Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

I had read somewhere that Apple’s cash pile was equivalent to Hungary’s GDP so I tweeted out the suggestion that perhaps an activist shareholder should push an acquisition of Hungary rather than thinking small (e.g. increasing dividends or issuing preferred stock). If you add up all the content, software, and services (e.g.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Sales intelligence platform Cognism cut their lead generation efforts by 90% in 2021. Then they increased their revenue from $2M to $6M in six months. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a demand generation funnel that fuels the pipeline, shortens the sale cycle, and generates revenue.

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Up and Running

JULY 20, 2015

Most simply, cash flow statements very quickly tell the story of how much revenue a company has coming in (inflows), and how much it has going out (outflows). Your organization’s operating activities include everything that relates to how you generate revenue. Investing activities. Financing activities.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 11, 2019

While larger businesses tend to make more tempting targets for international acquisition, thus siphoning profits out of New Zealand and into the pockets of foreign shareholders, small businesses are generally closely held, with profits staying in the hands of New Zealanders. NZ Sales Manager. Australian Sales Leader.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Buyer journeys have become so convoluted that the linear sales funnel mapping the path from awareness to consideration to purchase is no longer sufficient to give you realistic insights into the buying process. Qualitative research can also be gathered during sales calls. via Revenue Champions].

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paulgraham.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

The best thing to measure the growth rate of is revenue. Thats a reasonable proxy for revenue growth because whenever the startup does start trying to make money, their revenues will probably be a constant multiple of active users. [ The other way to get returns from an investment is in the form of dividends.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2020

Money talks, and if you can show that, by improving the customer experience, it might lead to a 1% increase in conversion, and that could lead to $XXXX more revenue per year, that can help put things into context. Others can actually make things worse for your customers and harm revenue. Share data or insights company-wide.

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Gust

MAY 24, 2012

A typical series of Preferred Stock in a venture-backed startup carries a liquidation preference, anti-dilution rights, dividend preference, a separate vote to fill its own seat(s) on the Board of Directors, “protective provisions” requiring the company to obtain a separate vote of the Preferred to take certain corporate actions, and more.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

. * I dont control the companys valuation: if for example the company is privately-held, then the value of equity might be complicated and outside my control (you can dilute equity, reinvest any revenue instead of paying it in dividends, etc., Unethical IMO but some people make money that way.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

That moves into the customer acquisition strategy. This includes again another acronym I’m going to share, CAC, the cost to acquire a customer, the customer acquisition cost. Now you’re going to move into your revenue model. Okay, so now your revenue model, so this is—. Are you landing a big sale?

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The dividend tax for all eligible companies in all areas will be set at 15%. ChemChina, a state-owned company formed in 2004 from the former Ministry of Chemical Industry, had sales of $23 billion in 2010 and assets of $29 billion. Perrigo, which recorded net sales of $2.7 Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) had revenue of $43.6

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ConversionXL

JULY 6, 2021

Still, a LinkedIn ad strategy can pay back dividends if your products or services produce a high monthly recurring revenue or you sell high-ticket items. Do work: SaaS products with high recurring monthly revenue. CTAs like demo requests or talking with a member of the sales team are high commitment and high friction.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Right out of Graduate School, I started my career with one of the big four accounting firms in their M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) practice. Not to mention the quarter million dollar sale of the business as our exit. I had to outlay nearly $30,000 just to replace these. But hey, not every day is a sunny day now is it?

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