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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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. Unprecedented revenue growth + companies staying private longer =. It doesn’t take a huge leap to see how well the VC industry is positioned for the immediate future.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Since July 2014 Nadella has evangelized a device-and-platform-agnostic strategy for Microsoft. Minecraft” accounts for nearly all of Mojang’s revenue, highlighting the risk to Microsoft should interest in “Minecraft” dissolve, or Microsoft fails to produce “Minecraft” sequels or add-on software. Microsoft’s $2.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

Even good social causes need to bring in revenue to continue their worthy efforts. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/19/2014. All your friends may love your idea on how to find the nearest bar or gym, but how many others are willing and able to pay money for your solution?

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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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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Since then, innovative startups registered in 2014 more than tripled their sales volume by the end of 2016, while those which registered in 2015 doubled their revenue in one year alone. Perhaps due to… This story continues at The Next Web.

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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?

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2014

That impact is now accelerating with the DC I-Corps node’s addition of the #1 research university in the country (Johns Hopkins) in 2014. But the biggest impact of 2014 has been from incorporating the Lean LaunchPad curriculum into our signature, year-long senior capstone course in bioengineering. We still have lots of work to do.

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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 and Europe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2013

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. Movies are selected, or recommended to customers, based on past reviews, related interests, or analysis of Twitter comments. Education – guided studying for targeted learning.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Compare 2024 with 2014 and you’ll find that digital marketing, SEO, strategy, isation, and keywords were all still quite new. As the digital marketing world opens the doors to new customer segments and revenue streams, social media platforms are coming to the forefront. The scope of digital marketing has grown massively today.

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2015

With Nadella’s message that the company he leads is primed to further evolve into a platform and productivity company communicated at great length during the Windows 10 preview event in earlier January 2014, it is clear that the primary focus for Microsoft has shifted back to increasing user engagement with Windows software.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

A critical component to building a successful business is being able to capture ongoing revenue from consumers who feel they are getting incredible value and continue to feel good about paying. Having recurring revenue allows you to keep the original purchase price down, which in turn increases sales. it was a personal mission.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Anodot (2014) – a real-time analytics and automated anomaly detection system that discovers outliers in vast amounts of data. Fraugster (2014) – Technically based in Berlin, the company uses AI to predict malicious attacks before they happen. Logz.io (2014) – Logz.io Raised $8M in series B in September 2016.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2014

And three, utilize Section 105 of the Internal Revenue Code to establish a formal self-insured medical reimbursement plan to reimburse employees for their substantiated individual health insurance costs on a pretax basis. Open enrollment in the Marketplace begins on November 15, 2014, and runs until February 15, 2015.

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Software Review Employee Retention Government 224

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.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

9, 2014 event was the largest its recent history, raising expectations and questions about how the company was going to deliver on its promises of new products. Most of the new features and capabilities had been rumored or disclosed at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in June 2014, and most of the improvements were incremental.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. In 2014, Microsoft finally announced that Ballmer would retire, and in early 2014, Satya Nadella took charge. On day one there are no customers to lose, no revenue and profits to decline.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. In 2014, Microsoft finally announced that Ballmer would retire, and in early 2014, Satya Nadella took charge. On day one there are no customers to lose, no revenue and profits to decline.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 23, 2020

Under his leadership, the company grew from just over $6 million in annual revenue in 1993 to over $1.6 Cree was recognized as MIT Technology Review’s 50 Smartest Companies for 2014 and as one of Fast Companies World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in 2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Some analysts argue that revenue drives growth, while others say user growth drives revenue. Both have worked.Google reached $1 billion in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $400 billion. Long-term stability requires revenue growth and profit.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use. Congratulations class of 2014: Embrace change and lead the way. Yet in the face of all this change, traditional firms continue to embrace a management ethos that values efficiency over innovation. an optimist sees opportunity in every danger.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

It may be the first one built into the watch, but it’s not the first Apple Watch ECG app cleared by the FDA – AliveCor , got over-the-counter-clearance in 2014 and Cardiac Designs in 2013.) However, if the Apple Watch becomes a device eligible for reimbursement , there’s a huge revenue upside for Apple.

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

According to research from JP Morgan, revenues from investment banking peaked in 2009 at $207.7 Today employment in the sector is comparable to levels from 2005-2006 when revenues were also similar. So although technology has certainly advanced rapidly since then, the effect is not showing up on revenue per employee.

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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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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Fareed Mosavat is the product lead for Upgrades and Expansion at Slack, focused on revenue growth for Slack’s small business customers. Prior to InVision, Jessica held several senior marketing roles at HubSpot, helping the company grow from $18m to $130m+ in revenue, and from a private company through a successful IPO. Back to Top).

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2014

5 Things I Learned Analyzing Buffer’s Revenue Dashboard | Ivan Kreimer – crowdspring.co/1xfTwMG. 30 Fantastic Free Fonts for Designers, September 2014 | Design You Trust – crowdspring.co/1xGhzaC. 30 Fantastic Free Fonts for Designers, September 2014 | Design You Trust – crowdspring.co/1xGhzaC. 1mVbaEI.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2019

You have the Startup Awards, the Family Business Awards, even the Security & Fire Excellence Awards (which has sold out every year since 2014!). Deloitte , for instance, do not let you make a nomination without first providing past revenues, future growth plans and two-years worth of signed, audited and unabbreviated accounts.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Benchmarking SaaS Startup Efficiency with Revenue per Employee Metrics | by @ttunguz – crowdspring.co/1sRVdjm. 30 new free tools & resources for designers (October 2014) | Inspired Magazine – crowdspring.co/1z7oKKI. Design Is Changing How We Innovate | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1sChJN5. What makes HubSpot…well, HubSpot?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2015

With an impressive product lineup of new iPhones, Apple watches, iPads and an all-new Apple TV queued for shipment this week, 2015 is the most successful year of revenue growth for Apple , according to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook. The online retailer Amazon experienced an 18 percent growth of revenue in 2015. percent) to 2014 (21.9

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Flash Pack turned over its first £ 1 million in 2016/17 and grew to £4 million revenue in 2017/18. Lee: One day in 2014 we were reading an article about workers fixing the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio that was damaged from lightning. Flash Pack’s co-founders and husband and wife team, Radha Vyas & Lee Thompson.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 28, 2013

As you can see from the chart above revenues have now reached a reasonable scale and continue to grow very fast. Moreover, their star is rising, according to Forbes a year ago eMarketer was forecasting Twitter’s 2014 revenues at $540m, 43% less than the $950m they are now forecasting.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Every year, companies lose 20 to 30 percent in revenue due to inefficiencies. He previously served as RelateIQ’s Head of User Success & Business Operations, which was acquired by Salesforce.com in August 2014 as the first automatic and intelligent CRM solution.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

It’s no wonder then that the upcoming BroadcastAsia 2014 will see a huge focus in this space. In fact, as Asian consumers continue to demand easily-accessible entertainment, OTT services such as pay TV are increasingly becoming a necessity in the region with revenues expected to grow to US$43.9 billion by 2018.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 18, 2015

Newzoo, a video game research firm, reported that 2014 revenue for mobile gaming was $25 billion – up 43% over revenues from 2013. And 2015 is expected to exceed that same growth with some projecting as much as $40 billion in revenue by 2017.

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