Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. Without predictive targeting, a retention campaign may cost more than it gains. Investment risk management.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

REASON 2: You Need to Gain the Efficiencies to Be Cost-Competitive. REASON 4: Digitally Driven Companies Have Greater Revenue Growth. percent average for the rest. Digitally advanced” companies create 9 percent more revenue than their industry competitors, as reported in a study conducted by MIT. Bottom line?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Equity is stock, but private company stock has no market value until the company goes public or is sold or merged with another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering. Liquidate the assets, cash out investors, and keep the rest. These events may take three to five years at a minimum.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

Its employees and investors don’t depend on an existing revenue stream. Every Airbnb rental is a lost night of revenue for hotels that hate it. After it was discovered, legal penalties cost Volkswagen $18 billion and several indicted executives.). Initially, a startup has no business model and no market share to defend.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The most immediate result is a halt in daily routine and loss of profit/revenue as an after effect. In fact, ITIC, a mutual insurer, reported that 98 percent of organizations say one hour of downtime costs over $100,000. Blackouts in commercial buildings can cause serious issues in businesses like: Loss of revenue.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. Without predictive targeting, a retention campaign may cost more than it gains. Investment risk management.

Analytics 177

Analytics Retention Social Media Campaign 177

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2014

Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Great team members may take more time to find, and cost you stock options, but a qualified and highly motivated team that stretches your budget is a good calculated risk. Find a strategic partner to accelerate growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Great team members may take more time to find, and cost you stock options, but a qualified and highly motivated team that stretches your budget is a good calculated risk. Find a strategic partner to accelerate growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2019

Moreover, a trade war with China, the world’s second largest economy, has created volatility in the stock markets and upheaval for certain corporate sectors. The situation could become even more tangled if the effects from China spill over into the rest of Asia (or beyond) due to intertwined supply chains.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. Without predictive targeting, a retention campaign may cost more than it gains. Investment risk management.

Analytics 257

Analytics Entrepreneur Retention Social Media 257

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Inside an organization there are only cost centers. Meaning: C = Customers (traffic x conversion rate) CLV = Customer revenue – (CAC + cost of serving that customer) CAC = Customer Acquisition Cost G = Growth. Use back-in-stock campaigns, browse recovery, and promotions to encourage a sale. Not many are doing it.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 2, 2022

I'm proud of the fact that we've managed to bring down costs and managed to solve many of the problems we initially had. Having achieved our business goals for the year and now being stocked in Nordstrom Stores have been proud moments. So, I've never conveyed mixed cost signals like that to our staff. 16- Hit $1 million revenue.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

I don’t have to convince you that email is important: Email is a cost-effective way to get sales. Converting customers from your mailing list costs less than converting the same number via advertising. Email maxes out revenue from big sale periods. Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales represented $123 billion in revenue in 2018.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

That approach may work for an entrepreneur who just sold a successful business for a huge profit, but it doesn’t work for the rest of us who are not proven successes yet, or don’t even have a business yet. At these stages, it’s all about you, and your ability to communicate and execute effectively. Ask only for the money you can justify.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

Equity is stock, but private company stock has no market value until the company goes public or is sold or merged with another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering. Liquidate the assets, cash out investors, and keep the rest. These events may take three to five years at a minimum.

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Equity Exit Strategy Private Equity Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2013

Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. Without predictive targeting, a retention campaign may cost more than it gains. Investment risk management.

Analytics 246

Analytics Retention Startup Social Media 246

ConversionXL

JANUARY 11, 2016

And while spelling mistakes haven’t been heavily researched in relation to revenue, optimization, or growth, there is a small amount of research that suggests spelling mistakes impact credibility in negative ways. Then there are some business experts that directly relate spelling mistakes to lost revenue. Image Source.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Great team members may take more time to find, and cost you stock options, but a qualified and highly motivated team that stretches your budget is a good calculated risk. Find a strategic partner to accelerate growth.

Forecast 120

Forecast Startup Stock Options Technical Review 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. Without predictive targeting, a retention campaign may cost more than it gains. Investment risk management.

