ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

In the rest of this article, I will share with you a basic process you can use to build upon. This information is crucial in maintaining scent from the creative to the landing page and rest of the customer journey. It is about focusing your marketing efforts on a few select companies that could represent huge revenue streams.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

For the rest of us, we need a business plan, as well as a product plan. All startups, including non-profits, need revenue to thrive, such as such as from subscriptions, retail, online, licensing, or services. They want to see revenue to share in the return. Provide specifics on the customer business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

If you can convince investors that your startup will generate a solid revenue stream, and the market won’t go away any time soon, they may see an opportunity for an ever larger return. Liquidate the assets, cash out investors, and keep the rest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Opportunity and revenue projections based on deep market and customer analysis are a smarter risk. All the rest are bad risks, including problems you didn’t anticipate, competitors you didn’t know about, and customer expectations that you can’t meet.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

REASON 4: Digitally Driven Companies Have Greater Revenue Growth. A study by the Aberdeen Group found that the top 20 percent of companies as measured by their “quality of digital customer experience” enjoyed an average year-over-year increase in revenue of over 35 percent, compared to a 7.7 percent average for the rest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

If you can convince investors that your startup will generate a solid revenue stream, and the market won’t go away any time soon, they may see an opportunity for an ever larger return. Liquidate the assets, cash out investors, and keep the rest.

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Up and Running

JUNE 1, 2021

It’s even possible for many of them to be revenue-neutral or better. Here’s an explanation of what conditions make an employee benefit revenue-neutral and a look at the five best options for businesses in a post-pandemic hiring environment. What is a revenue-neutral benefit? 401(k) plans and matching contributions.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Should SaaS companies trade at a 24x Enterprise Value (EV) to Next Twelve Month (NTM) Revenue multiple as they did in November 2021? But rest assured valuations get reset. Probably not and 10x (May 2022) seems more in line with the historical trend (actually 10x is still high). And reset they must.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 4, 2021

Net Dollar Retention (NDR) and Net Revenue Retention (NRR) are both important measurements in any business but many companies conflate the two or (more frequently) only report on one. NDR and NRR are as defined as follows: NDR measures the average percentage change in revenue over the first 12 months of a customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

On the movie production side, it’s time to start doing analyses on movie scripts, based on reaction to similar movies, to predict box office revenue and cities to hit. The rest of us would rather not be annoyed by the multiple contacts of the wrong type. Education – guided studying for targeted learning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2020

The norm for entrepreneurs is to be optimistic on revenue projections, and miserly on funding needs. Of course this means taking some smart risks, not resting on your laurels, and continuously updating your business plan and strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2017

With this, the rest of this post outlines five of the key strategies that will allow you to increase your revenue. That being said, social media holds a lot of promise as a platform to increase the revenue for your business. This is one of the trickiest things that you can do to increase your revenues. Use Social Media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

buy out an entire company for its revenue and profits. These include the product itself, the customer, the distribution channel, revenue model, how to get, keep and grow customers, resources and activities needed to build the business and costs.). The rest is just overhead surrounding what is the core value to the acquiring company.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2014

Next we teach Distribution Channels (how are you going to sell the product) and Customer Relationships (how do you Get/Keep/Grow customers) and Revenue Streams (what’s the Revenue Model strategy and pricing tactics.) You get an introduction to reimbursement early here, while the details are described later in the “Revenue” lecture.).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 30, 2019

Transcript of How Reducing Friction Increases Revenue written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. This transcript is sponsored by our transcript partner – Rev – Get $10 off your first order. John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by SEMrush.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Stacked Marketer turned a free newsletter into a six-figure revenue generator by staying actionable, convenient, and entertaining. As Maryanne Wolf notes in the Guardian , skim reading is the new normal: “Many readers now use an F or Z pattern when reading in which they sample the first line and then word-spot through the rest of the text.”.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

