View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. Will Quist did a great job of explaining this market rhetoric in this thread. The three-question framework goes as such: Q: How much tech-related market cap will be created in the next 10-20 years? Ok, let’s jump in. State of VC: are we in a bubble?

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

Optimizing Your Agency For Profitability written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Marcel Petitpas. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Marcel Petitpas. More About The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Learn more here. Like this show?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Understanding The Role Of The Chief Behind The Chief written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Cameron Herold. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Cameron Herold. Take The Marketing Assessment: www.marketingassessment.co. The Second in Command Podcast.

CTO 76

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

This post is based on my keynote presentation at Mesh Marketing last week. And you know what – this was mostly in 2012 (+ Moneyball came out in 2004). However, only 11% of marketers use data to make business decisions today. Research shows that marketers are spending pennies on their conversion efforts. Jeremy Lin.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 16, 2013

But we couldn''t have identified this without having clear metrics (that high bug count) to assess our development process. Shutterstock is in a competitive market, but we have the most traffic and the most usage, meaning that we can run more tests (achieve significance sooner) and learn faster than our competitors.

Lean 167

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2019

The team’s success centers on favoring the metric of “getting on base” over “swinging for the fences.” ” The Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series by adopting the same strategy. Teams don’t find product-market fit fast enough, or they can no longer raise the capital required to keep going.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. Will Quist did a great job of explaining this market rhetoric in this thread. The three-question framework goes as such: Q: How much tech-related market cap will be created in the next 10-20 years? Ok, let’s jump in. State of VC: are we in a bubble?

Valuation 156

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

Many also felt they understood their industry, target markets and trends, however, when we conduct our research, we find plenty of areas which have evolved or changed. In a recent survey published on HubSpot, it was found that companies who put data at the core of their marketing/sales decisions improve marketing ROI by 15%-20%.

Retention 115

Retention Customer Developer Programming 115

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

Many also felt they understood their industry, target markets and trends, however, when we conduct our research, we find plenty of areas which have evolved or changed. In a recent survey published on HubSpot, it was found that companies who put data at the core of their marketing/sales decisions improve marketing ROI by 15%-20%.

Retention 112

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Trying to answer that question at IMVU led me to discover Google AdWords and the world of search engine marketing. Probably if I had been an experienced marketer, I would have known that tiny volume to be insignificant, and I would have been embarrassed. But anyone who had done direct response marketing before would have known better.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

It’s easy to get lost down the rabbit hole of metrics for your business. When it comes to getting the most out of your website performance, only certain metrics are what you can consider key performance indicators. For websites, this can include “sales volume,” “number of visits,” “average cart value,” and a variety of other metrics.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Over seven years it is almost inevitable that the markets will turn bad at some point. If I think back over the sixteen years I’ve been investing in startups the market for private company investing was tough from 2000-2004, from 2008-2011 and is getting tough again now.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

Many also felt they understood their industry, target markets and trends, however, when we conduct our research, we find plenty of areas which have evolved or changed. In a recent survey published on HubSpot, it was found that companies who put data at the core of their marketing/sales decisions improve marketing ROI by 15%-20%.

Retention 105

Retention Customer Developer Programming 105

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

Many also felt they understood their industry, target markets and trends, however, when we conduct our research, we find plenty of areas which have evolved or changed. In a recent survey published on HubSpot, it was found that companies who put data at the core of their marketing/sales decisions improve marketing ROI by 15%-20%.

Retention 98

Retention Customer Developer Programming 98

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

It was fall 2004, and the presidential election was in full swing. Even more importantly, you can start to experiment with feature set, positioning, and marketing - all without building a product. Labels: customer development , search engine marketing 13comments: Jim Lindstrom said. Eric -- This is a pretty interesting idea.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

Digital marketing is a steep learning curve for many hoteliers, our mission is to make it easy for them. While I would like to say there was a very expensive marketing and PR campaign for our company that really was not the case. Our marketing stems around the message “welcome to the Good Life.” Photo Credit: Courtnie Nein.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch.

Atlanta 52

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2019

These metrics show the progress you’re making to determine if you are on or off track. My company was founded in 2004, but we didn’t have a BHAG until 2013. I realized we were really taking off once we opened operations in the New York City and Long Island markets. The market is currently working against us.

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Connecticut New York City New York Australia 180

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. But the early customers all compared it to MySpace.

San Francisco 131

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 29, 2016

Spam Laws, Email Marketing, and Compliance written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Compliance laws reach a global market, so let’s visit a few that affect any international email your marketing team sends. Cyprus – Section 06 of the Regulation of Electronic Communications and Postal Services Law of 2004.

