crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Now is the time to review your 2013 budget, strategies, and tactics as you consider whether you did as well as you might of and how you should adjust your approach for next year. We budget 2 years in advance and update your assumptions on revenue and expense periodically throughout the year and I recommend that you do the same.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

———– What’s striking about Fast Company’s 2013 list of the world’s 50 most innovative companies is the relative absence of large, established firms. Here’s Ron’s blog post.

Business Model 334

Business Model Technical Review Business Plan Search 334

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Managing shopper experience for medium-sized eCommerce businesses presents a lot of opportunities for conversion testing, and the ability to see real and immediate revenue results when tests are successful. This one small change led to an additional 110 orders, bringing in an additional $43,230 in revenue in a 2 week period.

Revenue 124

Revenue Caching Software Review eCommerce 124

Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Instead of looking at your credit score or asking you for your business’s detailed financial statements, Kabbage asks you for your UPS, PayPal, Amazon, Square, eBay, and/or Quickbooks accounts, and then uses the data it gathers from those accounts to determine your sales revenue and cash flow itself.

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Kenya Angel Investor Technical Review Software Review 119

Agile VC

JANUARY 13, 2016

It used to take 5-10 years for a great startup to go from $0 to $75-100M+ in annual revenue. A $100M revenue company which has hit an asymptote of growth is unlikely to be worth $1B+ in enterprise value, even if it reached that point far more rapidly than most companies before it. Revenue is revenue, right?

Technical Review 157

Technical Review .Net Revenue Software Review 157

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). Distribution costs have, too. This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

But the 2013 Snowden revelations damaged that tenuous relationship yet again. Some of the speed differences are because commercial companies and academics face Darwinian competitive pressures for revenue or recognition. companies felt a patriotic duty to help their country defeat a common enemy.

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Government Artificial Inteligence Silicon Valley North Korea 316

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2016

Not only are you kicking it when it comes to revenue, you’re also savvy marketers with impressive do-it-yourself skills. Digging into the numbers, 70 percent of small business owners reported meeting or exceeding their Q1 2016 revenue targets. Get Ready Now To Crush It At Year-End.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity. Incorporating a business entity early through online services.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Angel Groups Social Media 261

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2015

Lenovo’s modest overall revenue growth in calendar 2Q15 – 3.1% billion – masks how sagging performance from its PC business wiped out the momentum Lenovo had generated since 2013 and has forced Lenovo to reset its profit and revenue growth expectations for its enterprise and mobile device businesses. year-to-year to $10.7

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Revenue Technical Review Lean Mobile 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2013

Venture capital dispensed quarterly to startups actually declined again in the first quarter of 2013 to $6.3 Too many founders today face the conundrum that they need capital to get started, and even Angels defer until after you have your product built, business model proven, and a real revenue stream.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

I’m declaring De Correspondent the most interesting journalism start-up I have read about in 2013. Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) April 8, 2013. . I’m declaring De Correspondent the most interesting journalism start-up I have read about in 2013.” On April 8th this year, professor Jay Rosen tweeted: “That’s it.

Netherlands 158

Netherlands Campaign Europe Advertising 158

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

———– What’s striking about Fast Company’s 2013 list of the world’s 50 most innovative companies is the relative absence of large, established firms. Here’s Ron’s blog post.

Business Model 226

Business Model Business Plan Technical Review Search 226

Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. 5/ The Enduring Allure Of Platform Potential: Revenue is important.

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Open Source Software Review Venture Capital 127

Up and Running

JUNE 7, 2021

In 2013, India became the first country in the world to require corporate social responsibility. So obsessing over revenue rather than investing in a happy and productive work culture is actually a false economy. Because today’s customers tend to show greater loyalty to companies that do good in society. Begin with leadership.

Framework 191

Framework United States Employee Vesting 191

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Fast forward a couple of years and the company is now beyond 8-figure million of recurring revenue, has dozens of sales reps and growing rapidly and is now gearing up for multiple offices, enterprise integrations and relationships with Salesforce.com, HubSpot, Marketo, Marin Software and many others.

Technical Review 325

Technical Review Early Stage Software Review Los Angeles 325

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

In 2013, ITU funded Kranthi’s proposal for what is now known as the Education Management System (EMS). The software generates instant dynamic reports, such as financial revenue, gender ratio, and more. The Solution Uncovered.

Technical Review 137

Technical Review CTO Hire Silicon Valley Software Engineering 137

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Since 2013, DC I-Corps has trained over 150 teams with the kind of impact NSF and Steve envisioned when they launched the program. Fortunately after 67 interviews we now have a fully developed customer segment identifying each customer type, the key value propositions, and a developing revenue model. We still have lots of work to do.

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Maryland Lean DC Virginia 280

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

.” Amongst other potential improvements, industry players are hoping for manpower policies reviewed in the upcoming Budget 2013 to allow companies to have enough time to adjust and industry to work with institutions to groom the right talents for jobs before further tightening of the foreign labor.

Singapore 133

Singapore Cost Technical Review Cofounder 133

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 21, 2013

percent in January 2013, it fails to tell the whole story and its drop does not mean that economic good times are a’ rolling. Indeed, research conducted by MainStream Management forecasts that high unemployment will persist. While the unemployment rate has decreased from a high of 9.4 percent to 7.8

Technical Review 183

Technical Review Acquisition Operations Leadership 183

Up and Running

JULY 24, 2014

Funding sources vary from organization to organization, and many nonprofits have multiple channels they actively collect revenue from. In 2013, their single biggest source of revenue came from individual contributions—over 86 million dollars. For one, you have a constant source of revenue for your organization.

