YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2015

Amidst fear and speculation, the facts demonstrate that B2B businesses across North America are making strategic investments to staff their sales department with high-achieving, technologically savvy salespeople to bridge the gap between buyers and sellers that technology cannot fill. Buyers increasingly expect customized solutions.

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B2B Technology Cofounder Technical Cofounder 100

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

They’ve grown from nothing to >$2B in revenue in 30 months time, making the company among the fastest growing businesses in the histroy of the world. How They Make Money: Groupon keeps a share of the coupon value (typically 40-50%) as its net revenue (1). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. to the merchant.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

You can read various articles out there which will give you the cursory facts about Airbnb like their overall revenue or profitability or how their business has faired here in 2020 in the COVID environment. But ops & customer support is another 17-20% of revenue and arguably you couldn’t run the business if you took that away.

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North America IPO Prospectus Europe 401

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

miiCard supports the UK, North America, Western Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. This offline stage, responding to Anti Money Laundering, Know Your Customer Regulations and the Proceeds of Crime Act, is a massive barrier to global trade and the market demands its elimination. What made you use crowdSPRING?

Small Business 75

Small Business South Africa North America New Zealand 75

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

In two cases, these businesses were doing significant early revenue ($500K/month+), so could be considered “post-seed”, although both of these companies had not raised significant institutional capital before we led their rounds. Indeed, this trend is happening across the world, but for now, we are primarily focused on North America.

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North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

12- Reliance on customer feedback. Instead, they will now need to rely on customer feedback to create stories that appeal to the new generation, and they will also need to replicate the ‘pick up and browse’ experience of a bookstore online to continue to reach their audience. Thanks to Assaf Kostiner, PaintYourLife ! #12-

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Entrepreneur United States Software Review Technical Review 149

Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2014

Primary market research consists of interviewing or surveying potential customers on their preferences and ability to purchase. Secondary market research consists of gathering information that is already available regarding the target customer group such as demographic data available through the U. Census Bureau.

Small Business 87

Small Business CPA Government North America 87

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 12, 2017

If you’re planning to market to different customers from around the world, encourage your workplace to embrace diversity and understand everyone’s differences. There are many other types of social media channels beyond the typical ones used in North America, like Facebook and Twitter. Encourage Cultural Sensitivity.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

OpenTable recently passed 10 million diners a month with less than 20% of transactions in North America currently online. Some customers now use it as a second car alternative. The supplier not only looks to you as a provider of revenue, but they receive that revenue “net of the fee.” Expand the Market.

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Aggregator Marketing Software Review North America 101

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Customers are first asked to fill out an in depth profile to help identify their size, style, and preferences. Then, on the customer’s requested date, the company sends a personally styled offering (a Fix) of five items (previously unseen) to the individual to try on in her own home. Katrina herself is equally impressive.

eCommerce 62

eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

In fact, by the start of class they had ~$750K in revenue for 2011 – not quite Facebook but a nice small business. But they had minimal understanding of their target customer segment(s), and in the relentlessly direct nature of the class, we let them know it. They ran 10 in-store demos, which got them talking to 100s of more customers.

North America 120

North America Lean Customer Development Distribution 120

YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2015

Many customer service locations are still located in the U.S. During her tenure, her department’s annual revenue jumped from $60M to $250M. “I In 2012, Staci became the CEO of business process outsourcing company, Stellar North America. Staci now says “Call centers get a bad rap, they are actually a great place.”.

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North America Dallas America Analytics 100

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

5000 list , which lists private American companies based on three-year revenue growth between 2016 and 2019. In recent years, we have entered into strategic partnerships with Bench Accounting and other vertically relevant partners to bring a tax-filing component to the leading bookkeeping platforms in North America.

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CPA Founder Vertical Cofounder 137

YoungUpstarts

JULY 11, 2017

One study by business management software firm Sage North America showed that 40 percent of North American small businesses don’t even use an outside accountant. That’s time they could be spending on generating new revenue for their company. Time is an important resource, just like money.

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Phoenix North America Management Entrepreneur 127

View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join. A few stats to consider on the market opportunity in North America alone: 28 million SMBs in North America, with roughly 60 million employees.

Social Media 185

Social Media B2B North America Media 185

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Driven by strong customer demand for its award-winning identity governance solution, SailPoint achieved record growth in 2010, with revenue up 200% over 2009. The fourth quarter of 2010 was the company’s eighth consecutive growth quarter, highlighted by a record number of new customers.

Global 73

Global North America Customer Cofounder 73

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As we grew, we recognized that our platform could help any type of local service business that needed their phone to ring with new customers, so we changed our name to Service Direct. Our clients are small to medium sized service businesses that are trying to grow and as part of that, need a consistent source of new customers.

Bootstrapping 72

Bootstrapping North America Lead Generation Demand 72

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As we grew, we recognized that our platform could help any type of local service business that needed their phone to ring with new customers, so we changed our name to Service Direct. Our clients are small to medium sized service businesses that are trying to grow and as part of that, need a consistent source of new customers.

