Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

And if there is a term for that which helps entrepreneurs stay focused on these good and true objectives then I’m all for it. We spend a lot of time trying to get people focused on building products that have viral components and why that has to be measured and constantly tested.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Follow along as we explore 10 of the most exciting college business incubators around today, and be sure to share your own favorites in the comments: Entrepreneurs Hall @ The RIT Global Village. At Rochester Institute of Technology’s Entrepreneurs Hall, innovation is a way of life. Syracuse Student Sandbox.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Flash Pack turned over its first £ 1 million in 2016/17 and grew to £4 million revenue in 2017/18. Radha : We have a well-defined global niche and a deep understanding of our market. Also, we have a global appeal, with 60% of business now overseas. The USA will become our biggest market by the end of this year.

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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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The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Mayfield recently hosted a Mobile Marketplaces dinner with leading entrepreneurs, which yielded several insights. How do we design and build a world-class mobile experience that not only satisfies the needs of our users, but fuels growth and inspires more people to join the Airbnb global community? Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion'

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

This partnership speaks to a core philosophy of the program where we encourage entrepreneurs to get as much customer validation as possible before raising too much money, use other people's channels if you can get to them, don't burn too much cash, and all that good fiscal conservative stuff. million in revenue. LetsGiftIt. SOCO Games.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

It would have been easy to explain the difference by changes in the 2010/2011 revenue growth projections but unfortunately that is not the case. revenues while large caps are trading at 6.4x. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! What happened? Raj Kapoor.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. We asked some entrepreneurs what they loved about “being their own boss.”. #1

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 3, 2017

I talk to at least a dozen new entrepreneurs each week and probably review two dozen email pitches. I’m also interested in investing in people who have worked for me in the past or who I know through the Aspen Global Leadership Network and Henry Crown Fellowship. Are you someone I want to help? Is what you are doing awesome?

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Up and Running

MARCH 28, 2016

See Also: She Does: 21 Quotes from Women Thriving As Entrepreneurs. Globally, the incomes of women are predicted to reach an impressive $18 trillion by 2018, and women are expected to control the reins of almost 75 percent of discretionary spending by 2028. Recognizing the trends. Using this information in your marketing plan.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

Viral marketing needs a website. But word-of-mouth and viral marketing doesn’t work without a web site. On the other hand, don’t assume that viral marketing is the only marketing you will need. The website can be a source of revenue. entrepreneur startup domain name website internet business' Marty Zwilling.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

“We’re trying to find entrepreneurs who are thinking of it as another stage in the company,” he said. “Entrepreneurs who sell to Google are doing it because they have a vision of what they’re trying to do,” Lawee told attendees. Nice piece and certainly one that covers what many entrepreneurs think.

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

Successful mobile games rely on virality and retention just as much as monetization to stay afloat. In the first 30 days of our anti-cyberbullying campaign, players were so excited about donating that 19 percent of our game’s net revenues ended up going to Cybersmile. Design & Dev Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion How-To''s'

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Even though the world is getting smaller, due to easy global connectivity, people still feel alone if not well-connected locally. These hyperlocal sites don’t have to compete with global sites, and always have unique content, community advertising, and local issues. Maybe it’s selling local tours and taking a cut of the revenue.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 23, 2021

Entrepreneurs and executives will do all sorts of things to improve themselves, from taking a class on a particular technology, to reading a book about venture deals, to practicing intermittent fasting. When I evaluate entrepreneurs, one of the key factors I analyze is their decision-making calculus. It also means “faster.”

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Amidst an increasingly connected world, globalization is the order of the day. The concept poses both great benefits and significant challenges to entrepreneurs. If you’re a startup entrepreneur, you risk facing a competitive disadvantage if you wait too long to expand your operations. from France.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. 2) Market .

