crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2018

It’s not surprising that companies with successful products grow their customer base, increase their revenues, and outperform competitors. New research reveals that the iPhone’s market share grew from 37% to 44% in Q4 2017 – a record high. Lipitor (1997). They also marketed their product wisely.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2019

by William Ammerman, author of “ The Invisible Brand: Marketing in the Age of Automation, Big Data, and Machine Learning “ In the early days of the internet, the news was always free. It has stood behind its paywall since 1997, trusting that customers interested in its content would pay upwards of $200 a year for it.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997. OneBox.com — On $60m invested, sold for $850m 18 months after launch to J2 just before market crash — score! GroupOn’s engine that turned capital into revenue growth was a form of force-feeding rather than building a product).

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

Perhaps you are caught in the “Series A crunch” or perhaps you are a consumer company and expected that you would be valued on users rather than revenue like the last time. What about the efficient market hypothesis? Aren’t markets rational? 3/31/1997: 23.3. Because markets are not logical; markets are emotional.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The theory is that with the advent of the cloud in the digital age, small businesses can leverage a suite of services from a technology vendor to manage all aspects of their work – from payments to record-keeping to marketing to customer communications. The company was originally founded in 1997 by Jonathan Bush (1st cousin of George W.)

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 1, 2017

In fact, Sushi is so international, that its adapted American version is now re-entering the Japanese market as a new, exotic food trend. Localisation, or l10n, is the process of adapting a global product or content to a specific local market. Penetrating a new market is costly and a company usually only has one chance to get it right.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

There are times when small and slow is the right strategy for a specific market opportunity. When the market conditions are right, you should blitzscale for the benefit of all stakeholders: customers, employees, investors, and society. Blitzscaling is a response to market dynamics, not the cause.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In 1997, RIM introduced the first packet-switched messaging device. Resegmenting an Existing Market. In today’s language of Customer Development , RIM positioned the Blackberry as a segment of an existing market – pager users who needed two-way communication. Creating a New Market. RIM Interactive Pager 900.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

Perhaps you are caught in the “Series A crunch” or perhaps you are a consumer company and expected that you would be valued on users rather than revenue like the last time. What about the efficient market hypothesis? Aren’t markets rational? 3/31/1997: 23.3 Because markets are not logical; markets are emotional.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2019

It does not create new markets or value markets, but develops existing ones with better value , allowing companies to compete against each other’s sustaining improvements. An example of sustaining innovation is Pfizer, the world’s biggest pharmaceutical company by revenues. Sustaining Innovation Defined.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2017

It does not create new markets or value markets, but develops existing ones with better value , allowing companies to compete against each other’s sustaining improvements. An example of sustaining innovation is Pfizer, the world’s biggest pharmaceutical company by revenues. Sustaining Innovation Defined.

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aweissman.com

APRIL 14, 2010

All of it made me think back to my youth, the days of AOL, around 1995-1997. This destroyed AOLs original platform, as it could no longer share variable usage revenues with its content partners. We spent much of 1997 renegotiating thousands of these deals. The revenue stream for these guys ended.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

In May 1996, Open Market completed a successful IPO and more than doubled on the first day of trading, ending with a $1.2 billion market capitalization. million in revenue the year before. . In 1997, a Charles River Ventures fund yielded a stunning 15x return, backing such superstars as Ciena, Vignette and Flycast.

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Pascal's View

OCTOBER 10, 2009

The problem results from turning a market spread that used to be $0.25, for example, into 25 1-penny increments because it takes the positive economics out of trading that stock for market makers who are supporting relatively unknown emerging growth small cap companies. Why does this matter? CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO LINK.

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Up and Running

APRIL 5, 2021

Have you ever wanted to set a room of marketers into a blazing argument? It is difficult for marketers to square vocal user dissent with positive data and the reason lies in the troubled history of pop-ups. As commerce rose with the web — so did the associated marketing. It’s easy, just ask them whether pop-up ads work.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Leadership Lessons To Help Guide You To Excellence written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Tom Peters. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Tom Peters. Take The Marketing Assessment: Like this show? Connect with Tom on Twitter: @tom_peters. Check it out.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Rogue Wave’s fall began during Java’s rise to power in 1997-8. When everyone took notice of Java and abandoned C++ in droves, Rogue Wave’s revenues plummeted. Their product love blinded them to the fundamental shift in the market: Java was free. They still saw their license revenue coming in, albeit a little lower each quarter.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

5) Market Downturn. Tapping into my knowledge of and experience in automotive marketing, I identified a need to monetize social networks for businesses. Tapping into my knowledge of and experience in automotive marketing, I identified a need to monetize social networks for businesses. Thanks to David Wachs, Handwrytten ! #5)

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. I’ll spare you the math and point out that this means we funded 0.104% of the market. Can Investors Spook the Market into Falling?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 22, 2011

Since 1997, he has led an independent consulting practice focused on helping businesses of all sizes elevate performance and achieve healthy growth. Missing the market. Counting on immediate revenue to avoid financial problems. Others focus only on the things they love to do. Measuring progress by how good she feels.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 21, 2016

This speech happened just before I was unexpectedly laid off from a stressful yet lucrative job as a marketing director at an agency. said Steve Jobs when he returned to Apple in 1997. Back in the days there were numerous online marketers who were not interested in what’s important to customers. Photo Credit: Al Park.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 10, 2004

Trust me, I am a huge fan of all of the new consumer gadgets that are coming out in the market this year. ” From a profit perspective, should we be getting excited about selling commodity products in markets characterized by heavy competition? I still, however, ask the question, “where is the money for the tech industry.”

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Warren Buffet, 1997. Marketing 101: Customers love free stuff. As a result, it is a common marketing practice to offer things “for free” in order to impact customer behavior or encourage customer loyalty. That’s why it is a tried and true marketing scheme. You know what customers like more than free stuff?

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