Bootstrapping 62

Bootstrapping North America Lead Generation Demand 62

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Tip 1: Improve Your Customer Service | Jay Townley. There is also data that suggests up to 55% of potential customers who leave a store without buying a bike went to another bike shop and purchased one. Action Steps: Have an employee (preferably a female) greet every customer as they walk into your store.

North America 68

North America Iowa America Community 68

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Tip 1: Improve Your Customer Service | Jay Townley. There is also data that suggests up to 55% of potential customers who leave a store without buying a bike went to another bike shop and purchased one. Action Steps: Have an employee (preferably a female) greet every customer as they walk into your store.

North America 60

North America Iowa America Community 60

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Tip 1: Improve Your Customer Service | Jay Townley. There is also data that suggests up to 55% of potential customers who leave a store without buying a bike went to another bike shop and purchased one. Action Steps: Have an employee (preferably a female) greet every customer as they walk into your store.

North America 60

North America Iowa America Community 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. The opportunity to transact at the point of purchase increases the sheer number of revenue opportunities.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2013

In North America, green is typically associated with jealousy. Serious gains in conversions don’t come from psychological trickery, but from analyzing what your customers really need, the language that resonates with them and how they want to buy it. You need to do the heavy lifting. The last cast study. Why is that?

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Green North America Greece Conversion 134

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

With each hand, a small percentage of the pot is scraped off by the dealer, which in essence becomes the “revenue” for the casino. While casinos use the term “rake,” a plethora of interesting word choices exist which all describe the same thing – keeping a little bit of the revenue for the company that is running the service.

Europe 101

Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

He's also the founder and host of Traffic and Conversion Summit, the largest digital marketing conference in North America. And so a question of, okay, how do customers happen? So for most businesses at scale, let's say you're over 10 million in revenue, you're probably going to have two, maybe three growth engines.

Engineer 71

Engineer Software Review Operations Founder 71

BeyondVC

MARCH 14, 2007

The acquisition of Tellme will bolster Microsoft’s existing speech capabilities, bringing both immediate and longer-term value to our customers and partners.”. But although about 70% of the population now has access to the internet in North America, the figure is just 11% in Asia and less than 4% in Africa.

North America 60

North America Semantic Africa Acquisition 60

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

And it's the same thing for individuals because at that early stage of a business, when you don't yet have a product, even sometimes when you don't yet have, um, customers, you don't yet have traction in sales, how are you gonna judge it? The only country that the book hasn't come out yet until now is in the US and Canada in North America.

Audio 86

Audio Cofounder Framework Early Stage 86

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 4, 2015

At his optimal weight, Clever does pretty well for himself, most notably between plays at the Super Bowl – creating millions of fans and generating a ton of revenue for advertisers. His strengths are messages that make immediate sense to customers, and he packs a mean punch when it’s time to close. He’s not there to dance or dazzle.

Viral 48

Viral Social Media Video North America 48

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Business modernization is about tweaking, replacing, and restructuring key processes and technologies so they (a) increase revenue, (b) reduce costs, and (c) enhance the company’s share price or perceived value. Not only have EMV chip cards become the standard in North America, but there’s also been a rise in contactless payments.

Small Business 145

Small Business North America Agile Hosting 145

ConversionXL

AUGUST 24, 2016

Customers Really, Really Want the Lowest Price. According to Mindshare North America … 47% of millennials will purposely leave items in their shopping cart in hopes that the retailer will reach out with a promotion. In fact, you’re also competing on… Customer service. Seems obvious, right? Integrations.

Retention 48

Retention eCommerce Software Review Engineer 48

Cracking the Code

APRIL 21, 2021

It was a difficult time of exploration and iteration, as many founders experience, and it took 10 long years to build the company from $0 to $1mm in revenue, a difficult phase. After going $0 to $1mm in their first 10 years, UiPath has now hockey-sticked to over $600mm in revenue in 2020, and the automation market is still in early innings.

Leadership 62

Leadership Hockey Stick North America Europe 62

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. Communications-equipment maker Arris Group Inc. for about $158.1 million in cash.

Peru 96

Peru Technical Review North America 96

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

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. 16 comments: BdH. Great list!

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

This week Mike Michalowicz, Chris Curran and Kristina Bolduc welcome guest Robin Robins who took her business from $0 in 2003 to $10 million in revenue in 2015. TSheets – The #1 customer rated time tracking solution! Also Available On. Show Summary.

North America 60

North America Australia Europe Revenue 60

ConversionXL

MARCH 15, 2016

During: The initial user onboarding flow that most people consider “user onboarding” After: All other stages of the customer lifecycle. The problem is that in order to be a top site with tens or even hundreds of millions of active users, you’re going to have to successfully onboard customers from across this spectrum.

Mobile 48

Mobile Retention Email Software Review 48

Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 8, 2013

They customize the message that goes in the box each season for no additional charge! This organizer is a universal, elastic organization system that gives customized digital device and personal item storage. Get a batch of custom chef coats made up with your company logo and your clients name. Custom Unique T-shirts.

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Las Vegas Naming .Net Customer 138