Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out. That asset class need not represent the broader market.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

You know, the cost of labor, but also consumption. Well, Uber has actually made new things possible in cities, new business models possible, uh, new businesses possible. Now, clients say that their virtual executive assistants have made an impact on their business. So we talked about changing demographic, right.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

The typical quota for a sales rep varies by type of business model (SaaS vs. perpetual), product gross margin (e.g., Typically you want to see a 3x ratio between the contribution margin per rep (factoring in the lifetime value of the customer, or LTV) and the cost per rep to acquire that customer, fully loaded (i.e.,

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The Golden Age (1970 – 1995): Build a growing business with a consistently profitable track record (after at least 5 quarters,) and go public when it’s time. Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And, as the industrial revolution showed us, there are some real costs to scale. What makes this tricky is that markets evolve, and an innovative technology or business model can transform a normal market into a Glengarry Glen Ross market. These companies didn’t blitzscale; they scaled sustainably.”.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Your business works as intended if you can attract customers that fit into the context of your operation. Can you acquire them at a sustainable cost? Do they perceive enough value to pay prices that create for you a profit margin that matches your business model? Are the logistics manageable?

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Americas new business model: Sharing. The dot-com boom of early 2000 saw a proliferation of similar anything-at-your-service start-ups. Struggling to manage costs, the start-up closed shop as quickly as it opened. The $40 to $50 she charges for a one-way ride helps shave her costs on gas. Game Hunters. Dan Vergano.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. Page 4: Business Model. Reasons: cost of sales executives, long sales cycles, deep functional requirements. Page 3: Competition. Page 5: Financials.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

percent in 2000 to 19.6 There are also societal and political factors at play including a growing acceptance among physicians of the practice of home care, as well as pressure to alleviate the demands placed on hospitals and an overall desire to find cost efficiencies in the health care system. “In percent by 2030.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2015

As VSBs are in a rush to adopt these solutions that larger businesses have had for many years, one thing is becoming clear: the opportunity to deliver “big company” solutions to very small businesses is significant. Owner-operated companies with approximately 5-15 employees, VSBs drive one-third of the national economy.

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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%. The most successful of these businesses will still need venture capital to scale their businesses. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. The Funding Problem.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Naming a Business. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business. RUNNING A BUSINESS. Office and Operations. Financing A Small Business. Business Taxes. Selling A Business. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

I’ve worked in digital businesses since 2000 as Product Manager, ECommerce Operations Director and most recently as Chief Operating Officer (3 companies). At Forward Partners we help entrepreneurs systematically uncover assumptions in their business model and find ways to test those assumptions.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

From around 2000, and perhaps coinciding with the need to work harder to win deals as opportunities dried up after the internet bubble burst, individual partners at VC firms began adding ‘helping CEOs win’ to their job descriptions. . This trend accelerated through the emergence of VC and operator blogging in the early 2000s. .

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

This drop in public valuations basically means that private companies lost half of their value in a comparable way and therefore the cost of capital doubled in the past month, pushing much higher the hurdle for any additional investment, be it in sales, marketing or R&D. How long will the downturn last? So were do we go from here?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2. In other words, they’re back to seeking product/market fit, and only an immense market (and excellent fit) will counterbalance their crushing costs and pay back past investments. Support.com — On 2.5m

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

The idea for my business came when I was stranded on the side of the road with my broken down vehicle. 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. 20 – To Blend A Beautiful Business Model. He laughed and said I don’t do house calls.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Facebook and Google would be obvious choices for this, but so much has been written about each of them and they represent such special business models, I worried that it would be both hard for entrepreneurs to relate and hard for me to develop new insights. But the second year (2000) was simply astounding: nearly $90 million!

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

They all went away; they got rolled up in 1999 and 2000 into these too-big-to-fail banking operations," Davidson tells us. What's happened in the last decade, the cost of launching an Internet product - forget other technologies, we'll focus on Internet - has dropped from $5 million to $500,000 in 2005, to $50,000 today," he continues.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. They therefore have large cost bases and have to pass on those costs to you. - But the trade-off in terms of flexibility and costs were enormous. iPhone is not a business model unless you’re Apple.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

The very best analysts are comfortable operating with ambiguity and incompleteness, while all others chase perfection in implementation / processing / reports. The very best analysts are know what matter’s the most are not the insights from big data but clear actions and compelling business impact from usually a smaller subset of key data.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

TripAdvisor may be one of the most fascinating companies I know and so I was excited to dig into their business model as part of my series on scaling. TripAdvisor is more of a classic consumer Internet success story, but with even more powerful network effects and an amazing business model. Big Data meets travel…in 2000.

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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. million, $0.9 million and $1.8

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

The entire mating process and the business models which have underpinned it have changed more radically in the past 20 years than they did in the previous 2000 years. The AI Girl on Call The business model is just as you’d expect it to be: a classic freemium model. To get started is mostly free.

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ConversionXL

MAY 16, 2018

Better examples of a falsifiable hypothesis might be: I believe my shoe business is losing money because our sneakers are priced too high and by reducing the cost we will increase sales by at least 50%. By reducing the cost of our sneakers, sales will not increase by at least 50%. A/B Testing. Would it be profitable?

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Like Edison and the lightbulb, like Gates and the pc operating system, I would launch a revolution that would transform society while bringing me wealth and fame. created a vastly higher cost structure; I had 80 people mostly on base salaries under $100,000 and was bringing in revenue at the rate of $20 million annually. .”).

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

  It was simple   - Reduce costs and improve consumer experience for the large retailers.   It was sold in 2000 and today is the customer service arm of Fidelity Financial in Florida.   It was sold in 2000 and today is the customer service arm of Fidelity Financial in Florida. It was bootstrapped.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

It’s transformed my life in terms of the freedoms I’ve had and what kind of life I’ve been able to live and what kind of business I’ve been able to run. 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. The cost to run is very important too.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. Overall, nonventure-backed companies fail more often than venture-backed companies in the first four years of existence, typically because they dont have the capital to keep going if the business model doesnt work, Harvards Mr. Ghosh says.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2019

Reach $125 billion in sales by 2000.” I realized we were really taking off once we opened operations in the New York City and Long Island markets. Business model. Democratize the automobile.” Ford wanted to make the automobile something everyone could enjoy, not just the wealthy or elite. In 2018, Walmart had $500.3

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

i-nigma was successfully deployed by hundreds of enterprises, among them operators, advertisers, integrators and solution providers. Our solutions provide peace of mind, improve quality of life and save costs to users and service providers. Aerotel Medical Systems. Allot Communications. BoomeRing Communication. Craze Productions.

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