David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised from angels.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

To illustrate, let’s investigate two typical company scenarios: Company Scenario #1: A company lacking great financial traction - slow revenue growth, little profit - but one that competes in an industry attractive to strategic and financial buyers. Many distribution, manufacturing, and service businesses fit this description.

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Harvest IP Software Review Forecast 48

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Maker announced it has raised $62 million this year, acquired an amazing off-YouTube distribution network and grown its business in monetary terms by almost 300% year-over-year off of an already large base. but not that this justifies take a 45% revenue share. This revenue share comes after the YouTube split.

Networking 366

Networking Media Distribution Video 366

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Part 6: Distribution channels in Life Sciences. Part 7: Revenue Streams in Life Sciences. Basil Ayish , MBA, Business Development. Clare Pak , Business Development. The Knox team was a great mix of hands-on device engineers and business development. Customer Development Lean LaunchPad Life Sciences Teaching'

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Lean Customer Development IP Agile 241

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Labels: customer development , lean startup 8comments: Amy said.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

For mobile app developers, the impressive figures are enticing. In this aspect, China’s huge market seems ripe for the taking — and which firms are better-placed to do so than homegrown startups, especially app developers looking to conquer the mobile market? Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. billion people.

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China Developer Intellectual Property Mobile 122

Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

They’ve learned the best distribution channel to get the product from their company to the customer. They’ve figured out the revenue model (subscription, license, direct sale, etc.) for new product development that emphasize immediate returns. They’ve found product/market fit (what products customers want to buy).

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Widget Lean Business Model Metrics 120

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Sure, the revenue & margin will be significantly lower than traditional TV. Before this South Korean wonder spread across the globe I had written about a trend in global audiences that exists when the costs of production are nearly zero and the costs of distribution are also nearly free. And the show develops like this.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

The importance of the conference is that it assembles most of the top privately held early-to-mid-stage technology companies in the country (and some globally) as well as most VC’s, growth equity funds and corporate development departments from large industry players looking at technology acquisitions. Revenue of ~$160mm in 2008.

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IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

Last week the teams tested their Revenue Models hypotheses: what are customers willing to pay for? The concept of Partners , took some explanation as some teams confused partners with the Distribution Channel.). Of real interest was their evolving view of their revenue model. Any IP you need to license? How many people?

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South Dakota Business Model Lean United States 217

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

PerBlue develops and markets its own game, and today, is at about a $35,000-$40,000 per-month run rate from 200,000 users. Justin is looking for a more efficient customer acquisition model, and my suggestion to him was to look into using distributors, instead of trying to do all the development and then also all the distribution himself.

Bootstrapping 113

Bootstrapping IP India Silicon Valley 113

Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2018

In grocery, which represents over half of Walmart’s revenues, it plans to add 1,000 online grocery order pickup locations in 2018 in stores around the US; in December 2017 it unveiled a meal kit option and a partnership with Buzzfeed that will integrate Buzzfeed recipes with Walmart groceries. Increase in-store efficiency.

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Acquisition Hawaii Partner Non-Compete 94

K9 Ventures

APRIL 28, 2010

Either protectable IP or at least hard IP. Direct Revenue : The company must have a direct revenue model. No distributed teams, and no outsourced product development. Technical Product : The product must have some technical depth. No retail, no cleantech, no biotech etc.

Seed Stage 61

Seed Stage San Francisco IP Portfolio 61

The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Based on the white-label agreement, the large company could find it in their best interests to exercise early-termination and replace the startup with another company or in-house developers. The Distribution Channel. Tags: Startup Issues IP mobile applications white label. Conclusion. Heard of the term “ starter wife ?&#

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Mobile IP Intellectual Property Vesting 50

The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Based on the white-label agreement, the large company could find it in their best interests to exercise early-termination and replace the startup with another company or in-house developers. The Distribution Channel. Tags: Startup Issues IP mobile applications white label. Conclusion. Heard of the term “ starter wife ?&#

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Mobile IP Intellectual Property Vesting 44

Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I urge all entrepreneurs to consult and develop a good working relationship with a qualified startup lawyer. Strategic partnership or distribution agreements. Sales contracts accounting for significant revenue. In the case of revenue contracts, they help pay for the related legal work. Employment handbooks and policies.

Intellectual Property 139

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Delaware Stock 139

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

It would make a lot of sense for someone else to just come along and build our hardware and sell our software without paying for 15 people doing development and engineering, but nobody did that. flavor of a question-and-answer, poll-your-friends site with a distant revenue model and no user acquisition strategy. Shocking, I know.

