Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Your time at ESADE has trained you to become a global business leader. Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. The Perfect Storm.

Private Equity 329

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 329

Haystack

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

For Spotify’s core business, which charges consumer subscriptions for the ability to have unlimited mobile access to an enormous music library, music as the audio source converts high engagement minutes into recurring revenue via subscriptions. 3/ Audio As A Feature Of Streaming Services. Many folks think of podcasts as its own category.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The growing NFT infrastructure allowed those that were not able to find markets for their art before to monetize their work through online global communities. More recently as tokenomics started to take hold, we invested in Braintrust in 2019, a team from Silicon Valley that has significant experience building Web 2 marketplaces.

Global 40

Global Community Africa Marketing 40

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

After all, without customers, there is no revenue. Or a market perceived to be global can be dominated by a few regions. The global art market is believed to be about $61 billion (2011). T]he consumer web has matured. T]he consumer web has matured. How big is the market and who are the potential customers?

Small Business 110

Small Business Marketing Startup Silicon Valley 110

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2012

It’s not uncommon for companies to hire agencies to help claim shares of the lucrative global market available over the Internet. Google “free press releases” to find services that distribute them free of charge. Thousands of SEO experts offer services to help businesses attract that all-important website traffic.

Web 159

Web Social Media Advertising Search 159

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

It also streamlines your web experience. miiCard provides one identity which you can use across the web where you need trust for example when trading on auction sites, online dating, in social networking and when applying for new financial products and services that require an identity check.

Small Business 75

Small Business South Africa North America New Zealand 75

Hearpreneur

JUNE 5, 2020

When my revenues grew, I began to hire people with one clear criterion: only hire people I want to go on vacation with. At Sofar, a global live music company, my team works remotely all around the world. Thanks to Shiv Gupta, Incrementors Web Solutions ! #15- For the last three years, we have made the Inc.5000 9- Empowering.

Leadership 111

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally. What’s Next in 2012….

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

The African-American community with a global movement known as the Afro-Tech quietly mastered blockchain/distributed ledger technology several years ago to benefit urban communities. So as Techcrunch was creating that crazy silly blockchain web video with Guy Kawasaki (lol!)

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review XML 54

Start Up Blog

MARCH 24, 2015

Which, in an unconnected web world I wouldn’t even know about as it has never been shown in Australia. A media company that understands the value of building connection and fan bases globally in real time. The desires of the content owners to limit distribution are irrelevant. At last, a media company that gets it.

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Global Internet Australia Deal Structure 48

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Global audiences of prosumer video producers will create content that is viewed by global audiences in numbers far in excess of traditional TV. Sure, the revenue & margin will be significantly lower than traditional TV. Global niches that turn out to be much larger than you’d imagine. 200 million views.

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Video Audience Global Distribution 380

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

My point was that Amazon continues to dominate the web services business because AWS continues to cut prices & margin in the same way a hypermarket does to control market share. Many people (including inside of YouTube) mistook this to mean that I was negative on YouTube itself. I wasn’t. So Why MiTú?

South America 291

South America Colombia Mexico Vertical 291

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Then they increased their revenue from $2M to $6M in six months. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a demand generation funnel that fuels the pipeline, shortens the sale cycle, and generates revenue. Your number one metric for any marketing initiative should be revenue. Like SEO, demand generation is a long game.

Demand 124

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. On the other hand, web servers are not a blitzscalable market. Today, there is no one dominant player in web servers.

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Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

For the market size, he states, “For my base case valuation, I’m going to assume that the primary market Uber is targeting is the global taxi and car-service market.” He then goes on to calculate a global estimate for the historical taxi and limousine market. The global market would obviously be much larger. New Use Cases.

San Francisco 111

San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 9, 2012

access to distribution (i.e. On the one hand the shift to digital media and distribution has hit their revenues and profits and on the other hand cheap web services offer artists an increasingly viable alternative to the logistics and admin services they provide. gatekeeper). logistics and admin (e.g.

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Disintermediation Distribution Business Model Finance 104

Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

If we are in a bubble, that is a bit of an odd commentary for a company that grew revenues 83% year-over-year and grew earnings 93% year-over-year. billion mobile phones worldwide; within five years almost all of them will be more fully featured “smart&# phones offering better access to the web. Horace Dediu, Asymco.

Technical Review 61

Technical Review Software Review Valuation Internet 61

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 10, 2014

Same day global release. The stability of the media system pre-web seems to have distorted their minds to the point that they forget the ‘why’ I’m going to reference the recorded music business to show how their rigidity has failed them. Same day global release: If you can, then you should. Fair price.

