YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2020

So, what are the in demand products during this time of pandemic that both budding and seasoned entrepreneurs may want to consider manufacturing or distributing? All these things are possible because a smart TV can be connected to Wi-Fi or any Internet source to access certain apps, like YouTube and Netflix. These are some of those: 1.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

The two companies did the same thing and were the only two competitors in a nascent category called “email change of address” (Veripost’s original name was IECOA which stood for “Internet Email Change of Address”).

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Rule #2: Revenue is your first priority. Rule #2: Revenue is your first priority. In this context, revenue can be an investment as well as sales. The “revenue is your first priority” philosophy is in contrast to the idea of the entrepreneur who spends most of his time focused internally on building the perfect product.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2020

The opportunity here is in improving communication channels through the plethora of tools that technology and the internet offer. Adding value can also mean reimagining your product distribution. According to TechRepublic, ecommerce revenue in the US has jumped 37% during the outbreak. and more companies are starting to feel it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

The Internet and smartphones have changed everything. Kristin Zhivago, in her classic book “ Roadmap to Revenue ,” makes the point that the selling system is broken, since sellers no longer sell the way customers are buying. Build and deploy a revenue growth action plan. Their perception is your reality.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2023

How do you convince investors that your business model will really work, before you have a revenue stream that exceeds your expenses? Of course, that has be a repeatable event, with enough revenue to sustain the business. Plan for a real revenue model. No matter how good your cause, it takes real money to sustain a business.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. The future of the Internet is video. Distribution costs have, too. 10 signs Internet TV is Ready to Disrupt the Industry.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

NPD reported on Friday that consumers spent 10% less in the first six months of 2022 than they did during the same time period last year, with game industry revenue down to $26.3 While mobile game revenue was down 6.6% Where the Internet is headed (Joost van Dreunen). Mobile games earned $41.2bn globally during H1 2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Great marketing is required to generate revenue and grow every business, especially new businesses which have no brand recognition nor loyal customer base. Usually these are described as revenue growth drivers, as outlined in a new book, “ The Revenue Accelerator: The 21 Boosters to Launch Your Startup ,” by Dr. Allan Colman.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Every solution needs a business team first who knows how to market, distribute and support the product. Investors want proof of a business model and real customer revenue, as well as a product. Thus you need deep pockets or generous investors before advertising or alternative revenue streams can kick in.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2020

ReferralCandy helps brands set up and run customer referral programs (such as Give $10, get $10) on autopilot — that means tracking referral purchases and distributing referral rewards automatically. Their referral marketing strategy contributed to 13% of all revenue, and their referral program generated a 2,600% ROI.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

Additionally, the major factors contributing to its high growth are better Internet access, e-commerce platforms, the scope of international trade, smartphone usage, and a rise in disposable income. They can be distributed gifts, given free courier deliveries, and prizes to encourage them to use the Uber-like app for courier frequently. .

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VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

The internet had a massive impact on the media industry, as the reporting of news became a commodity few are willing to pay for. This shift not only fragmented audiences but also reshaped content consumption habits, leaving traditional publishers grappling with how to retain relevance and revenue in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Minecraft” accounts for nearly all of Mojang’s revenue, highlighting the risk to Microsoft should interest in “Minecraft” dissolve, or Microsoft fails to produce “Minecraft” sequels or add-on software. Analogous to Amazon’s $970 million purchase of internet video site Twitch.tv

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2021

How do you convince investors that your business model will really work, before you have a revenue stream that exceeds your expenses? Of course, that has be a repeatable event, with enough revenue to sustain the business. Plan for a real revenue model. No matter how good your cause, it takes real money to sustain a business.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 21, 2019

One of the cofounders explains how he witnessed first-hand while working at a bank that a lot of traditional retailers were in trouble as internet retailers ate away their margins. Banks were already taking a close look at rising internet retailers and saw them as a promising new potential client group.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

The Internet and smartphones have changed everything. Kristin Zhivago, in her book “ Roadmap to Revenue ,” makes the point that the selling system is broken, since sellers no longer sell the way customers are buying. Build and deploy a revenue growth action plan. Their perception is your reality. Marty Zwilling.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2020

The rise of ecommerce started in 2001 – during the growth of the commercial availability of the internet in households. For most online vendors, this new revenue model was a significant change in the way brands set advertising campaigns. The Rise of Ecommerce. million annual customers. Marketing Channels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Revenue and competitive position followed. Less is more.

