This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

I don’t know exactly when the agency to product transfer happened at Buddy, or at what point you can start calling yourself a software company (when service revenues dip below subscription/license revs?), but the evidence would suggest that repositioning the company as social enterprise software was a master stroke.

Software 105

Software Media Social Media Advertising 105

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

APRIL 28, 2011

Almost every app category has a dominate app – social fb , weather weather.com , etc. you might have 1000 play your game, 50 of them pay, and 1 of them give you half your revenue. Not testing out other a networks, started with admob and didn’t change it. Word of mouth is a big influence for app discovery.

Portland 63

Portland Oregon Mobile Incubator 63

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

May 26, 2011. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved. link] leehower.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The next event will be on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 8:00 AM (PDT), register to attend here. What appears clear to me today is how fundamentally the Internet is changing business processes, and the advent of nifty social media tools and technologies that plug into core business processes like lead nurturing are a powerful force.

Entrepreneur 116

Entrepreneur San Francisco Technical Review New Jersey 116

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

APRIL 28, 2011

Almost every app category has a dominate app – social fb , weather weather.com , etc. You might have 1000 play your game, 50 of them pay, and 1 of them give you half your revenue. Mistake of not testing out other a networks, started with admob and didn’t change it. Ipad users willing to pay 5-10 per app.

Portland 40

Portland Oregon Mobile Incubator 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

He says that you should never consider a public offering unless you are confident that the company will deliver increasing profits and revenue after the offering, so that the public buyer can anticipate a gain. Draper III, in his new book titled “ The Startup Game.” Which stock would you bet on as the leader? Marty Zwilling.

IPO 223

IPO Social Media Media Exit Strategy 223

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud. Long before others, they saw that these applications could have hundreds of millions of users with “off the chart&# revenue and profits. In May 2011, RenRen—the Facebook of China —had a first day valuation of $7.4

Silicon Valley 328

Silicon Valley Stealth Valuation Mississippi 328

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. The site is run by Mercy Corps , which intends to help “small businesses grow faster, generate more revenue, and employ more people.&#

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network 94

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2012

TackThis ( www.tackthis.com ) allows businesses to set up a full e-commerce solution on any website or social network, and even lets them manage that online retail shop with a centralized inventory and customer management system. “We set up TackThis to revolutionize online shopping, making it fun, social and seamless.

Singapore 220

Singapore Small Business Cofounder Social Media 220

Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Increase current conversion rate by 25%, quantify how much increased revenue there will be. Aim for quintupling revenue, obviously, but calculating just 25% improvement will give you all the budget you need from your management to insert urgency into the shopping process. Significantly higher revenue awaits. Do something simple.

Conversion 124

Conversion eCommerce Artificial Inteligence Aggregator 124

Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

That I’ve had a few “exits” and instead of hunkering down and writing code for 6 months I opted to talk to a few of my buddies at the yacht club and purchase a primed and growing social network for somewhere in the mid-seven figures. After co-hosting MicroConf in early 2011 I was on the prowl for the next big thing.

Acquisition 63

Acquisition Software Review Fresno Algorithm 63

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2012

500 list is payment processor Unified Payments, which saw a whopping three-year growth rate of 23,646 percent, with other prominent brands on the list including social networking site Facebook, Yelp, yogurt maker Chobani, Giftcards.com, KIND and convenience retailer Kum & Go. Topping the Inc. The companies in the Inc. ’s.

United States 159

United States Aggregator Social Network Revenue 159

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

TokyoYuki Question: What about giving an added incentive to potential developers, in exchange for part of up-front fees, a percentage of the revenue generated from the app/program? View More » Business The 12 Days of Holiday Revenue Maximi. That's my old keyboard (in the post image)! Saitek Executive.

Software Developers 79

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

Are we seeing a time in which pre-revenue companies are more valuable than our offline institutional brands? So resume + directionally-correct social graph = goldmine for recruiting, networking and marketing. It doesn’t strike me as a “social network&# in the way we’ve come to define them.

Churn Rate 309

Churn Rate IPO Open Source PR 309

ConversionXL

JUNE 9, 2016

Experiment to see what works for you, but remember that Facebook is a social network and not everyone is sold on this social commerce concept, yet. 5% conversion rate resulted in more than $15,000 in revenue. Now, those numbers were released back in March, so it’s safe to assume revenue has increased since.

Social Media 48

Social Media eCommerce Media Audience 48

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. Financial Snapshot : 2011 Revenue: $3.71 2011 YoY Revenue Growth: 88%.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Looking Ahead: The Rest of 2011 and 2012 Outlook. As small business owners plan for 2012, they are likely to increase: · Use of their website to drive business (62-percent), · Marketing using social networking sites (41-percent), and. · 77-percent cited “being their own boss” as the key benefit to being a small business owner.

