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?”. The MVP took around four months to build, during which time the company earned no revenue. They then spent the first year qualifying the product and testing out their revenue model.

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 78

The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

On the enterprise side of our business, we’ve seen the increasing demand from traditional large corporate buyers looking for ways to manage a more distribute workforce,” Cooper said. “In Enterprise clients for whom Private Workplace was introduced are a minority at oDesk, but this minority brings the bigger part of the revenues.

Russia 151

Russia Ukraine Latvia Lithuania 151

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

How They Make Money: Majority of Kayak’s revenue actually comes from advertising on their site (55%), not lead generation or referral fees to travel suppliers as you might think (more on this below). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008).

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Genuine VC

JANUARY 3, 2013

Happy New Year and welcome to 2013. Given the ability to plug into (often self-service) monetization platforms and/or employ freemium models which weren’t available or de rigueur five years ago, seed stage companies are able to transform into seed stage businesses (with real revenue!)

Seed Stage 166

Seed Stage Venture Capital Audience New York 166

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?”. The MVP took around four months to build, during which time the company earned no revenue. They then spent the first year qualifying the product and testing out their revenue model.

Sweat Equity 50

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 50

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

The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2020

We interviewed entrepreneur Mr. Peter Agarwal, President/Owner of LED Phantom Distribution, a distributor of high quality LEDs, lighting, and lighting control products. LED Phantom has become a leader in customer service and product distribution of highly efficient green energy lighting products. LED lighting is a big example of that.

Green 179

Green Founder Distribution Business Model 179

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 6, 2021

When you boil it down, the innovations around the creator economy consist of new ways to create, distribute and monetise content as well as direct to consumer models for fan engagement, monetisation and commerce. It has since built a lucrative business and crossed the $100M in annual revenue.

Israel 193

Israel Audio Startup Portfolio 193

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Gaming as a category generated $200 billion in revenue in 2021 and is expected to continue to grow, especially amongst the younger generation. billion revenue in 2021 for Epic Games in 2021, much of it on users purchasing ‘skins’ or clothing for their virtual avatars. Fortnite generated $5.8 Cloud Gaming Hiccups.

Cloud 199

Cloud Bandwidth IP Global 199

Up and Running

MAY 25, 2016

In this article, I’m going to provide you with a list of strategies that will help you increase your nonprofit’s revenue so that you can not only stay in operation, but thrive! If you have any of your own revenue-generating strategies to share, please leave a comment—I’d love to hear your thoughts! Hold benefit events. Bake sales.

Revenue 86

Revenue Oregon Campaign Social Media 86

Up and Running

JULY 18, 2014

So the S corporation splits the owners income into two parts, wages and pass-through distributions. But you’ll avoid employment tax on the income distribution. New for 2013-tax season, the IRS has released a “safe harbor” method that may make home office deductions more accessible. You’ll pay the same 15.3%

Small Business 87

Small Business LLC Nevada Software Review 87

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

We recently wrapped up our strategy offsite, an annual event that brings together the members of our very distributed team – 12 different cities in four different countries – to discuss what our aspirations and ambitions are for the coming year. It is my one resolution for 2013: less annoying emails. Back to the top.

Founder 80

Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 2, 2017

When Satya and I started Homebrew in 2013 one of our bets for the coming decades was that non-traditional acquirers would become more aggressive in their pursuit of technology startups. Next Level: Buying Customers/Revenue/Distribution. Satya likes to describe the trend as “outsourced R&D.”

Technical Review 119

Technical Review Cap Table Acquisition Startup 119

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Over the course of 2013, the API industry has matured a great deal. The most common example of an API strategy is around companies who aspire to build a developer community as a new revenue source or as the foundation of their business. He is also the co-author of APIs: A Strategy Guide. The reality: “API as a tactic”.

API 135

API Dividend Audience Programming 135

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 15, 2013

.” Since its oringal launch, Spotify has driven more than half a billion US dollars to music rights holders, and aims to drive another half a billion US dollars to rights holders during 2013. Spotify is already the second biggest source of digital music revenue for labels in Europe.

Malaysia 153

Malaysia Singapore Asia Sweden 153

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). YouTube is a distribution and marketing channel like any other. You can’t build a brand on YouTube.

SEM 150

SEM Los Angeles Silicon Valley Acquisition 150

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 15, 2014

“In 2013, global trade accounted for approximately 25 percent of PayPal’s Total Payment Volume – so we understand the challenges and opportunities of international trade. . Then there’s also Golden Week in Japan, as well as Click Frenzy in Australia.

Small Business 162

Small Business Brazil Japan Australia 162

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Part 6: Distribution channels in Life Sciences. Part 7: Revenue Streams in Life Sciences. Gastro.org 2013 Education Meeting. Part 4: This Will Save us Years – Customer Discovery in Medical Devices. Part 5: Value proposition and customer segments in Life Sciences.

Lean 256

Lean Customer Development Business Model Channel 256

David Teten

AUGUST 8, 2013

For example, whether the data shows consumption of soft drinks, vs. amount of soft drinks entering distribution channels, will affect the interpretation of the numbers. National Automotive Dealers Association, [link] , as of August 6, 2013. For example, frequently the company’s annual volume or revenue appears on multiple slides.