Silicon Valley 123

Silicon Valley Government United States Programming 123

YoungUpstarts

MAY 25, 2018

And his biggest project to date just might be Brabble, a Disruptive Technology Company that combines social media and eCommerce with valuable patented technology that drives revenue for customers. Brabble also can be used as a standalone technology to drive revenue for large ecommerce retailers via their patented technology called Star Tags.

Developer 159

Developer Investment Bankers eCommerce Social Media 159

ConversionXL

JULY 15, 2014

Raise your hand if you would like to get extra revenue with an ROI of 1300% , that is for every dollar you invest you get back 14. According to a study done by PwC and Internet Advertising Bureau UK , online affiliate marketing revenue has grown from £8 Billion in extra revenue for merchants in 2012 to £13 billion (that’s around $13.7

Affiliate 111

Affiliate Programming Marketing Software Review 111

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 18, 2015

In 2013, there were 909 million mobile gamers worldwide, nearly half of which resided in the Asia Pacific region, and 146 million of which came from North America. Newzoo, a video game research firm, reported that 2014 revenue for mobile gaming was $25 billion – up 43% over revenues from 2013.

Mobile 100

Mobile North America Marketing Technical Review 100

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Consider this stark statistic: In 2013, as a group, Fortune 500 companies spent more on health insurance than they earned in profits. by Paul Zane Pilzer and Rick Lindquist, authors of “ The End of Employer-Provided Health Insurance: Why It’s Good for You and Your Company “ U.S. We said it.

Software Review 224

Software Review Employee Retention Government 224

The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Enterprise clients for whom Private Workplace was introduced are a minority at oDesk, but this minority brings the bigger part of the revenues. I think, 90 percent of our revenue came from four job categories, which were entirely technical. Who needs freelancers? Have laptop – will freelance.

Russia 151

Russia Ukraine Latvia Lithuania 151

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 15, 2013

How These 7 Companies Increased Revenue by an Average of 425% | KISSmetrics – [link]. How These 7 Companies Increased Revenue by an Average of 425% | KISSmetrics – [link]. Photoshop Tutorials & Text Effect Tutorials 2013 – [link]. Creative Advertising Posters 2013 | Graphic Design Magazine – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2013

Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism surfacing in 2013. Earlier this year, a new study “ 2013 Business Outlook Survey: A New Reality Of Cautious Optimism ” was published by EKS&H. Add new revenue streams, and more aggressive marketing. Grab market share from competitors. fiscal cliff.

SBA 195

SBA Small Business Administration Forecast Small Business 195

VC Adventure

AUGUST 31, 2017

Beyond that, they actually went back in time and looked at the earlier stage periods for these companies so we can track how some of the world’s best SaaS companies performed at revenue levels more akin to the typical Series B business. Companies in the study that scored 40% of greater had TTM revenue multiples of 6.4x

IPO 113

IPO Vertical Balance Sheet Valuation 113

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

While many are generally optimistic about their own opportunities with nearly half of respondents expecting to see revenue growth this year, only 37-percent of them expect the economy to improve in 2013. 92-percent of those surveyed have 1 to 5 employees, with 82-percent having revenues of %50,000 or under in 2012. Flat economy.

Small Business 177

Small Business Social Media Government Revenue 177

Up and Running

JULY 19, 2017

In 2013, a Pew Research Center study revealed some sobering insights into the reasons why 34 percent of millennial women weren’t interested in becoming a boss or top manager. trillion in revenues.” ” Nicole started her healthy food and mindfulness training business in 2013, though she worked in ad sales and marketing before that.

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Cofounder United States Leadership Founder 142

Up and Running

JULY 23, 2014

That usually ends up as something like “[this similar company] was purchased by [that company] in [that year] for [that amount], which was [that multiple] of its revenues.” ” The standard phrase in that context is “5X” for an exit value of five times revenues, or “10X,” or whatever. The traditional exit strategy.

Exit Strategy 131

Exit Strategy Software Review Angel Investor Startup 131

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Once you’ve established your ideal customer, you can better focus your growth hacker marketing efforts to improve revenue and ROI. In the revenue phase, measure these performance metrics: Customer acquisition cost Customer lifetime value Monthly recurring revenue (MRR) Repeat purchases Revenue churn. Image source.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

SparkBeyond (2013) – an automated general purpose research engine designed to leverage and intelligently augment masses of data that exist on the web, and discover complex patterns within them. Nexar recently hired deep learning heavyweight Professor Trevor Darrell from UC Berkeley as Nexar’s Chief Scientist.

Artificial Inteligence 122

Artificial Inteligence Israel Technical Review Startup 122

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2014

DSO is the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. Atradius, Payment Practices in Asia-Pacific, 2013. In an economy where 50 per cent of exports are traded on an open account (i.e. credit terms), a rise in daily sales outstanding, or DSO, affects the cash flows of local businesses.

Singapore 191

Singapore Asia Management China 191

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

A Startup’s Minimum Revenue Per Employee - crowdspring.co/GNlKua. 140 Quirky and Serious Free Fonts of 2013 | 1stwebdesigner - crowdspring.co/1gqp3Ey. 140 Quirky and Serious Free Fonts of 2013 | 1stwebdesigner - crowdspring.co/1gqp3Ey. The Future of Business Models Will Be Centered on Crowds - crowdspring.co/16aTTiD.

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2015

With the end of the 2015 fiscal year nearing, businesses may be reviewing their consolidated revenues and thinking of ways they can increase their profit margin as they enter the new fiscal year or second-half of the calendar year. A large portion of a company’s revenues can be wasted on unneeded expenses.

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