ConversionXL

APRIL 6, 2016

Last year we pulled off a fantastic event, and we were keen to do even better in 2016. Luiz Centenaro (@LuizCent) April 1, 2016. Underlines improve clickthrough on Bing for both algorithmic results and ads (so more revenue) and improve time to successful click (better UX). We succeeded. Great friends great learnings.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4 Venture Capital investments in AI, Europe 2016 (Source: Dealroom ). Raised $8M in series B in September 2016. YouAppi (2011)- YouAppi creates adtech to streamline mobile user acquisition. Billion in VC funding.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

Kauffman Fellows Report (2020): “Diverse Founding Teams generate higher median realized multiples (RMs) on Acquisitions and IPOs]. BCG (June 2018): “Startups founded and cofounded by women actually performed better over time, generating 10% more in cumulative revenue over a five-year period: $730,000 compared with $662,000.”.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 24, 2017

Growth stocks provide the ideal opportunity as they see earnings and revenues rise at above-average speed. Investors, therefore, should be willing to sacrifice current return as long as the revenue keeps on increasing at an above-average rate. This would be useful for personalization and cross-user acquisition.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 27, 2015

So that’s why we are excited about 2016 because there will be more and more entrepreneurs and businesses. This includes a “Learning and Leading in Manufacturing” forum for small manufacturers in my region and the hosting of the “Leadercast”in May of 2016. For us at CEO Blog Nation, we get it.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Back in 2016, Europe and Israel had only four public companies worth less than $9B combined and local cloud companies had raised just $900M throughout 2015. One of the 2020 giants also left this select club: Zoom, which was impacted by the failed acquisition of Five9 and people’s gradual return to offices. in Sept 2020.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 2, 2017

Largely yes, but the pot of gold might be more modest than some of 2016’s notable transactions suggest (Jet, Cruise, Dollar Shave Club). We had our first taste of this trend playing out early in 2016 when GM acquired self-driving tech startup Cruise for north of $1b. Next Level: Buying Customers/Revenue/Distribution.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Between January 2015 and January 2016, we grew our platform Slidebean from $1K to $20K in monthly recurring revenue. Getting the first tracks of revenue is one of the toughest processes of building a startup. Cost of Acquisition (CAC): The total cost of acquiring a user through a given channel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

Even social entrepreneurs need milestones, quantifiable results, and revenue to sustain their value. Investors expect to hear annual revenues, average margins, customer acquisition costs and sales pipelines. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 05/18/2016. Focus on customer needs.

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View from Seed

MARCH 16, 2016

Most impressively, there seems to be a thriving startup of every flavor, with many more joining the list of Pillar Startups on the Guide in 2016 compared to 2015. Look out for bootstrapped CarGurus , one of the leading used-car properties, targeting over $150M in revenue this year. More exciting, industry-leading companies.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Back in 2016, I read a book called Sprint by Jake Knapp, founder of Google Ventures. For ambitious agencies, taking an MVP approach can unlock incredibly lucrative revenue streams. Here’s what our very first landing page looked like in 2016: This landing page wasn’t pretty and broke many copywriting rules in the book.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2016

For growing revenue and market share, it’s a key element of your overall strategy, and one that can make or break you. These expansions can be lucrative, but may require more complex strategic partner arrangements or even acquisitions. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 06/01/2016.

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ConversionXL

JULY 11, 2016

Elite Camp 2016 had an enviable line-up of heavy hitters and rock stars. Three tactics to maximize revenue from a CRO program: Free test software. Build acquisition into your product (LinkedIn, TransferWise). The post Key Insights from Every Speaker of Elite Camp 2016 appeared first on ConversionXL. Change of statistics.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In fact, the 2016 Kaufman Index on Startup Activity reported that 550,000 new businesses are started every month in America. If you’re looking at the acquisition path to entrepreneurship, what do you need to know? Is the business profitable with healthy revenues and cash flow? Entrepreneurship. Are you ready to be in charge?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

FraudLogix said that 50% (yes, 50% ) of all ads that gained an impression in 2016 were a result of non-human traffic. When the fraud hit, that fell to just a few hundred pounds of revenue a day and a ton of wasted spend. Any marketing strateg y that relies heavily on PPC—or any single channel—for acquisition is at risk.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2016

Before a quiet acquisition by PCH Innovations for just $15 million, Fab had raised 11 rounds of VC funding at a $900 million valuation. It was able to reinvest that cash into the business, creating immediate and dramatic revenue growth. It made risky bets in untested markets and tried to grow bigger than its customers were ready for.

