YoungUpstarts

MAY 13, 2014

Its founders had an idea to offer a mail-order coffee product. With the coffee industry being somewhat recession-proof, the venture seemed like a sound business decision. Although the product was branded well and the marketing was on point, there was one glaring problem: The target audience was just too small to support the business.

Pennsylvania 224

Pennsylvania Retention Differentiation Reputation 224

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2019

A successful entrepreneur, John is the founder of three businesses: The DiJulius Group, an international consulting firm, John Robert’s Spa, a chain of upscale salons in Northeast Ohio, and Believe in Dreams, a nonprofit that helps make dreams come true for deserving children. Learn more at thedijuliusgroup.com.

Founder 113

Founder Artificial Inteligence Ohio Retention 113

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2024

Chris Martinez is the CEO and founder of DUDEAgency.io, a business he grew from scratch into a multimillion-dollar success, earning accolades such as the Stevie Award for Minority-Owned Business of the Year and a Silver Medal for Most Innovative Company Under 100 Employees. [10:51] If anything, it was like a retention strategy.

Mexico 70

Mexico Churn Rate San Diego Technical Review 70

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

How Small Businesses Can Compete with Big Business – [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: mor.sl | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. The Founders Lie About Comfort Zones – [link]. How To Choose A Market For Your Startup Or Small Business – [link]. Just got acquired?

Social Media 100

Social Media Small Business Central African Republic Design 100

Hearpreneur

MAY 29, 2018

Chris Rodgers is the founder & CEO of Colorado SEO Pros , where he develops company processes, innovating digital marketing practices, and supporting a full-time staff of SEO analysts and digital marketers. Anyone wishing to join the digital marketing field needs some skills and prior knowledge to excel.

SEO 84

SEO Colorado Marketing Chicago 84

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2020

As a business investor, I look for investments where I see founders really holding their people accountable for their actions. More importantly, I look for entrepreneurs and owners like you who are not afraid to hold themselves accountable for the success of the business. In all cases, accountability has to start with you.

Advisory Board 283

Advisory Board Due Diligence Retention Agile 283

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?) He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on. Choose one.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

Women Entrepreneurs Can

DECEMBER 7, 2021

If you have the intention to grow by bringing investors on board, you will need a business plan to pitch your business as a worthwhile investment. Create a solid business plan to help map out your business models and keep your start-up on track with its goals. That will eventually lead to organic growth.

Founder 59

Founder Startup Metrics Reputation 59

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2023

We also learned how privacy concerns and changing data retention practices have driven the need for this transition. Additionally, we talk about how businesses need to adapt and leverage data visualization tools for better insights since AI is playing an increasing role in data analysis.

Analytics 75

Analytics Software Review Channel Europe 75

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It’s disheartening, but sadly, this is one experience that many startup founders face. I understand the struggles that come with being a startup founder. A SaaS UX design that is intuitive, efficient, and enjoyable can significantly impact user satisfaction, retention, and overall success.

Design 105

Design Product Churn Rate Architecture 105

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor. Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital doesn’t publish frequently, but his essays on market trends and Benchmark portfolio companies are a window into how VCs view the world and the kinds of business models that they find most interesting.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Technical Review Silicon Valley Cofounder 60

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2014

This is a very popular model today for Internet services, calling for monthly or yearly low payments, in lieu of one value or cost-based price. Startup advantages include a more stable revenue stream, easier customer retention, and increasing customer investment over time. business business model entrepreneur revenue model startup'

Revenue 287

Revenue Startup Business Model Retention 287

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

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

by Aneace Haddad, CEO & Founder, Taggo. Add in sponsorships with payment brands (kind of like the co-branded credit card business model) to eliminate remaining costs and fund additional word of mouth advertising. Thinking Aloud Aneace Haddad customer relationship management customer retention loyalty program Taggo'

Programming 150

Programming Turkey Social Media Redemption 150

Austin Startup

JULY 19, 2021

I had the privilege of sitting down with one of the leaders driving edtech innovation in Austin’s vibrant tech community, Ruben Arias, CEO & Co-Founder of Beereaders, to discuss their business model and traction as well as why the city’s startup ecosystem was a perfect fit for their needs.

Austin 111

Austin San Francisco Chile SEC 111

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2013

This is a very popular model today for Internet services, calling for monthly or yearly low payments, in lieu of one value or cost-based price. Startup advantages include a more stable revenue stream, easier customer retention, and increasing customer investment over time. The customer advantage is a lower entry cost. Marty Zwilling.

Product 290

Product Revenue Business Model Retention 290

View from Seed

MAY 16, 2019

Practically speaking this doesn’t mean that all of the shares owned by founders, investors, employees (RSUs), or others will be available to trade immediately as they will need to be converted and registered for public trading. You can see this both by looking at a cohort “layer cake” graph or by examining the net dollar retention.

Lock-up Period 169

Lock-up Period Retention Azure .Net 169

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. Kalanick, former investor BFF turned highly disappointed by founder behavior. Usually the founders duke it out among themselves as to titles and responsibilities and relative shareholdings. They also observe who is pulling his or her weight and who is not.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Normally, when I am talking to the founder of any startup trying to figure out what they need to do, one of the things I always try to do is understand their business at its core. This kind of a simple model also helps: Define the early proof points for the company. R : Retention - do they come back & re-visit over time?

