Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent. Some have labeled this period as irrational exuberance. The Rise of the Lean Startup.

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The main thrust of the post is that with YouTube taking a 45% of revenue and talent taking 70% of the remaining revenue, YouTube Networks didn’t have sustainable businesses unless they invested heavily in technology as a tool to increase margin and provide defensibility. Build Non-Ad-Based Revenue.

Video 339

Video Technical Review Distribution Aggregator 339

Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It can help you avoid wasting time and money on non-covered services and increase your collections by ensuring the patient’s copay or deductible has been paid. Efficiency A smooth, regulated revenue flow is critical to medical practices and hospitals.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Cost Algorithm 52

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2023

Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. But what does that really mean?

Hockey Stick 339

Hockey Stick Intellectual Property Non-Compete Business Model 339

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2021

Now that it is more mature, they are offering lower-cost alternatives, consistent with non-electric competitors. Here it is important to monitor customer feedback, as you may find one of these services could be a revenue source in itself. Define ancillary services to increase the average price.

Non-Compete 363

Non-Compete Startup Revenue Cost 363

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 14, 2013

Many other business commentators have stated this maxim before (in various other ways as well), but the idea is simple: find a position that’s based on non-price value i.e. do not compete on price. Revenue before cost. The advantages of higher revenue tend to be more valuable than the advantages of lower cost.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Non-Compete Differentiation Revenue 174

YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2019

Before moving ahead, it is worth to watch important stats on the global app revenue. As a startup, especially with a non-technical background, you might have a plethora of questions, especially if you are planning to dive right into the mobile app development. All you just need to effectively monetize your mobile app.

Mobile 127

Mobile San Diego Technical Review Startup 127

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Before Constant Contact, she served as a Chief Revenue Officer for Cabbage, a leading cash flow management and data platform for small businesses acquired by American Express. 13:51] What are some of the effective ways that you’ve seen people merging digital and non-digital? [16:30] This is John Jantsch.

Email 94

Email SMS Marketing Channel 94

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It’s tough to compete on product alone and you’re likely to see diminishing returns. And yet, revenue went up by 45% YoY. There have never been more brands competing for attention than there are right now. If you spam the non-buyers with sales CTAs, you’ll only annoy them. In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Throughout the first year we made many fixes and saw our revenue base in these markets accelerate so we felt we were ready to attack Los Angeles, amongst the most important storage markets in the country. An example of the systems companies build are pricing & revenue management tools to best help to optimize yield.

Operations 286

Operations New York City Technical Review Startup 286

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2021

Kearney , these go well beyond an organization getting rid of its "problem children:” Deconsolidate —shed non-core functions to focus on core competencies. The parent company guaranteed the spin-off a revenue stream and provided incentive bonuses based on artificial objectives, rather than competitive or market driven targets.

Startup 313

Startup Non-Compete Merger Leadership 313

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

The backdrop explained was that it was viewed that Korea has been tremendously successful at copying and perfecting other people’s technologies but in order to compete more effective in the future had to be more creative.

South Korea 261

South Korea Silicon Valley Los Angeles Japan 261

Board Effect

MARCH 22, 2022

Local banks promote social and economic development by providing loans, savings vehicles, and non-financial services to individuals and businesses. Data will help community banks turn data into insights that will help strategize how to drive revenue. . Advocacy is necessary to keep pace with vast regulatory changes. .

Community 98

Community Technical Review Agile Non-Compete 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2022

Keep your company focused on the business areas and functions that fit your strategic direction, by periodically eliminating non-contributing activities, organizations, and business units. With growth opportunities, the first capable response often wins; not necessarily the first mover, but the first one to provide a competent reaction.

Intellectual Property 322

Intellectual Property Acquisition Non-Compete Merger 322

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It’s why Canva can call itself a multibillion-dollar platform and how ConvertKit pulled itself up to compete with goliaths like MailChimp and Campaign Monitor. Once you’ve established your ideal customer, you can better focus your growth hacker marketing efforts to improve revenue and ROI. This helped grow revenue by 637%.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

The reality of CAC is both the when you scale your acquisition “channel” costs usually go up plus when you find a great channel others notice it and drive up the costs as they compete with you in that channel. In SaaS (or any recurring revenue business) this is also a very difficult task. So here are some more details ….

Metrics 150

Metrics Cost Acquisition Startup 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The value capture in the private markets has also led some hedge funds and other major non-private-market investors to become late-stage VCs. This “game theory” of mutual interests in collaboration even as we occasionally compete fiercely is what forces much better behavior in our industry than otherwise might exist.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

Growing Your Audience (And Your Revenue) With A Book written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Matt Briel In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Matt Briel. And I think self-publishing is most beneficial non-fiction creators and writers. Thanks, John.

Audience 88

Audience Revenue Distribution Differentiation 88

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2020

Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. But what does that really mean?

Hockey Stick 386

Hockey Stick Intellectual Property Startup Non-Compete 386

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

He published revenue figures even when they were still pathetic , he pledged loudly and eagerly to give away lots of free copies to non-profits, and he revealed all his (remarkably effective) marketing strategies (updated here ) even though it meant competitors would learn them too. Making Oprah cry. Advertising ??

