Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

A good business analyst will measure how many clicks came through from Facebook, and she/he will also measure the conversion rate, revenue, etc., Revenue per Facebook-referred visitor (staying with last click attribution for now). But not, ever, in aggregate.]. from those clicks. Number of qualified leads. Too strong?

Metrics 165

Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Nowadays nearly every online shop utilizes some sort of product recommendation engine, which is no wonder, as these systems, if set up and configured properly can significantly boost revenues, CTRs, conversions, and other important metrics. This simply means revenues through recommendations / total revenues.

Conversion 48

Conversion Product Technical Review Widget 48

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

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

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. revenue business still growing >50% YoY? spent by new customers in 2015, that same group (in aggregate) bought $1.65

Leadership 214

Leadership .Net Revenue Acquisition 214

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. For SaaS or other recurring revenue businesses these figures might be on a bookings basis rather than GAAP revenue, but conceptually they’re similar.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

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. revenue business still growing >50% YoY? spent by new customers in 2015, that same group (in aggregate) bought $1.65

Leadership 100

Leadership .Net Revenue Acquisition 100

www.kalzumeus.com

AUGUST 13, 2012

Doubling SaaS Revenue By Changing The Pricing Model. It only tends to weakly proxy revenue. Yes, in general, a company with 10 servers tends to have more commercial success than a company with 1 server, but there are plenty of single-server companies with 8 figures of revenue. Results From Testing: 100% Increase In Revenue.

Revenue 62

Revenue Distribution Software Non-Compete 62

Pascal's View

DECEMBER 19, 2012

My comments on the key findings from the Shareholder Representative Services 2012 M & A Deal Terms Study are in bold: Deal sizes: although the median deal size* rose slightly to $75 million in 2012 from $70 million in 2011, deals $50 million or less grew to 42% of deals in 2012, up from 33% in 2011. That’s for sure!

Acquisition 31

Acquisition Merger Dilution Aggregator 31

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

YouTube has done a phenomenal job in aggregating audiences, which is why I have taken to calling YouTube the new Comcast and believe it will be a huge disruptor in the TV market . In 2011 YouTube had 1 trillion views, which is the equivalent of every human watching 140 videos. .” Revenue models are emerging.

Media 302

Media South Korea Distribution Technical Review 302

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Eloqua is bringing this revolution to the B2B marketers by providing on-demand applications and best-practice expertise for B2B marketers to execute, automate and measure effective marketing programs that drive revenue. ► 2011. (2). We decided to fund Wize.com to answer this question. 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. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. We’re only a few months past Sequoia’s famous “R.I.P.

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

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. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. We’re only a few months past Sequoia’s famous “R.I.P.

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

This equates to a loss of revenue, which requires more and more signups from new customers just to replace what you are organically losing every month. I have seen this happen at a few startups I’ve worked with by expanding revenue from the current product, plus up-sell and cross-sell opportunities , but that will be a future post.

Retention 106

Retention Churn Rate Metrics Software Review 106

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. spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO. Florencia Maya says: February 18, 2011 at.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Agile VC

MARCH 30, 2012

Some believe that there are “new” revenue models being created by consumer web companies, like virtual goods or “freemium” services. Their first revenue stream is simply inserting affiliate links to e-tailers into the pinboards that users create. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Business Model 113

Business Model Silicon Valley Advertising B2B 113

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Content providers and owners facing diminishing revenues from their SD sales, due to increasing demand for HD content, can now restore the full economic value of their vast archives, by transforming them to True HD. Unlike other companies, we are a true digital record label, not aggregators.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

12 cloud IPOs in the past 2 years: One from Europe SaaS companies are thriving in the public markets, with their aggregated market cap grew 350% since 2011, and 12 cloud companies going public in the past 24 months. These 12 have performed well, with an aggregate $2.6 Your feedback is welcome! They have raised $3.4B

Europe 83

Europe Cloud API 83

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.

Mobile 112

Mobile Analytics Web Conversion 112

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

As the questions came in, I realized that my 2010 list was great for what I had learned as of 2 years ago, but it also was in desperate need of an update to include what I’ve learned more recently, especially as we’ve pivoted from fabulis to Fab in 2011 and then scaled Fab to more than 7.5 So, here goes. But it should never be a surprise.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Farming is also often overlooked, but can help grow customer accounts and revenues from 30% upwards (if successful). Great list! Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

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.

Mobile 117

Mobile Analytics Lead Generation Web 117

ConversionXL

MARCH 26, 2014

If traffic from one particular source or device behaves significantly different than the rest, it’s enough to screw up your test data completely – and thus also what you’re taking away from the test; in terms of insight as well as revenue. com/2011/11/23/case-study- slow-page-load-mobile- business-metrics/ ….

Analytics 131

Analytics Conversion Metrics Europe 131

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. Craze Productions. GoNet Systems.

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. The online video networks are doing terrific business, and even Yahoo is benefiting from increased brand spend, seeing revenue growth for the first time in a while.

Internet 106

Internet eCommerce Advertising Flash 106

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The Bank of Israel has also forecast 4% growth in 2010, though 2011 growth is seen slightly lower at 3.8% PMC-Sierra is buying Wintegra for a net purchase price of $213 million and will pay up to an additional $60 million based on growth and performance milestones in 2011. In 2009 it boasted revenue of $4.49 following a 5.8%

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

T he response rate has been overwhelming and we ended up with 40+ companies and 80+ attendees, most of them CEOs and CxOs of leading public and private saas companies representing around 80% of the revenues of the SaaS industry in 2007. Your key business metrics are CMRR (Contracted Monthly Recurring Revenue) and cash. ► 2011. (2).

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

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. Two, revenue. Many business owners today really think of financials as being about the past, how much revenue have we had, how much cost did we have. What do you do?

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

But the angels who’ve staked their funds on spreading bits of money all over the Valley are increasingly anxious that only 20 percent of their deals — in aggregate — will get the chance to keep going. iOS App Store revenue still dwarfs Google Play’s, but the challenger is catching up fast. Open Sesame! (A

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93