ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Yet in expansionary periods, successful leaders spent significantly less on [selling, general, and administrative costs] than did their former peers. A focus on cost cutting—every decision is viewed through a loss-minimization lens. As the authors found, “Firms that cut costs faster and deeper than rivals don’t necessarily flourish.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Supply-chain disruptions can affect small businesses in numerous ways: reduce revenue, cause issues with production, and inflate costs. As president of ABBA, which he founded in 1999, he serves as an advisor to business buyers and sellers throughout the nation. Changing buying habits. .

Small Business 225

Small Business Due Diligence Small Business Administration Operations 225

Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. But in the real world, when you get to business numbers, sales are not accounts receivable and revenue isn’t income and people who read financial projections need to know that an apple is an apple, and not an orange. . The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever.

Startup 180

Startup Forecast Angel Investor Software 180

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers? And without revenue how do we know if we achieved product/market fit to exit Customer Validation?” They’re putting money into web services/business – most without early revenue. End of theory.&#

Customer Development 219

Customer Development Web Developer Customer 219

Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Since 1999, my passion has been studying high performing IT organizations. Act I begins with IT Operations, where we’re supporting a large, complex revenue generating application. Our revenue pipeline stopped for two hours.” That moment is now. How do we know?

Phoenix 175

Phoenix Software Review Technical Review Cofounder 175

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Small” IPOs — companies with less than $50m in annual revenue at the time of IPO – have declined from more than 50% of all IPOs in the 1980-2000 timeframe to about 25% of IPOs from 2001-2016; Companies are staying private much longer — the median time to IPO from founding hovered around 6.5 1999-2000 51.6% 1999-2000 37.5%

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion. These include the hiring of virtual assistants, which lowers operational costs while increasing the level of productivity. . By outsourcing services, the small business owner can capitalize on comparative advantages in costs, particularly labor. . From a company worth $1.6

Small Business 60

Small Business Non-Compete Europe Philippines 60

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

The lightweight wind turbine is said to reduce installation costs by at least 50 percent. GE, which entered the water industry in 1999 and is involved in a wide variety of water technologies, in the last five years doubled its investment in water technology related R&D to reach $1.5 billion in 2010.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review South Korea Mexico 87

OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2011

When I left my job at MovieFone in 1999, there were approximately eight administrative assistants in a company of 200 people – one for each senior person. Inflation may seem like a neutral thing for a business – your costs may be going up, but your revenue should be going up as well, right?

China 74

China Startup Offshore Silicon Valley 74

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

When new companies enter the market they really have no chance to initially unseat the incumbents because the performance gap is too large and the costs / time of catching up too unachievable. In 1999-2000 they weren’t doing enterprise-wide installations at Merrill Lynch, Dell and Cisco. Enter Salesforce.com. They can’t.

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Vesting Framework Revenue Technology 376

YoungUpstarts

MAY 20, 2018

Nowadays, startups are outsourcing their accounting to reduce costs and to get the best accountants and bookkeepers to manage their financials. It’s good to reinvest your revenues back to your business to accelerate growth, but the more money you put into your business, the less you have to pay for your personal needs.

Startup 140

Startup Salary CPA Small Business Administration 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2013

In 2012, total entrepreneurial activity in the United States hit its highest level since their survey started in 1999, according to Babson College. The opportunity for change is huge, with everyone taking a new look at the world after the recession, but the competition is also huge, since the cost of entry is at an all-time low.

Intellectual Property 249

Intellectual Property Startup United States Framework 249

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

But you'd certainly share the news that you launched your new website or reached $1M in annual revenues. To document your revenue model. Documenting the revenue model helps to address challenges and assumptions associated with the model. The process of creating the business plan helps to minimize opportunity costs.

Business Plan 128

Business Plan Private Placement Exit Strategy Finance 128

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

When Iridium was first conceived inside Motorola in 1987, worldwide cell phone coverage was sparse, calls were unreliable and per minute costs were expensive. Cell phone handsets were the size of a lunch box and cost thousand of dollars. iridium-9500 satellite phone ~1999. Motorola Dynatac 8000x ~1987.

Business Plan 335

Business Plan Customer Business Model Customer Development 335

Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 15, 2011

the barriers are now very low for actually forming a business, as is the cost. when many vaporware and vapor-businesses crash or fade away they leave damage, possibly fueling the recession (remember 1999-2000? Eventually it also needs revenue growth and profits. micro funding ($25K). millionaires.

Angel Investor 24

Angel Investor Startup IPO Software Developers 24

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

But back in 1999, a then very young Netflix based in Los Gatos with less than 20 employees, was on the edge of going bust. Then there were challenges with fulfillment logistics, difficulty maintaining DVD quality, and trying to figure out how to do all this in a way that covered costs and generated some cash. In 1993, Word 6.0

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Disruption in the Education Space: When I first started looking at education technology investments in 1999, very few VCs would go near the sector. Universities are also creating more interdisciplinary programs in order to encourage this collaboration. What’s Next in 2012….

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Nowadays nearly every online shop utilizes some sort of product recommendation engine, which is no wonder, as these systems, if set up and configured properly can significantly boost revenues, CTRs, conversions, and other important metrics. This simply means revenues through recommendations / total revenues.

