David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. If you have one, please contact me. 7) Negotiate .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

MCA-O2S covers the challenge of attributing the offline impact (revenue/brand value/butts in seats/phone calls/etc) driven by online marketing and advertising. The outcome in either scenario is a restructuring of the organization that is exquisitely geared towards taking advantage of portfolio optimization. From a Venn -diagram.

Channel 162

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 162

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The online video networks are doing terrific business, and even Yahoo is benefiting from increased brand spend, seeing revenue growth for the first time in a while. While the revenue numbers may not be huge in 2010, there is certainly promise to the business models that are developing on these platforms. How can you improve LTV ?

Internet 114

Internet eCommerce Advertising Flash 114

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Advances in machine learning, specifically natural language processing, have made generating these baseline, aggregate datasets possible, at scale, with high accuracy. EShares is an increasingly popular tool in our portfolio for tracking private company cap tables. 8) Accelerate portfolio company value. 9% (1 / 12).

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

Over the past several weeks, I have been rolling out a series of Spotlights on the Lontra Ventures portfolio. The Data Warehouse market is typically estimated at $30 B in annual revenue and the big data components, where the largest need for performance gains resides, is growing at double digit rates. By now, a few trends are emerging.

Peru 58

Peru Fractional CTO Artificial Inteligence Database 58

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

After a somewhat disappointing congress in 2009, in which companies showcased products from previous years, this year is expected to be faster, greener and ‘cloudier’ Looking at the conference agenda , it’s not hard to spot the trends for 2010: Mobile Clouds – additional storage and new revenue streams to operators.

Mobile 109

Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 13, 2012

Start with models like Time Decay and Position Based to understand what the conversion portfolio might look like (last two columns above) and create hypotheses about what a better budget allocation might look like. Roll that out to your entire portfolio (or to a subset as a controlled experiment) and measure conversion improvements.

Analytics 125

Analytics Channel Metrics Web 125

Version One Ventures

MAY 28, 2020

Here are two examples from e-commerce use cases – both are V1 portfolio companies: Shippo : developers can use this API to connect businesses to shipping carriers. First, you can aggregate the supply especially in antiquated industries where a lot of infrastructure needs to be built for the API-as-a-marketplace.

API 207

API Aggregator B2B Demand 207

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

These three tools allow startups to focus on the parts of an early stage venture that matter the most: the product, product/market fit, customer acquisition, revenue and cost model, channels and partners. Teams use the Lean Startup toolkit: the Business Model Canvas + Customer Development process + Agile Engineering. Those days are over.

Oakland 330

Oakland Incubator Lean Metrics 330

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

endeve – Issue invoices, manage clients and check revenues all in one place. Database, File Storage & Information Management Pixily – An online service that lets you aggregate, organize, find and share your documents. carbonmade Carbonmade – A free online portfolio showcase.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 6, 2020

choosing an investment portfolio mix, whether to change tax rates, inventory planning for next year, etc.). For simplicity, let’s say the KPI is profit (expected revenue – costs). The foundation of the model is the aggregate of the known information. Four prerequisites for using a model. Is it the return on investment?

.Net 69

.Net Net Present Value Cost Metrics 69

View from Seed

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. On paper, VC portfolios perform well. Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008).

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The company has just missed its quarterly revenue forecast. Lets take an example, and look at how they might do this: They will be able to tell you that revenue is composed of deals. To compute revenue, you multiply average deal size by number of deals. Bookings is the pre-cursor to Revenue. Obvious, isn’t it?

Metrics 55

Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

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 simply means revenues through recommendations / total revenues. Popular Products.

Conversion 48

Conversion Product Technical Review Widget 48

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2012

To bring an additional perspective to the conversation, I invited Lightspeed portfolio companies BloomReach, EdgeSpring, MapR, Nutanix, PernixData and Virtual Instruments who are focused on helping companies store, manage, analyze, and surface next-generation data and content.

Business Model 159

Business Model Distribution Aggregator Channel 159

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 2, 2015

The answer on the surface seems quite obviousgenerate as much revenue as you can to prove that customers find value and are willing to pay. My answer is the less obvious onefocus first on user engagement and the revenue and bookings will follow. Once you create happy end users who love your product, the revenue will follow.

Revenue 60

Revenue Customer Metrics Aggregator 60

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 2, 2015

generate as much revenue as you can to prove that customers find value and are willing to pay. focus first on user engagement and the revenue and bookings will follow. One is for generating new revenue and the other is for expanding existing customers and reducing churn. The answer on the surface seems quite obvious?—?generate

Revenue 60

Revenue Customer Metrics Aggregator 60

Occam's Razor

MAY 19, 2014

Conversion Rate is money, sometimes directly as revenue and other times indirectly via Leads collected. The purists amongst you might notice that I'm really using Revenue as the BFF. Revenue <-> Profitability. at a level of aggregation or granularity you need, and send it into your digital analytics tools.

Metrics 160

Metrics Analytics SEC Acquisition 160

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2014

11: Close to zero aggregated analysis exists, everything's segmented. #10: An example is: "We should add these 80 keywords to our PPC portfolio with a max bid of $14." If the company has the revenues or size, it is important to hire for both roles to ensure the ROA will be positive. All data in aggregate is crap.

