Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

You could argue that it takes some time to restart the SaaS flywheel after a slow year, but an acceleration in 2010 should at least translate into a stronger 2011 guidance, which is not really the case (10/11 growth median is 18%, so barely above 2010). ► 2011. (2). McKinsey highlight #1: the art of cost cutting or.

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

Steve Blank

MARCH 15, 2011

We graded them on a scale of 1-5, posted our grades and comments to a shared Google doc, and had our Teaching Assistant aggregate the grades and feedback to pass on to the teams.). Lee Redden (MSME Robotics, Jun 2011) Research in haptic devices, autonomous systems and surgical robots, BSME (U Nebraska at Lincoln), Family Farms in Nebraska.

Business Model 237

Business Model Nebraska Peru Germany 237

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 21, 2013

In late 2011, Google announced an effort to make search behavior more secure. Aggregated search engine level analysis. If you want to stress test this,… go back to your 2011 (pre- not provided ) data for paid and organic and see what you can find. Logged-in users were switched to using httpS from http.

Search 154

Search SEO Analytics Engineer 154

View from Seed

JUNE 13, 2019

The company launched in 2011 and then was acquired by PetSmart for over $3 billion in 2017 (PetSmart itself owned by PE firm BC Partners), but Chewy is now preparing for life as a standalone public company. Chewy helpfully provides some cohort data on both aggregate $ revenue, active customer spend, and LTV/CAC basis.

Leadership 214

Leadership .Net Revenue Acquisition 214

David Teten

MAY 8, 2012

The company has experienced extraordinary growth: in March 2011, it had funded around 20,000 campaigns in 159 countries. It was created before the Internet age to protect investors by promoting full disclosure of information. For small businesses, registering a company is timely and costly in management fees, accounting fees, and legal fees.

Securities and Exchange Commission 148

Securities and Exchange Commission IRR Entrepreneur Angel Investor 148

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Same thing with the class of 2011, except they’re a different cohort because they share a different common experience in a time period. As the above chart shows, we can compare the average income of the class of 2010 and 2011 over the same relative interval (5 years after graduation) for an apple-to-apples comparison. . Image source.

Conversion 48

Conversion Retention Acquisition Metrics 48

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Recommendations can be powered by aggregate data, which determines the relevance of a certain item in relation to a given context, or user specific data, that fuels personalized recommendations. Another telling example, is when back in 2011 eBay acquired a 2-year-old recommendation engine startup , Hunch for $80 million.

Conversion 48

Conversion Product Technical Review Widget 48

Agile VC

JUNE 13, 2019

The company launched in 2011 and then was acquired by PetSmart for over $3 billion in 2017 (PetSmart itself owned by PE firm BC Partners), but Chewy is now preparing for life as a standalone public company. Chewy helpfully provides some cohort data on both aggregate $ revenue, active customer spend, and LTV/CAC basis.

Leadership 100

Leadership .Net Revenue Acquisition 100

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

1) Macro Environment Still Dictates IPO Windows - While 2011 saw dozens of tech IPOs, macroeconomic conditions still dictate when companies can successfully complete an offering. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved. I see several dynamics at work in today’s IPO markets. So now what? Author howerl. Previous Entries.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. Cost of entry for a startup is at an all-time low.

IPO 273

IPO Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 273

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

When you have limited distribution, the costs of distributing media are so prohibitive that only the largest of media producers (and distributors) are relevant. That couldn’t happen without the advent of lower cost production & distribution. Production costs have plummeted. Why is that? Even a hundred.

Media 302

Media South Korea Distribution Technical Review 302

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Wize provides consumers with a unique way to leverage the online wisdom by aggregating the opinions of millions of users and by letting people ask questions about a specific product or need to the Wize community. ► 2011. (2). McKinsey highlight #1: the art of cost cutting or. sales and marketing. (10). software. (10).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Europe 48

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

January 11th, 2011 the Chubby Team 34 Comments. Marc Hedlund of Wesabe talked about this in his post-mortem stating: Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. Investors Companies.

Cofounder 89

Cofounder Startup Technical Cofounder CTO Hire 89

VC Cafe

AUGUST 14, 2011

Back in January 2011, Groupon bought out Grouper.co.il , Israel’s first to market daily deal site for an estimated $8-15 million US dollars. On August 3rd, 2011, BUY2 bought out competitor Deal Hayom for 2 million shekels ($568,000, 08/06/11, Hebrew article). and BUY2 is succeeding. 90,000, and Groupon.co.il made a palsy ?

Aggregator 102

Aggregator Marketing Germany 102

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

2009-2011: Retrenchment. Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. But let’s look back at the last decade in VC-backed startups… it’s easy to forget how predominant mindsets change throughout the cycle.

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

I enjoyed participating in last week’s Capital Roundtable Private Equity Masterclass on “ Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business ” (May 26 th , 2011). Deal aggregation websites Increasing in popularity, trying to increase market efficiency. View more presentations. Intermediaries.

Private Equity 122

Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

In 2011, Fred Wilson cited the 30/10/10 ratio as a “law of web/mobile physics,” generally true regardless of business or industry—that is, 30% of customers will use a service each month, 10% will use it each day, and as many as 10% of daily users will be using it at any given time. Never stop testing and optimizing your onboarding process.

Retention 106

Retention Churn Rate Metrics Software Review 106

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

2009-2011: Retrenchment. Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. But let’s look back at the last decade in VC-backed startups… it’s easy to forget how predominant mindsets change throughout the cycle.

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. Contributing to the high cost structure was the new culture of working 9-5 Monday through Friday. says: April 16, 2011 at. [.] ?? ????????

