ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

First Click Free (2008). News is an especially challenging vertical since no site owns a newsworthy event. The New York Times, which passed 5 million subscribers in February and cleared $800 million in revenue last year, supports that opinion. If another website can pick up the slack, that’s going to happen. But it’s not easy.

SEO 122

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

I asked Harshil to focus his entire product and go-to-market strategy on the college-bound age 18 market and develop his assessment module, vertical search engine for colleges and trust network to address the needs of that market and that market alone. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

Spain 115

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

However, the mistake Said has made is to go "spray and pray" and build numerous different verticals without really fleshing out the business strategy for any of them. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. PTA Portals. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

Entrepreneur 116

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2014

In another study, Granify, a CRO software company, conducted a real time behavior analysis of 20+ million visitors over 5 different verticals and also found that “lower prices” was not as pervasive as we may have believed. Shipping Costs. Now, as I said, these are just averages. Do your research and see how this applies to you.

Software Review 117

Software Review Social Media Vertical Algorithm 117

Version One Ventures

APRIL 23, 2013

Speaking from personal experience, this was the driving force behind our decision to sell AbeBooks (a marketplace for used, rare, and hard-to-find books) to Amazon back in 2008. However, I think the most compelling reason to sell is when the founders run out of ideas for how to grow the company further.

Vertical 130

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2016

In the last few years, perhaps in reaction to the business integrity issues leading to the recession back in 2008, I am seeing a renewed focus on other less tangible attributes which can set your startup apart. While these may be necessary for funding, they may not be sufficient to make your startup the great success embodied in your vision.

Startup 120

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Thursday, November 13, 2008. 1st 2008 = base 100) This number compares to the Nasdaq reaching a low point of -46% and currently showing a -40% drop year to date. Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare? Would the median EV/2010 multiple of CARR (as a surrogate to forward revenue) be a valid approach? Cracking The Code.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Founded in November 2008 by Jack Moffitt and Patrick Mahoney; CEO is Gerry Campbell (ex-AOL, ex-Reuters/OpenCalais). Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season. Competitors: OneRiot , Topsy , Crowdeye , Twitter Summize.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

An incubatee with Indian Angel Network, Anirudh Motwani from New Delhi, India, discussed IndiaCollegeSearch , a vertical search engine to address the problem of finding detailed information about various colleges and institutions in India. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. IndiaCollegeSearch.

India 115

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Hippoland

JULY 24, 2016

Your startup’s valuation is not based on a proforma of your revenue. This is really key to understand, because so many founders wonder, “Why was that company over there who has 0 revenue able to raise their round at a $10m cap convertible note? 2008-2009 was a terrible time to raise money. This just doesn’t happen.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 10, 2011

Edward Varghese from New Delhi, India, pitched i-Globify , an outsourcing service catering to the niche travel vertical, focusing on building Web 3.0 I liked his approach to building an outsourcing solution: focusing on a niche and building in-depth skills and credibility within that vertical.

India 116

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 12, 2011

Today, he has over a thousand, and he has chosen to focus on the realtor vertical. Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond.

San Francisco 125

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

What is the right revenue model? I have a question though- do you think that most content metrics (the ebook example you mentioned) should be developed by the "author" to target their specific data, or do you think there are opportunities for a new business vertical that give these tools directly to the creator.

San Francisco 113

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Founded in 2008, Shanghai-based CooTek is the company behind TouchPal X Keyboard and TouchPal Contacts , which lets you type contact names directly on your smartphone’s dial pad. When CooTek started its business in 2008, that was a time when the iOS market was still the largest ecosystem and also the easiest to make money from, Lee notes.

China 122

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Some vertical ad networks have gone after this opportunity, Glam Media being one of the most successful of the lot. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. However, you would need to know how to sell $25 to $50 CPMs, because at $4 to $5 CPMs, there is no money for anybody, not for the network and not for the publisher.

Greece 116

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Qualitas is trying to close various gaps related to imaging in the industrial automation space, and has use cases in a variety of areas from bottling to labeling, and across verticals such as automotive to pharmaceuticals. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008.