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Transformify

MARCH 4, 2020

Similar allegations have been posed back in 2016 by a mysterious research & investigations agency called Zatarra. From an investor’s point of view, the acquisition of Hermes iTickets in 2015 is a clear red flag. The fact that Zatarra was largely unknown to the broad public did not prevent investor’s panic.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

TJ Parker (@tjparker) August 25, 2016. Acquisitions are happening more and more, while companies like PillPack, Actifio, CarGurus, OnShape, Acquia, Applause, and others continue to march forward. In addition, look at Facebook’s revenue per user growth globally over the past few quarters. pic.twitter.com/LDrlNyH8mR. —

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

I use a more restrictive definition: A growth team is a product tech team that’s focused on acquisition instead of core product features. Using the same playbook that I developed at KISSmetrics, we ran non-stop A/B tests on our email subscription funnel, driving 480,000 leads in 2016 and smashing our lead goals for the year.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Freemium and free-trial signups have one thing in common: Neither generates revenue. Single-company reports in 2016 from Chargebee , Justuno , and Recapture.io Nonetheless, sharpening targeting for user acquisition or offering a trial only to some users (e.g. ranged from 10 to 25%. Free-trial models. Hybrid models.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. 3- Triple our revenue and grow our base. We have two key goals for 2018: To grow our user base to more than 1 million and triple our revenue. 1- Efficiency. #2- 2- Two goals.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2022

billion in revenue in 2021, an 8x increase over a five year period, representing 5% of the global gaming revenue. Israel’s proliferation of “social casino” companies has created a strong talent pool in the areas of monetisation and user acquisition. billion in 2016 ( source ). Global gaming revenues.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

Revenue needs to grow 20x, and margins must expand dramatically. I won’t dive into cost structure in this blog post, but let’s think through how Snap could grow revenue 20x. I won’t dive into cost structure in this blog post, but let’s think through how Snap could grow revenue 20x. Global smartphone revenue is about $420B.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Facetune was originally released in 2013, and Facetune 2 was released in 2016. At the time of funding, their revenue for the year to date had already exceeded $200 million. The capital boost is intended to be used to fund acquisitions as well as launch new products. million followers on Instagram) and hosted by Loey Lane (2.32

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

For example, according to CBInsights nearly 140 machine intelligence have been acquired since 2011, with over 40 being bought so far in 2016. Most often the first acquisitions in a hype cycle are for the “shiny objects” – the technology, the team and the tools. I had all that in mind as we watched our teams present.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It turns out that to build a successful company you ultimately need this strange thing called “revenue” that people don’t just hand you: You need to earn it. And there’s this other thing called “gross margin,” which shows the quality of your revenue. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make?

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

mobile is ~50% of revenue, shorter form works better. Flip your funnel – only 5% of revenue comes from optimisation but 92% of revenue from retention. Optimize for retention, not just acquisition. To understand acquisition you must understand lifetime value. Result: -45% revenue per visit.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Moreover, several of the Israeli startups that chose a SPAC merger as an exit, are trading at lower valuations than they entered Wall Street with given that the valuations were set on future projections and not current revenues. Israeli unicorns have evolved in recent years. The post The 2021 Israeli Unicorn Map appeared first on VC Cafe.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

The strategy, according to Google, improves ad recall (and, undoubtedly, YouTube revenues). In 2016, Hootsuite blended entertainment into a product update by parodying Jimmy Kimmel’s popular “Mean Tweets” segment. (So link] [Video] pic.twitter.com/drV5ARcl2a — Hootsuite (@hootsuite) January 29, 2016. Image source ).

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Austin Startup

MAY 22, 2020

Blitzfailing: How to NOT Grow a Company Some time around 2016, a company that was raising at a lofty valuation pitched to me requesting capital from one of Sputnik ATX’s antecedent funds. I pointed out to their pitchman that they had lower unit revenue and far higher unit cost than their competitors. The company pitching was WeWork.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2016

But in my experience as a startup advisor, too many entrepreneurs get stuck there, and always find excuses for not really exploring mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and alliance alternatives. Of course, they all prefer cash, but some may work for future revenue or startup equity. Investigate strategic alliance alternatives.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2018

acquisition of Jet.com in August 2016 transformed the company beyond the addition of the Jet platform. Jet.com founder Marc Lore ascended to CEO of Walmart’s US e-commerce operations, and since joining has taken the company on an e-commerce/apparel acquisition spree. POTENTIAL ACQUISITION TARGETS. E-commerce.

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VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2021

According to Statista, revenue generated from apps (paid downloads and in-app advertising) will reach $935 billion by 2023, and that doesn’t doesn’t include the many trillions of dollars transacted via apps in the last decade alone (think Amazon, Uber, games, etc). Worldwide mobile app revenues in 2014 to 2023 (in billion U.S.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

There are a number of trends concerning IPOs and capital formation to note: First, the raw number of IPOs has declined significantly: From 1980-2000, the US averaged roughly 300 IPOs per year; from 2001-2016, the average fell to 108 per year. double the rate of the prior year, 103 of those being venture-backed companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

This can be customer acquisition cost, revenue growth, profit, or whatever other parameters are key to your success. You can fail by not being there at all (see the United Breaks Guitars story ), or making a big mistake (see The 12 Worst Social-Media Fails of 2016 ). Pick the ones that fit your desired outcome.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

For example, according to CBInsights nearly 140 machine intelligence have been acquired since 2011, with over 40 being bought so far in 2016. Most often the first acquisitions in a hype cycle are for the “shiny objects” – the technology, the team and the tools. I had all that in mind as we watched our teams present.

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

B2B ecommerce sales , (businesses selling directly to other businesses) generate three times as much revenue as B2C, at $7.7 In 2016, mobile search officially overcame desktop search with nearly 60 percent of all searches coming from mobile devices. Customer acquisition cost (CAC): Tow much it costs to acquire a new customer.

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