Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

Firstly, the cost of running an internet application has fallen 100-fold. In 2000, I was CEO of the first cloud computing company, Loudcloud, where the price for a customer running a redundant version of a basic internet application was approximately $150,000 per month. Software is eating the world. Today, there are over 2.1

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

She is the global customer growth and innovation evangelist at Salesforce and the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Growth IQ. Key Takeaway: Prioritizing the employee experience alongside customer experience drives business success. 06:25] In most companies, the customer interacts with their employees. [06:25]

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. million pre-money valuation is now raising $1 million at a $12 million valuation the next investor has nowhere to go but up (or sit out the investment).

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Bplans and Palo Alto Software are strong supporters of entrepreneurs and small business owners. See Also: How and Why to Collect Customer Email Addresses. Our #1 email marketing provider pick for a startup or small business. There are metrics to review. Which one should you choose? Second, it’s very easy to learn and use.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 1, 2016

Here are 26 businesses that you can start virtually free (and those that aren’t completely free are quite low-cost). While not a new concept, monetized blogging is always a popular option for an essentially no-cost business. The trouble is, you don’t have a whole lot of starting capital—or any, for that matter. Etsy business.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

1- Initials of a longer name. Basically we charge 1% per side on a transaction instead of the normal 2.5% We also knew that one-word.com domains are either insanely expensive ($1 million+). I came up with my business name, Kate’s Theatrics at about 9pm April 14, 2001. Photo Credit: James McGrath. on Go Daddy.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Companies that produce little value today might still receive high valuations due to high growth expectations. As you can see, not all of these multiples are comparable as some of the bubble era multiples were NM—not meaningful—due to negative earnings. And hence the great crash of 2000 and 2001. It’s the valuation:value ratio.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

1) Solve a Problem. 2) Help Others & Improve Upon Customer Service. I started my business namely to help others and to improve upon the aloof customer service being presented in the IT industry. Back in 2005, I started Cellit, a company focused on helping companies communicate with their customers via text messages.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. Perhaps 1% of the first wave agreed with me. March 25, 2011 at 1:04 pm. But attitude.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2020

Customers will need more than permission to return to restaurants and other businesses that were closed because of a virus they know is still circulating. After September 11th, 2001, people were afraid to fly. Customers complained about the added friction, but they accepted it as necessary?—?and It’s easy to scare people.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2016

by Gareth Wilson, Head of Marketing at Fog Creek Software. It costs up to one fifth of an employee’s annual salary to replace a team member when they go, so it certainly pays off to keep your staff on board for as long as possible. Our customers never visited our workspace; this was a decision made solely for the comfort of our staff.

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