Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

Dozens of outreach programs across the military now offer quick revenue to early-stage companies. Historically, more than 80% of new entrants exit the defense market before they have a chance to see recurring revenue. Is the company prepared to endure revenue gaps? billion in early funding. Recently public enterprise-AI firm C3.ai

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

The entrepreneur who founded and grew the largest startup in the world to $10 billion in revenue and got fired is someone you have probably never heard of. Sloan kept the corporate staff small and focused on policymaking, corporate finance, and planning. A version of this article appeared in the Harvard Business Review.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

In How To Defend Your Dream Against All Odds , Alex and I explore the company's journey to $200 Million in revenue, while their VCs wrote them off. Zoho is already over $100 million in revenue and is seeing tremendous traction. In that case, the verticals of choice could be manufacturing, wholesale and retail.

North Carolina 116

North Carolina San Diego Entrepreneur Balance Sheet 116

Transformify

APRIL 21, 2017

Developers, designers, and finance experts from around the world go through a rigorous process that includes live screening and weeks-long test projects before being invited to join Toptal’s network. And we’ll be expanding into more business verticals soon. Why did you prioritize finance over another capability?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

And somebody who isn’t thinking necessarily thinking about how to maximize their ownership in your next round of financing. Experience. Relationships. Founder’s perspective. In the Growth Years. Unless you’re SnapChat, Instagram or similar this is probably 3-5 years into your existence.

Technical Review 325

Technical Review Early Stage Software Review Los Angeles 325

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. originally raised $3 million in financing from some of the smartest people in the industry including Peter Chernin, Allen DeBevoise and Shari Redstone.

South America 291

South America Colombia Mexico Vertical 291

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

In the last three posts, we drew the relationship of market risk and invention risk with vertical markets and pointed out verticals where customer development would be useful. would look in each of the verticals. Business and Revenue Model – How do we organize to make money? Regulatory Issues – What are they?

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

This year we will hit over $15m in gross revenue. This year we will hit over $15m in gross revenue. . In six months, the following was accomplishes: a one year lease was signed, I had made a public commitment to my business, and we were generating zero revenue. Thanks to Rafe Gomez, Vertical Cloud Inc. ! . #4-

Entrepreneur 55

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. John already has a couple of customers, and needs about 50 customers to get to $1M in annual revenue.

Vertical 115

Vertical Web San Francisco Entrepreneur 115

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

This year we will hit over $15m in gross revenue. This year we will hit over $15m in gross revenue. In six months, the following was accomplishes: a one year lease was signed, I had made a public commitment to my business, and we were generating zero revenue. Can you find a way to improve on what already is generating revenue?

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Delaware Hiring Social Media 54

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2019

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. Through these efforts, we will continue to build trust and credibility in the eyes of all stakeholders – employees, customers, prospects and other vendors in our verticals. .

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Compared to Accounting, Finance is ruthlessly forward looking. The basic lesson that founders can learn about asset valuation is that Accounting is past and Finance is future. Compounding is the ability of an asset to generate earnings that are reinvested in order to generate exponential revenue growth. Asset valuation.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2015

So if your business is low on funds, you might want to look into lease financing instead of heading over to the bank to ask for a loan. Instead, by carefully planning your price increases and marketing them effectively, you’ll be able to generate more revenue—and maybe even more sales—while padding your bottom line.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

revenues from internet video services spanning user-generated content to television shows and movies will exceed $7 billion this year. Video-on-demand alone is estimated to grow from a $1.1 How about Internet Video? Annual U.S.

Los Angeles 85

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Technical Review Distribution 85

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

5000 list , which lists private American companies based on three-year revenue growth between 2016 and 2019. We’re aiming to bring that boost in productivity and cost-efficiency both to CPA firms and other professional services firms in other verticals (i.e. Last year, Taxfyle ranked No. Magazine’ Inc.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2014

In another study, Granify, a CRO software company, conducted a real time behavior analysis of 20+ million visitors over 5 different verticals and also found that “lower prices” was not as pervasive as we may have believed. Financing Options. Social Proof. Return Policy. Customer Education. Shipping Costs.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 21, 2017

Revenue multiples, profit multiples, premium over the previous financing — these are metrics used by sellers to help determine a minimum acceptable price. Even for startups, it takes years for a new product to become good enough to demand many millions of dollars in revenue.). Yet mobile advertising revenues were paltry.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

We’re hitting record revenue months, weeks, and margins. Don’t be afraid to pivot The collapse of SVB spurred us to do a deep evaluation of how we’re generating revenue and value for customers. So instead of throwing dollars and time at a revamp, we’re doubling down on what we already know is the best value and revenue generator.