Small Business 176

Small Business United States Social Network Government 176

Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

Costolo clearly wants to position Twitter as a complementary part of the media ecosystem (which it is by and large) rather than a competitor, and there remains a chance that Twitter will have other forms of revenue besides ads. Here’s why: Virtually all of Twitter’s revenue comes from advertising.

Media 113

Media Advertising Silicon Valley Revenue 113

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 16, 2012

This quote from Lex explains how Tencent’s management is offsetting declining subscription revenue growth by growing their revenue from games, including by acquisition (e.g. Tencent Announces 2011 Fourth Quarter and Annual Results (prnewswire.com). Related articles.

Acquisition 104

Acquisition Merger Social Network Revenue 104

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

social proof? Since most companies have little to no revenue, who else has already invested in the deal is heavily weighted to prove value. Every week StartupDigest publishes weekly newsletters about the best events, jobs, and what to read for your industry. Follow McCann on Twitter @Mccannatron. on AngelList. startupcto

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Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. In 2011, Yale launched Yale-NUS, a sister university based in Singapore. My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. Everyone wanted to work in finance.

Affiliate 60

Affiliate Connecticut Programming Community 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 21, 2011

We also had Pritam Roy present Gomolo.in , a social network and online hangout for movie lovers. This is good news: A revenue model is always good to have early on to sustain a venture while the bigger scaling points are still being sorted out. Fragrochem.

Networking 115

Networking Partner Entrepreneur Bootstrapping 115

The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

People will notice and appreciate the effort to reach out away from social networks. - Aliza Sherman , Award-winning Digital Strategist, Author. Telling people that they need a mobile strategy was useful in 2010 or 2011. Handwritten notes, phone calls, handshakes. You must follow trend predictions.

Media 154

Media Social Media Cofounder Caching 154

Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

The artists received very little of album sales, but kept concert and merchandise revenue. The artists received very little of album sales, but kept concert and merchandise revenue. October 3, 2011 6:21 AM. October 20, 2011 7:34 AM. The artists had very few sales of albums, but gave a concert and commodity revenue.

San Jose 28

San Jose Software Review Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

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). You can replace the last one with Revenue or Average Order Value if you are hard core ecommerce.

Metrics 165

Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

Ben's Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Over the last two years, Jason and his team have brilliantly executed a dramatic transformation of the company and today Ning hosts over 100,000 social networks covering every conceivable topic and interest, from 50 Cent to Sarah Palin and beyond. Glam is a company founded by longtime entrepreneur and innovator Samir Arora.

Cofounder 74

Cofounder Merger Social Network Web 74

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

With each hand, a small percentage of the pot is scraped off by the dealer, which in essence becomes the “revenue” for the casino. While casinos use the term “rake,” a plethora of interesting word choices exist which all describe the same thing – keeping a little bit of the revenue for the company that is running the service.

Europe 101

Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 18, 2017

Sometimes, an angry customer decides to take their anger online and shares their frustrations on social networks. It can quickly impact your revenues or the trust your customers have in your brand. — American Red Cross (@RedCross) February 16, 2011. — Dogfish Head Brewery (@dogfishbeer) February 16, 2011.

PR 61

PR Social Media Public Relations New York 61

Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 18, 2013

The article contained a chart showing music industry revenues peaking in 1999 at $27 billion and dropping consistently as a result of the disruptive power of digital music and iPods/iPhones. Industry revenue may have finally flattened out at $16.5 The first was this article in The Economist about the music business.

Japan 41

Japan Advertising Internet Video 41

Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 1, 2011

The root of my theory is that I believe social will see its biggest impact coming from mobile devices in 2011, and thus companies will no longer be able to pretend that “next year is the year of mobile.” Social, in effect, is going to force the mobilization of marketing in 2011. for the first time.

Mobile 31

Mobile Marketing Forecast Campaign 31

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Fifty of its manufacturing activities and 70% of its consolidated revenues derive from global operations. During its 34 years, the BIRD Foundation has invested in more than 820 projects, which have yielded direct and indirect revenues of about $8 billion. Israel Corporation is Israel’s largest holding company.

Peru 96

Peru Technical Review North America 96

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors. With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. The opportunity cost of the money I have not made on crypto is insane because I first was talking about crypto in 2011 as I’ve been in financial services for a long time. You take a more tacit approach.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

Friday, August 26, 2011. To that last one, there is certainly some truth as the standard time vs. revenue chart in most business plans looks like this: Im not teaching Entrepreneurial Finance this semester for the first time since Fall 2007. Does a complicated sales build model make sense for a pre-revenue SaaS company?

Silicon Valley 35

Silicon Valley San Jose Hockey Stick Venture Capital 35

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Monday, June 20, 2011. had mixed emotions when I read the the press release on the recent funding of iControl Networks. But of course, the model had us requiring only $10M equity to breakeven and to achieve $185M in revenues in 2008 (the magic Year 5 in all business plans). June 21, 2011 2:32 PM. June 21, 2011 4:21 PM.

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28