View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

The city I call home, Boston, is not known for its social products. Here is some data shared by TJ Parker, CEO of Boston-based Pillpack, as first reported by PitchBook: Bos raised roughly same VC as NY since ’06 & ’10 w/ nearly double the exit value, ranked below in ecosystem. Social Has Been a Tale of One Coast.

Social Media 185

Social Media B2B North America Media 185

Rob Go

DECEMBER 28, 2011

I was reflecting on this post last week about the state of consumer web in Boston and shared a few of my thoughts in the comments. It got me thinking about this past year, specifically around consumer tech in Boston. 61M in Q3 revenue, up 28% YoY. IPO’s/Exits. Tripadvisor: An amazing entrepreneurial story. market cap.

Technical Review 54

Technical Review Boston Software Review IPO 54

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Once you identified that What to Wear Daily was worth building, what worked in acquiring your first 100 users — especially since it was focused on just Boston to start? Any success (growth, revenue, or profits) we have will follow from that. At the time of this writing, What to Wear Daily is available in Boston.

Design 330

Design Product Cofounder Boston 330

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2014

” I bootstrapped my first company and, while we did a lot of work for VCs, I liked taking money from them as “revenue” (where they paid Feld Technologies for our services) rather than as investment. ” One of the VCs I overlapped with while in Boston was Charley Lax.

San Francisco 162

San Francisco Boston Angel Investor Venture Capital 162

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I also made several trips to New York & Boston. Winning the contract meant that we would hit our quarterly revenue figure and be in good position for our annual sales target. I came several times to NorCal (where I grew up, actually) and went and met several partners from each Silicon Valley firm.

China 333

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 333

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Those companies that were considered by Forbes were publicly traded for at least a year, generated annual revenue between $5 million and $1 billion and boasted a stock price no lower than $5 a share. 13, signalling the meteoric rise of craft beer in America in recent years.

America 154

America United States Technical Review Boston 154

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I’m just pointing out my gut feel for approximate ranges of deals that I’ve seen with Silicon Valley having the highest valuations, NY / LA / Boston / Boulder / Seattle having valuations in a slightly lower range but comparable and sometimes significantly lower prices in markets that don’t have a healthy venture market.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I also made several trips to New York & Boston. Winning the contract meant that we would hit our quarterly revenue figure and be in good position for our annual sales target. I came several times to NorCal (where I grew up, actually) and went and met several partners from each Silicon Valley firm.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 328

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

This slinging of whatever against the wall to see what sticks does not a market make, is to me a sign of too much capital in the wrong hands, and it's already the most over invested area in recent years- in both human and financial capital- particularly relative to revenue. Take a look and let me know what you think. Amazon PostRank

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

Venture Capital used to be a tight club clustered around formal firms located in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York. Meanwhile every other department in the company would be making their plan – meaning the company was burning cash without bringing in revenue. and there were no books, blogs or YouTube videos about entrepreneurship.

Restful 249

Restful Silicon Valley San Jose Puerto Rico 249

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? All things being equal, of course, you’d rather have more revenue rather than less. And yet revenue alone is not a sufficient goal. More on that in a moment.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use.

Revenue 60

Revenue Cofounder Founder Venture Capital 60

View from Seed

MARCH 22, 2016

Even if you’re in the pre-revenue, pre-seed or seed stage, there are still ways to get on a reporter’s radar. And don’t pitch a Boston newspaper on your San Francisco startup. A publication whose readers are in Boston will want to know you’re based here in Cambridge. This one is tricker in the pre-revenue stage.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage San Francisco Startup CTO Hire 120

View from Seed

MARCH 16, 2016

Today, we are excited to re-release an updated Hitchhiker’s Guide to Boston Tech ! I wanted to point out a couple things in the updated guide, but the general theme is that we are simply seeing more, bigger, and better things happening here in Boston. To name a few: 1. More exciting, industry-leading companies.

Boston 215

Boston Early Stage Artificial Inteligence Semantic 215

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).

Operations 176

Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2018

Boston, USA Oct 1st – 3rd, 2018. Boston, USA. Boston, USA. With over 40 hours of content spread across SaaStock’s three days, not to mention all of the networking events, you’ll be kept very busy indeed developing the knowledge and relationships necessary to help you reach your business goals. Business of Software.

Las Vegas 124

Las Vegas Software Review Affiliate Cofounder 124

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

In two cases, these businesses were doing significant early revenue ($500K/month+), so could be considered “post-seed”, although both of these companies had not raised significant institutional capital before we led their rounds. Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, 8 have been pre-product or pre-seed style rounds.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2018

He is the founder and president of Revenue & Associates and the author of the book Bullseye Marketing: How to Grow Your Business Faster. Learn more about Revenue & Associates. He is the founder and president of Revenue & Associates and the author of the book Bullseye Marketing: How to Grow Your Business Faster.

Miami 76

Miami Marketing Software Review Boston 76

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

Your friends and family are really the only answer until you have a significant revenue stream. In fact, most of the most active investment firms are located there, although NY now has moved solidly into second place (ahead of Boston). Back to VCs, Silicon Valley venture capital firms are still the most active.

