ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

136 CMOs were recently asked “What do you see as your biggest opportunity for revenue generation in early 2013?” It’s about the Oakland A’s and their General Manager Billy Beane. I don’t know about you, but I’d sure would like to increase my revenue by 10% (and more – which is why I keep testing).

Design 100

Design Analytics Software Review Conversion 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

-Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Competition: Chegg (has raised $144 in debt and equity)—estimated by Steven Carpenter ( TechCrunch ) to be 10x more unique visitors than BookRenter (during peak book renting seasons) with nearly $140mm in revenues for 2010.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Los Angeles Oakland Asia 217

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

We're a technology company headquartered in Fresno, California, and together with the Kapor Center in Oakland have partnered to deliver Onward US, which is an initiative to put thousands of Americans back to work. And then I, of course, need revenue for this." Jake Soberal : Hi, my name is Jake Soberal. And so she had an Academy. "I

Fresno 60

Fresno Community Technology California 60

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

They found ways to support longterm care facilities, homeless shelters, and other locations serving those most at risk, all while schools, their main source of revenue, were closed. I was talking in one of these conversations with Brian Chesky, who talked about the collapse of revenue and the dramatic effect that this had on Airbnb.

Cofounder 60

Cofounder Security Founder Entrepreneur 60

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 11, 2016

He compared what we as marketers do with data to the way Billy Beane approached managing the Oakland Athletics in Michael Lewis’ book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. Is it revenue or is it bookings? I recently spoke with Jeff Allen, a Senior Director at Adobe Analytics , about the role data plays within marketing.

Acquisition 43

Acquisition Cost Customer .Net 43

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 8, 2017

If you were watching the Oakland Raiders beating the hapless New York Giants (so sad about Eli) this past Sunday, you surely saw a scene like this one: Quarterback Geno Smith using his Microsoft Surface tablet to figure out how he added two more fumbles to this career total of 43. It does not always have to be revenue or profit.

Global 121

Global Metrics Artificial Inteligence Oakland 121

Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

is mostly sanguine, claiming that the market’s standards for viability have increased since the 2000 bust and citing Twitter (revenue but no profit) as the model for the new public tech company. on the Richter scale, but it severed the Bay Bridge, flattened a section of freeway in Oakland, and killed sixty-three people.

San Francisco 20

San Francisco Silicon Valley California Oakland 20