VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

billion revenue in 2021 for Epic Games and was played by 83.3 billion acquisition of Weta Digital, Peter Jackson’s VFX company, gives Unity capabilities in creating hyper realistic virtual environments using RT3D (real-time 3D) technology. billion revenue in 2021, a 107% increase year-on-year. Fortnite generated $5.8

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Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

For the first few years, your VCs want you to keep your head down, build the product, find product/market fit and ship to get to some inflection point (revenue, users, etc.). Not for some short-time “lets flip the company” strategy but an eye for who, how and when you can make an acquisition happen. If so, how is the revenue measured?

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Liquidity Event Founder Liquidation Preference Private Equity 120

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Your brand identity is more than just a logo or a name. Think about it – when you hear the name “Apple” or “Google,” what comes to mind? Choose a brand name and logo: Choose a brand name and logo that are memorable, distinctive, and easy to recognize. How to design SaaS UX?

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Design Product Churn Rate Architecture 105

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

MakeSpace (as he named it) would help you get your excess goods into low-cost warehouses. How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? An example of the systems companies build are pricing & revenue management tools to best help to optimize yield. How profitable is my product or service?

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Operations New York City Technical Review Startup 286

YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2018

Of course, these are important ingredients to growth, but the – perhaps unconventional – truth is that this kind of growth can be riskier and less compelling to investors than growth through acquisition. And, namely, they pique the interests of those in the private capital markets. Structuring the Desired Deal.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

While this reaction to such a valuation is understandable, to anybody who has seen the meteoric rise in consumer demand and actual revenue the valuation is much less surprising and may turn out to be quite conservative. I think it’s quite possible that Bird could be the fastest growing company to reach a billion dollars in run rate revenue.

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San Francisco Valuation Technical Review Los Angeles 256

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2022

Use acquisitions to complement organic growth. Smart companies use acquisitions to enhance momentum and accelerate revenue growth. Public companies usually only come at a premium over value, or even premium on a premium in a bidding war, big brand names, or overconfidence. In many cases, the return is not worth the cost.

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Intellectual Property Acquisition Non-Compete Merger 322

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue).

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 313

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The new name, Calxeda , pronounced “Cal-zeh-dah,” is a derivative of the Latin for “Smooth-Stone.” Baughman was most recently with Polycom where he was Vice President, Product Management of a $700 million revenue video solutions group, and was key in managing Polycom’s strategic partnership with Microsoft. Naval Nuclear Power Program.

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Naming Hiring Technical Review Virginia 59

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

billion in ad revenue in 2020. But you can also accumulate significant exposure and revenue through an organic YouTube strategy. Given that most users abandon apps within 30 days post-installation, high downloads don’t lead to high audience retention, satisfaction, or revenue. Revenue metrics. YouTube generated $19.77

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Analytics Metrics Channel Video 134

ConversionXL

JULY 28, 2021

Revenue prediction: The predicted revenue from purchases in the next 28 days from users active in the previous 28 days. . If you’re adding an app data stream, enter your iOS bundle ID or Android package name, then click Register app. For best results, Google suggests using recommended event parameter names. Life cycle.

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Analytics Artificial Inteligence eCommerce Audience 146

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

This is final installment of a 3-part series covering my acquisition of HitTail. Could you talk a bit about the diligence you did during the acquisition? Due diligence is the most important part of the process because it dictates whether you should move forward with the acquisition, and at what price. Photo by psiaki.

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Acquisition Software Review Technical Review NDA 53

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Stacked Marketer turned a free newsletter into a six-figure revenue generator by staying actionable, convenient, and entertaining. How market share and revenue have grown. This example workflow by Content Marketing Institute visualizes simply how a content team works: Finally, name one person to oversee project management.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

After analysing our case studies and CRM, we saw that 73% of total revenue came from these two segments. In the first quarter of 2020 we grew our revenue by 50% and were able to double revenue compared to 2019, significantly decreasing the sales cycle length and growing the ACV—all the while the world faced the consuqneces of a pandemic.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Since 2015, clothing brand ASOS has grown revenue by an average of 22% year over year. For example, you may run the same ad on both Instagram and TikTok to measure which platform performs best in lead acquisition. A successful ecommerce marketing strategy, designed and executed correctly, can catalyze huge revenue growth.

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eCommerce Marketing Social Media Retention 129

ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

This leads to greater brand awareness , revenues, and customer loyalty. This makes the right data harder to locate, resulting in poor conversion rates that affect revenues and dampen company culture. When they’re aligned revenue and profits increase. Intelligent Blends increases revenue with push notifications.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue).

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 370

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2015

Make sure you name your key players and advisors, and include any prior startup experience and prior experience in the relevant business domain. Project revenues, costs and investment expectations. The best way to do this is to highlight a recent similar company payback to investors, via going public or acquisition exit.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Investor Technical Review 120

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

17:07] I’m seeing more and more agencies talk about growth through acquisition – is that a good way to grow? So a lot of times we'll help, 'em understand they wanna buy controllership work, which is just the, you know, the full on financial cash movement of all of their revenue through all of their systems. Blumer CPAs.

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CPA Technical Review Revenue Forecast 70

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

If your product is free, with advertising revenue from click-throughs, you need a sign-up rate and page-view rate that approaches one million page views per month. Average transaction size and revenue per customer. Customer acquisition cost. Free and freemium products need a solid base.