Email 28

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch.

Marketing 40

Marketing Matching Social Media Cofounder 40

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch.

Metrics 49

Metrics Social Media Small Business RSS 49

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While institutional LPs know big changes are happening, most focus too much on 1) increasing/decreasing fund size or 2) marketing + branding as the major trends. These two divergent groups have optimized for very different market conditions and behaviors. This is a long piece, so if you’re not a fan of inside baseball, skip it.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

The company agreed to be acquired by Expedia/IAC in 2004 for $210 million in cash, a huge win for all, particularly given their amazing capital efficiency: they had only raised $4 million in venture capital. billion market capitalization as of this writing. . TripAdvisor And Expedia: From $4 million invested to $4 billion in value

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The early history of MySpace is inextricably intertwined with that of Intermix, a small-cap publicly traded Internet company in Los Angeles where I worked as corporate counsel from 2004-06. Intermix had acquired their previous online marketing startup, ResponseBase, and they remained a cohesive group.

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

And finally, Scott demonstrated his internal management tool for managing the metrics of his business. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Makes money by partnering with brands and marketers to publish location-triggered content. It’s awesome. Foursquare. a fbFund winner.

San Francisco 248

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Occam's Razor

MAY 14, 2012

But there is an additional valuable, and sexy, focus of our marketing we don't give enough analytical love: Branding! there is such little accountability to brand marketing and 2. Bonus One: Read: Brand Measurement: Analytics & Metrics for Branding Campaigns ]. The graph shows the change over time, starting in Jan 2004.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch.

Social Media 41

Social Media Small Business Matching RSS 41

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 29, 2013

The discussion focused on companies that have hit product-market fit and are growing fast—a topic for advanced entrepreneurs. Palantir, founded in 2004, had 15 employees when Ari started there; it now has 1,000 employees and $1B in contracts. Wyatt and Ari will both be speaking at The Lean Startup Conference in December.

Lean 167

Lean Hiring Metrics Conversion 167

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 30, 2015

Not only is it notoriously difficult to time the market, but even if you did, you''d miss out on individual winners. Would you be surprised to know that almost half of the dot com companies founded when the boom started in 1996 were still around in 2004--four years after the peak of the NASDAQ? Are we in a bubble?

Hockey Stick 60

Hockey Stick Valuation Startup Maryland 60

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Demand generation tactics address two of the biggest marketing challenges: raising brand awareness and generating leads. It uses marketing to raise brand awareness and get people excited about your products or services. Demand generation marketing isn’t one single strategy or activity. Some marketing tactics (e.g.,

Demand 115

Demand Affiliate Audience Leadership 115

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Kupietzky held a variety of management roles in marketing, sales and product management at world-class technology companies: Digital Insight (Intuit), Loudcloud/Opsware (Hewlett-Packard) and Siebel Systems (Oracle). He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. Prior to joining Boeing, Mr.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

While multiples are indeed often an input for valuing mature, slower growing companies, in the private, high growth tech market, entry multiples tend to be a byproduct of the valuation process: What investors are really trying to understand are possible exit values. A multiple is a company value divided by a metric.

Valuation 36

Valuation Balance Sheet Cofounder Forecast 36

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

When we started IMVU in 2004, we could rely on a staggering amount of open source software that jumpstarted our initial product offering. Add onto that the incredible amounts of infrastructure code that we reused, and we were able to bring our product to market months earlier. Yes, Python developers DO tend to cost more.

PHP 166

PHP Software Review Ruby San Francisco 166

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 12, 2012

When they get customers, they are told to show engagement metrics. When they show engagement metrics, they are told to run some monetization experiments. Isn't there plenty of euphoria and "animal spirits" to go around with the IPO market returning, marquee acquisitions (e.g., I'll wait.).

IPO 44

IPO Metrics Venture Capital Social Media 44

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2020

And so, when we said that jokingly, Nadja diligently started going through the literature research, and in five minutes pulled up a paper saying, "Well, here's a paper that shows that during the SARS outbreak in 2004, niclosamide was actually a very potent inhibitor of viral replication." in the 1980s as a tapeworm medication originally.

United States 68

United States Europe Ratchet Technical Review 68

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

Our direct sales group markets and sells our solutions primarily using the telephone and web-based demonstrations. During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, we achieved positive operating cash flows of $0.3 million for 2004, $1.9 million, $0.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively, and used $0.7

IPO 60

IPO Investment Bankers Demand Revenue 60