Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. These misses weren’t in some tangential markets – missing search, mobile and the cloud were directly where Microsoft users were heading. They had lots of these projects.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. These misses weren’t in some tangential markets – missing search, mobile and the cloud were directly where Microsoft users were heading. They had lots of these projects.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

However, four critical advances over the past decade (cloud, accelerators, Lean, and Angels) not only changed the math for tech investing but made regional tech clusters possible. The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0 This is true whether the company is concept stage or ramping revenue. The Bend Experience.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

will be a great fit with the Salesforce marketing cloud. Natalie Diggins (Neustar, ex-VP Cloud Platform/DevOps), Francesca Krihely (MongoDB, Dir. While the cloud wars, AI, automation, and digital transformation dominated the enterprise headlines in 2018, we have to remember that we are still early in the cycle.

Stealth 79

Stealth Advisory Board Cloud Virginia 79

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Every dark cloud has a silver lining. Look for operations that are hogging resources without generating significant revenue. These are chances to broaden your product line, change distribution, offer new services. Look for hidden sources of revenue. Donna Fenn, in her book from the last decade, “ Upstarts!

Viral 430

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Minecraft” accounts for nearly all of Mojang’s revenue, highlighting the risk to Microsoft should interest in “Minecraft” dissolve, or Microsoft fails to produce “Minecraft” sequels or add-on software. TBR believes the ideas of these opportunities has merit, but are peripheral pursuits for Microsoft. Minecraft” is already in use in some U.S.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

StockTrim is cloud-based and deliverable anywhere worldwide. Sutton learned midway through his pitching journey that what most impressed investors was telling the story of Mega Distribution, a California health supplies wholesaler which became an early adopter and rapt fan. Tell stories, but back up the narrative with numbers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

Hockey Stick 265

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Steve Blank

APRIL 21, 2011

Virtual channels include Dedicated e-commerce, Two-step e-distribution and Aggregators. Their value proposition had now changed from a wind turbine supplier to homes, to a distributed power supplier to cities and utilities. The Week 6 Lecture: Revenue Model. What types of revenue streams are there? The Nine Teams Present.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MARCH 14, 2020

No install, they’re cloud-based. Because of a shift in their industry, they were looking for new revenue ideas. The session started with distributing some fresh research around their challenge that the client lead had developed. It’s now one of their key revenue streams. That would be a waste of time.

Software Review 72

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

Hockey Stick 307

Hockey Stick Guerilla Acquisition Revenue 307

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

The reason that incumbents can’t react is that their revenue and defensibility are continued by serving the high-end of the market for which it would take too much time & money for any competitors to effectively challenge. In Netflix’s case this is their DVD distribution business. Very few companies ever do this.

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Los Angeles Revenue Retention Acquisition 329

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Then he'll describe his cutting-edge platform — cloud-based, scalable, distributed version control, continuous integration, one-click-deploy. Ask a technical founder about his startup, and he'll proudly describe his stunning software — simple, compelling, useful, fun. Maybe you'll even get a wobbly demo. Advertising ??

Software Review 261

Software Review Technical Review Viral Software Developers 261

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2014

People went offline and “cloud computing” was just a bunch of castles in the air. Even a minute of downtime means millions lost in revenue and tons of bad PR. People grumbled, But those were the dark ages. Now, with more and more people spending their days permanently online, companies can’t afford to go offline anymore.

Security 174

Security Engineer PR Framework 174

Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2020

Finally to have a better chance of a viable enterprise, they need to test all the other hypotheses in their business/mission model (pricing, demand creation, revenue, costs, etc.). One upside is that you may now be able to get access to people who normally have a cloud of administrative gatekeepers around them. Are they the same now?

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Customer Business Model Restful Video 413

Up and Running

AUGUST 13, 2014

An Income Statement, also called a Profit and Loss Statement, is a fundamental tool for understanding how the revenue and expenses of a business stack up. Typically, an Income Statement is a list of revenue and expenses, with the companys net profit listed at the end. A line by line breakdown of an income statement.

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.Net Balance Sheet Forecast Business Plan 100

Start Up Blog

APRIL 11, 2019

The Energy Internet Emerges: We will be trading energy with each other through a new type of distributed energy grid. Government Will Love Small Again : Governments around the world will finally realise big powerful companies are reducing their tax revenue. It will be the most high tech device in every home.

Software Review 91

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Non-Compete 91

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 24, 2017

We’re very new to the industry, and while we’re passionate about the product, there have been obstacles every step of the way – production, shipping, distribution, etc. 12- Cloud Innovation Challenge Award. 24- Double-digit revenue and national partnership. This has to be the hardest job we’ve ever done.

