A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
JANUARY 4, 2018
Late last year we passed $100M in annual recurring revenue. That revenue is in on 75,000 customers, earned through the hard work of 500 employees across six offices on three continents. It’s the heroin-hit that hooks the entrepreneur. (The We just announced a few more things. The next sale isn’t quite as sweet.).
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
AUGUST 9, 2010
How many do you suppose produce any revenue? (My How many do you suppose produce enough revenue that, after hosting and marketing expenses, they result in a profitable company where the owner doesn't need a day job? (My Here's a list of the top 100 Twitter clients, and here's some more. My guess: 80%). My guess: 5%).
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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
AUGUST 8, 2011
It’s “ Loveline for startups ,&# where entrepreneurs get to ask any question about their startup and have me and a rotating co-host tackle the problem and devise constructive next-actions. When should a company should focus on growth only, ignoring the business model and revenue? I finally started Smart Bear Live.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
DECEMBER 21, 2009
If you had zero revenue from now on, on what date would you run out of money? Second, you know the length of your fuse even in event of disaster (if you have revenue) or if you never manage to land a customer (if you're just starting out). Cartoon by Andertoons. That's OK, that's not the point of this question. Or switch off.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
OCTOBER 11, 2010
He published revenue figures even when they were still pathetic , he pledged loudly and eagerly to give away lots of free copies to non-profits, and he revealed all his (remarkably effective) marketing strategies (updated here ) even though it meant competitors would learn them too. But one story beats a pile of AdWords A/B tests.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
SnapChat, Pinterest, WeWork, InstaCart, Square, FourSquare, and even Twitter, who has impressive revenue but has still never been profitable). Uber makes entrepreneurs out of under-paid employees who were indentured slaves to the medallion system, but perhaps they are still indentured and still under-paid.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
JUNE 13, 2011
I’ve chronicled the eye-melting design work that punished potential customers in the evolution of the Smart Bear website, and yet with all that cringe-worthyness, here is a company that doubled in revenue and profit like clockwork for half a decade — a stat any startup would be proud to match.
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