article thumbnail

Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money.

Lean 335
article thumbnail

Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

Both Sides of the Table

In an eCommerce or Internet Services business it is often the marketing costs (if purchased online) and in an enterprise software company it is often marketing plus enterprise sales reps. Generally you should take your full marketing spend including PR divided by your customers acquired to get your “fully loaded CAC.” That bit is easy.

Metrics 150
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

Both Sides of the Table

I need to give credit for the topic to PR Malloy who Tweeted me this question. PR Malloy (@diddly_do_indy) June 13, 2015. As the desk-based Internet emerged it was initially sold through telecom carriers (after players like AOL and EarthLink innovated the market).

PR 150
article thumbnail

Transcript of How Reducing Friction Increases Revenue

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of How Reducing Friction Increases Revenue written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. All the important SEO tools that you need for paid traffic, social media, PR, and of course SEO. On my Internet provider, I can only go back six months. Back to Podcast. Transcript. ” So you got to use that.

Revenue 58
article thumbnail

Guide to Create an Uber for Courier App

ReadWriteStart

Additionally, the major factors contributing to its high growth are better Internet access, e-commerce platforms, the scope of international trade, smartphone usage, and a rise in disposable income. Various business models in an on-demand courier delivery app.

article thumbnail

Start-ups are all Naked in the Mirror

Both Sides of the Table

As the economy soured and people grew wary of buying Internet software (we were SaaS as early as 1999 – our buyers were certainly “early adopters&# ) and life grew more difficult. I know that we haven’t brought in revenue as quickly as we had hoped. They haven’t hit their revenue targets. We were hot.

PR 331
article thumbnail

New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. 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. Carpe Diem.

Internet 335