Hippoland

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Essentially my definition for companies in this category is that the technology is so difficult to build that only a small subset of people in the world can build it. 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.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. We did spend a lot of nights and weekends over the course of six months getting the first version of the product working, so there was definitely an opportunity cost there.”. Image source).

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View from Seed

MARCH 22, 2016

Even if you’re in the pre-revenue, pre-seed or seed stage, there are still ways to get on a reporter’s radar. A business publication may care less about the technical nuances, but you can bet they’ll want to hear about your numbers and your strategy for raising revenue. This one is tricker in the pre-revenue stage. As with No.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. We did spend a lot of nights and weekends over the course of six months getting the first version of the product working, so there was definitely an opportunity cost there.”. Image source).

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

In fact, SaaS industry revenue is projected to grow from $49 billion in 2015 to $67 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of approximately eight percent. At this stage, simply list your primary revenue streams and your key expenses. At this stage, simply list your primary revenue streams and your key expenses.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

Should you bootstrap? Then I want to talk to you about adding a new revenue stream to your business that will completely change how you work with clients. So these things exist, but making your luck also definitely exists. And that's what made us think about like how we can help people to gain that kind of self-awareness.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2017

The best startups, of course, are those who help the world become a better place, but unless your revenue exceeds your expenses and your work results in profit, you are doing charity, not running a business. It could also work well with a viral app (e.g. Is it virality? Various combinations. Useful feedback?

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

At a high level, business is simple! :) You bring revenue in and your costs send money out the door. You want your revenue to be higher than your costs. I know nothing about viral marketing. So you might think about how to best poise yourself to bootstrap and get to profitability for the next couple of years.

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

At a high level, business is simple! :) You bring revenue in and your costs send money out the door. You want your revenue to be higher than your costs. I know nothing about viral marketing. So you might think about how to best poise yourself to bootstrap and get to profitability for the next couple of years.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Where they don’t belong is with a bootstrapped founder trying to figure out how many customers she can expect to reach next month on her shoestring marketing budget. It then crunches those numbers together with an expected conversion rate and expected price to give you an idea of expected monthly revenue. 16 mahesh on 10.15.10

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

It’s definitely, it’s the hardest part. In 2011, before we sold the business, we had a business that was making $30 million a year in revenue, but we’ve never raised any capital. This was definitely been different as being the CEO of a company and being the founder. It was a huge piece of the puzzle for us.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2019

A lot of investors were interested, but many required some tracks, some results, some revenue before they could invest. But for me at that time, and the way I was thinking about it is how am I going to be able to create traction, how am I going to be able to generate revenue if I don’t have this product. Abdo Riani: Exactly.

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