Remove CTO Hire Remove Founder Remove Revenue Remove San Francisco
article thumbnail

Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

is an elegant way to model any service-oriented business: Acquisition Activation Retention Referral Revenue We used a very similar scheme at IMVU, although we werent lucky enough to have started with this framework, and so had to derive a lot of it ourselves via trial and error. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?)

article thumbnail

Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

This slinging of whatever against the wall to see what sticks does not a market make, is to me a sign of too much capital in the wrong hands, and it's already the most over invested area in recent years- in both human and financial capital- particularly relative to revenue. Otherwise it's a great idea.

Lean 168
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Pitch Night in San Francisco. Some of the finalists were generating revenues already and/or have very promising strategic partnerships lined up. What key hires do you need? The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits.

article thumbnail

What is TheFunded Founder Institute?

Startup Company Lawyer

Adeo Ressi , the founding member of TheFunded , recently announced the establishment of TheFunded Founder Institute. The Founder Institute helps founders launch innovative companies by providing training, services, and company-building assignments, such as incorporating the business, filing provision patents, and setting up books and records.

Founder 28
article thumbnail

Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Pitch Night in San Francisco. Some of the finalists were generating revenues already and/or have very promising strategic partnerships lined up. What key hires do you need? The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits.

article thumbnail

A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference.

Seattle 317
article thumbnail

Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. 8220; His three things (worth reading his whole post anyway) are set vision/strategy and communicate broadly, recruit/hire/retain top talent, and make sure there’s enough cash in the bank. It’s great advice.