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

www.kalzumeus.com

AUGUST 13, 2012

Sidenote: If you run a software business, you absolutely need some form of server monitoring, because the application being down costs you money and trust. Let me try to explain the pricing in words so that you can understand why: It costs $11 per server plus $2 per website. I hate, hate, hate this pricing scheme.

Revenue 62

Revenue Distribution Software Non-Compete 62

ConversionXL

AUGUST 23, 2020

While studies show that on the desktop , longer, content-rich pages can dramatically increase conversions for products that cost more or need more explanation, with mobile ( and especially with visitors from mobile ads) it’s been observed that longer call times can correlate revenue increases. Pillar 3: Optimize for call quality.

Mobile 112

Mobile Analytics Web Conversion 112

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

At first glance, mobile payments seem like a no brainer… consumers [seemingly] want the convenience of paying with a phone rather than cash or credit card, merchants dislike the cost associated with accepting credit cards, and mobile ecosystem players (e.g. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved. Is that it? Not really.

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Cell Buddy has developed the only seamless, carrier grade solution, for low cost Voice calls, SMS and Internet, while abroad. Unlike other companies, we are a true digital record label, not aggregators. CellBuddy - Company Website. We live, think and breathe digital music distribution. VivoText - Company Website.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

The cost for the startups is 10% of their equity, which is taken by the fund GeekVentures I as payment. Since their inauguration in February 2011, little has been shared on the VentureGeeks program or its participants – until now. They plan to scale by using ecommerce aggregators as affiliates. Dr. Jan Himls and Dr.

Incubator 99

Incubator Startup Florida 99

Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

These days, getting that sheepskin from a top-flight university can cost approximately $200,000 in tuition alone. To help temper the high cost of college, a number of high-tech start-ups have been making impressive strides in the realm of online instruction. Diplomas: Time for an Upgrade. We sometimes call a diploma a “sheepskin.”

Non-Compete 78

Non-Compete New York Metadata Programming 78

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 23, 2014

While studies show that on the desktop, longer, content-rich pages can dramatically increase conversions for products that cost more or need more explanation, with mobile ( and especially with visitors from mobile ads) it’s been observed that longer call times can correlate revenue increases. Pillar 3: Optimize For Call Quality.

Mobile 117

Mobile Analytics Lead Generation Web 117

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Ultimately, finding a low-cost, repeatable way to show customers how to be successful with your solution is as important as the solution itself. You put into words what we were thinking for our cost of client. Michael Kassing. Let me just say "Thanks". You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2020

They found that while in 1958, the average lifespan of a company listed on the S&P 500 was sixty-one years, in 2011 it was less than eighteen. I then suggested that they work with factories in the interior of China to reduce those costs, but again their compliance teams took too long to approve these new factories for it to help.

Fractional CTO 147

Fractional CTO CTO Hire China Silicon Valley 147

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

For the third consecutive year , VC Cafe puts the spotlight on the Israeli companies exhibiting in the MWC 2011 event. Interested to meet any of these companies face to face at the WMC 2011? Below are the 56 Israeli companies who will exhibit at the 2011 Mobile World Congress: 3G Vision. Allot Communications.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Before I try gazing into my crystal ball to see what 2011 will bring for the consumer internet industry, let me first see how I did on last years predictions: 1. I think we’ll see more from the online lending space in 2011, so I may just have been too early on that part of the prediction! Now, on to my predictions for 2011: __.

Internet 113

Internet eCommerce Advertising Flash 113

YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2013

While reliable statistics are impossible to find, Bowker says nearly 150,000 — 43 percent — of all print books were self-published in 2011. And how much do they cost? Aggregators. But that doesn’t begin to cover ebooks, which we know total in the millions and are rising exponentially. But their process is hit and miss.

Cuba 168

Cuba Aggregator Iran Social Media 168

Scott Edward Walker

JANUARY 13, 2012

The Brown bill was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and a hearing was held by such Committee on December 1, 2011, with respect to several pieces of capital formation legislation , including crowdfunding.

SEC 91

SEC Las Vegas Accredited Investor Security 91

Altgate

APRIL 22, 2009

 Obviously, WSGR has a much larger sample size and the fact that they make it public (in aggregate) is impressive. .  Last year, I spent a lot of time attempting to reverse engineer  this data based on a small personal sample size.   Building that must have been crazy.

Term Sheet 52

Term Sheet Intellectual Property Venture Capital Hawaii 52

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

This introduction was also the opportunity to illustrate the amazing growth of our software and saas portfolio in the past years, with aggregated revenues reaching $1.2B ► 2011. (2). McKinsey highlight #1: the art of cost cutting or. sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2). software. (10). Blog Archive.

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

Scott Edward Walker

MARCH 1, 2012

“The Senate is the place where bills go to die.” – Bill Maher On November 3, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 407-17 to pass the “Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act,” a crowdfunding bill which permits startups to offer and sell securities via crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter or social networking sites like Facebook.

SEC 65

SEC Security Accredited Investor Social Network 65

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

So that was my thesis when I left the Pentagon in 2011. And that’s a very tolerable cost for fully encrypted compute, without having to decrypt the underlying data. As much as the brand-new tools of communication and aggregation and finding community are creating craziness like QAnon and extremist behavior.

Technology 314

Technology Security Internet Video 314

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

We did GroupMe for around three years, turned into a company and ended up selling it to Skype for around eighty million dollars and that was in 2011. The DIY mentality can really bog you down and become a burden eventually, plus it can really cost you more time and money in the grand scheme of things. Just to dive into the first.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95