crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

SaaS products aren’t viral – [link]. Technology Review - [link]. Technology Review - [link]. Internet Ad Revenues Rise to Historic $17 Billion in First Half 2012, Up 14% Over Half-Year 2011, According to IAB – [link]. The Funniest Gadget Glitches During Live Presentations - [link]. Show them WHY.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. In fact, SaaS industry revenue is projected to grow from $49 billion in 2015 to $67 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of approximately eight percent.

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venturedig.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

In social networking, they’re ever-changing, backed by eye-opening revenue and have very little documentation. Big brands, like Porsche, may want to get in front of their audience and have users speak about their brand in a viral, social networking space. Total Estimated Revenue For Year: $200 million. Virtual Currency.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

As a VC, I have sat through many presentations like this, and in most cases the service is actually interesting and compelling. However in the majority of these presentations there is little or no focus on how much it will cost to acquire customers. For more on the topic of Viral Growth, refer to my blog post on that topic here.)

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The site is run by Mercy Corps , which intends to help “small businesses grow faster, generate more revenue, and employ more people.&# If you prefer a face-to-face conversation, there’s also an option to search for a mentor by your zip code. More than 1,000 matches have been made to date. STOKED!!!!

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Then they increased their revenue from $2M to $6M in six months. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a demand generation funnel that fuels the pipeline, shortens the sale cycle, and generates revenue. Your number one metric for any marketing initiative should be revenue. Like SEO, demand generation is a long game.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

The response to the video I shared of my presentation – How I Made $180,000 Profit Buying And Selling Websites Part Time – was awesome, and as I promised, here is the text transcript for you. It made this site very sticky and it grew organically through viral word-of-mouth as a result of doing that. Adding Ad Revenue.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 12, 2015

It’s really all about revenue. The key to more revenue? Consider that 40% of an ecommerce store’s revenue is created by 8% of its customers and that 82% of companies agree that retention is cheaper than acquisition. Each of the three stages presents the opportunity for optimization. Well, it’s retention. (No,

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. Presently, Rejoiner serves about 150 direct-to-consumer brands, including well-known companies like Hydroflask and Titleist. million in revenue a year. . Image source). Qualified.io

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Cracking the Code

MAY 25, 2010

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Unveiling of the "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product Design" The best rated session of the day was the presentation by Jason Putorti on product design. Free Software Download.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. Presently, Rejoiner serves about 150 direct-to-consumer brands, including well-known companies like Hydroflask and Titleist. million in revenue a year. . Image source). Qualified.io

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Many partnerships don’t make it past this stage, devolving into a tangled mess about who owns the idea and the code and what the compensation should be. If the idea was reliant on ad revenue for profit, it quickly becomes apparent that there will be no incoming money at all. At this point, everyone loses. Rework it as necessary.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 14, 2022

Today, software is more important than ever. According to Statista, organizations worldwide use an average of 110 software applications to maintain operations. Needless to say, there’s a lot of competition no matter what area of software you choose to tackle. Our answer was simple– SEO (search engine optimization).

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Growth Hacking isn’t viral marketing (although viral marketing is part of it). and answers with A/B tests, landing pages, viral factor, email deliverability, and Open Graph. If a startup is pre-product/market fit, growth hackers can make sure virality is embedded at the core of a product.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

mobile is ~50% of revenue, shorter form works better. Flip your funnel – only 5% of revenue comes from optimisation but 92% of revenue from retention. Virality: # of users that refer your product for you: exponential growth if your K factor is greater than 1. Dropbox: first achieved growth through virality.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 28, 2024

They ran one of the most successful viral video agencies in the world for nearly a decade before solely focusing on speaking at events for companies like Walmart, Pepsi, Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, Cirque du Soleil and Saks Fifth Avenue when they need help navigating their way through the landscape of business disruption. So yeah, so congrats.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. Let’s look at a viral growth company, like Facebook. If you are building a large, viral, ad-support consumer internet property, you just want to go big! They’re off to cross the chasm. As soon as possible!&#

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ConversionXL

MAY 29, 2019

Some solutions are simple—you need a consistent visual presentation on your channel page and across videos. Have channels with a high number of subscribers cracked the YouTube code? billion in annual revenue that trades on the NASDAQ—had published only four videos in nearly 12 years. This post tries to answer those questions.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). Social Networks: Past, Present & Future.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. at 11:09 AM.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. So where does Salesforces profitability stands today compared to the most successful on premise public software companies? traditional software is like cocaine--youre hooked.