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Media Distribution Stock Global 94

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Create a Video Distribution and Delivery Strategy. Building your business via video outreach is an awesome goal, but without a defined video distribution strategy, your efforts may all be for naught. From Vimeo to VidMe and DailyMotion, today’s video marketer have plenty of distribution options.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 18, 2013

According to Strangeloop , who tested the load times of the top 2,000 retail websites, web pages keep getting bigger, the average site takes 10 seconds to load. While Jakob Nielsen says people can handle up to 10 second load time , consider this: 47% of people expect a web page to load in two seconds or less. WebPageTest.

Conversion 131

Conversion Caching Hosting Analytics 131

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

So too are Installs and Monthly Active Users, Orders and Loyalty, Assisted Conversions and Call Center Revenue. Special caution: Don't ever forget your common sense, and strive for the Global Maxima. Profit is obviously a KPI, as is Likelihood to Recommend. Oh, your Finance team will love you! A small statistics detour.

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Metrics Analytics Forecast Non-Compete 263

Start Up Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

The real competition of Foxtel isn’t Free to Air TV, it’s the alternative web enabled screens in the home; laptops, desk tops, ipads, kindles and connected TV’s. Web enabled TV has already penetrated 17% of homes in Australia. With the dropping cost of screen & web technology, the future for Foxtel is bleak.

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Australia Demand Web Channel 129

Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

The global healthcare industry is in flux like never before. Not only that, but global equity funding to digital health companies reached $3.67 The healthcare industry comes with a complex web of regulations. That’s why having a revenue-minded focus from the early stages helps to secure funding. Wrapping up.

SBIR 73

SBIR Startup Artificial Inteligence Intellectual Property 73

Start Up Blog

JULY 6, 2011

And this industry wonders why it fails to grow, increase revenue or attract change agents. They’ve been insulated from the effect the web has had. Open up new channels of distribution. Focus on revenue. Invest in brands without expecting a short term revenue boost. Safety in research. Over invest.

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Forecast Channel Revenue Distribution 83

Hearpreneur

JULY 7, 2019

To build an app, you can purchase a cheap Chromebook, connect to an incredibly powerful array of supercomputers for next to no cost on AWS, and you can distribute your minimally viable product across large social networks like Linkedin and Facebook with just a key stroke. The future of entrepreneurship is global, distributed, and remote.

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Entrepreneur Distribution Employee Arizona 93

ConversionXL

MAY 13, 2020

Since that day, I’ve been exploring how raw data can be a web analyst’s best friend. Now that more and more tools allow you to access raw data—and cloud storage has become more powerful—web analysts should shift focus, too. And, as web analysts, we need to be fully aware of exactly what you get for that investment.

Analytics 85

Analytics Aggregator SQL Cloud 85

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. Furthermore, the steady cashflow in the Western market also comes about because of one key factor: the distribution model. The relatively straightforward distribution model in the US for mobile app developers is contrasted by a landscape in China that is simply put, a maze.

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China Developer Intellectual Property Mobile 122

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

For this reason, we’ve partnered with Guild members who have experience across different kinds of customers, business models, and distribution channels. Fareed Mosavat is the product lead for Upgrades and Expansion at Slack, focused on revenue growth for Slack’s small business customers. Back to Top). Back to Top).

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Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 177

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 9, 2011

We went through a set of lead generation mechanisms and discussed the distribution of roles and responsibilities between the company and the channel partner. Silicon Valley photo by Revol Web. This, by the way, is a real scenario. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka and Uuma. Discuss.

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Silicon Valley New Jersey Entrepreneur Massachusetts 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2022

Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Social media and web data. Global personal location tracking. Global manufacturing. Every day, we create 2.5 trillion U.S. dollars worldwide.

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Database Social Media Global Distribution 241

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. methodologies - in other words, don't invest in travel and in-person sales, but try to close as many deals as possible by phone and the Web. (On

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Bootstrapping Marketing Angel Investor Silicon Valley 114

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.

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Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

The Data Warehouse market is typically estimated at $30 B in annual revenue and the big data components, where the largest need for performance gains resides, is growing at double digit rates. According to 451 Research , “For vendors with less than $1 B in revenue, we estimate a CAGR of 39%.”

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Peru Fractional CTO Artificial Inteligence Database 58

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

There’s a lesson in this case study for any of us who want to leverage the web for exposure of creative output, even if their is a profit motivation behind it. The Internet allows direct access to artists without the need for middle-man marketing and distribution services, so where exactly is going to happen to the music industry?

Media 89

Media Marketing Distribution Internet 89

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. In November of this year, the company announced that it had achieved “substantially” more than $1B in revenue in the third quarter.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2019

Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Social media and web data. Global personal location tracking. Global manufacturing. Every day, we create 2.5 There are many more waiting.

Database 236

Database Social Media Global Distribution 236

The Next Web

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Enterprises that have gotten past this reflexive response are struggling with how to integrate all of this new, distributed stuff with their existing stuff. Data that must be corralled, managed, and tied directly into the company’s revenue and growth. Those who have been through the BYOD battle will have had a taste of this already.

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Cloud API Vertical Cofounder 128