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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. Facebook has nearly 3 billion users, the Internet has 1.6 Every day, we create 2.5 Data capacity is measured in petabytes (1000 terabytes), or soon even yottobytes (10 24 ).

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit. Carpe Diem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2011

The Internet and smartphones have changed everything. Kristin Zhivago, in her new book “ Roadmap to Revenue ,” makes the point that the selling system is broken, since sellers no longer sell the way customers are buying. Build and deploy a revenue growth action plan. Their perception is your reality. Marty Zwilling.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

On the enterprise side of our business, we’ve seen the increasing demand from traditional large corporate buyers looking for ways to manage a more distribute workforce,” Cooper said. “In Enterprise clients for whom Private Workplace was introduced are a minority at oDesk, but this minority brings the bigger part of the revenues.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 18, 2015

They have everything: money, brand, momentum, existing customers, press, product teams, distribution channels, expertise, market insight, analysts, sales offices, product features, and, by definition, a working business model. The insight is: The profitable revenue stream is a prison. But David has a clear path to slaying Goliath.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

As a small business, you might be finding it tricky trying to increase your profits and revenues. However, you will be glad to hear that there are plenty of strategies that you could implement which will be vital in helping you grow your revenues. They can actually help you grow your business and give your revenues a fantastic boost!

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

Pin It Listen to this episode if you want to learn what a VC investor thinks about “Internet scale” and how you can usually simplify your idea by charging a fair price for your product. Dan: The question is really directed towards the definition of Internet scale. It’s a fraction of the overall Internet market.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Transportation partners play an enormous role in the supply chain as they bring products into distribution centers and sometimes directly to customers. trillion in profits due to cost-saving and increased revenues. Learn how these disjointed sources of materials affect your supply chain costs and cause potential delays.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 4, 2013

If a product decision impacts revenue, who makes that decision?” So that’s very much a sequence of events which suggests not only am I going to write something which could be viewed as critical, I’m going to maximize distribution. Who makes the final decision on products?

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VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

Indian Market at a Glance : 150 million mobile Internet connections. 250 million Internet users. Mobile Data as a percentage of total revenue is about 7.5%. Apple has a very limited market presence in India, due to high price and limited distribution. The largest player is Airtel, with a revenue market share of 31%.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

The two companies did the same thing and were the only two competitors in a nascent category called “email change of address” (Veripost’s original name was IECOA which stood for “Internet Email Change of Address”).

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Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 70

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Then he'll describe his cutting-edge platform — cloud-based, scalable, distributed version control, continuous integration, one-click-deploy. OK, so what can you do to rise above the cacophony that is the Internet? Maybe you'll even get a wobbly demo. Visibility-fail. Anyone-gives-a-crap-fail. Infection built-in, not bolt-on.

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Agile VC

MAY 23, 2012

The End of “Internet” Companies. Al Gore's 2012 Induction to the Internet Hall of Fame. I’m not sure whether it’s 10 years from now or 50 years from now, but at some point in the medium to long term future we’ll cease talking about “internet” companies in any meaningful sense.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Between January 2015 and January 2016, we grew our platform Slidebean from $1K to $20K in monthly recurring revenue. Getting the first tracks of revenue is one of the toughest processes of building a startup. Customer Lifetime Value (LTV): The potential revenue that you’ll be receiving from a given user.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Despite revenues down a good chunk recently due to weak consumption, the business has been a profitable endeavor overall and currently running well with very minimal involvement from me, thanks to a great management team. All he needs is his laptop and internet connection. I had to outlay nearly $30,000 just to replace these.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

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. Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

It’s the most profound book I’ve read on thinking about how the Internet is changing business. The reason that incumbents can’t react is that their revenue and defensibility are continued by serving the high-end of the market for which it would take too much time & money for any competitors to effectively challenge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2015

Adopt a project-based revenue model. If the startup team is distributed around the world, your challenge is to meet their process requirements, rather than expect them to meet yours. With a few Internet searches, anyone can find all the recommendations and advice that even the best consultants have at their disposal today.

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