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Build Your Startup on a Vacant Domain Name

David Teten

The traditional ways they’ve monetized domains – type-in traffic in particular, but also lead generation —are not working as well as they used to. Another option: look on the sites of such domain name investors as Archeo , Demand Media , GlobalVentures , iREIT (portfolio handled by DomainHoldings), Oversee.net , and World Accelerator.

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Build Your Startup on a Vacant Domain Name

David Teten

The traditional ways they’ve monetized domains – type-in traffic in particular, but also lead generation —are not working as well as they used to. Another option: look on the sites of such domain name investors as Archeo , Demand Media , GlobalVentures , iREIT (portfolio handled by DomainHoldings), Oversee.net , and World Accelerator.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Great list!