Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2014

Most of the startups we’ve backed at Homebrew don’t rush to announce their funding. Not because they’re all operating in stealth or pre-product – in fact some already are earning $1m+ in revenue per annum. YC companies use Hacker News to post jobs and have strong community groups, as does 500 Startups.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Here are a few tips for startup leaders to effectively approach these tough decisions. What is the service or product you’re bringing to market? Technology tools such as a CRM system can also help you get a strong understanding of your sales cycle and pipeline. Consider narrowing your focus.

Entrepreneur 149

Entrepreneur Sales Cycle Early Stage Texas 149

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

This required complete alignment across marketing and sales teams to engage, then close the deal. It’s proven to drive more revenue , improve customer experience , and power growth. I was knowledgeable about the product before ever communicating with the company. The complexity of the product. ABM makes sense.

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Lead Generation Marketing Sales Cycle Campaign 94

K9 Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2010

SneakerLabs’ first product was a Java-based chat server and client. Since I had good connections with the University, we got a lot of feedback on how the product could be improved to meet their needs. We listened to their feedback and started adding features to the product accordingly. The product worked. Not so fast.

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Revenue Developer Java Customer Development 72

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

by Eliot Burdett, co-founder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting. Building a sales team from scratch is one of the most difficult and important tasks of a CEO. Generating revenue through sales, especially as start-up capital diminishes, can make or break a company’s success. Map out individual sales goals.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

During today's roundtable, we had four Microsoft BizSpark Startup India Challenge grant finalists present. Now, if the communication can be smoothed, the entire process will become a great deal more productive. Toward that end, they have created two products. The company already has paying customers and a validated product.

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India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

Small Business Force

AUGUST 27, 2017

Selling, especially for technology products always looks way easier than it actually is. Many entrepreneurs make the mistake of believing that their products are so good, they, literally, sell themselves. They were selling a new product, in a relatively new space, with little training. Not even close.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2023

Technical entrepreneurs love their technology, and often are driven to launch a startup on the assumption that everyone will buy any solution which highlights this technology. Nice to have does not motivate a revenue stream. Investors thus tend to shy away from these startups, meaning you need deeper pockets.

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Customer Sales Cycle Social Media Viral 276

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 9, 2021

There are thousands of sales tools that focus on making life easier for the sales team—yet none built with the buying experience in mind. This is the perfect example of how sales aren’t truly focused on the most important person in the sales cycle: the buyer! No one wants to work with a vendor.) .

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B2B Sales Technical Review B2C 87

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2019

Building your brand on social media requires much more than simply knowing your audience and staying active, although these common startup social media tips are certainly useful. According to a study conducted by Lucidpress , inconsistent brand messaging can lead to conflicting perceptions that negatively impact sales.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 17, 2013

I grew the business that I currently lead as CEO from a start-up to more than 60 million dollars in revenue in less than six years. My simple process has worked to spur growth and revenue for every business I have headed. Can a competitor’s product name be easily substituted for my company’s brand?

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Georgia Sales Cycle Atlanta Business Model 238

Where to Play

AUGUST 18, 2020

A good indicator for this fact is the growing number of Chai-Startups in India. Time to revenue is low due to short transactional volume and the short sale cycle. This opportunity has a short sale cycle with quick payments. The sale cycle with Govt. Opportunity Nr.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

And building a startup is not for the faint of heart. The tools and temperament needed to get from startup idea to startup success were the focus of the guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. Prior to founding Andela , he co-founded 2U , an education technology startup that went public in 2014.

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Cofounder Entrepreneur Africa Sales Cycle 143

Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2019

However, as a founder of a small business or startup, you’re juggling many things. You need to use your time and resources productively by focusing on the right metrics so you can use data to help you implement improvements that matter. Revenue and wins by type: compare revenue and wins among existing and new businesses.

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Founder Retention Metrics Technical Review 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2020

Technical entrepreneurs love their technology, and often are driven to launch a startup on the assumption that everyone will buy any solution which highlights this technology. Nice to have does not motivate a revenue stream. Investors thus tend to shy away from these startups, meaning you need deeper pockets.

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Technology Marketing Sales Cycle Social Media 317

Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

And building a startup is not for the faint of heart. The tools and temperament needed to get from startup idea to startup success were the focus of the guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. Prior to founding Andela , he co-founded 2U , an education technology startup that went public in 2014.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Entrepreneur Africa Sales Cycle 120

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

Technical entrepreneurs love their technology, and often are driven to launch a startup on the assumption that everyone will buy any solution which highlights this technology. Nice to have does not motivate a revenue stream. Investors thus tend to shy away from these startups, meaning you need deeper pockets.

