1998 Business Model Sales 
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. Mobile devices deliver “bottom of funnel” sales opportunities that deliver real & immediate economic results. Bottom of the sales funnel. The Funding Problem.
K9 Ventures
AUGUST 13, 2010
We really were doing the i-thing before Apple came out with its first iMac in 1998. So the departments either didn’t have the capacity to pay or it would be an endless sales-cycle, where we would spend lots of time on the sales, but it still wouldn’t close. Very often what a startup’s business model is going to be is unclear.
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Up and Running
APRIL 27, 2015
While Microsoft introduced MSN Search in 1998, the site purely used an existing search engine, Inktomi, to gather results. Unfortunately, a series of bad judgments followed, including firing the company’s long-time ad agency, laying off 10% of its corporate staff and thousands of middle managers, and ridding the stores of sales and discounts.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
JUNE 19, 2010
Because I have no employees, there’s a profit margin of about 70%, so it’s a really fantastic business model and gives me the freedom to travel and come back from my travel with more money than I left with. The biggest deal I’ve ever done was a sale of a $100,000 website. I own my own house.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
OCTOBER 23, 2012
” Here’s the summary of his track record (excerpted from the Fast Company article): Forefront — IPO’ed in 1995 by CBT — CBT stock fell 85% in 1998 and prompted class-action lawsuits. Except I disagree with that definition of “success.” Support.com — On 2.5m
Hearpreneur
MAY 29, 2016
I started my company to increase the awareness about marketing within the small business community (what it is, what it is not, how to know you’re doing it right, etc) as I come across many that confuse marketing with PR or sales and are frustrated when their marketing programs don’t create the sales boost they expect.
Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
A few of the detailed case studies include: Tech legend Bill Gross building an MVP in 1999 to test demand for online car sales, which grew into CarsDirect.com. KISSmetrics building and empowering cross-functional teams to attack problems in their sales funnels via hypothesis testing. Lean Startup has gone mainstream.
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