Startup 113

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

By the mid-18th century, the Empress had decreed that vodka distilleries were the exclusive purview of the government and and in the latter half of the 1700s taxes on Vodka sales were responsible for up to 40% of the Czar’s revenue! not to mention over $892 billion in revenues in the US). Drink up, friends… 2.

Poland 68

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. With the launch of Airbnb in 2008 and Uber (*) in 2009, these two companies established a new category of marketplaces known as the “sharing economy.” SHARING ECONOMY MARKETPLACES.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2010

If you have a difficult question or problem that requires deep vertical knowledge, you can post it as a brainstorm on the site, along with a reward ranging from $1000 to $5000. The current business model for expert consultants is a brick and mortar industry with revenues of about 1/2 a Billion dollars per year.

Elevator Pitch 63

Elevator Pitch Curation Vertical Bootstrapping 63

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

billion in revenues (growing 39% year-on-year) and $25B of market cap. Compared to Salesforce, the industry leader, the stats were not too dissimilar over the same period: its market cap grew by $19B and its revenue increased by $3.3B. From a revenue standpoint, 58 companies have already crossed the $5M per year mark and 29 are $15M+.

Europe 83

Europe Cloud API 83

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

So, in 2008, I began selling new and refurbished servers and storage lines, which quickly became advantageous to those small-and medium-sized businesses who needed to save money during the cash-strapped days of the recession and chose upgrading their systems versus buying new. A friend challenged me to expand my offerings.

Entrepreneur 48

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The average revenue multiple is now 17x+, close to 10 times higher than during the 2008 crisis! This led me to launch the SaaS 13 Index in February 2008 while I was at Bessemer. In 2000 and 2008, the economic crises had a dramatic impact on the tech ecosystem, but 2020 seems to be very different. And what about Europe?

Europe 71

Europe Cloud Silicon Valley 71

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

We spent considerable time exploring ways to verticalize the app and creating an ad-supported business model instead, which would also broaden his exit options considerably. The challenges of bootstrapping a venture that is dependent on ad-revenue is, however, also quite significant. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

Silicon Valley 105

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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. .”). During this year they. deprecated the old feature-complete product (ACS 3.4)

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

A good set of metrics will allow me to predict that if I spend $1 on a certain marketing tactic, I’m likely to get $X of revenue in Y days. Closed revenue – the actual value of the deal after it has closed. Opportunity Pipeline – the dollar value of the opportunity. If you enjoyed that, you should subscribe!

B2B 42

B2B Metrics Marketing Startup 42

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 12, 2017

That being said you asked initially about ranking and can we identify ranking factors you know Google never through a ranking factor away right and early on in 2008/2009 identified three major attributes to their ranking algorithm. Proximity, prominence, and relevance.

SEO 31

SEO Technical Review Database Search 31

VC Cafe

MAY 18, 2022

a 70% decrease in price might seem like a ‘bargain’ to buy, but in 2008, it took stocks 10 years to recover their original price following a recession, and some lost up to 90% of their original value, so it’s hard to predict how far we are from the bottom. Multiples by vertical. The correction may last 1.5-2

Term Sheet 190

Term Sheet Startup Valuation Ukraine 190

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

For consumers scarred by the 2008 financial crisis, those brands may be perceived as “safer” than fintech alternatives, but that doesn’t nearly explain the sharp increase in share of new accounts. Meanwhile, rewards for debit cards were discontinued by many banks after the 2008 financial crisis. Source: Cornerstone Advisors.

IPO 36

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Way back in 2008, an obscure SaaS company called Zuora started talking—loudly and endlessly—about the “ subscription economy. Most businesses have a handful of target accounts they dream of closing—big, prestigious companies that could generate a whole lot of revenue in a single deal. Create movement-first content to build credibility.

B2B 133

B2B Marketing SEO Search 133

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

How are you planning ramp up the revenue? Also, the nice thing about these revenue streams is that they actually help the Libox user. We have indirect competitors in each of those verticals. Libox was founded in 2008 and has raised $2 million in seed funding from Evergreen Venture Partners , Rhodium and private investors.

Media 84

Media Management API HTML 84

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million). But I knew I had to look for investments in “software meets X (often known as Vertical Software solutions)” rather than necessarily horizontal enterprise software applications.

Media 210

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