YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

by Eliot Burdett, co-founder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting. Generating revenue through sales, especially as start-up capital diminishes, can make or break a company’s success. These should include not only revenue goals but also the sales activity required to achieve the revenue. Don’t build too soon.

Sales 100

Sales Cofounder Sales Cycle Revenue 100

VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. Crossed the $200M in revenue and reached over 400 million unique users.

B2C 148

B2C Generative AI Artificial Inteligence 148

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

At NextView we invest across the spectrum of seed stage companies so roughly 1/3rd of the companies we invest in are pre-product, roughly 1/3rd are post-product but pre-revenue, and perhaps 1/3rd have some very early revenue. You’re obviously not showing charts of user growth, number of customers, or revenue.

Seed Stage 149

Seed Stage B2B Seed Capital Revenue 149

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

At Hustle Fund, we back both first time founders as well as repeat founders. One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. You will use your fridge for a decade or more so the retention here is high.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

At Hustle Fund, we back both first time founders as well as repeat founders. One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. You will use your fridge for a decade or more so the retention here is high.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

Marcel is the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to helping agencies measure and improve their profitability by streamlining their operations and reporting systems. So a lot of agencies track revenue, some actually even track profit, but you, if we're gonna optimize, um, profitability, what, what should we be measuring?

Cofounder 76

Cofounder Hosting Networking Software Review 76

David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The most common financial metrics ffVC asks companies to compare vs. budget are: Gross Revenue. For early stage companies, the metrics that matter might typically center around activation, engagement and retention. Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR). Average Revenue Per Account. Gross Profit. Payroll Expenses. App downloads.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Balance Sheet .Net 60

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

by Shahid Mansuri, co-founder of Peerbits. Undoubtedly, effective implementation of gamification technique can lead to a significant increment in business revenue as well. In the case of B2B business, the ideal way is to come up with a robust symbiotic gamification model for business progression.

Retention 100

Retention Cofounder B2B Framework 100

Guy Nirpaz

DECEMBER 12, 2011

This executive owner should be responsible for client retention. From a client to client perspective the owner should be a post-sales account manager, often referred to as a Client Advocate, Client Account Manager or Client Success Manager who is measured on retention, and not new sales revenue. Increase your sales revenue!

Retention 54

Retention Merger Programming Sales 54

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2018

He is the president and founder of Revenue & Associates and the creator of The bullseye marketing framework and we’re going to talk about a book built on that called Bullseye Marketing: How to Grow Your Business Faster. In fact, keep listening, I’m gonna tell you how to get 50 percent off.

Marketing 56

Marketing Social Media Analytics Software 56

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Would that help retention and NPS (Net Promote Score)? This “gain” ($34B last year alone) is a result of a direct wealth-transfer to these individuals FROM the previous owners of the company — founders, executives, employees, and venture investors. Do you think those customers would find that interesting and compelling?

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82

Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

In the fallout from the pandemic, most founders and CEOs are in the process of completely revamping their growth models from the bottom up amid new and unpredictable consumer behavior. People saying, “This is what’s happening to B2B SaaS or this is what’s happening to this category.” I’m Lauren Murrow.

Founder 36

Founder Conversion Technical Review Cash Position 36

ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2017

There are many who aren’t doing it well , but to me it seems this is a natural extension of any other acquisition channel, and a super important lever for retention and relationship building. Of course, at the start it is anything but scalable – it tends to be the founders cold calling and pitching. Predictable Revenue.

Channel 118

Channel Marketing Viral SEO 118

The Next Web

JUNE 20, 2013

Improbably, founder and CEO Adam Miller and his partners soldiered on to eventually build a $2 billion+ cloud company. The company has a 98 percent voluntary retention rate (which doesn’t count terminated employees), and Miller attributes part of that success to not having to deal with the poaching that goes on in the Valley.

Cloud 118

Cloud Southern California Los Angeles New York City 118

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

B2B demand generation focuses on ROI. Elevate your founder and employee personal brand. Take SparkToro founder Rand Fishkin. Inside sales CRM Close.io , for example, grew its company to $6+ million in annual revenue with thought leadership-fueled content marketing. Which channels have the best engagement? The metrics.

Demand 115

Demand Affiliate Audience Leadership 115

Hippoland

OCTOBER 16, 2016

As a result, for these kinds of businesses, investors often don’t expect that companies can earn revenue right out of the gate, because they may not legally be able to. Free consumer app companies In contrast to the last two categories, successful founders of free consumer apps tend to come from any background.

Startup 48

Startup Vertical Early Stage Bootstrapping 48

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

“ Ross Hudgens, Founder and CEO of Siege Media. SaaS, B2B, and ecommerce organizations had the highest perceived marketing skills: Government and non-profit sectors trailed for-profit businesses. You’d be shocked at the lack of knowledge retention unless you make sure you audit, and audit repeatedly—we do every three months.

Marketing 128

Marketing Chad B2B Retention 128

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Research from Optimove shows that young, fast companies derive 30% of revenues from existing customers. As those companies become more established, that increases to around 90% of revenues. That B2B sales are built on relationships. Ensure every recommended product helps the customer solve a problem or drive more revenue.

B2B 129

B2B Email Sales Acquisition 129

ConversionXL

MARCH 24, 2016

Leading indicators can be usually be further broken down into three categories ( according to Richard Price , founder of Academia.edu): Network density: friend or following connections made in a time frame. Visit frequency: D1 retention. For instance, just change ‘content added’ to ‘content consumed’ if you’re a B2B or eCommerce site.

Metrics 48

Metrics Conversion Analytics Retention 48

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Studies show that only 5% of B2B customers are ready to buy. HubSpot has built its brand to over 100,000 customers and $1 billion in annual recurring revenue in 2020. On brand building, Intuit co-founder Scott Cook once said: “A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is, it is what consumers tell each other it is.”.

Equity 94

Equity Marketing Social Media Software Review 94

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The number of visitors directly correlates to revenue—whatever business you are in. Mailchimp, a B2B email marketing platform, recorded a 66% drop in failed logins after introducing social login. It seems that B2C companies might benefit far more from social login than B2B, but even that seems to depend on a company’s expectations.

Social Network 73

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 73

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

The number of visitors directly correlates to revenue – whatever business you are in. MailChimp, the B2B subscriber email management service, recorded a 66% drop in failed logins after introducing social login. Whether you make money through sales or ads, you ALWAYS need more user engagement on your website.

Social Network 130

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 130