Remove 2011 Remove Aggregator Remove Operations Remove Sales
article thumbnail

Seven Things Your Customers Can Do Better Than You

YoungUpstarts

You take that money and invest a good portion of it in traditional sales and marketing efforts ā€” including product developers, creative people, and salespeople, all of whom are paid to figure out what buyers want and to say good things about your company ā€” in a quest to get even more customers. Close the sale.

Customer 168
article thumbnail

Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Given that 2011 is already behind us, Iā€™d like to take a brief time-out from the usual legal and financial wonkery to wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year. How much risk do IP issues in the aggregate pose to our business ? Financial, technical and operational plans and forecasts of all kinds (trade secret).

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

June 5, 2011. Filing Date: initial filing June 2, 2011. Run Rate Revenue: $2.6B (Q1 2011 annualized). Revenue Growth: 2241% YoY (2010 vs 2009), 1357% YOY (Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010). Run Rate Gross Profit: $1.1B (Q1 2011 annualized). Featured merchants (may not have tipped): 56.8K (Q1 2011), 66.3K (2010), 2.7K (2009).

article thumbnail

Chewy S-1: Category Leadership + Conveyor Belt Into Consumersā€™ Homes

View from Seed

Chewy sells tens of thousands of products from many 3rd party brands, as well as its own private label brands (though latter remains <10% of sales). Chewy helpfully provides some cohort data on both aggregate $ revenue, active customer spend, and LTV/CAC basis. Annual Net Sales By Customer Cohort.

article thumbnail

Chewy S-1: Category Leadership + Conveyor Belt Into Consumersā€™ Homes

Agile VC

Chewy sells tens of thousands of products from many 3rd party brands, as well as its own private label brands (though latter remains <10% of sales). Chewy helpfully provides some cohort data on both aggregate $ revenue, active customer spend, and LTV/CAC basis. Annual Net Sales By Customer Cohort.

article thumbnail

Tech IPOs Are Back ? So Now What? ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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
article thumbnail

Is crowdfunding legal?

Startup Company Lawyer

On April 23, 2012, the SEC published guidance reminding issuers that “any offers or sale of securities purporting to rely on the crowdfunding exemption would be unlawful under federal securities laws” until the SEC adopts new rules. Most importantly, the crowdfunding provisions of the JOBS Act are not yet effective.

SEC 58