Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM), like cohort analysis , yourself. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies.

Cost 139

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 139

Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

Costolo clearly wants to position Twitter as a complementary part of the media ecosystem (which it is by and large) rather than a competitor, and there remains a chance that Twitter will have other forms of revenue besides ads. Here’s why: Virtually all of Twitter’s revenue comes from advertising.

Media 113

Media Advertising Silicon Valley Revenue 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. Facilities and staff. Marty Zwilling.

Burn Rate 125

Burn Rate SEM Social Network Angel Investor 125

ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2011

Groupon China happens to be a customer of Recruiterbox, and found them through organic search. Then Danny Wong from Shanghai, China, presented GemKitty , a custom jewelry design site that is having difficulty finding its core customer base. Guerrilla p.r. and an affiliate program would also help with customer acquisition.

Acquisition 115

Acquisition SEO San Francisco India 115

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. The opportunity to transact at the point of purchase increases the sheer number of revenue opportunities. According to Google data 30% of all restaurant searches now come via mobile devices.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. Financial Snapshot : 2011 Revenue: $3.71 2011 YoY Revenue Growth: 88%. 2011 Net Income: $1.00

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

and China, and recently recorded their 1,000,000th download of Bonita Open Solution. If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

However, they should be mindful as the brand and revenues grow, free optimization tools can have a negative impact on Total Cost of Ownership. But any testing (even free) is good--as playing guess games with your content will cost you business to your competition in the long run. Goes Gold, Brings New Multita.

Developer 73

Developer Software Review PHP Social Media 73

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2013

Knorex developed iSnap, an augmented reality application that has been implemented across eight major regional newspapers: Thailand’s The Nation , Malaysia’s The Star , the Philippine Daily Inquirer , Indonesia’s Jakarta Post and Kompas , Myanmar’s Eleven , Singapore’s The Edge and Hong Kong’s China Daily.

Singapore 140

Singapore Asia Technology Networking 140

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

The only thing that seemed to be consistent about my growth was that my revenue was relatively flat while my user base kept growing. This turned out to be a good move since it doubled their revenue that month. He has a great stats page that shows everything from monthly revenue to the breakdown of users by plan type.

Software Review 78

Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’m sure the head of the Federal Reserve Bank could spook the market or the heads of state of the US, China or Iran could. Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. That’s the beauty of markets and of capitalism.

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

Kodorra

AUGUST 23, 2018

Well, a big FYI to all – iPhone and Android were not the first mobile phones, Facebook was not the first social network ( Six Degrees was), Google, not the first search engine (see Archie ),the list goes on. 6 months down the line, after burning $6,000 or so, you’re not seeing much traction or revenue.

Non-disclosure Agreement 49

Non-disclosure Agreement Entrepreneur Netherlands NDA 49

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Roberts talks of social networks as mediums that may very well help your product or name attract VC attention. He goes on to add, “Having revenue is even better, though not applicable to every startup … Passion, skill, vision and maturity really matter.&# Just don’t call Feld on the phone.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

These are mostly search engines, portals and ecommerce platforms (google.com, yahoo.com, bing.com, amazon.com, ebay.com, msn.com, aol.com etc). based in emerging markets: Russia, China, India. These are mostly search engines, portals and news sites (soso.com, baidu.com, 163.com, com, qq.com, sina.com.cn). See graph below.

Russia 68

Russia Hosting Differentiation Social Network 68

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

And writing a step-by-step walk-through might be important if you outsource your work to India or China where they are used to work by direction and nothing more, or if dealing with a 15 year old kid, programming from his parents basement. Yes its great to implement "task A", but will it drive revenue? Keep it Simple.

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

As a result, Pandora is nowhere near profitable at more than $103 million in quarterly revenue, paying more than half of this sum to labels for content licenses. HealthTab acquires Avvo Health to double its doctor network. iOS App Store revenue still dwarfs Google Play’s, but the challenger is catching up fast.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

market in terms of revenue dollars (there is no question that digital tools will successfully impact specific acute diseases/disorders, but it’s our intuition these are best left to 100% focused HC investors). We should be looking at China for the real innovations now. It’s a fun interesting conversation.

Singapore 43

Singapore Government Silicon Valley Software Review 43