube channel to understand the struggles creators faced. 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.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Not only top-line growth in users or revenue, but also secondary numbers which speak to usage engagement and retention can instill confidence that the startups trajectory will continue after the next round of capital. What channels have worked to date and done so cost-efficiently?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Rob,” he said, “no offense, but you aren’t going to get a world class, been-there-done-that CEO into a company with less than $1 million in revenue. Over the last year, we finally had a strong revenue base and a great team in place, and I was able to take three weeks of vacation. Backupify was managed for momentum.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

For this reason, we’ve partnered with Guild members who have experience across different kinds of customers, business models, and distribution channels. Fareed Mosavat is the product lead for Upgrades and Expansion at Slack, focused on revenue growth for Slack’s small business customers. Back to Top).

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Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

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AUGUST 30, 2016

Next, look at the average revenue per user numbers (courtesy of Piktochart ) are listed below, and while this information is from 2015, it’s interesting to note the trends (Instagram projected to rise to $9 by 2020 according to Forbes ). In addition, look at Facebook’s revenue per user growth globally over the past few quarters.

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MARCH 15, 2017

Internally, the scarcity of tangible business metrics – product usage or revenue multiples for example – can make an investment decision feel daunting. VC evaluation of seed-stage startups can seem arbitrary or imitative at times. Any seed stage company’s strategy is a constant work-in-progress.

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Due Diligence Seed Stage Portfolio Metrics 265

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Five years ago, TapCommerce CEO & Co-Founder Brian Long had a vision of helping brands deliver customers, revenue, and ROI across mobile devices. Leveraging the underused channel of SMS text messaging, retailers can grow their subscriber audiences and experience higher engagement rates than other digital channels like email marketing.

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Cofounder SMS Channel Mobile 136

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MAY 27, 2015

Taking advantage of an emerging distribution channel or market inefficiency is an opportunity in a moment in time, not today. Early stage founders end up doing many things that fall outside of any traditional blueprint or approach, and therefore it might not be repeatable again.

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Cofounder Early Stage Non-Compete Silicon Valley 120

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AUGUST 27, 2014

.” Instead of “repackage long form pieces into smaller projects to be distributed around the web,” you should say “find creative ways to produce related pieces across many mediums and channels.” ” These subtle differences focus on the process itself , rather than the end result.

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