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Hockey Stick Early Stage Metrics Acquisition 304

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 8, 2021

That’s why Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) is such a critical metric. That would mean the 1100 new customers in March are the result of February’s acquisition cost. Therefore, you need to attribute revenue by their monthly cohorts rather than when they converted in order to properly measure ROAS. The key takeaway?

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Acquisition Churn Rate Cost Customer 135

Up and Running

JULY 15, 2015

50% of B2B companies find it difficult to attribute marketing activity directly to revenue results. Referrals—record the name of the referral not just the word “referral”. Some people prefer to track Gross Revenue, instead of (or along with) the lifetime value of the client. Acquisition Cost of a New Customer.

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Marketing Social Media Campaign Acquisition 60

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

GumGum now also lists similar clients, including Vodafone and Sprint, a sign of how one big-name client can attract others. It’s proven to drive more revenue , improve customer experience , and power growth. Does the client offer more than revenue? Is your industry open season or are you up against established names.

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Lead Generation Marketing Sales Cycle Campaign 94

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

By now you probably know that Netflix is splitting its business into two parts: its digital streaming business (retains the name Netflix) and its DVD mailing business, which was its original business (to be called Qwikster). It’s the most profound book I’ve read on thinking about how the Internet is changing business.

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Los Angeles Revenue Retention Acquisition 329

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Salesforce, for example, increased its revenue market share to 18.4% Product should be your main channel for customer acquisition, retention and expansion. Hands down the best conference I’ve been to but, more importantly, finally getting to meet in real life all the people who have for too long been just names on LinkedIn.

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B2B Marketing Curation PPC 94

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

Especially during challenging times, retention is significantly more crucial than acquisition. Although our in-person services were put on hold, our eCommerce products, including virtual services tripled in revenue. Due to that, we decided to widen our client base to increase our revenue. Thanks to Gavin Johnson, Evking ! #3-

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Entrepreneur Metrics Technical Review North America 118

ReadWriteStart

JULY 17, 2023

The acquisition will help Sheela Foam enter the fast-growing branded furniture market and expand its presence in the furniture industry. In the financial year ending in March this year, the startup generated a revenue of $18.5 The acquisition is also expected to drive consolidation in the furniture industry in India.

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India Acquisition Merger Curation 104

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Muun found a market need but failed to compete with bigger names that provided customers with authoritative content and resources. It partners with sales to close more revenue, informs product teams to deliver better products, and in some cases, co-owns demand generation activities with marketing teams.

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Marketing Product Audience Equity 110

ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2021

But it’s not as simple as reaching out to a company you want to collaborate with and putting their name on your website in exchange for cash. If your audience isn’t interested in a sponsor’s product or service, then putting their name to your offer won’t deliver the ROI they’re looking for, ruining any chance of a long-term partnership.

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Audience Social Media Email Ruby 139

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

The entrepreneur who founded and grew the largest startup in the world to $10 billion in revenue and got fired is someone you have probably never heard of. Where are the charitable foundations, business schools, and hospitals named after the founder of GM? A version of this article appeared in the Harvard Business Review.

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Michigan Cofounder Stock Forecast 296

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2015

We wanted to find out if a coupon for Pier 1 Imports increased (or decreased) revenue. Decide how much money to devote to customer acquisition. As its name suggests, customer lifetime value (or CLV) is the total profit that a customer generates for your business between his or her first and final purchases.

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Analytics Customer Acquisition Metrics 100

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In my daily work with ecommerce brands, I see two types of companies: The first type focuses on acquisition and conversion. Overall acquisition costs for both B2C and B2B have gone up by 50% in the past five years. Cohort analysis can be done for revenue, churn, viral word of mouth, support costs, or any other metric you care about.

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Retention Analytics Campaign eCommerce 126

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Since 2015, her company, Barney, has guided over 150 media, marketing & tech companies through acquisitions. Questions I ask Amanda Dixon: [1:14] What’s the story behind your company name? [1:57] 10:25] Are you seeing anybody selling parts of their companies rather than an entire acquisition? [11:19] This is great.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Cofounder Valuation 76

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

If you want your brand reputation to soar, it’s time to step away from acquisitions and pour focus into your eCommerce customer retention strategy. While these acquisition tactics draw one-time consumers in, without an effective post-funnel plan, you’ll be repeating this process over and over again. Don’t just take our word for it.

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Retention eCommerce Customer Artificial Inteligence 145

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

It’s misleadingly precise to have two digits to the right of the decimal in a CAC/LTV multiple for year 3 of your forecast (“Customer Acquisition Cost”/”LifeTime Value of Customer”). 6) Title your file in a format like [Company Name] [Forecast] [yyyymmdd], e.g., “[Company Name] Forecast 20150524″. 7) Organize your tabs.

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Balance Sheet Software Review Forecast Acquisition 60

Berkonomics

JANUARY 26, 2017

Offering too little in an acquisition to satisfy the seller? Not only do you save the value of imputed interest, but you most likely will use, resell, collect from your customer and even earn on the excess sales revenues deposited in your bank before you ever have to pay the supplier. You name the price; I’ll name the terms.

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Naming Warrant Private Equity Valuation 48

Ben's Blog

APRIL 27, 2011

In that role, he championed the acquisition of a little known company named Weblogic. When Alfred presented the acquisition to BEA’s board of directors, one prominent board member said: “if you think that this company is going to pay $150M for a company with $150K in revenue, you are out of your f&%!$n’

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