Technical Review 114

Technical Review .Net Audience Naming 114

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 2, 2013

It will be the same in 2013. What you now see is the distribution of which link is making you how much money. Sure they can sprout the number of tweets or top search keywords, but rarely do they have a robust understanding of the geographical distribution of their audience. What lessons can be applied to all other visitors?

Analytics 160

Analytics Search Campaign eCommerce 160

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

After peaking at $38 billion revenue more than a decade ago, the industry stabilized last year at $16.5 In the first half of 2013, 43 percent of all album sales were digital, up from 38 percent the year before (Nielsen). Digital is now the majority of revenues in markets such as the US, India, Norway and Sweden.

North America 155

North America Norway Sweden Japan 155

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. If this were a math class, I’d just say the proof is evident but if you want some data on Twitter’s 2013 YTD revenue here you go. Twitter’s IPO has garnered a ton of attention in the tech and popular press.

IPO 194

IPO Aggregator B2B Internet 194

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2014

According to the National Venture Capital Association , the amount of money that VC’s invested rose 8% to nearly $30 billion in 2013. Just get it done” is fine when entrepreneurs are starting out, but not when the work is distributed to a bigger team. Investors keep pouring money into startups and early stage companies.

Startup 252

Startup Angel Investor Early Stage LLC 252

ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2014

A couple weeks ago, we dug into internal site search & found that in some cases , searches performed by only 10% of the site’s total traffic made up nearly 40% of the companies overall revenue. Billion in sales in 2013, 2% = $24 million dollars… …That’s a pretty big win. Star rating of this hotel.

Search 107

Search Design eCommerce Technical Review 107

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 15, 2015

They also give providers and developers an easy way to distribute, sell, and market cloud services. Many of our portfolio companies are those types of cloud services and the ecosystems that AppDirect powers can help them get to market faster, reach more users, and drive more revenue.

Finance 70

Finance San Francisco Hiring Silicon Valley 70

The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

Soundtrack Your Brand , founded in 2013 as a joint effort with Spotify, offers businesses world-class tech to provide a valuable all-in-one solution for streaming music in commercial settings, importantly that is properly licensed and ensures correct royalty flow to artists. In short, the sequencing works like this.

Founder 156

Founder B2C B2B Audio 156

VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2014

In 2013, mobile gaming generated $13.2 billion in revenue worldwide. Source: Gartner, Oct 2013). The Internet made it easy to distribute cognitive games, and mobile devices meant they could be played anywhere. The revenue for brain health (including both games and biometrics) in 2020 is projected to be $6 billion.

Marketing 162

Marketing Mobile Cofounder Venture Capital 162

Austin Startup

JANUARY 27, 2019

Email is superior for messages that need to be distributed to many people at the same time (like this one) and are better left archived (such as an important piece of industry news or research). he’s our incredible Chief Revenue Officer. So, you could say that communication is clearly on my mind and that is the focus for this lesson.

Conversion 48

Conversion Cofounder Email Hosting 48

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 5, 2014

According to a study by The Aberdeen Group, companies that use marketing automation see 53% higher conversion rates than non-users, and an annualized revenue growth rate 3.1% Marketing automation solves the marketers age-old problem of attributing marketing spend to earned revenue. Sounds good, right? It gets better.

Marketing 76

Marketing Lead Generation Revenue Email 76

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Sure, the revenue & margin will be significantly lower than traditional TV. Before this South Korean wonder spread across the globe I had written about a trend in global audiences that exists when the costs of production are nearly zero and the costs of distribution are also nearly free. think Apple. million views).

Video 380

Video Audience Global Distribution 380

YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2015

In 2013, for example, IBM set out to expand its cloud business. Startups can be valuable to corporations even if they don’t have huge customer bases or streams of revenue. Many corporations are actively searching for opportunities to join forces with startups. But why are corporations so gung-ho about working with the little guys?

Small Business 100

Small Business Balance Sheet Cloud Programming 100

Up and Running

JUNE 6, 2014

I recently met with a new business owner who, based on her 2013 business activity, was on track to owe $18,000 to the IRS in Self-Employment taxes. For example, if your business brought in $100,000 in gross revenue during the year, and paid $40,000 in operating expenses (supplies, cost of goods sold, rent, etc.), You do that as well.

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LLC Distribution Security Startup 112

Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

If we are in a bubble, that is a bit of an odd commentary for a company that grew revenues 83% year-over-year and grew earnings 93% year-over-year. International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that there will be 1 billion mobile internet users by 2013. Horace Dediu, Asymco. That estimate will prove to be low. There are currently 4.5

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Software Review Valuation Internet 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

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Previously, he was the COO of digital gift card start-up Giftly from its inception in 2010 to its acquisition by Giftcards.com in 2013. They talk about] businesses which are not contractually recurring revenue in the parlance of recurring revenue run rates. That scares me.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

The funding rounds will also build customer confidence and they’ll help journalists feel air cover in writing your more important pieces when you brag about customers, traction, revenue or whatever. But in 2013 it can also simply be, “Company X raises $2.2 ” Why? ” Funding IS the story.

Startup 355

Startup PR Dividend Merger 355

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 8, 2016

As reported by The Wall Street Journal, a minimum of 110 “open source startups” had raised more than $7 billion from venture capitalists as of 2015, up over 100% since 2013. Both companies offer Hadoop distributions, but Cloudera has been much more willing to offer proprietary add-ons to complement its open source platform.

Software 60

Software Open Source Valuation Analytics 60