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. This gave me an idea: I could help many more entrepreneurs by making the deck available not just to the Greylock network of entrepreneurs, but to everyone. we had no revenue. Reid Hoffman.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund. It was all great fun and I hope it was helpful—and I couldn’t have done it without all the other investors and founders who answered my e-mails roping them into showing up to various office hours events, panels, and other networking events.

Later Stage 218

Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking. The Past (1985-2002).

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. million in 2004 to $6.5 And yet…Forrester found that 70% of CMOs did not list retention as a top priority. The result?

Retention 115

Retention Customer Developer Programming 115

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. million in 2004 to $6.5 And yet…Forrester found that 70% of CMOs did not list retention as a top priority. The result?

Retention 112

Retention Developer Customer Programming 112

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. million in 2004 to $6.5 And yet…Forrester found that 70% of CMOs did not list retention as a top priority. The result?

Retention 105

Retention Customer Developer Programming 105

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. million in 2004 to $6.5 And yet…Forrester found that 70% of CMOs did not list retention as a top priority. The result?

Retention 98

Retention Customer Developer Programming 98

Jeff Hilimire

MAY 6, 2014

10 years ago (2004) I was 28 years old and my company, Spunlogic, was just starting to really grow. We had finally hit $1 million in revenue and would double our revenue every year after until we would eventually sell in March of 2008. Build more sustainable revenue. 10 things I wish I knew 10 years ago.

Atlanta 62

Atlanta Retention Revenue Valuation 62

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Founded : Spring 2004, incorporated July 2004. How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. Financial Snapshot : 2011 Revenue: $3.71 Facebook, Inc.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 7, 2011

It is created because we see a gap in the market or an opportunity for potential revenue creation. I founded and currently run such a call at the European Marketing Network. You can check out popular Internet Marketing forums for conference call sections or even check out our European Marketing Network calls.

Internet 77

Internet Technical Review Networking Search 77

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 28, 2011

Convergent streams The most effective marketing strategy not only focuses on a core market and differentiators, it also finds ways to build multiple streams of recurring revenue.

Marketing 65

Marketing Valuation Differentiation Lead Generation 65

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

O’Reilly’s article describes two businesses from his own career at O’Reilly—the Global Network Navigator (GNN) web portal, which he sold to AOL, and the Website web server, which eventually fell by the wayside. Thanks to the internet and other globalizing technologies, the entire world has entered the Networked Age.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2020

The first shows were created in late 2003, and the term itself was coined in 2004 by combining “iPod” with “broadcasting.”. Explore a pay-per-conversion affiliate program for referring site traffic that results in listeners, especially if you’re trying to generate revenue from your podcast. Let’s get started. .

Syndicate 85

Syndicate Syndication Hosting Audio 85

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

More About The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Learn more here. John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the salesman podcast, hosted by will Barron and brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. Like this show? Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

Cofounder 76

Cofounder Hosting Networking Software Review 76

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 13, 2011

Blocked revenue One of the best ways to build a business that has marketable value is to develop multiple streams of residual income that a potential business buyer can view as a valuable asset. Of course, the flip side is true as well–audiences have become pleasantly surprised when they actually get value from time spent reading or viewing.

Community 65

Community Social Media RSS Engineer 65

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

But even during the macroeconomic boom of 2004 to early 2008 (inflated by various credit bubbles – housing, sovereign debt, LBOs) tech IPOs were extremely rare and then the global economic crisis of late 2008 – 2010 only further dampened hopes for a recovery. Zynga – 8x+ trailing revenue. trailing revenue.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Shama is a bestselling author with her book - The Zen of Social Media Marketing: An Easier Way to Build Credibility, Generate Buzz, and Increase Revenue. Award winning CEO of The Marketing Zen Group – a global digital marketing firm.

Small Business 53

Small Business Marketing Social Media Cofounder 53

Start Up Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Both in terms of revenue and profit. Since its launch in 2004, Facebook was the clear winner of social networking with 3.6 But now, it is starting to wane as TikTok encroaches and people turn away from its social networking apps. 97% of FB / Meta’s revenue comes from advertising.

Social Network 48

Social Network Government Valuation Advertising 48

Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 15, 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. This gave me an idea: I could help many more entrepreneurs by making the deck available not just to the Greylock network of entrepreneurs, but to everyone. the evolution of LinkedIn as a company.

Finance 78

Finance Cofounder Early Stage Networking 78

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Since co-founding Moz in 2004, Rand has continually put himself out there as a public face. Our advantages were almost all network-driven. Inside sales CRM Close.io , for example, grew its company to $6+ million in annual revenue with thought leadership-fueled content marketing. Take SparkToro founder Rand Fishkin.