Las Vegas 88

Las Vegas Entrepreneur Software Review Community 88

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

The most common example of an API strategy is around companies who aspire to build a developer community as a new revenue source or as the foundation of their business. They should not be trying to generate new revenue streams or reach new audiences through such programs. Twilio is an interesting example of such a company.

API 135

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

Hockey Stick 263

Hockey Stick Guerilla Acquisition Revenue 263

Up and Running

JULY 18, 2014

At Tax Alli, we pair you with real life accountants and use cloud software to make small business accounting awesome. So the S corporation splits the owners income into two parts, wages and pass-through distributions. But you’ll avoid employment tax on the income distribution. You can take an owner draw or distribution.

Small Business 87

Small Business LLC Nevada Software Review 87

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

The company has distribution through about 50 retailers in Chennai, and is looking for ways to market their product through online channels. 1M/1M will be working with Microsoft in helping entrepreneurs prepare for these grants. We discussed guerilla p.r., product reviews through blogs, as well as SEO, blogs, and social media marketing.

India 119

India Guerilla Entrepreneur New Zealand 119

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2013

Every dark cloud has a silver lining. Look for operations that are hogging resources without generating significant revenue. These are chances to broaden your product line, change distribution, offer new services. Look for hidden sources of revenue. Donna Fenn, in her book from a while back, “ Upstarts!

Startup 247

Startup Viral Revenue Distribution 247

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

Hockey Stick 130

Hockey Stick Guerilla Acquisition Revenue 130

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

Reporting in the Harvard Business Review on a major study of growth stalls they conducted, Olson and his colleagues cite the case of the iconic brand Levi Strauss, which hit a historic high mark of sales in 1995, reaching revenue of $7 billion, but then, starting in 1996, saw a decline in sales so precipitous that by 2000, revenue was down to $4.6

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Algorithm Channel Analytics 127

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Not only is software literally made to work quickly and accurately with huge volumes of numbers – which saves costs upfront and prevents revenue loss long-term – good accounting and finance software provides detailed analytics and reporting to help you track your company’s finances and continue to fine-tune your business.

Software 184

Software Analytics Finance Security 184

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

More than investment, entertainment is one of the largest industries in the world in revenue terms, projected to reach $2.5 And last year alone Audible generated $1 billion in revenue for Amazon. . trillion by 2022 ( Statista ). Well, in many ways, in the 21st century it is the convergence of technology and attention.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2012

Every dark cloud has a silver lining. Look for operations that are hogging resources without generating significant revenue. These are chances to broaden your product line, change distribution, offer new services. Look for hidden sources of revenue. Donna Fenn, in her book from a while back, “ Upstarts!

Entrepreneur 234

Entrepreneur Viral Revenue Distribution 234

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The goal of most startup companies is to increase their market share and revenues. A good example of synergy is distribution synergy. by Cameron Johnson. In reality this is not always an easy task. Very few companies manage to grow to giant sizes like Google and Facebook.

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Acquisition Social Media Distribution Startup 100

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 15, 2015

Headquartered in San Francisco, AppDirect makes it easy for businesses to find, buy, manage, and monitor cloud services from a central location. They also give providers and developers an easy way to distribute, sell, and market cloud services. Well, not always, and the process of managing multiple cloud services can be a mess.

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Finance San Francisco Hiring Silicon Valley 70

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? All things being equal, of course, you’d rather have more revenue rather than less. And yet revenue alone is not a sufficient goal. More on that in a moment.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2013

The contest was sponsored by Palo Alto Software , which provided free access to LivePlan , its cloud-based business planning software, to all of the Boost entrants. “ ” Roessler also noted the tremendous impact of the instructors and advisors who coached the competition applicants. .”

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California Sacramento San Francisco Entrepreneur 66

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

How PRWeb Helps Distribute Crap Into Google & News Sites – [link]. Red All Over: Newspaper Revenues Fall In Q3 – [link]. 20 Creative Business Card Designs | Pixel Clouds – [link]. Facebook Remains Gaping Hole in Advertising Industry’s Privacy Program | Advertising Age – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Central African Republic Design 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

Hockey Stick 120

Hockey Stick Guerilla Startup Acquisition 120

Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

If we are in a bubble, that is a bit of an odd commentary for a company that grew revenues 83% year-over-year and grew earnings 93% year-over-year. In 2000, I was CEO of the first cloud computing company, Loudcloud, where the price for a customer running a redundant version of a basic internet application was approximately $150,000 per month.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Valuation Internet 76

NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 16, 2019

Large customers who pay late and provide just enough revenue to help you keep the lights on, are not as secure as you might initially think. Are you serving them with your best products and services, the ones where you deliver the most value for the highest profit level? 5) Get social. Awareness is the first step of any customer journey.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. What is the right revenue model?

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