Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Common failures I see along these lines include: solutions that are "nice to have" but don't address painful problems; a business model that lacks a means for bringing in revenue; and a founder who has turned a blind eye toward his or her competitors. Validated pricing and a sufficient revenue stream.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

The number of startups rose in 2015 for the first time in five years, with the largest year-over-year increase in two decades. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2016

As a result, Google has become a verb, and the company is a tech giant with record growth rates and a revenue of $74.5 billion in 2015. Set business goals and milestones, and use metrics to track performance. , AltaVista, InfoSeek and others), but according to Investopedia , Google was the first to really monetize search.

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

This leads to greater brand awareness , revenues, and customer loyalty. This makes the right data harder to locate, resulting in poor conversion rates that affect revenues and dampen company culture. When they’re aligned revenue and profits increase. Intelligent Blends increases revenue with push notifications.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Since 2015, clothing brand ASOS has grown revenue by an average of 22% year over year. From here, attach valid marketing metrics to each goal. Some goals may be measured by more than one metric. Both of these metrics can be used to measure progress. Engage in effective customer research. Conclusion.

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Up and Running

JUNE 21, 2017

Back in 2015 when we only had about $2,000-$3,000 worth of marketing budget to spend each month, getting the most out of our buck was fundamental—not only for growth, but for survival. You can further “educate” your Google Analytics metrics by using UTM parameters on your links. UTM (Urchin Tracking Module) Parameters.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

According to Google, the number of mobile search queries overtook desktop queries in 2015. The most important metric should be the number of targeted website clicks an ad is sending to your website. specialises in helping clients in the Technology, Healthcare and B2B sectors increase their revenue and profitability. .

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Back in 2016, Europe and Israel had only four public companies worth less than $9B combined and local cloud companies had raised just $900M throughout 2015. The $900M of SaaS VC funding in 2015 now represents less than Europe's largest financing round, with Celonis raising $1B in June this year. The Index added another $0.9T

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ConversionXL

MARCH 4, 2016

We often talk about online conversion optimization without mentioning that many businesses, especially B2B, rely on offline sales to produce revenue. The biggest new trends, according to a 2015 Gartner study , are cloud, mobility and the use of data and AI in decision-making. The two aren’t disconnected, though. Image Source.

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 25, 2014

In a world of infinite choice, the ability to pick critical few metrics to focus on is, well…, critical. In this post I want to share that one-page list of the best metrics for digital content, marketing and business success with you. Best Digital Metrics: Own Existences/Strategies. It would not surprise me.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Nowadays nearly every online shop utilizes some sort of product recommendation engine, which is no wonder, as these systems, if set up and configured properly can significantly boost revenues, CTRs, conversions, and other important metrics. This is a very important metric when evaluating a recommender system.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

In fact, SaaS industry revenue is projected to grow from $49 billion in 2015 to $67 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of approximately eight percent. At this stage, simply list your primary revenue streams and your key expenses. At this stage, simply list your primary revenue streams and your key expenses.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

In a bit, I will explain what a vision document is, how to get value from it, and all the things it can do to ensure that you start with a proper hypothesis, success metrics that can actually be measured, and a solid plan for getting something valuable from each test. A good hypothesis informs good success metrics.

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A Crowded Space

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Any time you have Techcrunch publishing articles like, “ Our 9 Favorite Startups From Y Combinator Summer 2015 Demo Day 2” , you’re going to get some hyped companies. Notice the distinct absence of little things like revenue, customers, engagement metrics, or gross margin.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

As of November 2015, there were 4,144 breweries in the U.S.—more Nonetheless, their 10-barrel brewery came online in December 2015, and they began pouring beer locally and in their tasting room in early 2016. “We In 2015, Ninkasi brewed 105,000 barrels. Metrics: Know your numbers. Managing your own distribution is ideal.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

My solution to these problems was to create a simple framework we can use to put our customers first, evaluate our marketing programs, and right-align our view of success (metrics). What about grabbing the incredible mobile opportunity by the throat and truly delivering for utility marketing and executing for mobile 2015 ?

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 26, 2017

The Direct Marketing Association’s (DMA) 2015 National client email report tells , “Email has an average ROI of $38 for each $1 spent.” In IBM Marketing Cloud’s 2016 Email Marketing Metrics Benchmark Study we also see comparable stats. The revenue implications of a strategically crafted receipt are huge too.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

In 2015 alone, the market size for PCB printing as an industry in the U.S. And according to some metrics, 2015 ended with 2.5% And according to some metrics, 2015 ended with 2.5% These metrics indicate slow but steady growth through 2016. Large Market Size. ranged in at roughly 58 billion dollars.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