Early Stage 112

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Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

There is one clear outlier (Nonline Direct Revenue – a very difficult metric to compute, so hurray!). Inspire each Marketer, Finance Analyst, Logistics Support Staff, Call Center Manager, and every VP to move one step up or one step to the right. Slice the matrix vertically along the time-to-useful dimension….

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Analytics Framework Metrics Algorithm 93

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Solution: If your revenue growth is stagnant, it’s time to work with a brand strategist who can help you take a birds-eye view of your business and identify opportunities to tweak, improve, and communicate your branding. Technological shifts can also nudge entrepreneurs to update their branding.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Design Campaign Vertical 48

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.) So what’s wrong the product development model?

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

The fact that SaaS valuations are being more affected by the downturn than the Nasdaq can be surprising given the supposed resiliency of the SaaS model (recurring revenues) but it translates the public investors belief that SMB software spend is going to be hit very hard by this recession. Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare?

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

The Equity Kicker

MAY 9, 2016

It’s a great romp through the history of entrepreneurial ventures and how they were financed – starting with loan deals brokered in coffee shops and ending with the PC boom which established venture capital as an asset class in 1970s and 1980s. I just read Nicolas Colin’s Brief History of the World (of Venture Capital).

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Venture Capital eCommerce Startup 60

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Attaining $100,000 in monthly recurring revenue and securing a business partner in the United States are major goals. As someone who is passionate about finance and automated decision-making, I had a great time reading “ Thinking, Fast and Slow ” by Daniel Kahneman. What is your top goal for Betmarkets for 2020?

Portugal 62

Portugal Investment Bankers United States Cofounder 62

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Attaining $100,000 in monthly recurring revenue and securing a business partner in the United States are major goals. As someone who is passionate about finance and automated decision-making, I had a great time reading “ Thinking, Fast and Slow ” by Daniel Kahneman. What is your top goal for Betmarkets for 2020?

Portugal 62

Portugal Investment Bankers United States Cofounder 62

Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 24, 2013

in seed financing from A16Z and Spark. It’s a perfect storm waiting to take flight – as software continues to eat industries and verticals we believe this BloomNation story will repeat itself over and over again across more and more industries. BloomNation is launching today with $1.6M

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Vertical Retention Green Acquisition 74

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 19, 2012

The company that has successfully monetized in the women vertical is Glam Media, but their model is of a Vertical Ad Network. In addition, ad networks taking large cuts of ad revenues put further pressure on the publishers. The other 99% who go out to look for financing get rejected. Vikrant Mathur, CEO of iFood.tv

Media 114

Media Jacksonville Entrepreneur Vertical 114

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

In the previous six months, I’d read several articles in finance blogs or newsletters about yet another company that had just been financed in their specific vertical. Most of the financings I read about were for $5 million to $20 million. They knew their revenues were getting ready to grow – and possibly explode.

Vertical 48

Vertical Finance Valuation Global 48

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The trends include Cloud computing, outsourcing, social Web, vertical and local Web, smartphones and tablets, online advertising, online video, online gaming, e-books, and bootstrapped entrepreneurship. Jimmy already has about 65 customers and about a million dollars in annual revenue. You can find details in the blog post on [link].

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

For later-stage, it’s a high-priced financing round, tipping scales on widespread adoption, rapid hiring, or credible information on successive revenue-growth quarters. DOs for a systematic rather than haphazard startup job search: Pick a specific vertical or theme (e.g. Specific questions spur new ideas.

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Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 23, 2013

in seed financing from A16Z and Spark. It’s a perfect storm waiting to take flight – as software continues to eat industries and verticals we believe this BloomNation story will repeat itself over and over again across more and more industries. BloomNation is launching today with $1.6M

Vertical 60

Vertical Retention Green Acquisition 60

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Benson's business needs $500,000 to get off the ground, buy a machine, and meet the operating expenses, and he primarily came to discuss his financing options. My assessment is that this is not a traditional venture financing type deal. Qualitas Technologies.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Some vertical ad networks have gone after this opportunity, Glam Media being one of the most successful of the lot. However, you would need to know how to sell $25 to $50 CPMs, because at $4 to $5 CPMs, there is no money for anybody, not for the network and not for the publisher. It's just not worth it.

Greece 116

Greece Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley 116

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Every year, companies lose 20 to 30 percent in revenue due to inefficiencies. Business processes span industries, both vertical and horizontal, and can include any type of business operation. Finance – an invoicing process, a billing process, a risk management process.

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Cofounder Software Review Technical Review 100

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. In November of this year, the company announced that it had achieved “substantially” more than $1B in revenue in the third quarter. billion of GSV (gross services revenue) across 2.0

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