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

This code convergence effort was supposed to save Microsoft substantial development time, and also - they tried to convince themselves - improve the offering since Word would have the same features on every platform. To be specific, AdWords is currently 16 years old, and last year alone it generated well over $50B in revenue.

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Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups. Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP.

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SBA Technical Review Startup 124

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

As you start to collect data, you’ll be able to identify the core reasons for churn and develop an action plan for churn reduction across each of these buckets. One thing worth considering is that your gross margins will tell you whether certain distribution channels are viable?—?for This should also feed into your cohort tracker.

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Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Gaming as a category generated $200 billion in revenue in 2021 and is expected to continue to grow, especially amongst the younger generation. billion revenue in 2021 for Epic Games in 2021, much of it on users purchasing ‘skins’ or clothing for their virtual avatars. Fortnite generated $5.8 Cloud Gaming Hiccups.

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Cloud Bandwidth IP Global 198

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The start of the argument is that you need to separate using the Internet into “infrastructure & cloud services&# (basically the protocols of the Internet such as HTTP, TCP/IP, SMTP, etc. + Over time, with the growth of the popularity of AJAX we had a richer experience as users and as developers. non-mobile). I choose open.

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Web HTML AJAX China 300

Growthink Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

The movie business of today is all "pre-sold" IP. revenues from internet video services spanning user-generated content to television shows and movies will exceed $7 billion this year. Toy Story 3? Karate Kid 3? Iron Man 2? Sex and The City 2? The A-Team? Where are all of the NEW Ideas in Entertainment? How about Internet Video?

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Technical Review IP 76

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Startups are developing IP relevant to the disruption. For example, Google’s acquisition of Nest (which had customers, revenue and a distribution channel) allowed it to enter the connected home market immediately. (We’ll cover “ corporate moonshots ” in a subsequent post.). Does it become a new division?

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Silicon Valley Acquisition Boston Early Stage 120

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Once you’ve done that – then. a new art form?

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

VC Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2011

The International Broadcast Convention (IBC) 2011 is the leading global tradeshow for broadcasting media and entertainment industry, covering the latest developments in broadcasting, mobile TV, IPTV, digital signage and forward looking R&D. The device is compact and lightweight and attaches easily to any handheld camera.

Mobile 113

Mobile Media IP Distribution 113

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

After a somewhat disappointing congress in 2009, in which companies showcased products from previous years, this year is expected to be faster, greener and ‘cloudier’ Looking at the conference agenda , it’s not hard to spot the trends for 2010: Mobile Clouds – additional storage and new revenue streams to operators.

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Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

So here it is: for all the privacy invasions, security risks and and fundamental changes in our personal and domestic domains, this is what these companies* generate in revenue: Google – about $150 a year per person. The truth is the mixed economy model is what has provided the greatest distribution of wealth the world has ever seen.

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Government Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Social Media 79

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Allot is a leading provider of intelligent IP service optimization and revenuegeneration solutions based on Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology, Allot Service Gateway solutions for mobile broadband are compliant with 3G.4G/LTE Our solutions provide peace of mind, improve quality of life and save costs to users and service providers.

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Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, where setting goals presents a fresh opportunity to achieve different objectives. 8- Stop counterfeiting and IP infringement globally. Setting up a publishing company to internationally distribute the book, initially in 3-4 languages.

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Papua New Guinea Hawaii Advisory Board Churn Rate 66

ConversionXL

JUNE 19, 2019

Occurs when your business achieves $100k+ in revenue monthly. Ben Labay: “How to Add Millions in Revenue with Voice of Customer”. Flesh your chosen voice Develop simple guidelines. As marketers, we compete for revenue and conversions. Here’s what went down inside the presentation hall. What is it? Who is it for?

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Agile Analytics Algorithm Software Review 90

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In doing so, OpenAI joins IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Getty Images, Shutterstock and Adobe who’ve also explicitly said they’ll indemnify generative AI customers over IP rights claims. They aim to make their models and research readily available to the public, fostering innovation and accelerating the development of beneficial AI technologies.

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Generative AI ChatGPT Open Source API 88

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

At a certain point in IMVU’s development, we faced a difficult choice. This single decision wound up costing the company significant revenue and over the course of several months sent its customer growth into decline. I agree that listening and communicating is a key to success, but customer development can only do so much.

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Community Management Lean Software Review 158