Demand 115

Demand Affiliate Audience Leadership 115

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 25, 2003

for 2004, down from an August 2003 spending survey forecast of 2.3% growth for 2004. We have a number of companies in the Enterprise IT space selling security, storage, network management, wireless, and other related software. That being said, the October 2003 survey forecasts spending growth of only 1.3%

Forecast 60

Forecast Software Review Portfolio Security 60

Eric Friedman

JULY 12, 2016

Previously, Eric was the Global Senior Director of Sales and Revenue Operations for Foursquare. Eric graduated from George Washington University in 2004 with a degree in Marketing. I was introduced to Eric by my former roommate, Brian Watson , four years ago at a USV holiday party ( Eric was actually the first Analyst for USV ).

Email 60

Email Washington Incubator Early Stage 60

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

What would happen if you focused on the 20% of your customers responsible for 80% of your revenue? This is ultimately how a small, growing or even larger business can grow its revenue, customer and content base from the inside out by adding new leads to the traditional funnel without necessarily having to sacrifice any on the back end.

Social Media 32

Social Media Retention Acquisition LLC 32

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

To the contrary – if you know how to sell your own work, can negotiate good rates, network well, keep consistent work and have a great reputation – it can be very rewarding. I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). I learned about revenue recognition.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

In 2004 I was a part-time flight attendant with a 10-year-old son living in Los Angeles. in December of 2004 with just our one little product, and by the end of 2005 we had sold 1 million Finders Key Purse(r). Ironically I discovered this to be a need when I was attending job seeker networking groups. Photo Credit: Sandy Stein.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur LLC Technical Review Finder 131

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

After taking another year to build a second email marketing startup (with Anvil running in the background), I finally decided it was time for me to commit to building my own team and Anvil grew in earnest in 2004. This was, instead, monthly recurring revenue and a real product. Thanks to Kent Lewis, Anvil Media. #4 software.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Software Review LLC 48

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

had mixed emotions when I read the the press release on the recent funding of iControl Networks. 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. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. ► 2010. (7).

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Last week, I wrote about Akamai , a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet’s fabric. Expedia grew to account for roughly one third of the company’s revenues.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

BeyondVC

DECEMBER 16, 2003

Zone is expected to do around $28mm of revenue in 2003 and $42mm in 2004. The revenue multiple is 7x for 2003 and 5x for 2004. That is pretty much in line with existing security multiples of 6-8x revenue. Some future deals could include an SSL VPN player or network intrusion prevention provider.

Acquisition 60

Acquisition Security Revenue Networking 60

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Most large healthcare IT systems are chosen based on one primary objective: revenue management. healthcare system is complex and difficult, and most of these large EHR systems’ number one purpose is to deliver revenue. From 2004 to 2014, the average payments for coinsurance rose 107% from $117 to $242.

Customer 59

Customer Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 59

BeyondVC

JULY 5, 2004

As an investor, the difficult part of any consumer wireless play is that the wireless world is a walled garden and not an open network like the Internet. Speaking of wireless, there has been lots of talk about Time Warner launching its own branded wireless service over someone else’s wireless network.

IPO 60

IPO Mobile Distribution Revenue 60

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

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. Part 2/3 of Interview: Mike Joins Quigo as CEO, Sells it to Aol for $340 Million [ Minutes: 13 – 30 ]. Judged his instincts, and felt it was Quigo’s time.

Semantic 302

Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

To give you some perspective, my salary today is less than what I made at my first job out of college…in 2004. And if your fund does well – i.e. your companies either raise more money or they grow their revenues a lot – you also don’t make more money, because your salary is based on a percentage of your fund size.

Salary 48

Salary Capital Call Bootstrapping Cofounder 48

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

To give you some perspective, my salary today is less than what I made at my first job out of college…in 2004. And if your fund does well – i.e. your companies either raise more money or they grow their revenues a lot – you also don’t make more money, because your salary is based on a percentage of your fund size.

Salary 48

Salary Capital Call Bootstrapping Cofounder 48

Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

It began as a network that brought physical copies of newspapers to travelers abroad. I started my business back in 2004 when I wanted to escape the corporate rat race. The revenue on the darkroom rental was close to what I was making weekly, I was in disbelief. It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available.

Entrepreneur 128

Entrepreneur South Africa PR Thailand 128

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

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. Include screenshots of your product , a video walk-through and one or two charts that display traction or revenue. Social Network Lists. Social Networking. social networking. What is your viral coefficient?

Social Media 80

Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80