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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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. Today, many of these businesses are suffering because the ecosystem no longer balances thanks to the Internet. Let’s look at a viral growth company, like Facebook. They’re off to cross the chasm. Sorry about that.)

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VC Cafe

MARCH 16, 2025

Perhaps the most powerful content creation of all, which is growing in popularity is coding, catapulting companies like Lovable which hit $17M in annualised recurring revenue in February 2025, up from $7M at the end of 2024. These costs represent an ongoing tax on revenue, requiring careful consideration in business model design.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit. Carpe Diem.

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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.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

12 Creative Design Ideas That Went Viral (And The Lessons You Can Learn) – [link]. Internet Advertising Hits New Revenue Record – [link]. 12 Creative Design Ideas That Went Viral (And The Lessons You Can Learn) – [link]. Social media critics keep getting it wrong – [link].

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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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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Not only does the country have a higher percentage of homes with high-speed Internet than the U.S. Want to start up in France? Sean Murphy on the first dozen enterprise customers - Gabriel Weinberg , September 8, 2010 I recently did a Traction Book interview with Sean Murphy who runs a boutique cutomer development firm in Silicon Valley.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2013

Berger explains why people talk about certain produces and ideas more than others, why some stories have a greater tendency towards a viral effect and why some rumors are simply more infectious than others. How many hours per day did Gary Vaynerchuk spend on the Internet when working to grow his family’s wine business?

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Entrepreneurs accurately recognize that the connective tissue of the Internet provides an opportunity to link the players in a particular market, reducing friction in both the buying and selling experience. Wow” moments lead to word-of-mouth viral growth and high net promoter scores. Economic Advantages vs. the Status Quo.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 5, 2011

As Bloggers or Internet Entrepreneurs, we constantly are building web properties or creating content. Finding advertisers and maximizing revenue can become hard work at times. Aziz signing off Get your bonus copy of my book "How To Start An Internet Business & Make Your First $1,000 Online" Download Here.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Mobile commerce revenues may still pale in comparison to their ecommerce brothers, but we’re already seeing signs of mobile commerce’s potential. In its Keynote Mobile Commerce Performance Index , Internet Retailer ranks mobile commerce websites based on load time, success rate and other factors. ); // Welcome to Mashable!

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Great marketing is required to generate revenue and grow every business, especially new businesses which have no brand recognition nor loyal customer base. Usually these are described as revenue growth drivers, as outlined in a new book, “ The Revenue Accelerator: The 21 Boosters to Launch Your Startup ,” by Dr. Allan Colman.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

Those ad-specific stats pair with the ongoing shift toward video as the primary medium on the Internet. Cisco’s VNI forecast estimates that 82% of all Internet traffic will be video in 2022. The strategy, according to Google, improves ad recall (and, undoubtedly, YouTube revenues). Image source ). Stay on brand. Plan it out.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

SaaS products aren’t viral – [link]. Internet Ad Revenues Rise to Historic $17 Billion in First Half 2012, Up 14% Over Half-Year 2011, According to IAB – [link]. Fatherpreneurship: How to be a Successful Father and Entrepreneur - [link]. Avoid the 50/50 co-founder model – here’s why – [link].

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

I don’t know exactly when the agency to product transfer happened at Buddy, or at what point you can start calling yourself a software company (when service revenues dip below subscription/license revs?), Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience. As penetration peaks in the Western countries (see my post on global internet trends), startups are looking to expand quickly to underpenetrated markets before local solutions are developed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2021

There is also more going on in every location, so this personal need and super sensitivity to the local community has spawned a new breed of Internet startups, called “hyperlocal.” Finding common elements for scaling is tough The site may need consumer revenue to survive. Maybe it’s selling local tours and taking a cut of the revenue.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Between January 2015 and January 2016, we grew our platform Slidebean from $1K to $20K in monthly recurring revenue. Getting the first tracks of revenue is one of the toughest processes of building a startup. Customer Lifetime Value (LTV): The potential revenue that you’ll be receiving from a given user.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 21, 2024

