Early Stage Revenue Social Network Viral 
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 4, 2011
Because it can be hard to define or agree company objectives at an early stage I believe most people avoid them. Measuring viral adoption is obviously important. How many social networks, picture sharing sites, new aggregators or blogs can we really spend time on? Revenue Metrics. How many through SEM?
Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). You can sometimes attract capital from farther away but typically harder to do at early stage.
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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.
www.forentrepreneurs.com
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
As I ask questions to understand the thinking, what usually comes out is something vague along the lines of web marketing, and/or viral growth with no numbers attached. A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare.
Genuine VC
APRIL 30, 2008
After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.
Genuine VC
APRIL 30, 2008
After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.
reidhoffman.org
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. we had no revenue. As a result, we knew that our pitch would need to steer into investors’ biggest concern: the lack of revenue. The graphic we chose emphasizes that it is a network of people. Investors see a lot of pitches.
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