ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

In 2002, McKinsey published a study of 1,000 U.S. Although the company created an incentive plan to boost sales, its sales growth fell from 19% before the recession to 8% after—five percentage points below Staples’ postrecession sales growth rate. What the big studies have shown.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. SALES & MARKETING. But with the help of Grahams company, which specializes in creating tech systems for start-ups, Jumpstart grew to more than $50 million in revenue--enough to make it an attractive acquisition for media conglomerate Hachette Filipacchi. Finance | Tuesdays. Newsletters.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

The importance of the conference is that it assembles most of the top privately held early-to-mid-stage technology companies in the country (and some globally) as well as most VC’s, growth equity funds and corporate development departments from large industry players looking at technology acquisitions. Revenue of ~$160mm in 2008.

IPO 242

IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

Agile VC

JANUARY 21, 2015

And even acquisitions painted as successes may look very different below the (typically confidential) surface. We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 Don’t shrug off poor sales or user growth, a dysfunctional team, a wave of bad PR, or other challenges confronting the business.

Cofounder 188

Cofounder Seed Stage Employee PR 188

View from Seed

JANUARY 20, 2015

And even acquisitions painted as successes may look very different below the (typically confidential) surface. We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 Don’t shrug off poor sales or user growth, a dysfunctional team, a wave of bad PR, or other challenges confronting the business.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Startup Employee PR 120

Agile VC

JANUARY 21, 2015

And even acquisitions painted as successes may look very different below the (typically confidential) surface. We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 Don’t shrug off poor sales or user growth, a dysfunctional team, a wave of bad PR, or other challenges confronting the business.

Cofounder 100

Cofounder Seed Stage Employee PR 100

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 11, 2015

When Elon Musk received $200 million from the proceeds of the PayPal acquisition in 2002, he re-invested everything to build the next big thing: $100 million in SpaceX and $100 million in Tesla. You can read the full story here ) #8 Engine Developing a scalable sales and marketing engine is a key element of success for SaaS companies.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Churn Rate Silicon Valley Engineer 48