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Given the predictability of SaaS GAAP revenues on a quarterly basis, the fact that the 08/09 projections were unchanged is not a surprise. Given that the revenues are not growing very fast, this means that most of the companies have reduced their sales force and focused on productivity improvement. Global Warning! Software 2.0:

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

Thus, let’s start this discussion by defining the global crisis caused by the new coronavirus, COVID-19 , so that we can look forward to finding the opportunity in the crisis. There has never been a viral outbreak of such magnitude before. It means relying on your own savings and revenue to operate and expand.”.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was “Reid” Reid’s an incredible entrepreneur, startup investor, and human being. We were post product and had viral growth, albeit at very small scale and still had to evangelize the concept of a vital coefficient w/ most investors. Read More ».

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. The recession created opportunities! Don't click on this link! ► 04/08 - 04/15. (1). Software 2.0: How the use of internet is transform. ► 03/25 - 04/01. (1). Zune vs. Ipod.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

AngelList is brilliantly designed to make it easy for investors to write checks to entrepreneurs. Every startup, entrepreneur and investor has a profile similar to a Facebook profile. What is your viral coefficient? Include screenshots of your product , a video walk-through and one or two charts that display traction or revenue.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2009

This strong recovery has highlighted the resiliency of the recurring revenue model in a downturn as well as the stength of the shift to soaftware-as-a-service and cloud computing. In other words, how much of the decline in revenue growth is due to signing up fewer customer vs lower revenues from each new customer. Software 2.0:

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Kodorra

AUGUST 23, 2018

In my past 14 year journey as an online entrepreneur, I went through mistakes that I can’t help to notice that others also tend to make when they just started. Hold your horses my new entrepreneur friend. 6 months down the line, after burning $6,000 or so, you’re not seeing much traction or revenue.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

In the Udemy course, Alistair and Ben expand these basics into a description of how to create empathy, stickiness, virality, revenue, and scale. We decided to find out, and talked with around 130 founders, entrepreneurs, investors and analysts. It''s a good measurement because it captures both satisfaction and virality.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 10, 2008

I found this approach interesting, but it seems to me that gross margin is a more relevant benchmark than revenues, given that the GM of saas companies varies by type of application and size of the company (for example NetSuite went from about 50% GM three years ago to close to 70% today).

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

It is intriguing to see the M&A dynamics in the space, highlighting the interest of tech companies for recurring revenue streams - even SAP announced in their analyst call earlier this month that they were moving from perpertual licenses to five year term licences. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Global Warning!

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

TokyoYuki Question: What about giving an added incentive to potential developers, in exchange for part of up-front fees, a percentage of the revenue generated from the app/program? View More » Business The 12 Days of Holiday Revenue Maximi. 5 Young Entrepreneurs to Watch [MASHA. Saitek Executive.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 25, 2010

A few highlights from the different keynotes and speakers On top of Jason, we also had the chance of having many great speakers at the event and here are a few quotes and notes that I have taken during the different keynotes and panels: Joe Payne, CEO of Eloqua moderated the panel on Revenue Performance Management. Global Warning!

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. It then crunches those numbers together with an expected conversion rate and expected price to give you an idea of expected monthly revenue. Mistake #3: Global Searches Ok, not too bad. But wait…those are global searches. 14,800, here we come!

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Cracking the Code

JULY 6, 2007

I was surprised today when I went through the NetSuite IPO filling (S1) to see that it looked very much like any Enterprise software document - not a single mention of churn or % of recurring revenues. The reason for this difference, from an investor perspective, is that the SaaS model provides far clearer visibility into future revenues.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Cloud accounting is all about matching revenue and costs to consumption…well, except for professional services! Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Support, support, support! Mind the GAAP! Software 2.0:

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Farming is also often overlooked, but can help grow customer accounts and revenues from 30% upwards (if successful). Great list! Philippe Botteri.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

While it may make sense to offer very slight adjustments for favorable payment terms and one time revenue, net additions to MRR should dominate the sales rep’s thoughts. 1 of MRR generates $12 of annual revenue, so $1 commission equals 1/12=8.3% of Year One Revenue Sounds high, but is that considered a reasonable package?

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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. Many entrepreneurs spend thousands of dollars on site development and wait for orders to arrive. Simple phone videos can sometimes go viral when they hit a nerve with the public.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

As I was building the spreadsheet, I also included the revenue multiples for this set of companies, both for the trailing 12-month (TTM) and the forward 12-month (FTM). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. David Cowan.

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