Venture Capital 233

Venture Capital Revenue Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley 233

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

If you can start getting ROI on a feature in month one of a twelve month project versus waiting until the end, youve comparatively reduced the cost of development by the revenue generated by that feature over 11 months. Small batches also help deliver value earlier in the project. February 25, 2009 8:12 PM Anonymoussaid. Small is beautiful.

San Francisco 161

San Francisco Software Review Continuous Deployment Development Team Review 161

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

San Diego 100

San Diego Fort Worth Los Angeles Indianapolis 100

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Baptiste , a new writer at OnStartups and local Boston entrepreneur. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!) - crowdSPRING Blog , September 13, 2010 At crowdSPRING we talk a great deal about how we can leverage our limited marketing resources to drive traffic and revenues and build strong community.

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Every year, companies lose 20 to 30 percent in revenue due to inefficiencies. Prior to moving to Silicon Valley, Nick led operations at Crimson Hexagon, a Boston-based social media insights company, which was the first to partner with Twitter in understanding brand sentiment.

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Cofounder Software Review Technical Review 100

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One even had $100 in revenue (in escrow) from real live customers. The next LSM is scheduled for Boston on Feb 25, 2011. Out of eleven teams, the three finalists we picked all had discovered honest-to-goodness viable businesses. Each had pivoted several times and had built one or more MVPs. It may be coming soon to a city near you.

Lean 167

Lean San Francisco Chicago Boston 167

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

And one day a remarkable thing happened: we started making more than five dollars a day in revenue. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

SEM 164

SEM San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 164

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 23, 2009

They were accustomed to measuring their progress primarily by gross revenue compared to their targets. They were accustomed to measuring their progress primarily by gross revenue compared to their targets. Naturally, they had just raised money, and their new investors were understandably pissed. Amazon PostRank

Metrics 167

Metrics San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Of all the billion-dollar companies we have backed, 2/3 of our initial investments were pre-revenue, and many pre-product. With Stephanie on board, we are now one of the very few bi-coastal seed funds in the industry, and all of the partners have led investments in NY, Boston, SF, and many other emerging ecosystems even before the pandemic.

Cofounder 156

Cofounder San Francisco Portfolio Limited Partner 156

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 10, 2011

I hear similar things for pre-revenue startups that are on schedule, on time, and on budget - even though they are busy building something that nobody wants. (In Therefore, if you want to sell IMVU one day, you’ll need to abandon your business model, even though it’s generating a lot of revenue per customer.

Silicon Valley 167

Silicon Valley San Francisco Lean Investment Bankers 167

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Take a look and let me know what you think. Amazon PostRank

Customer Development 168

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 168

Feld Thoughts

JULY 9, 2019

When I was in Boston a while ago (it was very cold, so it must have been January), I had a wide-ranging conversation with Eric Paley. We ended up talking about using Gross Profit, instead of Revenue, to do valuation analysis. GP = Net Sales – Cost of Goods Sold GM = ((Net Sales – Cost of Goods Sold ) / Revenue).

Revenue 182

Revenue Valuation .Net Boston 182

VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

When I met Instagram, Kevin (the founder) had great numbers, but he wasn’t even thinking about revenue. Rick – I’m a Boston-based VC. In your case, come to Boston. Kevin – consumer Internet plays, often times they don’t have a business model. He put a lot of emphasis on performance. Join a startup.

Developer 103

Developer Silicon Valley Software Review Mexico 103

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

In the United States alone the self storage market is worth $24 billion in annual revenue and is totally fragmented with the largest player having around 10% of the total market. It’s not just big in Dallas but in San Diego, Phoenix and Sacramento but also Boston, Chicago, Washington and of course San Francisco.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review San Diego Dallas Startup 150

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

There are a whole range of valid reasons why non-developers would want to dictate the production release schedule (Seasonal/timing issues, marketing, fulfillment concerns, documentation/training, revenue controls, legal/regulatory. " Actually this process works really well in a financial company. Amazon PostRank

Continuous Deployment 167

Continuous Deployment Software Review San Francisco Lean 167

Genuine VC

JANUARY 29, 2008

And the CTO James McElhiney is also a seasoned entrepreneur (cofounder of Boston Compliance Systems, which he later sold to Thomson Financial), bringing over 20 years of large-scale development expertise to the company.

Technical Cofounder 101

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Israel Angel Investor 101

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Silicon Valley, Boston). Disruptive solutions with new business models ( Horizon 3 ) require an a priori agreement on the criteria for creating a new business unit (revenue, profits, value-added, etc.). Successful Innovation Outposts typically develop over a period of time through three stages. Who will lead this new effort?

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Incubator Acquisition Business Model 120

Genuine VC

JANUARY 29, 2008

And the CTO James McElhiney is also a seasoned entrepreneur (cofounder of Boston Compliance Systems, which he later sold to Thomson Financial), bringing over 20 years of large-scale development expertise to the company.

Technical Cofounder 100

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Israel Angel Investor 100

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

I mean, it’s easy to talk to very little bands and just say I feel like the amount of revenue for you is very little. The core of the business though, the revenue model, so it’s free to join, but then there’s the optional paid membership. Gelie: That’s not the only revenue stream. Gelie: Correct.

Cofounder 199

Cofounder Technical Review Chicago Technical Cofounder 199