reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. we had no revenue. the evolution of LinkedIn as a company.

Entrepreneur 111

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Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2014

And while some of the readers have gone to the same provider but online, the revenue streams have not. When critical mass is lost, the business model itself starts to crumble. It was built in 2004 at a cost of $220 million. It does seem that our BuzzFeed encroached world now rewards speed, rather than depth.

Channel 85

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Macro conversions are the primary goal of your website, to convert user traffic into revenue. On the other side of the coin, micro conversions are actions a user completes that are either on the path to revenue-generating macro conversions or not directly related to revenue-generation at all. 1) Revenue per visitor.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

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. Google realized that being the way to find the world’s information was a blitzscalable market, thanks to the network effects in its AdWords revenue engine.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

OH in South Park, San Francisco (or on Zoom from Big Sky, Montana): “OMG, crazy – that firm just paid 100x revenue to invest in [insert hot startup here] – what could they be thinking?” Multiples are not only used to value companies today but also to value companies several years down the line.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2024

Since I’ve started writing about Israeli startups in 2004, there has never been any event like October 7 and the war that followed. With NVIDIA’s Israel-1 AI supercomputer, a broad range of innovative companies in Israel will create AI that can transform the productivity and business models of enterprises around the world.”

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Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital 78

Up and Running

MARCH 2, 2015

For the love of business. The idea for the company came about when two surfing Californians took a trip to Bali, Indonesia, in 2004. You must be practical about your business model in a for-profit organisation. Look at Indosole, for example. See Also Think Big, Start Small: The Story of a Startup.

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Indonesia Cofounder Forecast Government 60

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

So a lot of agencies track revenue, some actually even track profit, but you, if we're gonna optimize, um, profitability, what, what should we be measuring? So there is, is a way to adapt your business model and do this without time sheets. John Jantsch (22:27): The, my longest running client, uh, has been a client since 2004.

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Cofounder Networking Hosting Software Review 74

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. During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, we achieved positive operating cash flows of $0.3 million for 2004, $1.9

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BeyondVC

APRIL 12, 2006

It seems that the open source business model has been top of mind for many in the technology industry as of late. As I mention in an earlier post in 2004 , Red Hat has needed to find more avenues for growth and what better way to do that than moving up the stack from the OS. Sounds like Microsoft?

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

In 2004 I was a part-time flight attendant with a 10-year-old son living in Los Angeles. Though I was told by many in the gift industry that a business cannot exist with just one product, I had faith that I could pull this off. I did just that—start my own business—for this very practical reason. 12- I needed to pay my rent!

Entrepreneur 127

Entrepreneur LLC Technical Review Finder 127

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. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. Now that iControl has raised over $100M, this got me thinking back to our original business plan.

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

BeyondVC

DECEMBER 20, 2004

This reminds me of a conversation I had this summer with a Veritas executive who said how difficult it was to scale beyond $1-2 billion in revenue and that size matters. There were a number of companies in that revenue band but very few above it like Microsoft, SAP, and Oracle.

IPO 60

IPO SEC Valuation Revenue 60

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

What is the mix of revenue between ads, subscriptions, digital downloads & ecommerce. My favorite quote of the show, “Gregg, what’s the mix of revenue types?&# JibJab doesn’t do ad revenue at all. How did the Introduction of YouTube affect your business? How did you go viral initially?

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Viral Investment Bankers Video Business Model 303

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Of course, monetization of search became one of the best business models in the history of business. After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ). They sold in December 2007, but he started selling Quigo in 2004.

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Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

The only thing that seemed to be consistent about my growth was that my revenue was relatively flat while my user base kept growing. This turned out to be a good move since it doubled their revenue that month. He has a great stats page that shows everything from monthly revenue to the breakdown of users by plan type.

Software Review 78

Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO. 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. .”). We had the wrong business model. During this year they. Author : Todd.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

In 2004 I began blogging. Because I have no employees, there’s a profit margin of about 70%, so it’s a really fantastic business model and gives me the freedom to travel and come back from my travel with more money than I left with. Adding Ad Revenue. I own my own house. I had someone running the forum.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010. Harvard professor Noam Wasserman and WSJ small-business editor Vanessa OConnell took reader questions about avoiding start-up pitfalls on Sept. start-ups fail, he says. Replay the event.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

After the Dot Com crash of 1999, most yet-to-be-disrupted big firms got back to business. era emerged circa 2004, it really did feel like we’d discovered some kind of utopia. Because shareholders liked that it was only 2 weeks revenue or 6% of cash on hand. ‘ Oh, but it doesn’t suit our business model’ .

Government 79

Government Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Social Media 79

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2019

billion in revenue, with a total revenue of $136.3 My company was founded in 2004, but we didn’t have a BHAG until 2013. But a BHAG shouldn’t focus solely on revenue or growth. Business model. Ford wanted to make the automobile something everyone could enjoy, not just the wealthy or elite. Company goals.

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Connecticut New York City New York Australia 135

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2014

Phuket’s western beaches, thankfully, have recovered from the extensive damage they suffered during the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004, the catastrophe that also ravaged many other coastal communities around the Indian Ocean and claimed the lives of over 230,000 people in fourteen countries. according to CBRE,” he explains.

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Singapore Thailand Asia Developer 160

David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

Until recently, most Internet innovation has centered around improvements — big improvements, but incremental ones nonetheless — to existing business models and familiar social structures: Amazon is the ultimate retail destination, Zipcar the ubiquitous rental-car agency; Meetup is a sewing circle on steroids.

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Darfur Sudan Cofounder United Kingdom 122