Analytics 120

Analytics Retention Social Media Campaign 120

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

In the rest of this post, I’m going to try to talk you out of building one. 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. Keeping a growth team in sync with the rest of the company is hard. How I define “growth”. Things…did not go well.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

There are two reasons to raise money: You have a killer idea that is only partially validated, that you think can get to $50M+ of revenue in 5 years with 80%+ gross margins (if margins are lower, you need a lot more revenue)and you need money to get to product-market fit, or. Revenue per customer? Revenue, Gross Margin?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Don't just rest on what comes easiest. If you had zero revenue from now on, on what date would you run out of money? Second, you know the length of your fuse even in event of disaster (if you have revenue) or if you never manage to land a customer (if you're just starting out). Cartoon by Andertoons. It could be an intern.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

That approach may work for an entrepreneur who just sold a successful business for a huge profit, but it doesn’t work for the rest of us who are not proven successes yet, or don’t even have a business yet. At these stages, it’s all about you, and your ability to communicate and execute effectively. Ask only for the money you can justify.

Due Diligence 308

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Startup 308

Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

At the same time, the stock markets collapsed, and most businesses already report skyrocketing losses, unmet revenue targets and insufficient stock due to production slow down in China, India and the rest of the world. Work from home and remote work also significantly cut office costs.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

So I still had to outlay $50-80k for hardware costs. It performed incredibly well and allowed us to grow our costs incrementally as our business grew as well as to massively reduce our overall storage costs – it’s a shared infrastructure in they way that electricity or water is. Processing. Healthcare data.

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Cloud Technical Review Database Semantic 343

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

They’ve grown from nothing to >$2B in revenue in 30 months time, making the company among the fastest growing businesses in the histroy of the world. How They Make Money: Groupon keeps a share of the coupon value (typically 40-50%) as its net revenue (1). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. to the merchant.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 27, 2020

However, only 1 out of 26 customers complain about poor customer service , and the rest just leave without saying anything. Moreover, you can look out for items that are out of stock at the store. This perennial omnichannel cycle is not only useful for the customers but continues to generate more revenue. About the Author.

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ConversionXL

MAY 30, 2017

Regardless of how many funnel entry points there are, the rest of the journey through the funnel should be a single-line railroad. With an average order value per customer of $224 USD, this could increase revenue by $74,000 a month. A typical checkout process could look like this: Product page, landing page, or recommendation page.

Analytics 126

Analytics Conversion eCommerce Technical Review 126

Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2017

Like it or not, this will likely affect your revenue and enrollment, especially if you are offering part-time care. Another thing to watch out for with monthly rent is all the added costs. so keep these all in mind when calculating the costs. Projected costs. Construction cost. What is your business model?

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2018

On places like Facebook, where the CPM (cost to reach 1,000) is the cheapest of any ad network ever: Source. Simple brand awareness ads can reach thousands of people a day, costing you nothing more than a few quarters that can be recouped from your couch. And for the most part, you’re right. Copywriting: explaining your brand clearly.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Within a year WAP became the laughing stock of the mobile industry. They therefore have large cost bases and have to pass on those costs to you. - But the trade-off in terms of flexibility and costs were enormous. Apple wants to take a major share of the revenue. It was slow. It was hard to use.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

When the need is high… For the rest of us, desiring to build large, valuable enterprises quickly, the need for outside capital is high on our list of requirements and even the source for some sleepless nights as we worry over the availability and cost of capital. For those of you who fit that description, nice work.

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Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 118

ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2016

A flowing sales funnel is crucial in any business, but even more so with SaaS businesses… Unlike other business models, revenue is generated over an extended period of time. And when you consider that acquiring each customer has a cost, you can appreciate the importance of an airtight sales funnel that consistently converts.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The rest of this post series deals with the reasons why VC froze up in the first place, why investments have heated up recently and why the future of VC funding at the current pace is not certain. Huge downturns have a real impact on the revenue line of start-ups and therefore the pressure on valuations.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 31, 2014

The opinion they’ve subconsciously formed in between 1/13th to 1/50th of a second will influence every decision they make for the rest of their time on the page. I always strongly recommending working with a professional to create any visual elements, and stay away from stock photos if you’ve got the budget.

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Analytics Video Matching Conversion 134

Babbling VC

AUGUST 10, 2011

OK, hands up, who's truly surprised by the drop in the stock markets or the postponed tech IPO's or even the upcoming slowdown in venture financing? For the rest of you, let's get back to business. If you're a private investor in stocks, you better get ready for a financial beating unless you sold everything a couple weeks ago. .

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