For much of 2014 and 2015, I banged my head against a plane window flying back and forth between Austin and Silicon Valley while trying to raise institutional VC money for Localeur. I never did find a VC to lead a round of funding for Localeur, but two things happened by the end of 2015. but it’s true. I can relate. May never be.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 9, 2012

If you are doing lame stuff, why try harder in an analytics context by asking for Economic Value or Visitor Loyalty or Conversation Rate or a thousand other super powerful and insightful metrics ? With every passing day that strategy now ensures we are rejecting tons of revenue and tons of prospective customers. Paid search.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

Fast-forward to June 2015, two years later, and now I feel that the change that I started to notice back in 2013, is here, and it’s here to stay. So if the Micro-VCs are looking for Series A-like metrics, what does a company do when it’s just getting started? In the 80s and 90s a company would go public when it hit $20M in revenue.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2015

Define metrics to keep on track for the journey. Common financial metrics include burn rate, gross margin, revenue growth and net profit. You also need a sales pipeline, customer acquisition costs and marketing costs as a percent of revenue. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/5/2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Based on my own many years of experience as both an employee and an executive, here are my key recommendations to improve your business productivity, traction and momentum: Implement business metrics, and tie incentives to results. In most businesses, 80 percent of the revenue comes from 20 percent of the customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2015

How do you convince investors that your business model will really work, before you have a revenue stream that exceeds your expenses? Of course, that has be a repeatable event, with enough revenue to sustain the business. Plan for a real revenue model. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 4/10/2015.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 1, 2015

Why Revenue Isn’t the Most Important Financial Metric for Startups – buff.ly/1DhyQo4. When the Cyberbully Is You nytimes.com/2015/04/30/sty…. Small Business and Startup Tips: Analyzing Your Search Data | @crowdSPRING Blog – bit.ly/1EFd59a. How Philosophy Makes You a Better Leader - buff.ly/1HVDrmI. 1DIXcZy.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 7, 2016

One example that comes to mind is metrics. What’s the one metric of success that will define your tests? As they wrote : “One way we guide experimenters away from cherry-picking is by requiring them to explicitly specify the metrics they expect to move during the set-up phase. Twitter does this to prevent HARKing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Make sure there are metrics for problem counts, resolution time and revenue impact. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/23/2015. Remember the old adage that you get what you pay for. If everyone is incented to find new customers, there will be little focus on resolving problems with current ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

Every customer understands that your solution has to generate more revenue than cost, but you should not put that data in a customer pitch. Of course, these should never be in a customer pitch, but investors expect an overall strategy with specific budgets, milestones and metrics.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 20, 2015

Our rule of thumb is that marketplaces at scale are valued at roughly 1x annualized GMV (typically about 6-8x annual revenue). Consensus estimate of approximately $270M for 2015 revenue. for 2015 GMV. YoY growth for most recent quarter (ending Q1 2015): 45%. Our assumptions for this valuation: Scale: > $1b GMV.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 23, 2019

’ These blog posts are written by publishers who want more traffic and click bait, which is why most of them are titled something like ‘The 1 tip that increases revenues by 780% every single time.'” Instead of increasing your success metrics, your challenger decreases them. Where should you start?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

12:22] Would you look at the value derived by digital technologies differently than by producing customer value or revenue? [14:23] But there isn't actually a top down roadmap of how to do it with real milestones and metrics and uh, around it. (07:01): 16:32] Are there organizations that are significantly behind in this rewiring ?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

Is revenue per customer or transaction size increasing? Your challenge as an entrepreneur is to generate traction and at the same time choose the right metrics to quantify and sell that traction to your team and to outsiders. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/04/2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Smart entrepreneurs have metrics for assessing their progress against milestones and regularly communicate new insights to the team. The money runs out before revenues start. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/23/2015. Update your plan at least once a month. Don’t wait for a crisis to drive change.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 11, 2016

In 2015, another study found that marketers ranked video as the second most effective type of content. Wistia shows which metrics can be used to help you measure various factors (e.g. Which site metrics matter and connect to user experience? Revenue: Measure close to the money. How to Measure Video. Engagement?

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ConversionXL

MARCH 10, 2017

Test your subject lines and measure the right metric. Of course, you’ll also want to be sure you’re focused on the right metric. Half way through 2015, MailChimp users had already sent 2,005 “dads and grads” emails. Also note how the trend started in 2014 and seemingly picked up in 2015. via MailChimp).

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Product managers have the exciting responsibility of establishing the goals, roadmap and tracking metrics of their product (among many other duties), and also the less-glamorous but equally-important task of taking care of all the blocking and tackling required?—?from from administration to politik? I learned that software engineers?—?or

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We’re looking at our lean business planning is about strategy, tactics, concrete specifics including milestones, metrics, tasks and schedule, and essential numbers to run a business, all of which lead to managing cash flow. You need metrics because we’re human. It is a very difficult proposition. Are we recruiting?

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