Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The founder explains that the product or service is so “buzz-worthy” that the merits will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. It also means making the content appear omnipresent on the Web and in the marketplace, including dedicated video sites and blogs.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

But have you ever had the opportunity to pick the brains of founders who created amazingly successful startups and companies like Envato , Backblaze , Simple , or Treehouse ? Few people like talking about their mistakes, but thankfully nine founders took some time to share some of their hard-earned knowledge with you. Find your niche.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 22, 2014

Our report last week on the salaries that startup founders pay themselves stirred up a lot of discussion here on The Next Web, Hacker News , Twitter and beyond. Startup revenue and founder salary. Startup revenue and founder salary. Founder age and salary. Founder salary and team size.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2011

I’ll try to offer some guidelines to address these issues, but I generally recommend you keep the day job until your new company is producing real revenue. Otherwise, I suggest that founders be up-front with their employers, with an honest commitment that the “side” work on the potential startup will not jeopardize committed results.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

But when it comes to core technical skills, more and more entrepreneurs are opting to partner with technical co-founders rather than hiring someone for an in-house position. I really believe that what’s most important for a founder is the ability to have a vision for the company, make sales and hire well. Laura Roeder , LKR.

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nikcub.appspot.com

MARCH 8, 2012

New Web Order. Finding a Technical Co-Founder. In the recent weeks, I have also had no less than three people email me and ask about finding a technical co-founder, which has also been a very frequent topic on the Hacker News forums. Webmasterworld - A popular forum for web developers. 5th November 2010. #.

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Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In a couple of cases, the founders played lawyer on their own; in the other cases, the founders either used (i) a Web service that did not address IP issues or (ii) an inexperienced law firm. This would arise as a result of a founder improperly “moonlighting” (i.e., Any IP created by a founder (e.g.,

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2010

It worked like a charm since we could create a more interactive experience on the Web. What started out as a generic web-based chat solution morphed into a full-fledged product for a distance education that we called iClass. (We We were a tiny web-conferencing startup in Pittsburgh called iMeet. This time we’d gotten it right.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

You can check the Web Marketing and Measurement Model by Avinash Kaushik (who is an analytics legend): Image Source. It is about focusing your marketing efforts on a few select companies that could represent huge revenue streams. Do you have historical data on your users beyond the ones available from their web session?

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Rick Boerebach is a co-founder of ZEEF.com , a curated link directory built by passionate experts. If your startup’s goal is to sell a product or service but you’re having a hard time with your revenue model, affiliate marketing might be the perfect match to give you that much-needed boost. What is affiliate marketing?

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

But when it comes to core technical skills, more and more entrepreneurs are opting to partner with technical co-founders rather than hiring someone for an in-house position. You Need To Know Tech Basics I really believe that what’s most important for a founder is the ability to have a vision for the company, make sales and hire well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. It also means making the content appear omnipresent on the Web and in the marketplace, including dedicated video sites and blogs. That’s a double death wish.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Now is the time to get your web site up. Here are five tips to help build a first web site that will help your business grow. Think of your first B2B web site as one step beyond your elevator pitch. Request references and links to web content they’ve written before. Profiles of founders and advisors add credibility.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

billion gamers worldwide will help the global games market generate revenues of $189.3 billion in revenue last year. According to Ark Invest’s research , revenue from virtual worlds will compound 17% annually from roughly $180 billion today to $390 billion by 2025. Fortnite alone made $1.8 Twitch stats in 2020.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

Last September (2020), six months after the 1st lockdown, my co-founder Vladimir Blagojevic and I decided to run market research to figure out what challenges B2B companies face and how they solve them. After analysing our case studies and CRM, we saw that 73% of total revenue came from these two segments. Let’s dive in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Pay people with equity or future revenue. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. For example, a web-based startup should be able to operate for a year if they raise $500,000 from the founders or angels. Great strategy. Do it yourself and barter for services.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Tal Raviv is the co-founder of Ecquire. Whether that means chasing down a technical co-founder, learning to code, or even building that “Lean MVP” – the conventional wisdom is that without tech abilities you’re nothing more than a dude (or dudette) with a Powerpoint. This post was originally published on OnStartups.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 5, 2011

In this post I will share with you some of my favorite resources on the web that I keep in my bookmark. As an online entrepreneur, I am constantly working on web projects. As Bloggers or Internet Entrepreneurs, we constantly are building web properties or creating content. WebDesignerWall.com : Blog for Web Designers What?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

