ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Today, building Internet businesses, or businesses that are primarily marketed through the Internet, is viable for entrepreneurs all over the world. Seattle, Portland, Austin, New York City and Chicago have come up in the U.S. It is no longer Silicon Valley's exclusive domain.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

We seed funded a company a few years ago called Parachute Home that has grown 180% CAGR (compounded annually) and is now doing tens of millions of revenue with very little capital raised. I will use some examples from Parachute and some other portfolio companies to give you examples from our experiences of watching successful brands grow.

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Scalable Startup

JULY 19, 2011

I’ve also had the good fortune to operate and sometimes live in several other fledgling tech corridors – Cambridge, NYC, Portland, Boulder, Santa Fe, Austin, Dallas, SLC, Frankfurt, Paris. There’s a seriousness, a buzz, confidence, reliability, completeness, professionalism.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

It often results in cobbling together a variety of revenue streams in order to establish a solid financial platform to get a business going. Maybe you are an artist, and your hobby will help bring in revenue? Sites like Craigslist can be a great way to put your skills to use and piece together revenue. Image via The Boss Stitch.

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conversionxl.com

OCTOBER 31, 2011

When you try to replicate what Valve did to increase their revenue 40x , it might not work for you, but then again, why not give it a try? In October 2007, the British band Radiohead launched their latest album – In Rainbows – on the Internet. The company ended up making over $100,000 in revenue in the first month alone.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2016

Adding all of their products to the homepage hurt revenue by nearly 48%. 10 Ways the Internet Is Destroying You” (ListVerse). 10 Portland Brews You Should Drink Right Now: Ten Reasons The Beers In Your Fridge Right Now Just Don’t Cut It” (AskMen). Irrelevant images are the bane of low-converting product pages and ads. “The

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Here in Oregon, we’ve got some in Portland that are really great and then this article talks about some here in Eugene, Oregon which are doing well but fairly new. What are those five levers that if they move up or down they change your revenue or your expenses? Definitely check out your area. What are those things?

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