crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

If you’re like most small businesses, your website is outdated, and not helping you to increase revenues and sales. For more about website design testing, we recommend you read How A/B Testing Can Help Your Small Business increase Conversions and Revenues. It can either help or hurt your revenues and profits.

Small Business 59

Small Business Mobile Design Search 59

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997. After I sold Smart Bear, that division has increased revenue and profit every year, for five years, even through the 2008/2009 economic disaster. Support.com — On 2.5m invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2.

IPO 240

IPO Flash Bootstrapping Private Equity 240

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Warren Buffet, 1997. Would that help retention and NPS (Net Promote Score)? He then argues Squarespace, as a result of choosing a Direct Listing, ended up with a valuation multiple of 6.7X, which he says compares unfavorably to its public peer $WIX (which has an 8X forward revenue multiple). Would they be loyal?

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82