Analytics 142

Analytics Web Metrics DC 142

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. On paper, VC portfolios perform well. Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008).

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

VC Adventure

APRIL 11, 2011

“We’re not AdTech investors,&# I’d push back, “we just have a bunch of companies in the portfolio that are working in and around online advertising.&# While this is about 20% of our active portfolio, we’ve never considered AdTech a theme. And for a while that worked pretty well. They are: Scale.

Disintermediation 82

Disintermediation Advertising Portfolio Aggregator 82

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

He is on the board of the Angel Resource Institute, and is a partner with Montlake Capital (a late stage growth capital fund) and with Revenue Capital Management (a royalty based lender). Second, a portfolio of investments, even in angel investing, is a great approach. He’s c0-authored two books and many academic articles. It is risky.

Angel Investor 103

Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 103

BeyondVC

MARCH 2, 2006

Data mining and analysis is becoming a big thing to not only help companies create better services but also to generate more revenue per user. Think about Zillow , Technorati , and services like Indeed which are dynamically driven services based on aggregating, crawling, and filtering millions of pieces of data.

Web 78

Web Open Source Architecture Database 78

BeyondVC

MARCH 2, 2006

Data mining and analysis is becoming a big thing to not only help companies create better services but also to generate more revenue per user. Think about Zillow , Technorati , and services like Indeed which are dynamically driven services based on aggregating, crawling, and filtering millions of pieces of data.

Web 68

Web Open Source Architecture Database 68

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Analyzing data in aggregate is a crime. When you look at all that in aggregate you get nothing. Most search portfolios (Search Engine Marketing or Search Engine Optimization) have a unhealthy obsessions with our brand terms. Now to evolving from being Reporting Squirrels to being Analysis Ninjas! Why Segmentation? Branding baby!

Analytics 105

Analytics Web Search Non-Compete 105

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Bikky aggregates customer data from many disparate and traditionally siloed sources: point of sale, payments, online ordering, loyalty, and reservation data. This unified view makes it easy to see how revenue moves through restaurants so that improvements (menu optimization, promotions, etc.) can be made efficiently.

New York City 60

New York City Customer Aggregator Retention 60

VC Adventure

APRIL 11, 2011

“We’re not AdTech investors,” I’d push back, “we just have a bunch of companies in the portfolio that are working in and around online advertising.” While this is about 20% of our active portfolio, we’ve never considered AdTech a theme. ” And for a while that worked pretty well.

Disintermediation 48

Disintermediation Advertising Portfolio Aggregator 48

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2019

Each chosen obsession is very much in the spirit of my beloved principle of the aggregation of marginal gains. Grab the revenue number for the company. In addition to the macro-outcome of revenue). Businesses win when you optimize for a portfolio, because at any given time only a tiny fraction of people want to buy.

Analytics 89

Analytics Marketing Algorithm Campaign 89

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

I recommend segmenting the traffic and measuring revenue lift but also measuring the average order size, if you did your job right then that latter number should be higher. You can measure this at an aggregate level, or you can measure it just for your campaign traffic. In this case our Yahoo! Sounds dicey!! :)). So there you go.

Campaign 130

Campaign Analytics Metrics Search 130

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Here digital intercepts of consumer activities are aggregated into large data sets, analysed, and assessed versus market expectations. PC and mobile interfaces dynamically display portfolio valuations and exposures, along with system-generated investment recommendations tailored to a specific client’s financial goals and risk appetite.

Technical Review 154

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 154

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Aggregated search engine level analysis. This is a simple custom report I use to look at the aggregated view: As the report above demonstrates, you can still report on your other metrics, like Unique Visitors, Bounce Rates, Per Visit Value and many others, at an aggregated level. Here's an example.

Search 156

Search SEO Analytics Engineer 156

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Given the predictability of SaaS GAAP revenues on a quarterly basis, the fact that the 08/09 projections were unchanged is not a surprise. Given that the revenues are not growing very fast, this means that most of the companies have reduced their sales force and focused on productivity improvement. Portfolio. (3). anecdotes. (13).

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 63

Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

If you can fix that, more revenue will immediately flow into your client's bottom-line. They have still not embraced the strategy for optimizing for marketing portfolios and still obsess about optimizing silos (they learned this from their TV, Print etc. If you have a lot of them, aggregate them up. strategies). Rock it.

Analytics 132

Analytics Marketing Campaign Metrics 132

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

ER : Do you mind talking a little bit about your conversations with startups in your portfolio, people who have reached out to you for advice about how to handle a crisis like this? All the other things that matter, aggregating talent, getting people to care, all of that stuff that's hard in a boom and easier now. SA : Right.

Silicon Valley 68

Silicon Valley Technical Review Government .Net 68

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Farming is also often overlooked, but can help grow customer accounts and revenues from 30% upwards (if successful). Great list! Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

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. Learn how to use this metric to drive those two changes: marketing portfolio – people thinking. Try it when you are in the Store demo account. Take a break.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

Digital advertising and marketing is a key part of ZQI's multi-channel acquisition portfolio. As is common in these types of educational companies, aggregators rule the roost. The above image only illustrates three segments and their conversions – search, referrals, and aggregators – purely for the sake for simplicity.

Analytics 140

Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 140