Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

You get increasing growth by optimizing the viral loop , and you get revenue as a side-effect, assuming you have even the most anemic monetization scheme baked into your product. The spread between your LTV and blended CPA determines either your profitability or your rate of growth, and a high valuation depends on balancing these two factors.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

SEO and Analytics Tutorials. SEO for Startups â?? SEO Digger â?? SEO and campaign management tool. SEO Keyword Analysis Tool. free, distributed source code control management system. Great for visualizing work of product development. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. valuations.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

Bonuses have been distributed. Working ever harder on understanding your content, CMS and business strategy to do ever better SEO and PPC. This will have huge implications on your paid search strategy, your valuation of clicks you get from Google and Bing. It will incentivize the right behavior.

Metrics 152

Metrics Analytics Search Channel 152