A future once at our fingertips now rests at the tips of our tongues. John came to Swiftpage with a 30-year track record of building highly profitable and sustainable revenue growth for emerging companies and established global leaders.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

At Wildcat, we recommend benchmarking your startup against the four core architectural pillars of the Traction Gap Framework: product , revenue , team and systems. Revenue Architecture. A comprehensive revenue architecture should be designed to enable a startup to generate and monetize awareness, engagement and usage.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2017

Subscription business brings recurring revenue. This allows you to enjoy a constant source of incoming revenue, as long as you’re keeping the subscribers satisfied (that is of course essential). Through customer acquisition, you’ll work to grow the revenue and then, use that revenue to cover operational costs. Conclusion.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2021

By cultivating loyalty, you ultimately increase profitability and revenue. Secondly, when a new product or service is released, the company can rest assured that customers will respond well. And in the world of social media, there’s also a degree of social acceptance involved. ( “What will people think?”).

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Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

Its employees and investors don’t depend on an existing revenue stream. Every Airbnb rental is a lost night of revenue for hotels that hate it. Corporations using existing business models have people, processes and revenue goals that can’t be changed overnight. None of the renters pay hotel or tourist tax.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Scheduling Everything – Including Rest. While many are taking weekends and holidays off to regroup, we are plotting our next revenue stream, event, or book. Scheduling Everything – Including Rest. Full of Creativity and Innovation. Collaborative and Open to Listen. Follows a Pattern of Careful Consideration.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

At Wildcat, we recommend benchmarking your startup against the four core architectural pillars of the Traction Gap Framework: product , revenue , team and systems. Revenue Architecture. A comprehensive revenue architecture should be designed to enable a startup to generate and monetize awareness, engagement and usage.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Instead, watch payback period for acquisition efficiency, watch retention for product/market fit, watch expansion revenue for long-term growth, and watch gross margin for long-term profitability. The “boring” but established, large market is where revenue is easy and competition is old, slow, and has something to lose.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

billion in ad revenue in 2020. But you can also accumulate significant exposure and revenue through an organic YouTube strategy. Given that most users abandon apps within 30 days post-installation, high downloads don’t lead to high audience retention, satisfaction, or revenue. Revenue metrics. YouTube generated $19.77

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

You can read the rest of the posts in the series by clicking here *. The point here is not to do a granular forecast of revenue or number of users/customers, but to put a stake in the ground so investors understand what you believe is achievable with X amount of resources given Y timeframe. Now it’s time to discuss the “where”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2019

What does that mean for the rest of us, who reside or grew up in the thousands of small towns that cover most of the landscape? Sizing the market, projecting revenue, and calculating break-even points are critical, even for a coffee shop. Is entrepreneurship ever viable or recommended in a small town?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

Your revenue plans are no longer valid. What’s your monthly cash burn at your new low revenue level? The CEO should dial through as many of the largest existing customers to get a firsthand understanding of the magnitude of any revenue shortfall. Involve the board and the rest of the company. External Assessment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2023

Look for operations that are hogging resources without generating significant revenue. Look for hidden sources of revenue. Sometimes your best source of new revenue is right under your nose, like services revenue in support of your products. Examine every cost center in your business. Snap up top talent.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Where marketing drives brand awareness, customer acquisition drives conversions and sales to generate revenue. Data-driven strategies focused on ROI over revenue win the customer acquisition game. Although the campaign only generated 20 new customers, they each spent an average of $150 on products, generating $3,000 in revenue.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Rule #2: Revenue is your first priority. Rule #2: Revenue is your first priority. In this context, revenue can be an investment as well as sales. The “revenue is your first priority” philosophy is in contrast to the idea of the entrepreneur who spends most of his time focused internally on building the perfect product.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Consider the consequences of these monthly pricing possibilities: $0/mo means your goal is to maximize growth (trust and usage) instead of revenue. If you want to scale faster you’ll need venture funding, both because of the anemic revenue, and because otherwise you can’t afford to advertise. This is a hard slog.

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