David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

So you’re interested in raising capital from a Revenue-Based Investor VC. Which VCs are comfortable using this approach? A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors (“RBI”) are emerging. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Bigfoot Capital. ARR of $500K+.

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TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

How does it meet customers’ needs? One way to approach that last question is to use this simple model: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) How will your business reach prospects? Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) How much money will your business generate from each converted customer? Don’t worry about scaling just yet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

First of all, the glory days of “dot.coms” are gone, when investors “didn’t care” about profitability, and all the big money was focused on user count growth. That means it solves a real problem for real customers who are ready and able to spend real money. The number of current potential customers is large and growing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

How to Navigate the New Era of Customer Expectations written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Jay Baer In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Jay Baer, a business growth and customer experience author, researcher, and advisor. What does that mean? [02:46]

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Commit to a major customer. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Today’s world is all about competition. There are so many businesses around us, and to stay in the game, you need to think of ways to improve your small business revenue. However, many of us are not sure what to do and how to go about the process. Work on your relationship with customers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 22, 2021

How To Create A Customer Success Track written by Kyndall Ramirez read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Key Takeaway: What if instead of simply selling your products and services to customers you began to think about the ultimate transformation your customers are seeking? 3:13] What a customer success track is. [4:28]

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Like any popular business term, “customer centricity” is often abused by businesses that shoehorn it into their core values. It’s actually better not to claim customer centricity if you can’t get people across your business to really care about your customers. But how do they fulfill that promise for customers?

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use. ” .

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Today I lead a small consultancy that helps advertising supported develop and scale the revenue producing sides of their businesses. Interesting to hear how you think about this. I usually.just focus on revenue. Vince: Not much.but what do I worry about? How do you explain your personal brand to people?

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ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

Many customers think about the solution or service as a fancy add-on, but not as a part of operational processes. The next step in our research was talking to customers of our company Fullfunnel.io After analysing our case studies and CRM, we saw that 73% of total revenue came from these two segments.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2021

For those of you who don’t know: Conversation Intelligence software integrates with your customer engagement platform to record, transcribe, and analyze sales calls, giving businesses access to crucial deal information, CRM data entry automation, faster sales reps review, and sales coaching. Customer demands . Wondering how?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

How can businesses and marketing teams reach customers in the age of COVID-19, respond to lightning-fast changes in the marketplace, and keep up with new consumer demands? Agile marketers recognize that the future is impossible to predict accurately, so how customers will react to a marketing promotion is equally impossible to predict.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2023

Don’t forget to consider customer alternatives, like trains versus airplanes. These days, you can find existing patents and trademarks through Google and the US Patent Office online site without spending thousands of dollars with your favorite patent attorney. Check for intellectual property barriers in your way.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2020

As the economy reopens companies are finding that customers may have disappeared or that their spending behavior has changed. Revenue models and forecasts are no longer valid. While there’s agreement that companies need to adapt to changing markets, rapidly find new markets, new customers and new revenue models, the question is how ?

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The expansion of e-commerce should also bring about seeing returns as a strategic lever, similar to how companies used faster delivery to drive customer experience and revenue. Think of it from the customer's perspective – Why should this customer shop from your store instead of the other stores selling this product?

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

It’s not just the competition against the incumbents and the large tech platforms that founders has to worry about, but most importantly is the company’s performance and product market fit. I previously wrote about startup benchmarks in the context of funding readiness, so it was time to give it a re-fresh.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

billion gamers worldwide will help the global games market generate revenues of $189.3 billion in revenue last year. According to Ark Invest’s research , revenue from virtual worlds will compound 17% annually from roughly $180 billion today to $390 billion by 2025. Fortnite alone made $1.8 Virtual Worlds and the Metaverse.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 2, 2022

Ultimately, I am proud of the many, many small businesses that did not have to close their doors because their fellow LeTip members passed business referrals that led to new customers. As important as my career is to me, the safety of the people I care about absolutely takes top priority. 16- Hit $1 million revenue.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Growth hacking isn’t about deploying sleazy tricks. It’s about making calculated, data-driven moves for fast growth. We’ll look at strategies to reach and engage potential users and break down examples of brands that have used growth hacking to achieve success. What is growth hacking? via Observer ].

