Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

Marketing was like me, and we bootstrapped this business to 10 million in revenue through building this traction community where we're bringing our ICP, our audience together around their aspiration and their goals. I asked their chief revenue officer, how do you do attribution on this community? He's like, I can't, don't care.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

But if you want to build a scalable startup you need to be asking how you can you get enough customers/users/payers to build a business that can grow revenues past several $100M/year. China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. There’s nothing wrong with a business that supports you and perhaps an extended family.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 2011

Deborah has interest from Whole Foods and some other grocery stores to build such greenhouses near their distribution centers. Next, Priyanka Bhatnagar from Pune, India, pitched Priyanka Bhatnagar Jewellery & Accessories , an e-commerce jewelry line. This is a greenhouse technology to grow fresh agricultural produce. Don't miss it!

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Distribution Channel for Product Companies. Then Amit Gurung pitched a business plan to create a distribution channel for product companies trying to cater to the rural base-of-the-pyramid (BPO) market in India. why not become a retailer of the same basket of products that he wants to distribute? Photo by designkryt.

India 115

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 115

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. We discussed whether investing in the second largest player in a category makes sense given that Groupon is 10x the revenue, 3.5x But LivingSocial is reportedly doing around $180,000 per day in gross revenue. AppDynamics.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We have discussed the topic of technology product companies from India on my blog for many years now. Today's discussion was about how to generate additional distribution and acquire traffic. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

Greece 116

Greece Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley 116

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 9, 2011

We went through a set of lead generation mechanisms and discussed the distribution of roles and responsibilities between the company and the channel partner. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley New Jersey Entrepreneur Massachusetts 113

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

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. With limited resources, this is a tall order, and it seemed to me that Justin's heart really is in the creative.

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Bootstrapping IP India Silicon Valley 113

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

First up, Joel Korpi from Austin, Texas, pitched Rockify , a platform for transforming video content into multiple device friendly formats, process payments and help content producers distribute and monetize content more widely. Joel has one anchor customer right now and has validated his assumptions based on that case study.

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Poland Argentina Oakland Entrepreneur 126

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Driven by strong customer demand for its award-winning identity governance solution, SailPoint achieved record growth in 2010, with revenue up 200% over 2009. The fourth quarter of 2010 was the company’s eighth consecutive growth quarter, highlighted by a record number of new customers.

Global 73

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Revenue and competitive position followed. Less is more.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. Photo by emsago.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

“They are a big traffic driver for us: Just in November thus far, emails have driven almost 1/3 of all of our site traffic; during November last year, emails drove 40 percent+ of all of our revenues.”. A new startup named Bootstrapp has an interesting challenge: introducing recommerce to India. Distribute regularly.

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Email Social Media Marketing Audience 135

Up and Running

JANUARY 16, 2015

Bonus points for the fact that they partner with the social enterprise Vision Spring to facilitate training for optometrists and eye glass manufacturers in the same countries that they donate glasses to (India, Guatemala, and Bangladesh to name a few), so the communities also receive opportunities for sustainable income.

Denmark 60

Denmark Guatemala Bangladesh Cofounder 60

VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

Although relatively few Israeli startups are focused on India, the market dynamics driving its mobile sector are worth a closer look. From a modest $200 million in bi-lateral trade in 1992 (when diplomatic relations were established), India-Israeli trade surpassed $6 billion in 2012-13. India is actually fragmented.

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India Indonesia China 74

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

Sourcing may also involve several trips to China, India, Thailand, or other countries and cities that you may not otherwise consider traveling to for vacation. If you do a launch it’s rare for the launch to take of organically, it must also be accompanied by a level of paid distribution (i.e.

Software Review 48

Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Revenue and competitive position followed. Less is more.

Social Media 218

Social Media India Acquisition China 218

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2014

A couple weeks ago, we dug into internal site search & found that in some cases , searches performed by only 10% of the site’s total traffic made up nearly 40% of the companies overall revenue. Then we went into my 3 favorite methods for increasing conversions by improving the search experience. Conclusion.

Search 107

Search Design eCommerce Technical Review 107

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2017

Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Revenue and competitive position followed. Less is more.

Social Media 163

Social Media India Acquisition China 163

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

While the average forward revenue multiple has declined slightly since its February 2020 peak (19x), it’s still higher today than last year at 17x vs 15.8x To date, we’ve invested $7B+ in more than 300 companies globally and have worked with many exceptional cloud founders - from Australia to India, the US, Europe and Israel.

Global 62

Global Europe Software Review 62

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

After peaking at $38 billion revenue more than a decade ago, the industry stabilized last year at $16.5 Digital is now the majority of revenues in markets such as the US, India, Norway and Sweden. Music is everyone’s favorite example of digital disruption done wrong. Now the focus is on digital music GROWTH.

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North America Norway Sweden Japan 155

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost.

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. The rest can be outsourced to wherever (Estonia – Skype; someone mentioned digg above; you can even send this junk to India and get it with questionable quality). Twitter is an excellent distribution channel for us. (B)

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

After managing a distribution center where I sold vinyl to record stores (my first client was Asheville’s own Harvest Records), renting the farmhouse was about becoming self-sufficient. Thanks to Mary Lynn Schroeder, In Blue Handmade ! My long-term objective is to bring sales for jewellery back to Australia.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

These two deals are significant, and suggest that Facebook didn’t just buy an app - Snaptu is a mobile platform and a distribution channel for emerging markets with low smartphone penetration, where the users use their mobile phones as their main access device to the Internet.

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Sri Lanka Dominican Republic Saudi Arabia 94

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

Sometimes, I'm in negotiations with partners around revenue or something. But if you imagine that you're reincarnated, you're less likely to be reincarnated in our homes, you're more likely to be reincarnated in a village in India or Africa or China with not a lot of opportunity. If we step up, it's good for the world." That helps.

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California Silicon Valley Framework China 60

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

You’re asking someone to take a chance that with the code they deliver you can get funding or gain some revenue traction. You can add to it after you begin to generate revenue or find your investment partners, but if you can build it and launch it cheaply, you’ve kept the concept simple and got your project off the ground.

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Technical Review Fractional CTO Partner CTO Hire 40

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. View All Search Results » Subscribe. Deutschland.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

However, the vast majority of bankless adults live in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and India. In India, at least 50% of the 1.3 There are only 182,000 ATMs across India with only 15% of adults using an account to make or receive payments with 72% of bank accounts showing zero balance.

India 100

India Mobile SMS Tanzania 100

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

To answer these questions, we built a database of 112 Israeli companies founded between 1996 and 2013 that have met or exceeded $20 million in revenue. There are also American executives who have experience working with startups with R&D in India, China, and Israel. What are the challenges and lessons of scaling up?

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Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Thirty-four VC firms in OpenVC call themselves “early-stage” Yet, 30% of those don’t actually invest in pre-revenue startups. Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. The phrase is quite ambiguous.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. a distributed, democratic model of capitalism. 1M/1M Program has a bold mission.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

and concentrated on a single part of the supply chain – importing, distribution, wholesale, retail. As a result, corporate R&D organizations have been producing sustaining innovations that protect and prolong the life of existing business models and their products and revenue streams.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Venture Capital United States Technical Review 120

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

(Company) a good place to find good technical co-founders? Where can I find co-founders who understand distributed systems and databases? How have non-technical founders found technical co-founders? Finding Co-Founders: What are some good ways to find technical co-founders in India?

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Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. a distributed, democratic model of capitalism. This is where numerous ventures fail.

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Silicon Valley India San Francisco Entrepreneur 118