Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Don’t expect them to believe your $100M revenue projection, if you are still waiting for the first revenue dollar. Get a real customer and real revenue. It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Between January 2015 and January 2016, we grew our platform Slidebean from $1K to $20K in monthly recurring revenue. Getting the first tracks of revenue is one of the toughest processes of building a startup. Customer Lifetime Value (LTV): The potential revenue that you’ll be receiving from a given user.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2014

Even a minute of downtime means millions lost in revenue and tons of bad PR. Buffer’s nimble, distributed team came together on Hangouts on a Saturday afternoon and live-blogged developments as their engineers worked behind the scenes to fix the hack and restore services. Bebo – Use a banner ad to let everyone know. A banner ad.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Instead of countless usernames and passwords, you have one identity to use for a variety of activities you want guaranteed security: online shopping, social networking, online dating, and online financials. miiCard will build the user base directly and through partnering vendors using multi-channel distribution strategy.

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Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.

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Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. It seems that four different models of "discussion creation" have occurred: Organice Discussion - someone posts something interesting, lots of bloggers post on the topic, distributed discussion ensues.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Copyright gives you the right to prevent others from copying, distributing or making derivatives of your work. social network start up – trademark and copyright are more likely. Your intellectual property may be an additional revenue stream or may add substantial value to your company. Copyright.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

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Start Up Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

It stands for Distributed Autonomous Organisation. Of their $US12 billion in revenue, 27.5 A certain amount of revenue would go towards maintaining the system itself with a pool of developers, and a business and marketing team. Welcome to the dawn of the DAO. per cent goes back to Uber – a total of $US3.3

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

Unfortunately, a number of them had an early exit from the business scene due to ineffective business plans and/or unsustained revenue for their investment. Over time, as you scale your operations, you may need to source additional funding from venture capitalists to mitigate high production costs or limited revenue.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 1, 2011

social proof? Since most companies have little to no revenue, who else has already invested in the deal is heavily weighted to prove value. Dave argues that instead of providing connections you should let founders do 95% of the work and offer support with operational areas of expertise like design, data and distribution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit. 1970 – 1995: The Golden Age. Thus began the 5-year dot-com bubble.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 30, 2015

Are Paid Content Distribution Platforms Cost Effective? Buffer, a popular social media sharing tool, leveraged a guest network to generate millions in revenues. Paid Content Platforms: A Distribution Alternative? The following are some of the most popular distribution platforms on the market.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). What’s Next in 2012….

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 14, 2016

I use Mailchimp for the distribution of weekly newsletters, and for list growth via opt-ins for multiple types of campaigns. Social networks come and go, but people always have an inbox—and they want to be connected with people who bring them value. Your email list, however, is your asset. Monitor stats and campaign reports.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2013

The selection of an inappropriate pricing, marketing, or distribution strategy is a large potential risk. For example, many new social websites proclaim that they will offer a free service, and live on ad revenues (not likely in the first year without a huge marketing investment). Market entry strategy risk. Operational risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 18, 2016

.* Everyone mistakenly thinks of Twitter as a distribution channel for witty snark and links to off-site content. For me, Twitter is still the #1 social network because it is (or can be) *truly social*. Or really, the fact that it isn’t the trendiest social network any longer.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Not only is it less likely that you’ll recoup your blog expenses through basic advertising revenue, but you probably won’t make an impact. Also, distribute them artfully throughout your blog posts so that the insertions appear natural. In turn, you can tailor social postings to either fans or friends.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2012

The selection of an inappropriate pricing, marketing, or distribution strategy is a large potential risk. For example, many new social websites proclaim that they will offer a free service, and live on ad revenues (not likely in the first year without a huge marketing investment). Market entry strategy risk. Operational risk.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I believe that many social networks confused this idea. Our publisher distribution network reaches in the tens of millions of unique users and is comprised of “head end&# stars as well as many “mid tier&# and “long tail&# publishers. Social networks continue to drive conversion of marketers.

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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. think Apple. means specifically one thing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone How to Usability Test your Site for Free The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the tim. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

He says that you should never consider a public offering unless you are confident that the company will deliver increasing profits and revenue after the offering, so that the public buyer can anticipate a gain. Draper III, in his new book titled “ The Startup Game.” False starts in this direction can be disastrous. Marty Zwilling.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2019

Throughout the 20th Century, scientists around the world explored social networks and the influence of technological development on human connections. Because where is a large proportion of the revenue of coffee producers — say Starbucks, and also Red Bull — coming from? From gas stations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The selection of an inappropriate pricing, marketing, or distribution strategy is a large potential risk. For example, many new social websites proclaim that they will offer a free service, and live on ad revenues (not likely in the first year without a huge marketing investment). Market entry strategy risk. Operational risk.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

In the past year, featured snippets have increased CTR, time on site and revenue from organic visitors, for those sites lucky enough to have one. Consumers can come across your brand through a variety of different means – whether online, through a social network, by an email as well as the more traditional forms of advertising.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

It appears that LTV should be about 3 x CAC for a viable SaaS or other form of recurring revenue model. Extensive use of software to automate all processes such as SEO, SEM, social networking, lead scoring, lead nurturing, CRM, etc. Most of the public companies like Salesforce.com, ConstantContact, etc.,

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

I’m not talking about cloning but it’s how we distribute tasks to virtual staff to finish more tasks at the same time. I would focus my time on dollar productive activities that generate revenue into my business. Additionally, not all bloggers plan ahead of time, and get things completed as early as possible without missing deadlines.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

With each hand, a small percentage of the pot is scraped off by the dealer, which in essence becomes the “revenue” for the casino. While casinos use the term “rake,” a plethora of interesting word choices exist which all describe the same thing – keeping a little bit of the revenue for the company that is running the service.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2012

Online marketing generates billions of dollars in revenue, and even local mom-and-pop businesses feel the pressure to build a solid web presence or risk losing local customers who search online for goods and services. Social networking allows owners to trade links with other site owners in barter arrangements.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

social proof? Since most companies have little to no revenue, who else has already invested in the deal is heavily weighted to prove value. Dave argues that instead of providing connections you should let founders do 95% of the work and offer support with operational areas of expertise like design, data and distribution.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Digital marketers and experts around the world say that content SaaS startups should spend an average of 50% resources on strategic content distribution. Our mission statement included our goal of improving revenue, reducing marketing cost, getting more traffic, making more sales, increasing social media engagement and SEO success.

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Genuine VC

JULY 14, 2008

And unlike the other recent emergent category of sites – social networks – the network effects of friending should be in theory weaker in this realm. Last Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal article about YouTube’s revenues further highlighted the challenges on the monetization side. But it won’t happen overnight.

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