Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Maker announced it has raised $62 million this year, acquired an amazing off-YouTube distribution network and grown its business in monetary terms by almost 300% year-over-year off of an already large base. but not that this justifies take a 45% revenue share. This revenue share comes after the YouTube split.

Networking 366

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The more well-known your company becomes, the harder it gets to directly impact primary KPI’s at the aggregate level because the majority of customers who buy are going to do so irrespective of if your button color is red or blue. You’re second-guessing different motivations/segments and developing different solutions for context.

Chad 112

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

Silicon Valley 223

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

And over time, I envision that eco-system after eco-system around the world would learn how to use this program to do effective and precise entrepreneurship development, not spray and pray, which is largely what goes on today, with huge amount of resources being wasted. We have done that in 1M/1M.

Costa Rica 114

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

YouTube takes too high of a revenue split (45% vs. 30% that Apple and many other distribution companies take – FWIW, YouTube argues this is because their costs are much higher since they host and stream the video). You have to have some of your own content formats and not just be an aggregator of talent.

SEM 150

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? All things being equal, of course, you’d rather have more revenue rather than less. And yet revenue alone is not a sufficient goal.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

San Francisco 113

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

When you have limited distribution, the costs of distributing media are so prohibitive that only the largest of media producers (and distributors) are relevant. That couldn’t happen without the advent of lower cost production & distribution. This was how companies who produced media became big before the Internet.

Media 302

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

Wikipedia.com defines a “startup company (startup or startup) is an entrepreneurial venture which is typically a newly emerged, fast-growing business that aims to meet a marketplace need by developing a viable business model around an innovative product, service, process, or a platform.”. Seek help from a mentor or advisor.

Bootstrapping 85

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www.kalzumeus.com

AUGUST 13, 2012

Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Doubling SaaS Revenue By Changing The Pricing Model. It only tends to weakly proxy revenue. Results From Testing: 100% Increase In Revenue. Variable pricing : $420 monthly revenue added / 2161 visitors (~$0.19

Revenue 62

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2013

Evernote makes a great software product and distributes it through a free to upgrade approach. Products and services can be packaged and distributed through a multitude of channels and delivered in physical form, digital form and as one time purchases or ongoing subscriptions. This is probably the most common approach. Clarity.fm

Business Model 77

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

He is on the board of the Angel Resource Institute, and is a partner with Montlake Capital (a late stage growth capital fund) and with Revenue Capital Management (a royalty based lender). as well as a more detailed description of the distribution of outcomes: Kauffman Foundation Angel Returns Study and NESTA Angel Investing Study.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

The Data Warehouse market is typically estimated at $30 B in annual revenue and the big data components, where the largest need for performance gains resides, is growing at double digit rates. According to 451 Research , “For vendors with less than $1 B in revenue, we estimate a CAGR of 39%.”

Peru 58

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Whether you’re trying to raise money for your business or are developing a plan for strategic growth, a solid business plan is a key component to every successful business. You can use this simple formula to develop a positioning statement: For [target market description] who [target market need], [this product] [how it meets the need].

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2010

He’s joined by Brian Dainton and Eric Falcao, two seasoned Ruby developers who will hold the titles of Director of Products, and Director of Platform. I’ve been exploring ideas to work with these guys for a while because they are incredible developers. Chief Content Officer for ad:tech. Is there real value in that data?

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Rob Go

JANUARY 29, 2012

Facebook’s success is largely based on its ability to aggregate the biggest audience on the internet and understand and monetize that audience. Facebook’s impressive revenue relies largely on advertising. Finally, Facebook hasn’t yet developed a meaningful off-Facebook advertising product that has scale.

Advertising 59

Advertising Mobile Aggregator Distribution 59

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

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. Two of the teams focused on the two main sources of revenue, one team on inbound leads, and the last team on site conversion rates.

Conversion 133

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2016

The reason is that most people equate MCN with “YouTube aggregators” meaning people who sign up video creators, roll them up into a single content management system and then collect advertising revenue from YouTube. YouTube aggregation isn’t a business. You create and aggregate videos.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This provides us more time to develop meaningful relationships with prospects and customers. Tribe Capital has developed A Quantitative Approach to Product Market Fit. . Lighter Capital, a Revenue Based Investing VC, offers a Cost of Capital Calculator. 3) Raise capital. An example of a tech-enabled VC is Corl.

Technical Review 78

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www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

To build the online media giants of tomorrow, companies need models where the costs of both content and distribution are near zero. At that scale, you can reach billions of dollars in revenue. I’m seeing a full blown 3rd party developer API built on top of Twitter Cards in near future. 26 September 2012. 20 Comments.

