YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Of course incumbents cannot be expected to jeopardize their revenue streams or investments in CRM platforms with new concepts that wipe out the need for their current solutions. Too much was at stake, we couldn’t afford the risk of destabilizing everything and losing substantial revenue. Inflation: The Next Big Opportunity?

Programming 150

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

It was a stock option incentive related “expense” but I bet you didn’t know that because in an era where we only read the headlines — they must be a train wreck losing billions. Revenue When I look at an income statement I start by focusing on the revenue line. You need to understand the “quality” of the revenue.

Stock Options 227

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

As COVID-19 lockdown continues, more and more avid rock climbers are stocking up on wooden studs and screws to take the climbing experience into their own homes. Fifth, software systems can now develop ad campaigns for new listings automatically. Automated, hyper-personalized marketing will help customer retention as well.

Artificial Inteligence 111

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics.

Analytics 248

Analytics Retention Social Media Startup 248

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Just as I was getting the swing of things the world shifted beneath my feet and the stock market went into a free fall and venture capital all but shut down for nearly a year. I mentioned that we sold our position in Kyriba for > $1 billion but when we invested it had virtually no revenue. Over the past 2.5

IP 223

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

He focuses on investments in fintech, the internet, and software. So first, we were much more sort of with a high growth rate, and we did not even care about how we got the revenue when we got it. And now we are much more careful about revenue quality revenues. But stuff like retention is super important.

Partner 132

Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2018

Efficiency of a business depends on the customer satisfaction as the revenue is generated by selling their services and products to the customers and only when the customer is happy, a company can retain that particular customer. Learn more about trading and stocks on admiral markets.

Database 100

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www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Go there now » Sign up or log in to mint.com Updates Drop Your Debt to Win 2 comments How To The Top 5 Customer Complaint Letters — And What You Can Learn From Them 5 comments Investing In Graphics: What Is a Stock? These days revenue is the best source of capital. 2 comments Mint Life Know your money. Live your life.

Software Review 68

Software Review Startup Post-Money Valuation Technical Review 68

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics.

Analytics 177

Analytics Retention Social Media Campaign 177

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. Between day one and your first confrontations with those issues, particularly if you’ve raised any outside capital, you will have formed a board and stocked it with people you can really get to work on your behalf. They may even be very difficult to demonstrate.

Technical Review 48

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

In 1999, David Weinberger, a technologist and co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto , wrote, “Personalization: the automatic tailoring of sites and messages to the individuals viewing them so that we can feel that somewhere there’s a piece of software that loves us for who we are.” 3% increase in average visit duration.

Web 48

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics.

Analytics 257

Analytics Entrepreneur Retention Social Media 257

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. As a product manager at HomeAway (part of the Expedia, Inc.

Management 85

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2013

Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics.

Analytics 246

Analytics Retention Startup Social Media 246

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

To give context, compare market share changes with objective measures such as changes in total industry spending and company revenue, and strategic changes. And complement this data with ongoing research such as in-app surveys, social media listening, and customer retention metrics. Take Tesla. Being a 100-year-old brand, L.L.

Metrics 157

Metrics Marketing Campaign Audience 157

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics.

Analytics 120

Analytics Retention Social Media Campaign 120

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

So a lot of agencies track revenue, some actually even track profit, but you, if we're gonna optimize, um, profitability, what, what should we be measuring? So your Figma, your stock footage, library, you know, your tools for managing ads and things of that nature. The software sucks, whatever cool. No, you did a great job.

Cofounder 74

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

There are two reasons to raise money: You have a killer idea that is only partially validated, that you think can get to $50M+ of revenue in 5 years with 80%+ gross margins (if margins are lower, you need a lot more revenue)and you need money to get to product-market fit, or. Revenue per customer? Revenue, Gross Margin?

Cofounder 429

Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

Being able to staff your customer service team to respond quickly to customers, often directly on these social channels, will increase retention and repeat purchasing and also serve to drown out negative feedback. You’ll need to invest more here than you think. What is the typical return rate in your product category?

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2016

A flowing sales funnel is crucial in any business, but even more so with SaaS businesses… Unlike other business models, revenue is generated over an extended period of time. Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR). Monthly Recurring Revenue, or MRR, is a measure of the predictable and recurring revenue of your subscription business.

Software Review 48

Software Review Metrics Revenue Acquisition 48

dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Friends & Family can usually raise between $30K and $300K and usually take an interest bearing note that is convertible into stock at the next financing. Sounds strange, but it usually works out that if you are raising $2M the VCs will value your company at $2M pre-money, and $4M post money so they end up with 50% of the stock.

Equity 40

Equity Employee Dilution Valuation 40

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Game mechanics have become a popular way of increasing user engagement and pushing user adoption, referral and retention, and many startups have sought ways to incorporate game mechanics into their sites. Why You Should Write. Status / reputation.

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. How I can find the right investor (software)? It all depends on where you’re at.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

ConversionXL

JULY 11, 2016

Three tactics to maximize revenue from a CRO program: Free test software. Use free test software to minimize the cost of A/B testing ( A/B Testing with Google Tag Manager ). Create personas and make them using real data (don’t fall into the stock photo trap). Change of statistics. Know your customers!

PPC 48

PPC Analytics Video Non-Compete 48

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2018

That knowledge gap hampers efforts to staff and stock the stadium appropriately. the number of purchases or revenue that will occur in the future. That’s true whether you plan to license software or hire an outside organization. Predictive analytics software. Slow adoption but soaring interest. customer churn.

Analytics 131

Analytics Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Campaign 131

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

There’s been ample coverage in the popular press of course highlighting everything from the company’s revenue growth, lack of profitability, and the well-publicized fact that founder/CEO Jack Dorsey is also CEO of Twitter so would theoretically be running two public companies simultaneously. Revenue Composition. Starbucks Deal.

IPO 165

IPO .Net Revenue Acquisition 165

ConversionXL

APRIL 6, 2016

Underlines improve clickthrough on Bing for both algorithmic results and ads (so more revenue) and improve time to successful click (better UX). Revenue is usually a good metric to use to evaluate effectiveness of test. Their answers will give you better insight than the protestors and biased opinions you get using software.

Retention 48

Retention Algorithm Software Review Conversion 48