Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers? And without revenue how do we know if we achieved product/market fit to exit Customer Validation?” They’re putting money into web services/business – most without early revenue. End of theory.&#

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 21, 2015

They can handle a team of up to 15-20 and run the “predictable revenue” playbook. By definition, they are really good at selling (including themselves) and it is much harder than assessing engineers. This means you are hiring ahead of revenue. Figure out if you need a VP of Sales or a Director of Sales.

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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. . Entertainment is more than newspapers, more than Hollywood, and more than the sum of specific verticals jousting for consumer eyeballs.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

This year we will hit over $15m in gross revenue. This year we will hit over $15m in gross revenue. . In six months, the following was accomplishes: a one year lease was signed, I had made a public commitment to my business, and we were generating zero revenue. Thanks to Rafe Gomez, Vertical Cloud Inc. ! . #4-

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Some entrepreneurs will say the future is definitely bright but to others, some of these changes are meant to work against their expansion and business operations. Entrepreneurs will concentrate their efforts on going small, in which businesses have the adaptability to generate revenue while holding true to their core values.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

This year we will hit over $15m in gross revenue. This year we will hit over $15m in gross revenue. In six months, the following was accomplishes: a one year lease was signed, I had made a public commitment to my business, and we were generating zero revenue. Can you find a way to improve on what already is generating revenue?

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 14, 2018

2- Revenue growth. My company has been growing and expanding significantly the past few years and we’re projected to reach $1M in revenue in 2019. I am really looking forward to diversifying my marketing agency into new verticals. Thanks to Talia Kovacs, LitLife ! #2- Photo Credit: Jessica Hernandez. 6- Diversity.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

5000 list , which lists private American companies based on three-year revenue growth between 2016 and 2019. We’re aiming to bring that boost in productivity and cost-efficiency both to CPA firms and other professional services firms in other verticals (i.e. Last year, Taxfyle ranked No. Magazine’ Inc. There is no secret sauce.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

You are not alone, and you definitely are not in unchartered waters. If you pick one vertical and do it well, other folks will find you. Figure out what your milestones are – customers, pageviews, revenue, etc. – Worried about things that may go wrong or making the wrong decisions? Find your niche. Finding funding and capital.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta. Many large companies will be built (Michael Wolfe, Point Nine Capital).

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Leanne (00:57): I think it's definitely about specific, and I think the fact that it is two hours is very intriguing. I think now it's more about, I guess having a horizontal relationship with the people in your audience versus a vertical one. So vertical, you're the expert. So the first question I have to ask is why two hours?

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 24, 2021

Also, the revenue from this platform will be $79,608 million in the year 2021.” . Initially, Uber launched its vertical in the food delivery services with the name UberFresh. As per Business Of Apps, UberEats fetched a revenue of $4.8 Come, let us discuss the different revenue streams of the food delivery business.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

So first a short list of some key definitions. AI is exploding not only in research and infrastructure (which go wide) but also in the application of AI to vertical problems (which go deep and depend more than ever on expertise). It uses new words to define programming steps, job descriptions, development tools, etc.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

So a lot of agencies track revenue, some actually even track profit, but you, if we're gonna optimize, um, profitability, what, what should we be measuring? So definitely pay attention to AGI, pay attention to delivery margin, and then pay attention to what percentage of your AGI is going to overhead. No, you did a great job.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 30, 2019

and you can definitely use it for UX and conversion optimization , too. Things to pay attention to: Steps that don’t make sense from your customer’s perspective; Steps that are combined or eliminated compared to your funnel, as they may be superfluous; Upsells and cross-sells, which are additional revenue opportunities you could exploit.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Debbie Howard (05:53): Yeah, it's definitely a hybrid approach, and certainly direct mail is still in the mix and is very effective. Then I want to talk to you about adding a new revenue stream to your business that will completely change how you work with clients. But we double in size every year in terms of revenue.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

A Progress Graph on the right visually shows how far you’ve come (in whatever units of goodness you’re tracking – revenue, units, users, etc.) Good if you have your own money, better if the cash comes from investors, but best if it’s revenues from customers. Get back up and running.