Social Media 47

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Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2013

More revenue! #2: Extra work for you to download the data and aggregate it, but it is very valuable data so put in the extra effort. The Ad Groups view is pretty helpful from an aggregated perspective. The data is aggregated, but remember you are not trying to pinpoint the last click here. Go do one for your own site.

Search 135

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

Develop a Smarter Understanding of Your Audiences. It has been a great way to immediately influence revenue for my ecommerce engagements. The latter is particularly useful as an aggregated view for senior executives. This report is the only place you can see distribution of days to purchase for Assisted Conversions.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

Then there have been entrepreneurs who sort of don't do anything in the realm of biotech but can somehow help with logistics or distribution or whatever that like, "I am going to ask my friends who do run biotech companies or hospitals or whatever, what they need me to do and then all of our plans are out the window. SA : Right.

Silicon Valley 68

Silicon Valley Technical Review Government .Net 68

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Applicaster’s solutions are adopted by a constantly growing number of world leading content owners, format developers, broadcasters, cable companies, and MNOs. Utilizing a recently developed innovative technology, BetterView leads a revolution in the content world. We live, think and breathe digital music distribution.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

The Amazon AWS-led revolution of startup innovation has led to a massive increase in the aggregate number of startups. In addition it is much easier to get distribution than it was in the pre Facebook, pre iPhone world. In addition it is much easier to get distribution than it was in the pre Facebook, pre iPhone world.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Most large healthcare IT systems are chosen based on one primary objective: revenue management. healthcare system is complex and difficult, and most of these large EHR systems’ number one purpose is to deliver revenue. Billing and collection in the U.S. They contribute to the overall problem.

Customer 59

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

You have to build a large online tech company that distributes video.” And it’s not about aggregating traffic better. Online technology company that distributes video. It’s why most will grow some revenue but will never truly build large online businesses. Most will fail. Here is an example.

Video 150

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ConversionXL

MARCH 16, 2016

NPS is a valuable customer experience tool, and companies everywhere are using it to improve their experience and boost revenue. Net Promoter Score is a customer loyalty metric developed by (and a trademark of) Fred Reichheld, Bain & Company, and Satmetrix. Unfortunately, the real world is a little more nuanced. Image Source.

.Net 48

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

We recently wrapped up our strategy offsite, an annual event that brings together the members of our very distributed team – 12 different cities in four different countries – to discuss what our aspirations and ambitions are for the coming year. So from day one, my knowledge about how to do a startup was zero. Back to the top.

Founder 80

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

That also backfired on service development since we had to focus on current problems instead of adding new functionalities. spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO. spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO. You can guess how it influenced user experience.

Cofounder 89

Cofounder Startup Technical Cofounder CTO Hire 89

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Start with aggregating scarce and in-demand inventory. For many locally focused marketplaces, its significantly more valuable to dominate a single DMA than thinly penetrate multiple DMA’s given the same revenue traction. The Beanie Babies craze in the mid to late nineties, for example, essentially jump-started eBay.

B2C 136

B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I don’t know any developers. Tony P great, though meebo’s place as a “successful&# start up is still open to debate – from consumer IM aggregator to white label IM, still not making big $$. I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product.

Technical Review 84

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 17, 2010

Imagine trying to build a single phone that encompasses all of the potential features of the iPhone if you had to develop all of those features on your own. On top of that, once you get a critical mass of developers creating for your platform—if you have the most volume—it’s tougher to unseat you as the application destination of choice.

API 94

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Google buzz Advertise Network Blippr iPhone App Mashable France MashDeck Twitter App Mobile Site Social Media Events Twitter Guide Book Facebook Guide Book Partners App Development WordPress Expert Rackspace Hosting MaxCDN Content Delivery Dynect Managed DNS ConVerdge Communities About Us Submit a Tip!

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 15, 2019

You need to prove that your online marketing campaigns drive offline revenue. A homogenizing collection of data from multiple sources organized for distribution, sharing, and often subsetting and sharing. Aggregates. Invest in developing your data culture and data literacy to make sure the team is data-driven.

Analytics 85

Analytics Cloud Advertising Metrics 85

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Conversion Rate could be through the roof and yet revenue could be down, your first clues for this will be in understand AOV. Also for this metric more than any other it is important to look at distribution and not averages (they lie!). That's why I used Average Order Value (or for Mel and Ian : Average Basket Size :)).

Metrics 123

Metrics Web Non-Compete Analytics 123

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Content, including articles, guides, and case studies, can still generate prospects and customers consistently—you just need to approach distribution from a different angle. Most businesses have a handful of target accounts they dream of closing—big, prestigious companies that could generate a whole lot of revenue in a single deal.

B2B 133

B2B Marketing SEO Search 133