abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In his 2005 book, The World Is Flat , Thomas Friedman recognizes that the Internet has the ability to create a “level playing field” for all participants, and one where geographic distances become less relevant. Launched in 2005, Etsy is a leading marketplaces for the exchange of vintage and handmade items. annual GMV.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

One that reflects the customer expectations of 2013. Or Ford (it is amazing that in 2013, for such an expensive product, it looks so… 2005). Start investing in creating the world's most beautiful, functional, brand-enhancing, customer joy inducing website! I have a higher standard for who our customer is.

Analytics 165

Analytics Marketing Channel Metrics 165

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

we had no revenue. As a result, we knew that our pitch would need to steer into investors’ biggest concern: the lack of revenue. Instead, our strategy was to steer immediately into the revenue question because that was the top concern of investors in 2004. We made the mistake of listing three different revenue streams.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Your first product will likely be just a little bit ugly, and thats okay — its part of getting to market quickly and testing your idea in front of live customers. I watched a great video with Barbara Corcoran, called " How to get more customers, step 1." Not Listening to Current (or Future) Customers. All Rights Reserved.

Cofounder 111

Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2022

I mean, you said you were a, a cpa, uh, that's not necessarily an industry that jumped into podcasting early on, so, so what was kind of were, was that a real differentiator for you as a cpa or was podcasting just a side gig? John Jantsch (04:52): You know, you mentioned that, I mean, it was such a great differentiator, right?

Audio 50

Audio CPA Technical Review Hosting 50

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million). Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005).

Media 210

Media Los Angeles Russia Viral 210

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

In this post I advocate taking a harder stand on where your product or solution differentiates in the market – even if it means you lose some deals as a result. The first of question is about qualifying your potential customers aka leads. I recently wrote about the three rules of sales. Why Buy Anything ? Why Buy Me?

Sales 150

Sales Silicon Valley Las Vegas Southern California 150

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 28, 2011

Expect to pay a premium Implementing a marketing strategy that allows you to carve out a clear point of differentiation and perhaps a narrow market focus, allows you to charge a premium for your products and services. If the business has to depend on you to make it rain, well, how can run it without you?

Marketing 65

Marketing Valuation Differentiation Lead Generation 65

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

The strategy was brilliant: get loads of people using your product and eventually turn them into paying customers. 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.

Software Review 78

Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

By 2005, it became clear that more people were reading GigaOm than they were reading my then employer, Business 2.0. We spend money on things that help in improving the experience of our customers, our readers. you inspired me back in 2005 to look hard into blogging as a serious business venture. Back to the top.

Founder 80

Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere. I think the long-tail (size in terms of market cap, revenue, employees etc – pick one doesn’t matter) is moving towards the city.

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

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. I heard horror stories about how their technicians had chips on their shoulders, belittling customers with their elitist attitudes. That’s it.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2010

Square is extremely interesting to me because of the potential it has to significantly widen the transaction playing field and practically double the revenues of any delicious cash-only trailer on South Congress simply by facilitating credit card transactions. The dominant players in this category are Yahoo! participate in auctions.

Mobile 72

Mobile Japan Metadata Chicago 72