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Revenue Development

K9 Ventures

SneakerLabs’ first product was a Java-based chat server and client. The hosted offering worked by having users place an “HTML-snippet” on their own website, which would retrieve the Java Applet from our servers and connect back to our servers. I tell these stories to lay the groundwork for what I am going to call Revenue Development.

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The Difference Between Apple & Facebook ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Both companies generate direct revenue from their platform in the form of a revenue share / platform tax (typically 30%) on software and digital goods sold through the respective platforms. Facebook’s direct platform revenue accounted for about 15% of the company’s overall sales whereas Apple’s was less than 1%.

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Things You Should Always Include On Your Resume

YoungUpstarts

You may say a vague statement like “Helped to increase revenue,” but it does not show any exclusivity about it. For instance, having IIBA certifications (Business Analyst) or Java certifications can significantly raise your chance of getting a reply from hiring managers. It is excellent to mention numbers in your resume.

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Telling the 800-lb Gorilla to Shove it up his Ass

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The question is: How can you own your little piece of the world; Not: How can you wrest $100m of revenue from a big guy. Can you imagine a tool from Microsoft that supported ClearCase, ran inside Eclipse, and had excellent support for Java?). but doesn't have to be worth $1B, then the game isn't "us or them."

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Totango Accelerates Revenues for Engine Yard Customers

Guy Nirpaz

Totango can accelerate revenues for new and existing applications by providing real time visibility into customer behavior and automating personalized sales and marketing campaigns based on these behaviors. Once Engine Yard’s customers have developed an application, attention rapidly shifts to monetization.

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Scars

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

” It’s the developer who is sure that “Java sucks.” Even at $50/mo, that’s 30 x $50 = $1500/mo in direct new revenue plus side benefits in marketing and branding. The goal of investment is to turn “money today” into long-term value, meaning a growing, predictable revenue machine.

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What is Drupal? or, My retraining in Software Development

Scalable Startup

In the birthplace of Java, BSD, SQL and many other critical software technologies, Drupal and PHP are spreading like a California wildfire. You can actually have a successful startup now with just developers, with just one (although I don’t recommend this), if they’re savvy and humble enough. What is Drupal?