View from Seed
AUGUST 30, 2016
Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join. A few stats to consider on the market opportunity in North America alone: 28 million SMBs in North America, with roughly 60 million employees.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 21, 2013
Insufficient capital, over investment, and low sales are just some of the reasons leading to this sobering statistic. Creators of new products in environments of extreme uncertainty, startups face enormous risks. In the US, about 50% of small businesses fail in the first five years. As a startup owner, what can you do to improve your chances?
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
billion, with 275 million in North America alone (source: Internet World Stats) and an astounding global penetration of 33% of the world’s population. Mobile devices deliver “bottom of funnel” sales opportunities that deliver real & immediate economic results. Bottom of the sales funnel. Morning in VC.
Duct Tape Marketing
DECEMBER 28, 2023
And it's the same thing for individuals because at that early stage of a business, when you don't yet have a product, even sometimes when you don't yet have customers, you don't yet have traction and sales, how are you going to judge it? The only country that the book hasn't come out yet until now is in the US and Canada in North America.
abovethecrowd.com
OCTOBER 17, 2013
Awareness of the service was clearly spreading virally through word of mouth. A new pricing or packaging model does not by itself represent a meaningful core differentiation, and the rising abundance of “subscription” or “flash sales” companies heightened our concern with regard to barriers to entry.
Duct Tape Marketing
JANUARY 19, 2023
And it's the same thing for individuals because at that early stage of a business, when you don't yet have a product, even sometimes when you don't yet have, um, customers, you don't yet have traction in sales, how are you gonna judge it? The only country that the book hasn't come out yet until now is in the US and Canada in North America.
Cracking the Code
OCTOBER 10, 2008
Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. 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. Posted by Philippe Botteri.
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