Technology 286

Technology Startup Sales Cycle Social Media 286

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Some of the first companies have launched products or services or are in the process of getting there, according to their entrepreneurs. Our plan is to have seven figure revenues and be profitable by Q3, in addition to to seven new hires by end of the year," he says. We wrote about their innovative program last fall.

St. Louis 118

St. Louis CTO Hire Fractional CTO Entrepreneur 118

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

Since then, Brant and Patrick have been tireless advocates for the whole Lean Startup movement. From Lean Startup Machine , Lean LA and San Diego Tech Founders , to countless speeches and workshops, I have seen the impact that their leadership has had first hand. It will be published by Wiley this fall.

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Entrepreneur Lean Southern California San Diego 167

Up and Running

JUNE 27, 2018

Simply knowing how your business runs and what products or services you offer is not enough to plan your next marketing move. This statement distinguishes you from your competitors, explains how your product/service improves your market’s lives, and delivers specific benefits that consumers will get from your company.

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Marketing Social Media Campaign Sales Cycle 109

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

First up was Brad Barrett presenting GrillGrate , a grill accessory with which Brad has built a year-to-date revenue of $400,000. With enterprise customers, this would result in tremendous exit barriers, making sales cycles long and involved, which a small startup will find hard to withstand. GrillGrate.

India 114

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 114

ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

We had built the world’s largest open-data community but—like so many startups—didn’t have a clear product-market fit. . To have the future we wanted, we needed to shift away from monetizing our open-data community and toward enterprise sales. But since we were still a young startup, we deferred customer expansion tracking. .

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? All things being equal, of course, you’d rather have more revenue rather than less. And yet revenue alone is not a sufficient goal.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

No one can predict the future and it’s especially true in the startup world. The statistics show that even though most founders bet their time and resources that their startups will be the best in the world, 90% of those new startups won’t be in operation in 10-15 years. Key Variables to Consider: Sales units.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Three out of every four B2B buyers would rather self-educate than learn about a product from a sales representative, according to Forrester. Let me ask you two questions: Would you like to see and use a software product before buying it? Or would you prefer to go through a lengthy sales process to see if it’s a good fit?

Marketing 289

Marketing Sales Cycle Acquisition Sales 289

ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

On Facebook, an ideal customer may log on to see photos of a new nephew, not to check out a 30-second demo of your SaaS product. This post focuses on deployment rather than production, but here are high-level takeaways from those posts: Quality = attention span. The sales cycle may last for months, or more than a year.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Software as a Service (SaaS) businesses face challenges when trying to advertise and promote their business since they have a limited period to convince their customers to choose their product. Most revenue from a SaaS company comes from their existing customers, which means that customer balance is crucial to your growth.

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Advertising Social Media Campaign SEO 156

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. Diving in a bit more into some thoughts here: 1b) Ad-based revenue streams generally have terrible unit economics. Product second. This is obvious.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. Diving in a bit more into some thoughts here: 1b) Ad-based revenue streams generally have terrible unit economics. Product second. This is obvious.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

You should assume your target has substitutes for your product, has an overflowing inbox, and is being wooed by others. The more mature and visual your product, and the better your customer reference base, the less need there is to propose a baby step. Is third-year revenue of $10M good or bad? Ownership of 1.222% means nothing.

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Term Sheet Technical Review Due Diligence Merger 48

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

In the startup world, bootstrapping essentially means funding your own venture and not being too dependent on external sources. Let’s face it, to have a bootstrapped startup you need grit and total faith and conviction in your product, something a lot of new startup’s find it difficult to conjure. Spend Wisely.

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

I’ll give you an example with my own startup LaunchBit and how our understanding of the problem and the customer became more refined over time: V1: Helping online marketers get customers profitably. Almost all of the companies we invested in in 2017 had customers even if they didn’t have much of a product. But the execution is hard.

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Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

I’ll give you an example with my own startup LaunchBit and how our understanding of the problem and the customer became more refined over time: V1: Helping online marketers get customers profitably. Almost all of the companies we invested in in 2017 had customers even if they didn’t have much of a product. But the execution is hard.

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Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior Great companies are almost always run by great management teams. The company has just missed its quarterly revenue forecast. Lets take an example, and look at how they might do this: They will be able to tell you that revenue is composed of deals.

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Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2016

Technical entrepreneurs love their technology, and often are driven to launch a startup on the assumption that everyone will buy any solution which highlights this technology. Nice to have does not motivate a revenue stream. Investors thus tend to shy away from these startups, meaning you need deeper pockets.

Sales Cycle 120

Sales Cycle Social Media Viral Technology 120

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This calculation goes beyond marketing costs and advertising dollars to include product costs, labor costs, shipping costs, and any other expenses that contribute to attracting and securing customers. Effectively, “spend” includes everything that goes towards getting your product into the customer’s hands.

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