Conversion 48

Conversion Product Technical Review Widget 48

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

He says that you should never consider a public offering unless you are confident that the company will deliver increasing profits and revenue after the offering, so that the public buyer can anticipate a gain. In 1999, there were 486 IPOs nationwide; just 10 years later, in 2009, there were only 63.

IPO 223

IPO Social Media Media Exit Strategy 223

Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Previously, from 1999 to 2001, Seth was a Senior Revenue Accountant for the Veterinary Centers Of America. While there he managed the revenues for over 80 animal hospitals ensuring that the monthly closing entries were prepared so that the monthly and quarterly financial statements could be produced in accordance with SEC regulations.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Opportunity cost is very real for any stage company, but it is critical for an early-stage one. They will bring you revenue, delight your clients (the right salespeople care about the ultimate value delivered?—?not On the sales culture front, we are well on our way there with Ryan Cush at the helm as our Chief Revenue Officer.

Software Review 48

Software Review Sales Cofounder Analytics 48

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

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. When you put those two things together, you get high-quality customers, high LTV, and acquisition at super low costs.

Partner 132

Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. They need a combination of capital and experience to separate from the rest of the pack – the low cost of starting a business means it is even more vital to become the market leader more quickly.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 20, 2019

Take for example, your beverage costs. Wine costing is pretty easy as you generally just sell wine by the bottle or glass. Assuming you appropriately cost out your wine list, then you should be hitting your wine cost consistently every week or month – usually somewhere between 25% and 30%. In my example of $1.00

Cost 60

Cost Boston Sales Partner 60

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Another great, possibly business-saving tip, from Charlie is when working on your budget, your total Occupancy costs should be no more than 8% of gross sales. Those restaurants with higher Occupancy costs tend to struggle and most often fail.

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Boston New York Hosting Cost 120

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

And like the LITERATI, professionals we work with are educated on how to market their business in order to increase revenue opportunities. The original company name was Scene on TV (going back to 1999), and I expanded into movies, and the name was also confusing to people (Scene instead of Seen). Photo Credit: Nigel Whiteoak.

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Naming Entrepreneur Green LLC 95

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

On some level we felt we did because being a SaaS company in 1999 was trailblazing. Or they have products that cost $40 / month but that require a direct sales person to close them. We found that at the low end there wasn’t enough revenue to make it worth our while. See definition of a whore. I see it all the time.

Startup 389

Startup Early Stage Demand Channel 389

Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

I had actually developed the logo in 1999 and it is now on the back of my entire product line. This builds momentum and reduces the cost of the professional services. customers, revenue, etc.). Now I use “Julie Originals” which is what I used to sign the back of my handmade greeting cards when I was young.

Naming 48

Naming Technical Review PR LLC 48

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2011

In order to give your website to a top-level domain, and have hosted e-mail, it will cost $7.95/mo billion back in 1999 ; Yahoo has since shutdown Geocities after failing to charge all its users to use the service. million, has revenues of over $2 million a year. mo or $5.95/mo mo if booked one year in advance.

Coder 87

Coder Angel Investor Web Bootstrapping 87

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

The difference between many of these companies and what we saw back in 1999 is that there are real revenues and revenue growth at many of these companies--and their costs are largely in people, which can always be trimmed down. Facebook is doing billions in revenues. LinkedIn has great revenue growth.

Angel Investor 104

Angel Investor Valuation Startup Revenue 104

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Describing your product as “new and “never been done before” instead of “we’re just like those others guys, but better” could cost your company billions. In 1999, about the same time RIM introduced its first interactive pager, another advanced technology company, TiVo , shipped its first product. New Market Revenue Curve.

Hockey Stick 271

Hockey Stick Customer Development Silicon Valley Networking 271

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Most startups following the Product Development Model never achieve their revenue plan and burn through a ton of cash not knowing what hit them. Other companies in the 1999 PDA market were Palm, the original innovator, as well Microsoft and Hewlett Packard. After twelve months Handspring’s revenue was $170 million. End result?

Customer Development 196

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 196

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

With over $1 billion in revenue, 2000 employees and a market capitalization of over $6 billion, Akamai has become a role model for scalable start-ups. billion in revenue, over $1 billion in gross profit and $500 million in EBITDA. The first year of revenue (1999) was $4 million – a remarkable achievement.

Distribution 49

Distribution Lean Massachusetts Cofounder 49

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2011

It was a sunny day in August 1999 (I remember that because I was living in Santa Monica, CA at the time and every day was sunny). I was pre-revenue and was spending money working with companies to formulate my product, for product packaging, etc. back to August 1999. It was August 1999. Here's what really happened.

Los Angeles 91

Los Angeles PR California Business Plan 91

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I knew it was an easy fix, so I really didn’t want to pay for a tow truck in addition to the cost of the repair. It struck me that had the technology existed, travelers could have taken advantage of our empty aircraft to get back to London and then the aircraft could be dropped in Oxford, with minimal additional cost.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). I learned how to get press coverage when we were no longer “hot.&# I learned how to manage costs effectively. and we ultimately sold when we hit $14 million and had more than $30 million in backlog revenue.

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Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 18, 2013

The article contained a chart showing music industry revenues peaking in 1999 at $27 billion and dropping consistently as a result of the disruptive power of digital music and iPods/iPhones. Industry revenue may have finally flattened out at $16.5 The first was this article in The Economist about the music business.

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Japan Advertising Internet Video 41