Metrics 225

Metrics Startup Retention Acquisition 225

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

But the CEO was able to talk not only about his co-founders and vision in his pitch, but also presented detailed pre-launch interviews with a handful of prospective customers who indicated they’d participate in a paid beta once the product was ready. Once you cross the chasm of launching v1.0,

Seed Stage 150

Seed Stage B2B Seed Capital Revenue 150

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2019

Practically speaking this doesn’t mean that all of the shares owned by founders, investors, employees (RSUs), or others will be available to trade immediately as they will need to be converted and registered for public trading. You can see this both by looking at a cohort “layer cake” graph or by examining the net dollar retention.

Lock-up Period 100

Lock-up Period Retention Azure .Net 100

Hearpreneur

JULY 8, 2017

Todd McGuire is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of startup incentaHEALTH and we had to the opportunity to hear from him about starting business, the future of the company and what entrepreneurship means to him. I am the co-founder and CTO of the digital health care company incentaHEALTH. Tell us your story: .

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire 48

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Benchmarks are typically specific to stage/business model/geo. In Rob Go’s words: For seed and Series A deals, investors will also need to see a high-potential team with founder/market fit , a large and attractive market opportunity , and a business model with increasing returns to scale.

B2C 141

B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

Gust

AUGUST 24, 2014

This is a very popular model today for Internet services, calling for monthly or yearly low payments, in lieu of one value or cost-based price. Startup advantages include a more stable revenue stream, easier customer retention, and increasing customer investment over time. The customer advantage is a lower entry cost.

Revenue 184

Revenue Startup Retention Internet 184

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

What makes this tricky is that markets evolve, and an innovative technology or business model can transform a normal market into a Glengarry Glen Ross market. In it we explicitly state: “The real value creation comes when innovative technology enables innovative products and services with innovative business models….What

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Richard Ma , CEO and Co-Founder at Quantstamp , says, “We focus on helping our customers stay safe and succeed because our philosophy is that technology is only a tool to solve people’s problems.” The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Quantstamp is a Y Combinator-backed company building the standard in blockchain cybersecurity.

San Francisco 97

San Francisco Cofounder Colorado Security 97

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2009

I called the founder and noted that there are SAT tests that are shorter than the survey. Customer Development suggests that founders have continual and timely customer, channel and market information. Founders need three views of information to truly understand what is going on: First-hand knowledge. Continual Data Flow.

Metrics 242

Metrics Customer Customer Development Lean 242

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 17, 2011

It’s harder to train people and keep your culture going, and those founders who were brilliant at seeking market-fit and constructing the foundation of a startup might be ill-suited for scaling that organization. for three months, for a retention after three months of (0.85) 3 = 0.61.

Business Model 245

Business Model Metrics Engineer Technical Review 245

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 21, 2013

At last year’s conference, Red Room CEO and co-founder Ivory Madison pointed out that vanity metrics are among those numbers most commonly cited in investor decks: page views, new members, unique visitors, conversions and, vainest of them all, Twitter followers. Retention (do they return?), Revenue (how do you make money?),

Lean 167

Lean Louisville Startup Metrics 167

Steve Blank

MAY 1, 2015

A month ago, Jason, one of my founder friends, shut down his startup. 1 rule every founder hears over and over: Nobody wants your product until you prove it. How come so many founders still wake up to this horrible truth, after months or years of hard work? Here’s his story. ——-. Lean LaunchPad: A Year After.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Lean Customer Development Startup 120

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2020

by Manni Sidhu, Co-founder and CEO of Coleegs , and William Gilchrist , Founder and CEO of Konsyg. A new challenge has bloomed for founders and managers in the Covid-19 era –how do they set key performance indicators (KPIs) for the years ahead? Retention of Staff. Retention of Clients. Will our funding dry out?

Management 194

Management Founder Asia Cofounder 194

Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users. In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users.

Founder 36

Founder Conversion Technical Review Cash Position 36

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# It should be even more important to the founders themselves, because it demonstrates that their business hypothesis is grounded in reality. They are busy too, but they are not creating value for the company.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Up and Running

JUNE 25, 2013

Create a strategy that’s appropriate for your business; this may mean allowing employees flextime to volunteer, sponsoring appropriate events or any of a number of other options. Now don’t pull a Blake Mycoskie (founder of TOMS Shoes) and think you need to shape your entire business model around this idea of corporate social responsibility.

Retention 87

Retention Business Plan Employee Leadership 87

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 18, 2019

Innovation drives media attention and fosters customer retention rate, which is why most companies strive to have it in their mission statement. One of the companies that I admire is United Wholesale Mortgage(UWM) for their innovative business model. Innovative if a word often used to describe successful companies. I loved that.

Las Vegas 92

Las Vegas Entrepreneur LLC PR 92

Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

Are there types of companies, market segments, industries, or business models where PLG does not make sense? What should an early-stage startup founder focus on if they want to implement PLG? What should the founder avoid if they want to implement PLG? Hila is a mentor with Mucker Capital. That’s never happened.

Product 78

Product CTO Hire Startup Fractional CTO 78