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ConversionXL

MAY 11, 2017

– and you can definitely use it for UX and conversion optimization, too. Upsells and cross-sells (are there additional revenue opportunities you too could be leveraging?). What I am looking for is common trends within that vertical. Companies do it for a wide variety of reasons – SEO, branding, GTM strategy , etc.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Let's define partnerships in your view because there's a lot of definitions. And then I show you four baby subscription services afterwards for which I get, you know, 30% of the first year revenue, if you sign up for them. John Jantsch (01:13): So you've written a book called performance partnerships, as I recall.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

When a startup finds a repeatable sales process and steadily increasing revenue, its investors wants to harvest the rewards and build a culture of “execution.” It’s definitely a reality. 4) You don’t see any revenue gain past three years. 4) You don’t see any revenue gain past three years.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

There is one clear outlier (Nonline Direct Revenue – a very difficult metric to compute, so hurray!). You’ll certainly need new talent, you’ll need a stronger strategic leader (less ink, more think ), you’ll need to identify specific analytics projects to deliver those metrics, and you’ll most definitely need funding.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. Customer turnover was reduced by one third which translated into approximately $20 million recovered in annual revenue. The result?

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www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

At that scale, you can reach billions of dollars in revenue. But if your service attracts particular verticals of content engagement, not all content is created equal, and some is much more valuable than others. General news carries the lowest CPCs whereas specific verticals like healthcare and finance command higher CPCs.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. Customer turnover was reduced by one third which translated into approximately $20 million recovered in annual revenue. The result?

Retention 112

Retention Developer Customer Programming 112

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. Customer turnover was reduced by one third which translated into approximately $20 million recovered in annual revenue. The result?

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Retention Customer Developer Programming 105

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

In fact, we can expect constant re-definitions of what we thought was right as a new maxim in the coming years. The art of activating idle assets to bring in new revenue is occurring for both the service provider and the service creator. Cities are now becoming vertical again. Let’s take on line retailing as an example.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 27, 2018

This is your elevator pitch and is the definition of your niche. Potential clients might know you, know you are active in a vertical and have a problem they need to solve, but they need to have a belief that you can do the work effectively. Interest — Do I have a problem for which you have an answer?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. Customer turnover was reduced by one third which translated into approximately $20 million recovered in annual revenue. The result?

Retention 98

Retention Customer Developer Programming 98

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 7, 2019

If your job fits their criteria, they’re selling the certainty that at the end of X time, you will definitely have a new bathroom. These platforms enable automation to solve higher order problems effectively, driving above market revenues for lower cost tasks. Wethos will add more verticals of work.

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

Having a digital strategy is flawed by definition. We are also seeing lots of backwards and forwards vertical integration. Cars becoming mobile rolling lounge rooms where screen time becomes a major revenue source for auto makers. People don’t care how media companies built their business or report their revenue by media.

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Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

Having a digital strategy is flawed by definition. We are also seeing lots of backwards and forwards vertical integration. Cars becoming mobile rolling lounge rooms where screen time becomes a major revenue source for auto makers. People don’t care how media companies built their business or report their revenue by media.

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Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

Setting a value is always difficult especially when you come across so many companies that are pre-revenue and sometimes pre-monetization strategy. A year or so ago the news was that Google and or YouTube was going to help small partners/studios with funding that would be recovered by ADD revenue. July 18, 2012 10:26:22.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 28, 2016

According to Experiment Engine’s data, anywhere from 50% to 80% of test results are inconclusive, depending on the vertical and stage of the testing program. Obviously if you are ‘traffic challenged’ you won’t have enough data to make a definitive statement about the behavior. A surprising amount of tests end up inconclusive.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2023

And what we found out was that great salespeople are actually unsold on what the definition of a great salesperson is. John Janstch (03:24): So in a lot of ways, you're actually juxtaposing this idea with what everybody thinks of selling. You know, I mean, obviously unsold is the opposite of sold.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

He handles day-to-day operations with the rest of the leadership, while being focused on both investment and revenue generation. I definitely envy folks with that kind of recall. Alex Blum , Applied Bioplastics’ Co-Founder and CRO, has led the charge on bringing their team together. Which talent would you most like to have?

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Hippoland

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Essentially my definition for companies in this category is that the technology is so difficult to build that only a small subset of people in the world can build it. As a result, for these kinds of businesses, investors often don’t expect that companies can earn revenue right out of the gate, because they may not legally be able to.

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Hippoland

JANUARY 23, 2018

The companies we were investing in at the pre-seed level were doing as low as $1k revenue per month (non repeatable) though we also invested in many companies with much higher revenue too. The market had definitely shifted. This will depend A LOT on the idea and vertical.).

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