Fuel your growth, boost revenue and save precious time by upgrading to active campaign today. John is like, AI is so good at content repurposing, and I like anything with ai, we're using a smaller data set than just the entire internet. I feel like the entire internet is full of garbage. That's activecampaign.com/duct tape.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2016

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

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

Should you charge from day one, testing the revenue model first? Or should you focus on user engagement or virality? Their speed should be measured in validated learning about customers, not milestones, features, revenue, or even beautiful design. Should you charge from day one, testing the revenue model first?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

I’m super proud to announce that DataSift has just completed a $42 million financing round coming at the end of a year where its revenue grew several hundred percent year-over-year. Considering our revenue is SaaS revenue this achievement is even more remarkable. Predictive Data. Augmented Data. Asymmetric. Location Aware.

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Spencer Fry

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Model our potential revenue: You should never found a company without a good idea about how you plan on making money. Even better, you should project how your potential revenue stream will grow over time. I recommend Tumblr , because it's easy and you can get some virality through re-blogging.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

These days, if your startup does not have an Internet web site up and running, you are not ready for business or potential investors. There is absolutely no doubt that the Internet is the answer to the small businessman's prayer. Viral marketing needs a website. The website can be a source of revenue.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I had a lot of fun learning what the internet could do for me. In fact, my first website I can’t show you, because I don’t think we have internet access, but I had a Geocities website in 1999 for a card game I used to play called Magic the Gathering. Adding Ad Revenue. It was a little bit geeky, but I really enjoyed it.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

At the eight minute mark, YouTube allows for creators to put extra ads in the content so they’ve got an incentive to show those longer videos and generate more ad revenue. For viral growth, you want most of your traffic coming from “Browse features,” which consist of YouTube’s home screen, subscriptions, and other browsing features.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2010

It’s the Internet version of the old daily newspaper, with serious news links, celebrity gossip threads, and business people of all sorts looking for information and leads. The four major sites above all worked for several years before they saw any revenue, and have required investments of $50 million or more to build their brand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2020

Nice to have does not motivate a revenue stream. Examples of solutions from disruptive technologies include the appearance of personal computers, smartphones, the Internet, and the first social media platforms. This means more time and money for viral marketing, product iterations, and promotions.

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Technology Marketing Sales Cycle Social Media 317

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

However, they should be mindful as the brand and revenues grow, free optimization tools can have a negative impact on Total Cost of Ownership. What will you find here? More About Mashable » Mobile Version News Submit News About Us Advertise Contact Us Privacy Policy © 2010 Mashable.

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Developer Software Review PHP Social Media 73

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. Finally, we work hard to create marketing value in the social media space and work to engender word-of-mouth and the viral effect. The Obama campaign and viral video. Yes we can!

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Even with instant two-way communication via the Internet and mobile phones, your greatest new solution or service won’t found or properly recognized without marketing. Should you be buying key words from search engines, building fabulous web content, blasting out e-mail campaigns, or putting all your efforts into viral videos or social media?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

“We plan to offer it for free, and live off advertising revenue.” Free is a good short-term Internet strategy, if you have $50 million to spend on viral marketing to get your page-views up to the million per month needed for significant advertising revenue. Our patent will protect us.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. Read everything you can about viral marketing. It’s all available for “free” on the Internet, but your time is a valuable resource. Start social networking with peers.

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Social Media Media Social Network Viral 267

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

Nice to have does not motivate a revenue stream. Examples of solutions from disruptive technologies include personal computers, smartphones, the Internet and the first social-media platforms. This means more time and money for viral marketing, product iterations and promotions. Look for customer willingness and ability to pay.

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Technology Startup Sales Cycle Social Media 286

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2010

“We plan to offer it for free, and live off advertising revenue.” Free is a good short-term Internet strategy, if you have $50 million to spend on viral marketing to get your page-views up to the million per month needed for significant advertising revenue. Our patent will protect us.”

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Viral Advertising Lead Investor Revenue 223

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. Read everything you can about viral marketing. It’s all available for “free” on the Internet, but your time is a valuable resource. Start social networking with peers.

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