ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The dead startups honored were mobile social-networking company Addieu, mobile game and activity locator Get-a-Game and the late, seldom-lamented but often-derided Kozmo.com, which failed way back in 2001 but to this day is held up as the embodiment of dotcom-era foolhardiness. Max Delivery charges a fee and makes a profit.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out. An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe. and profits!

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 26, 2014

Drupal was launched in 2001, and Acquia started in 2007. Red Hat was one of the first of these types of companies bridging open source with big finance, leveraging Linux support into a profitable business, also leveraging the enterprise. They kind of invented this business model. Acquia, Inc. Because they are open source.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup.

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

2) New market (less common form, examples are Lyft and eShares) and 3) New business model (least common, non-K9 portfolio examples are PriceLine and SolarCity). Direct Revenue, meaning no three-way business models and no advertising, media, or content. Frighteningly Early. I started my first company when I was 20.

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Mucker Lab

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Before the iPod debuted in 2001, MP3 players became a billion dollar business led by companies such as Creative Technology. Second, Apple vertically integrated the user experience, business model and distribution model. Apple had the foresight to launch the iPod, iTunes and the Apple Store all in 2001.

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BeyondVC

AUGUST 9, 2006

The best plan in my mind is to make sure that any company we invest in has a tremendous market opportunity with a real business model and high operating margins that can eventually generate real cash flow. Sure I have a plan when I invest, but it is impossible to predict the future. When in doubt, remember cash is king.

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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. The first year of revenue (1999) was $4 million – a remarkable achievement.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

Rand Fishkin: I think it’s a company that is striving for rapid growth and seeking to find a scalable, repeatable business model that works. John Jantsch: Isn’t that every business? John Jantsch: Now that you’re starting another business … How long …? I don’t get it.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Airbnb has changed the world, created a new business model for many people, and has drastically impacted how people look at properties and the space that they own. billion in annual revenue. In 1999, Alibaba had to face many failures; for the first three years, the company made zero revenue. Airbnb now makes $2.5

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

We also sell to both individual consumers and smaller businesses through our Salary.com website. From April 2001 through June 30, 2006, we achieved 21 consecutive quarters of revenue growth. In fact, during the last 3 fiscal years for the company, it did $6.4mm, $10mm, and then $15mm in revenue. million, $0.9

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

I used to, because I’ve had a marketing business, I used to run a lot of ads in newsprint. That was a huge revenue. In fact, I think the classified ad business was half of the ads that newspapers got, and that went away one day completely. In fact, we used to run a lot of classified ads for certain things.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2022

and sell them to consumers, businesses, and governments. The revenue of products that contain chips is worth tens of t rillions of dollars. In 2001 there were 17 companies making the most advanced chips. What’s Next – Business. The business model of Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs) like Intel is rapidly changing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. Then above that is business model power—so, how do you make money? How do you not only make money in terms of revenue and revenue growth, but ultimately how do you develop profits and a profit center?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

After years working in fashion PR/Marketing in NYC and Milan, and then as a co-founder/owner of a Brooklyn-based rock ’n’ roll play space for kids under 5, I found myself becoming overly excited about my friends starting new businesses. 14 – Concept Behind the Business Model. Thanks to Keval Baxi, Codal ! #14

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

As an example, Joel says that there is a chief revenue officer who is solely responsible for bringing in revenue to StackExchange. He is responsible for bringing in revenue from advertising and their careers offering. Lesson: Joel had been building a community of readers since 2001. 29:45 minutes. How did you leave Juno?

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