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners what motivates them about growing their business and below are their replies. #1- Every day, we see the positive impact our platform has on individuals and brands, and that's what keeps us going. Motivation can vary widely, but there are some common themes that resonate with many of us.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

Customers will be even more comfortable with the introduction of voice commerce, another unicorn of the online shopping experience. Recently, Statista revealed that most Americans have voice assistants at home, about 60%. million people and generate monthly revenue. Only in 2021, 72.9%

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2022

And in order for merchants to have more control over their customers’ payment experiences, the company continues to work on its goal of creating a payment system that is not just easy to set up but easy to use as well. TailoredPay: A Brief Overview. Wait for 48-72 hours for the underwriter’s approval . Who Qualifies for TailoredPay?

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Up and Running

JUNE 7, 2021

Once united merely by their commitment to providing value for their companies and their customers, they are now united in being of value to society. We have gotten used to treating one another as a means to our vested interests, thereby plaguing the very essential humanitarian value of mutual ethics, respect, love, and compassion.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Entrepreneurship is often about pushing boundaries and thinking outside the box, something that's hard to achieve if team members aren't fully engaged. Their lack of enthusiasm and initiative can poorly affect team communication, achievement, customer satisfaction, and, eventually, company growth.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Entrepreneurship is often about pushing boundaries and thinking outside the box, something that's hard to achieve if team members aren't fully engaged. Their lack of enthusiasm and initiative can poorly affect team communication, achievement, customer satisfaction, and, eventually, company growth.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

And with each new year, there brings a “newness” for lack of a better term where we are able to start fresh and change those things that went wrong or act on the things we have been thinking about doing. 2020 is all about making sensible decisions and taking a long-term view. Things haven't always been easy for us.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Now what do we do about it? Think about Cinnabon- the way that you can basically smell it, even if it’s been years since you’ve been in one of their stores (sorry for making your drool). How about trying on outfits and seeing which materials feel best for you? In about a week, TC made a huge pivot and brought $1.5

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 30, 2019

Transcript of How Reducing Friction Increases Revenue written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back in 1997, Jeff Bezos was talking about frictionless shopping when most companies were just thinking about getting serious about being online. Back to Podcast. Transcript. Even things like packaging.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Mastering Growth Momentum: Unveiling Your Agency’s True North written by Tosin Jerugba read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Janstch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Frank Cowell, the Chief Revenue Boss at Revenue Ranch. This is Jon Jantsch.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Muun found a market need but failed to compete with bigger names that provided customers with authoritative content and resources. One neglected its positioning by failing to target the biggest pain point, and the other failed to build a brand that its customers could trust above the other major players. Peter Noel Murray, Ph.D.,

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2021

So when she told us that she’s uncomfortable providing her email address to companies—including ours!—and and didn’t want more email clogging up her inbox, it made us stop in our tracks. In many cases, customers are more willing to give out their info when rewards are at stake, like discounts or sales.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

Has your company’s customer retention rate increased, decreased or remained status quo over the past five years? Have you outlined and initiated a formal customer retention strategy? In a study by Harvard Business School , it was found that increasing customer retention by even 5% can increase profits between 25-95%.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 1, 2023

Share your strategy about how you would deal with the recession and give your team a sense of purpose. The ideal amount is about 6 months' worth of expenses. This will keep them sustainable should revenues take a dive. They can pick up on whether management is hiding bad news about trouble ahead. 1- Make a budget.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Digital marketing is quickly evolving and presenting more touch points through which customers interact with products and services. As such, digital customer journeys are also becoming important determinants of success among marketers. The customer age is upon us. The customer journey has moved online.

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Mucker Lab

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

When meeting with founders, we often find ourselves answering questions about what to expect with our diligence process and timeline between the first conversation and a term sheet. When it comes to Emotive, we didn’t invest at the seed stage, but Brian and the team kept us updated on their consistent progress.

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