At Wildcat, we recommend benchmarking your startup against the four core architectural pillars of the Traction Gap Framework: product , revenue , team and systems. Revenue Architecture. A comprehensive revenue architecture should be designed to enable a startup to generate and monetize awareness, engagement and usage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2011

Pay people with equity or future revenue. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. For example, a web-based startup should be able to operate for a year if they raise $500,000 from the founders or angels. Great strategy. Do it yourself and barter for services.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

by Russell Wallace, founder and CEO of 29 Prime, Inc. The fact is that the internet is now the epicenter for a business’ referral community, and your business must have a presence online in order to capture those referrals — even the ones that originate outside of the inter-webs. Russell Wallace, founder and CEO of 29 Prime, Inc. ,

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

At Wildcat, we recommend benchmarking your startup against the four core architectural pillars of the Traction Gap Framework: product , revenue , team and systems. Revenue Architecture. A comprehensive revenue architecture should be designed to enable a startup to generate and monetize awareness, engagement and usage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2012

One of the biggest red flags I see in many Internet-related business plans today is advertising as the initial revenue stream, or a key part of it. Until you get a million page-views per month, your revenue will be negligible, and advertisers won’t be interested in your site. Now back to the revenue realities. Face reality.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0 Today it’s dominated by capital efficient software, web and mobile startups whereas 10 years ago it was dominated by semiconductor and hardware startups that consumed huge amounts of capital before their first dollar in revenue. The Bend Experience. Lessons Learned.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2011

Mawuna Koutonin is the founder of London-based GoodBuzz , and his story is the stuff of dreams. He later worked for eight years at the European Union commission helping to develop the cultural industry in Africa (cultural products being the main exports – and revenue – for poor African countries).

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

As part of of our Founders Series , The Startup Magazine presents the following first person feature by Judah Parness, aka Skeeter Gumdrop, Co-Founder of Rent-A-Christmas, an entrepreneurial venture disrupting the way consumers decorate for Christmas. Our first year’s revenue was embarrassingly insignificant. Quite the opposite.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

"Années Folles" — Web Smith (@web) December 27, 2020. When shelter-in-place hit last March, forcing their doors to close, their revenue dropped to nothing overnight. million of inventory online and recovered all their lost POS revenue with online sales. Paige Briscoe, founder of ReRoot. We did them.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 14, 2012

So many tech startups begin the same way: One founder, one dream and a plan to make it happen. Rachel Blankstein has launched two tech startups, including her current business Comparz , a website where independent users review web-based software. But to succeed, most startups need a much broader set of skills and experience.

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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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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2016

by Ajay Kapur, CEO and Founder of Moovweb. There have been countless debates about the demise of the mobile Web at the hands of mobile apps. One pundit sees apps dominating users’ attention ; another predicts apps will kill off the entire Web. Amazon has more app revenue than mobile Web revenue.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2021

Similarly, Grapevine strives to eliminate scheduling issues and cheekily open its landing web page with the sentence “Schedule fewer Zoom meetings.” We are taking the screen sharing experience to the next level, so that collaboration doesn’t get in the way of doing great work,” writes CEO and founder Tom Medema.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 7, 2015

When I saw the proposal, I immediately thought of the web consulting rollups of 1999. Do you remember US Web, iXL, Scient, and Viant? Companies were being bought (and valued) at 10x forward revenue only to be valued at between 0.5x revenue several years later. Anyone remember the web hosting rollup?

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2018

He is the founder and president of Revenue & Associates and the author of the book Bullseye Marketing: How to Grow Your Business Faster. Learn more about Revenue & Associates. He is the founder and president of Revenue & Associates and the author of the book Bullseye Marketing: How to Grow Your Business Faster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. It also means making the content appear omnipresent on the Web and in the marketplace, including dedicated video sites and blogs. That’s a double death wish.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Thanks to Rodney Warner, Connective Web Design LLC ! #2- In a small business environment, losing even one loyal customer can disproportionately affect our revenues and growth prospects. The key here is that entrepreneurship thrives on enthusiasm and commitment, not just from the founder but from every team member.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Thanks to Rodney Warner, Connective Web Design LLC ! #2- In a small business environment, losing even one loyal customer can disproportionately affect our revenues and growth prospects. The key here is that entrepreneurship thrives on enthusiasm and commitment, not just from the founder but from every team member.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It could be more revenue, hiring clients, or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. Our mission is to arm businesses with high-level information accuracy to avoid web lawsuits and, in turn, create a seamless web experience for disabled communities.

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