abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

As a result, AdWords boasts over one million customers and over $30B in annual revenue. In 2013, we are in the midst of a critical platform transition from the browser-based Internet to mobile applications platforms like iOS and Android. The most obvious form of this, and by far the easiest to implement, is Google AdWords.

Metrics 93

Metrics Conversion Internet Acquisition 93

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. but not that this justifies take a 45% revenue share.

Networking 366

Networking Media Distribution Video 366

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

YouTube takes too high of a revenue split (45% vs. 30% that Apple and many other distribution companies take – FWIW, YouTube argues this is because their costs are much higher since they host and stream the video). You have to have some of your own content formats and not just be an aggregator of talent.

SEM 150

SEM Los Angeles Silicon Valley Acquisition 150

ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2016

in 2013 to 1.43 Marketers should also be looking at acquisition (visits, unique visitors, pageviews), behavior (pages per visit, time on site, bounce rate), and revenue (if you’re eCommerce). These behaviors can be useful in investigating how different behaviors impact retention and churn, funnel conversion rates, and revenue.

Mobile 48

Mobile Technical Review Software Review Metrics 48

ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

This equates to a loss of revenue, which requires more and more signups from new customers just to replace what you are organically losing every month. I have seen this happen at a few startups I’ve worked with by expanding revenue from the current product, plus up-sell and cross-sell opportunities , but that will be a future post.

Retention 106

Retention Churn Rate Metrics Software Review 106

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. Facebook goes public in 2012 and Twitter in 2013.

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

12 cloud IPOs in the past 2 years: One from Europe SaaS companies are thriving in the public markets, with their aggregated market cap grew 350% since 2011, and 12 cloud companies going public in the past 24 months. These 12 have performed well, with an aggregate $2.6 Out of the 12 IPOs, Mimecast is the only company from Europe.

Europe 83

Europe Cloud API Israel 83

Life Beyond Code

APRIL 26, 2015

Key Observations About the Revenue Engine for Google. it is no secret that the revenue engine for google is advertising. The Gorilla of the revenue sources continues to be Ad revenues from Google Websites growing at 20.48% from year 2013. The slowest growth rate (6.51%) is the revenue from Network sites.

Curation 60

Curation Advertising Engineer Revenue 60

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Most large healthcare IT systems are chosen based on one primary objective: revenue management. healthcare system is complex and difficult, and most of these large EHR systems’ number one purpose is to deliver revenue. Billing and collection in the U.S. They contribute to the overall problem.

Customer 59

Customer Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 59

ConversionXL

MAY 16, 2018

Revenue, downloads, and sign-ups are all examples of lagging indicators. Common examples are Revenue and Conversions. After conducting the test, the revenue gained from the additional foot traffic to the store was nullified by increasing margins. In 2013 Kohl’s was looking for ways to significantly cut operating costs.

Marketing 133

Marketing Metrics Programming Design 133

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

It is what Seed used to be from 2009-2013, until the Seed rounds got fat and bloated and the bar for raising a Seed round became a lot higher. Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. This has been pretty much what K9 has been doing since 2013. Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed?

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

It has been a great way to immediately influence revenue for my ecommerce engagements. The latter is particularly useful as an aggregated view for senior executives. Yet, many don't have access to a well set-up account to build attribution modeling savvy and take their company's analytics the year 2013. Take a break.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

ConversionXL

MARCH 13, 2013

Wowzers rock on, but after stuffing around with payment processors for months I finally put up my buy now button in January 2013 ($9 / month) and guess how many people signed up?…. Total revenue – Yes total revenue is generally a vanity metric. Great you’ve got revenue. Get more revenue? It was a big lesson.

Metrics 111

Metrics Analytics Aggregator Revenue 111

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2019

Facebook and its affiliates, Instagram and Whatsapp, aggregate data such as likes and dislikes, engagements, time spent watching a video, etc.; Anish Sebastian co-founded Babyscripts in 2013 with the vision that internet enabled medical devices and big data would transform the delivery of pregnancy care.

Security 127

Security Cofounder Social Media Affiliate 127

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin started Bitwise in 2013 with the idea that the technology industry could be used to fix a city--in their case, Fresno, CA. Since 2013, Bitwise has supported people learning new skills in what they call underdog cities like Fresno, Bakersfield and Merced. And then I, of course, need revenue for this."

Fresno 60

Fresno Community Technology California 60

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

by creating a great experience, reassuring me with clear pricing, and they won't even have to pay a bounty to their aggregators! Don't you love happy customers and big revenues? So why is it that YouTube's home page is still such a cluttered mess? Why is it that when I visit www.3m.com

Web 165

Web Design Marketing Security 165

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

77% of Users Believe Social Login Is A Good Registration Solution… … and should be offered by any website, according to the same aggregated research published by WebHostingBuzz. The number of visitors directly correlates to revenue – whatever business you are in.

Social Network 130

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 130

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

So I thought I might pull all these thoughts together in a new edition of Soundbites from the Future – The 2013 edition. Like most politically important information, consumers will eventually get to be in control of their own aggregated data. You’ll find it is full of contradictions and juxtapositions.

Uruguay 123

Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

ConversionXL

MARCH 26, 2014

Right away, I noticed that Firefox took a big dip in October 2013. This would lead me to explore funnel abandonment and exit pages for the Firefox browser segment before and after week 42 of 2013. Phrased differently, motion charts visually help segment data much better than the standard charting in Google Analytics.

Analytics 131

Analytics Conversion Metrics Europe 131

Occam's Razor

APRIL 29, 2013

A benchmark for you: In 2013 if 30% of your time, Ms./Mr. Measuring Visits and Conversions in aggregate first and segmented by keywords (or even key word clusters) will get you on the path to showing real impact. If you are a pro, measure Revenue. In the latter group I discovered that there were two common themes. Profit rocks.

Metrics 166

Metrics Marketing Search SEO 166

practicetrumpstheory.com

JULY 14, 2010

Note: Some of you might have noticed that I swapped Revenue with Referral from Dave’s version. This is because I believe in charging from day 1 which more naturally aligns (but does not replace) Revenue with Retention. You can see that while activations are higher with the Freemium plan, Revenue (so far) is lower.

Metrics 51

Metrics Lean Retention Startup 51

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Skype became part of Microsoft so I was at Microsoft for two years and then in September of 2013 I left Microsoft and GroupMe to start Fundera which is an online marketplace for small business loans. Two, revenue. You can kind of think of it like a kayak for small business. You heard a little bit from others about that. What do you do?

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Multiply that by literally a couple thousand, and that’s what 2013 is going to look like in Silicon Valley, and to a lesser degree some other startup ecosystems. As a result, Pandora is nowhere near profitable at more than $103 million in quarterly revenue, paying more than half of this sum to labels for content licenses.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93