Software Review 261

Software Review Technical Review Viral Software Developers 261

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2013

More often that not I see deals that are filled with legalese and are impossible to really understand by non-legal personnel. No matter what you do, you want to make sure that in the process that you protect your intellectual property, have non-disclosure agreements in place, if possible non-circumvents. Use plain language.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Securities and Exchange Commission Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence 164

Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 2, 2019

Not only are women-owned businesses increasing at two and a half times the rate of all US businesses combined, but both the revenue growth and employment growth of women-owned businesses have also outpaced the national averages for all businesses. Women-Owned Business Federal Procurement Program.

SBA 97

SBA United States Technical Review Government 97

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Conduct meetings to ensure understanding and alignment around market opportunities, business model, sources of revenue, immediate needs, growth, product opportunities, and ultimately to establish business and product priorities. You find that the non-technical CEO visionary has trouble directing the action.

Fractional CTO 231

Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review Early Stage 231

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

In the case of Freshdesk, their main competitor, Zendesk, is operating with a San Francisco - Copenhagen cost-structure and will find it harder to compete with this strategy. They charge $9, $29 and $59 per agent per month and I am eager to see bootstrapped, scrappy Freshdesk morph their pricing structure to aggressively compete with them.

India 123

India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

A non-traditional lender is another option; many small businesses are borrowing from on-line lenders like On Deck Capital Inc. Don Powers, owner of Powers Scanning stated, “I immediately saw an increase in sales after investing in my CRM system, which also allowed me to focus on recurring revenue.”. Small Business Administration.

Small Business 100

Small Business Small Business Administration SBA Non-Compete 100

Occam's Razor

APRIL 15, 2019

The goal was to deliver a 30% increase in revenue, the team delivered 1.7953%. When business performance is non-positive, every employee, at every level, will work super-duper hard to look at every dimension of data to find any semblance of good news (no matter how small). They dilute the analysis with non-facts.

Leadership 79

Leadership Non-Compete Analytics Software Review 79

Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2013

If you’re a non-profit…. Instead of looking at your credit score or asking you for your business’s detailed financial statements, Kabbage asks you for your UPS, PayPal, Amazon, Square, eBay, and/or Quickbooks accounts, and then uses the data it gathers from those accounts to determine your sales revenue and cash flow itself.

Kenya 119

Kenya Angel Investor Technical Review Software Review 119

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 19, 2011

Can an established organization with a recognized brand, proven revenue stream and an employee count in the hundreds or thousands embrace these principles? The low-fidelity nature of the deliverable also encourages non-designers to join the discussion. An individual may have multiple competencies.

Lean 165

Lean Software Review SCRUM Non-Compete 165

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2020

Last year, I gave a presentation on how we generated 40% year-over-year organic revenue growth by focusing on out executing the competition, not outsmarting them. Publish now, see if Google likes it, then improve and optimize once it has the ability to compete for quality keywords. Content gap analysis (CGA).

SEO 121

SEO Technical Review Software Review XML 121

Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Increase current conversion rate by 25%, quantify how much increased revenue there will be. Aim for quintupling revenue, obviously, but calculating just 25% improvement will give you all the budget you need from your management to insert urgency into the shopping process. Significantly higher revenue awaits. Do something simple.

Conversion 124

Conversion eCommerce Artificial Inteligence Aggregator 124

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

When shelter-in-place hit last March, forcing their doors to close, their revenue dropped to nothing overnight. million of inventory online and recovered all their lost POS revenue with online sales. With no way to serve it in their restaurant, their revenue flattened. And the benefits go way beyond pure revenue.

eCommerce 155

eCommerce Cofounder Community Channel 155

ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

This includes other non-competing agencies, as well as software and technology vendors. There are plenty of non-competing brands with the same audience as you—partner with them to collaborate on a high quality piece of content together. Examples of these channels include GrowthHackers and Hacker News.

Audience 127

Audience Non-Compete Distribution Channel 127

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has set guidelines for determining if someone is an employee or an independent contractor. While you don’t need to withhold payroll taxes from an independent contractor, you are responsible for issuing them at 1099-NEC Form for Non-Employee Compensation at the end of each calendar year.

Hiring 246

Hiring Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete NDA 246

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

In just over a decade, new firms like USV, Foundry, Spark, True Ventures, First Round, Greycroft (I might add Upfront) have made names for themselves from a non-traditional Silicon Valley stance. But of course, for every angle of the market where one person sees caution, another spots opportunities.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital LP Silicon Valley Marketing 150

Start Up Blog

APRIL 11, 2019

Fossil fuels won’t be able to compete on cost. Global e-commerce, lower living costs and higher living standards will create a renaissance for non-city places of great beauty. They’ll leverage their geographic monopolies and localised products, sell to global market places and compete effectively with cities.

Software Review 91

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Non-Compete 91

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

You can find more ideas here: Product Pricing Strategies and Techniques Pricing Experiments You Might Not Know, But Can Learn From Should I Lower My Prices To Compete? If you have the resources, competing may be less expensive during a downturn. Even less does it mean high transaction volume or revenue. Accepting that is key.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Moreover, such apps offer many advantages like improved productivity and better revenues (through accurate billing of work hours). Such apps help you automate your work process, allowing you to focus on your core competencies. A non-invasive tool won’t require too much management and will be better suited for your needs.

Non-Compete 246

Non-Compete Employee Operations Design 246