Venture Chronicles

JANUARY 5, 2014

We’re already starting to see the consequences of this, which is that while consumers may not care that the government is snooping around their stuff but companies really do pay attention to this. 2) The NSA screws the tech industry. 3) Big data takes a breather.

Silicon Valley 62

Silicon Valley Cloud B2C Mobile 62

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. Roughly 18-24 months ago, people started to revisit the question of unit economics… what is the underlying profitability of a B2C transaction or a B2B SaaS contract once all the appropriate costs are factored in.

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

You might notice what’s not on that list above: revenue, investors. No revenue isn’t always a problem for venture-style businesses; no investors + no revenue = challenges for most founders without tremendous self-funding. swing for the fences category-building B2C software capital?—?wasn’t

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. Roughly 18-24 months ago, people started to revisit the question of unit economics… what is the underlying profitability of a B2C transaction or a B2B SaaS contract once all the appropriate costs are factored in.

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Revenue Per Human. But, you want people to obsess about Revenue and not Cost. If 10xing your revenue requires that you quadruple your costs, what's the problem? Remember, we still have PPH to ensure that the revenue we are driving is driving a positive influence on the bottom-line of the company. Subtle change.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Acquisition Naming 60

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2013

In this article, we’ll look at the role that emotional design plays in expanding reach, the influence emotion has on decision making, and we’ll even answer the age old question of does emotion impact B2B? Yeah, But Does More Emotion Work For B2B? Why would a B2B customer value their emotions more? image source.

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Sales B2B Campaign Video 126

Designmantic Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

It is apparent that the United States has the highest performing entrepreneurship, but what is truly amazing is how women contribute the biggest growth in revenue, employment and financial efficiency. She is the founder and CEO of the brand amplification company called Thulium that specializes in B2B social media account-based marketing.

Entrepreneur 76

Entrepreneur Social Media B2B Cofounder 76

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Farming is also often overlooked, but can help grow customer accounts and revenues from 30% upwards (if successful). Great list! Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

This example is about the very sad reality of the Ebola epidemic and the sadder still inaction by governments (like ours). I'm sure that information like this played a key role in getting our government, and likely others, to jump and take action when they did. Let's look at some more. Thank goodness for predictive models.

Analytics 143

Analytics Sierra Leone Channel Conversion 143

Agile VC

MAY 7, 2014

But there’s a ton of interesting bits on everything from growth rates to corporate governance, so I will still do a deep analysis though will serialize this into a couple posts. I’ll first start with a brief background on the genesis of Alibaba and a top level sizing of the company and its underlying businesses. ==.

China 187

China B2B Flash IPO 187

VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

It looks forward to a world where users and creators govern the Internet and the economics flow more fairly to the creators directly via the platforms. Metaverse – it has both B2B and B2C applications. Yuga Labs Pitch Deck: BAYC founders project $455M NFT revenue (2022) from Pitch Decks.

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Cofounder Venture Capital Equity 179

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Spacecom is offering a wide range of Pan African satellite services, including: Cellular backhaul, Rural telephony, Broadband VSAT networks, e-government, e-learning, e- health, Direct To Home (DTH) Multi-channel platforms, DSNG, Video Distribution & Contribution. 4G/LTE and WiMax networks and provide full cell awareness. Amos Spacecom.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103