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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

It’s more possible to bootstrap today than a few years ago, as the cost of entry continues to go down. With one of the many new tools , and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

For example, a startup SaaS company can use a specialized app to create a good product management process and keep track of the project's progress. However, that doesn't mean you should ignore cost or quality. In recent years, eCommerce companies have begun to increase revenue by selling products directly via social media networks.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

By Daniel Sokolovksy, Co-Founder and CEO, WARP and Troy Lester, Co-Founder and CRO, WARP The dissolution of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was more than just a bank collapse, it was a reality check for both startups and the VCs that fund them. So what does an early-stage company do to avoid the doom and gloom plaguing the world of startups?

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

eCommerce.). The core objective is to address the problem areas before they adversely affect profits or increase your costs. Changing supplier pricing, transportation and warehousing costs, or advertising costs. Changing supplier pricing, transportation and warehousing costs, or advertising costs.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 28, 2021

Donations/pledges – Patreon, the early mover of creator monetisation tools, raised $155M on a $4 billion valuation in April 2021 , tripling the valuation from a previous round in Sept 2020. The platform provides the tools and in most cases the audience, but that of course, comes at a cost. Platform take rates = tax.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

Business model showing costs, pricing, and margins. Online and ecommerce businesses are especially attractive here, since they are instantly worldwide and not people-intensive. First to market” is not sustainable with normal startup resources. Of course, you wouldn’t include this data in your customer product pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

when a technology startup, its investors or the market believe in robust growth rates writ large. “the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __. limit your fixed costs.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

During a presentation at Startup School at Stanford University earlier today, the prolific investor discussed the state of startup funding with a packed auditorium of students and entrepreneurs. These investors usually raise a smaller fund and make investments into startups that range in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

With the current strong economy I’m seeing a continued resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. There is additional encouraging news for aspiring entrepreneurs on many fronts, just in case you are thinking about joining the existing ranks: Valuations of successful startups have hit an all-time high.

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Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2017

In both scenarios, it seems that startup venture initiation and idea validation are strictly dependent on the app. To determine the viability of an app or startup idea without building out the full solution, entrepreneurs should: Test potential buyers’ real buying intentions by monitoring their willingness to pay for a beta version.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Startups such as Shopkick offered real time deals when users were in stores and Shopsavvy and similar mobile price comparison tools from Amazon and Google empowered consumers to find the best deals. eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

So it is no wonder that when an entrepreneur starts their second or third business, they incorporate the lessons they learned from their first startup. While there are dozens of lessons I could take away from these entrepreneurs’ experiences, I want to highlight three common mistakes founders make in the early stages of a startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

In fact, there is plenty of evidence that too much money can undermine a startup more quickly than squeezing pennies. The cost of entry to entrepreneurship is lower than ever, due to smartphone apps and powerful free tools to create websites and ecommerce offerings. You don’t want to risk your own money on development.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

The trend of funding anything from the first $25k to funding $50 million at a billion+ valuation is unlikely to last as the skills and style to be effective at all stages are diverse enough to warrant focus. When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5 When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

It’s more possible to bootstrap today than a few years ago, as the cost of entry continues to go down. With one of the new free tools and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 9, 2015

While most of the startup blogs and magazines focus on the VC fundings and their million dollar valuations, the truth is that a whopping majority of entrepreneurship stories are never shared. But this automation does not come cheap and often costs several hundred dollars a month. by Anand Srinivasan, founder of LeadJoint.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

With the current strong economy, and sparked by the last recession, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. An unprecedented number of startups, almost 200 at last count, are now valued above $1 billion, according to a recent Forbes article.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Since the recent recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. An unprecedented number of startups, easily 25 and possibly exceeding 40, are valued today at $1 billion or more, according to a recent NY Times article.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

So here’s a five-day playbook to help CEOs of cash-flow negative startups, or ones about to go negative, assess the new normal and respond with speed and urgency. Any place with a fixed cost that relies on foot traffic will come under pressure. For companies burning cash, such as startups, how much cash do you have?

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The central point of his essay is that startups are all about growth and that is the one thing they measure at Y Combinator. According to Paul most startups should look at revenue growth, but active users is a good proxy for companies that aren’t charging their customers (yet). Most companies aren’t so lucky. Sometimes not.

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The Next Web

JULY 13, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest column by Sangeet Paul Choudary, who analyzes business models for internet startups at his blog Platform Thinking. 2010-2011 was a period of rampant funding and hazy valuation calculation for Indian e-commerce. Cash on delivery has proven to be a dud, the ecommerce model itself is broken in many places.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Since the recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

HW: At Homebrew we see lots of startups wanting to serve the small/growing business segment with software tools ranging from ecommerce, to point of sale to employees back-office and so on. HW: What’s a problem you wish a technology startup could solve for you? plated recipes, employee hours, fixed fees).

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 8, 2017

Until now we have focused on marketplaces and next generation ecommerce. That meant lots of consumer and small business focused marketplaces and next generation ecommerce companies. To do that they must pass valuation milestones. We chose to be focused for three reasons.

Artificial Inteligence 78

Artificial Inteligence eCommerce Early Stage Algorithm 78

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

HW: At Homebrew we see lots of startups wanting to serve the small/growing business segment with software tools ranging from ecommerce, to point of sale to employees back-office and so on. HW: What’s a problem you wish a technology startup could solve for you? plated recipes, employee hours, fixed fees).

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Transformify

JUNE 20, 2020

Unsurprisingly, the shares of Wirecard plummeted and the valuation of the company went down to just EUR 5bn (as of June 18 th , 2020) versus the EUR 24bn two years ago. The cost-efficiency of this pricing model depends on the transaction volume, industry, nature and size of the merchant’s business. Example: PaymentDepot.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 5, 2020

Another pointer is to how much the industry is ready for disruption is the trend of recent HR and Recruitment startups such as Zenefits which reached up to a valuation of a billion dollars after a few years. Yet they suffer under huge debt burdens and rising healthcare costs. 23- eCommerce. 19- Silvertech.

Technical Review 157

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

and also being involved in other startups I have seen a number of pivots, some of them worked well and others in hindsight probably needed some more thought, but all have been a learning experience! Your Pivot is likely to cost money and time. It now has a multi-billion dollar valuation. This is how you grow your startup.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. Opportunity cost is very real for any stage company, but it is critical for an early-stage one.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did. Murdoch seethed at these “startups&# getting rich off the back of MySpace.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

post money valuation. Mark Cuban offered $300k for 33% of the company, implying a $900k post money valuation. implying a $600k post money valuation. The company ended up negotiating with Cuban and settled on $300k for 30% of the company, or a $1M post money valuation. post money valuation and a $1.35M pre money valuation.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

I have been involved in startups since I graduated from college in 1996. My background with entrepreneurialism is this is my sixth startup. One, I’m an entrepreneur or in the startup stage of a business. This is really an exciting panel to be a part of. Bates: Fantastic. Thank you Sabrina. Joshua Reeves: Thanks, John.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? About VC Cafe.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Because so many of us (myself included) love out technology providers, few have begun to fully grasp how much centralized control Amazon has over cloud-based storage and processing and it’s even more dominant in eCommerce and physical, last-mile distribution. This does not mean that all existing intermediaries go away. Regulation will come.

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