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mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

Designers who practiced table-based layout may remember how headaches up front lead to more flexible code later. Content does not fill a website; a website is the stage on which designers present content. Newsletter. JavaScript. Techniques. Web Design. Typography. Inspiration. Responsive. iPhone & iPad. Design Patterns.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Always Be Testing The biggest lesson I learned while taking the site from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars a month (revenue, not profit), is that there are a lot of great theories about marketing, but no one can tell you the exact thing that’s going to lead to an uptick in sales. Marketing Isn’t Coding.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 11, 2016

Big brands are spending tens of thousands on videos that fall flat while a lucky few are going viral. The presentation and organization goes a long way to generating comfort in the purchase decision.” Revenue: Measure close to the money. If you use HubSpot Salesforce, you can see how much revenue was generated.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

endeve – Issue invoices, manage clients and check revenues all in one place. Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more. Invoice Place – Online billing software that lets you track invoices, quotes, receipts and more.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. To this day, not a single pixel gets on our website or apps without my input, review, and approval. It’s that important.

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leananalyticsbook.com

AUGUST 19, 2012

That might sound pretty standard, but the variety of revenue models can complicate things. Game startups care about Average Revenue Per User Per Month and Lifetime Average Revenue Per User (ARPUs). Users buy and install your software on their device. Viral coefficient (how well your users become your marketers.).

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 5, 2010

The knowledge that you need 10,000 hours to master a subject, that certain trends become viral after the 412th person adopts it, or that you should make your product remarkable, is not going to help you launch. Massive markets that you don’t need to understand to run a software company.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Henry , Chris Callahan , Travis Briggs , Nene Kalu , Nikolay Pohodnya , Jamin Wong , Nick Gauthier , Anon User, Andrea Narciso , Steve Shapero , Max Yankov , Christopher Wiley , Bruce Serven and Tony Karrer This question gets asked a lot on Quora, but this one strikes me due to the phrasing. Wild guess: nope, you never heard of him / her.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

So, lots of content combined with an engaged audience (contributing and participating in consumption), driving great branding and real world revenue. Some have experimented with virality ( Pepsi Test Drive or Dove Beauty , etc.), You are welcome to add reviews about those products from right there. Because of YouTube.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 15, 2016

Support them with quick start documentation as well as example code and get out of their way as soon as you can.” Perhaps due to personal preference and ease of use… But they’re not just browsing, they’re converting. In fact, mobile app revenue for 2016 is estimated at $58 billion. via Inbound.org).

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2020

down 97%: Austin Business Journal Restaurant revenue is down 73%?—?despite despite the ability to offer takeout: Austin Restaurant Revenues Dropped by 73 Percent Austin’s unemployment rate went from 2.6% If enough of the virus is present in the sample, it’s going to show up in the results at the end of the PCR test?—?and

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups. He goes on to add, “Having revenue is even better, though not applicable to every startup … Passion, skill, vision and maturity really matter.&#

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Mobile commerce revenues may still pale in comparison to their ecommerce brothers, but we’re already seeing signs of mobile commerce’s potential. Choosing Between Mobile and Native Apps One of the resounding themes for mobile software developers in 2011 is the debate between building a native app or building a mobile web app.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 6, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. However, SaaS companies are trading today at an average of 5-6x trailing revenues (salesforce leading the pack with 8.7x), while traditional software companies are in the 2-3x range.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A few times per year, Bessemer organizes a CxO event for our portfolio companies and we decided to focus our first session of 2008 on Software-as-a-service (SaaS). Monday, February 04, 2008.

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