Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. We have a long way to go baby!

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 13, 2015

Often your best estimate of any metric or market behavior or business model component is at best accurate within a power of ten, for example “expected conversion rate between 0.5% Including future cancellations, they’ll need to sign up a total of 2000 customers to net 1666. That’s a lot of impressions!

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Business Model Affiliate Startup Bootstrapping 120

ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

In early 2000, the diffusion of Personal Computers transformed the way users made decisions and the paradigm buyer/seller changed again. This happens in advertising all the time. Mark Organ , saw a tiny space in the already very crowded CRM industry and founded Eloqua. Andrew Chen explained this as the Law of Shitty Clickthroughs.

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Customer Marketing Artificial Inteligence Clickthrough 92

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

80-90% software products vs. 40-50% advertising products) and company maturity (e.g., Advertising sales reps, with a 40-50% gross margin, might have $3-5M in annual quota. To that point, a well-run telesales operation will be super metrics-driven. Sales Metrics | Looking Past the Same Old Sales Metrics | Domo | Blog.

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Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, we investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. But, when the bubble burst in 2000, most of us quickly grew up. a month for a subscription. What is the answer?

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Metrics Revenue Advertising Internet 83

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The HBR study contrasts Office Depot and Staples during the 2000 recession: Office Depot cut 6% of its workforce, but it couldn’t reduce operating costs significantly. can introduce a ‘fighter brand,’ a lower-priced version of the premium offering sold under a different name and backed by minimal advertising.” Image source ).

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Up and Running

JUNE 28, 2012

In the 1990’s and early 2000’s it was “You got mail” as made famous by the AOL advertising stable. Relying on one analytical metric to track your progress or that of the campaigns you are running is a false flag. Do not rely on just one metric to follow your progress, but rather think about it like this: times change.

Social Media 91

Social Media Government Metrics Database 91

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over 13 years ago, in March of 2000, I wrote a blog post titled “ The Most Powerful Internet Metric of All. ” The key thesis was this: if an Internet company could obsess about only one metric, it should be conversion. As such, it is time to pound the table again – conversion is by far the most powerful Internet metric of all.

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Metrics Conversion Internet Acquisition 93

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 15, 2014

Not only can I not share the company’s strategy, I can’t share our thought processes, our rationale, how we think about the market, how we’ve analyzed it, about customers, about metrics, about competitors, about the future. In fact, the process and data are much more precious than the conclusions. Some of it is algorithmic.

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CTO Hire RSS Cofounder Algorithm 266

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 1, 2013

We’ll look at relevant metrics to help you assess whether a specific marketing channel could work for you, and also highlight additional resources to help you get a better understanding of that channel. People’s dissatisfaction with advertising helps to explain why inbound marketing is gaining popularity. Online Marketing.

Small Business 107

Small Business Marketing Affiliate PPC 107

www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Set up the metrics first, then youll know if you succeeded. Hiring the best developers is essential because a great developer is easily 3 times as productive as an average developer, yet their salaries are usually similar. ­om migrated off Drupal. Seems so simple, but so few managers ever really get that.

CTO 43

CTO CTO Hire PHP Cofounder 43

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 18, 2017

PPC advertising. What is the primary metric on which you focus your SEO? Most legitimate SEO companies will charge between $2000-$5000/month. Social media posts – 50-200 posts/month across major social media platforms. Guest blog posts – Occasional for relevant third-party sites. Ongoing backlink analysis.

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SEO Hiring Due Diligence Social Media 45

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

This was possible because in 2000, Donna and Handspring were in an Existing Market. In contrast, in 2000 Handspring entered an Existing Market. (“ Disruptive ” and “sustaining” innovations, eloquently described by Clayton Christensen , are another way to describe new and existing Market Types.) End result? Like that, but better&#.

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 223

ConversionXL

MAY 16, 2018

The cars we drive, the computer or mobile device you are using to read this sentence, the Great Wall of China, Abercrombie and Fitch advertisements – all of them have gone through some form of the scientific method applied many times over a period of months, years, or even decades. Know the difference between leading and lagging metrics.

Marketing 133

Marketing Metrics Programming Design 133

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

From the introduction of our solutions in 2000 through September 30, 2006, our enterprise subscriber base has grown to approximately 1,500 companies who spend from $2,000 to more than $100,000 annually, including companies such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Procter & Gamble, Merrill Lynch, UPS and Cisco Systems.

IPO 60

IPO Investment Bankers Demand Revenue 60

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Big Data meets travel…in 2000. There are three sides to the network: the consumer, the venue and the advertiser.

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Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I got out of the university in early 2000 and I never went on to a full-time job, so it’s always been an online business for me. I began placing advertisements on the website. Would you be interested in advertising on my website?” and I got a handful of advertisers who said yes. It was making about $400 per month.

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Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 73

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2022

So about, this was like around 2000 ish, I think, or something like that. I mean, you think back in 2008, you think about early advertising and banner ads. John Cantarella (20:24): We're already seeing a bunch of third party companies start to build metrics and tools so they can start to measure the value of community overall.

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Community New York Small Business New York City 68

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Building Metrics / Usage Reports / KPI 3. Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. 10) Metrics.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Metrics: 50mm users (up from 40mm in Dec 2009), -Competition includes: Spotify , Last.fm. Online DSP (demand-side platform) and ad exchange for display advertisers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 11, 2016

Marketers spend a lot of time and energy looking at the metrics that illuminate the costs of finding new customers and keeping current customers. That was a very important metric for him. What’s the ‘one metric to rule them all’ in your organization?” What’s your end goal metric? photo credit Shutterstock. asks Allen.

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Acquisition Cost Customer .Net 42

andrewchenblog.com

JANUARY 28, 2010

Comments Click to download Freemium spreadsheet Background on this discussion Last year, the stupendous Daniel James co-hosted a talk with me on Lifetime Value metrics for subscription and virtual goods-based items. CPM/CPA/CPC) What do the intermediate metrics look like? impressions/CTR/etc) How does your signup funnel perform?

CPA 51

CPA Retention Viral Acquisition 51

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And that’s been reflected in the entrepreneurial community, where entrepreneurs, especially between 2000 and 2008, entrepreneurs really only wanted to do — for the most part wanted to do consumer software, because that’s the only software that they could actually get anybody to adopt. So that’s the big, big, big change that’s happened.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

2000-2001 , Tullis et al., What about what David Ogilvy said in his OGILVY ON ADVERTISING, and elsewhere? When I started working in the advertising business in the mid 70s there was quite a fashion amongst a.ds However, Tinker commented that perceived legibility was due to a great extent to familiarity with the typeface.

Technical Review 85

Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

i-nigma was successfully deployed by hundreds of enterprises, among them operators, advertisers, integrators and solution providers. The solution provides a live, accurate status of customers’ level of satisfaction, according to metrics that are pre-defined and measured at the time of the customer experience. GoNet Systems.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103