Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2018

A firm like ours has almost 100 different investments across all the various partners so we get to see some businesses very intimately. " Revenue doesn't pay your bills, GM does  —  @msuster 2/ Founders obsess with revenue as a vanity metric. Some even grow "bad" revenue just to show growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

By September 18th we were ready to bring them to a full partner meeting and as a group we were bought into the vision and the experience of this exact team to pull things off. Again, I think the company would slug me if released revenue data, but … wow. We met in August (so much for VCs taking the Summer off!) Domain Knowledge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2020

Every young entrepreneur needs an experienced partner for credibility with investors, and as a trusted cohort for strategy and growth discussions. Often the Boomer is more willing to work for equity, and easily convinced to step aside when revenues reach that next threshold. Supportive co-founder and executive positions.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

To grow your brand and increase revenue, here are some handy tips on how to optimise your affiliate marketing strategy. You need to know the risk factors when picking affiliate partners, otherwise you run the risk of losing revenue. Source: Pixabay. Find the Right Affiliates. Establish a Robust Affiliate Network.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Since NewTV won’t be making the content, they will be licensing from and partnering with traditional entertainment producers. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Will consumers want to watch short-form mobile entertainment? Will these third parties produce something people will watch?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5 And now Immelt is now the ex-CEO, and Trian Partners just a got a seat on the GE board. At GE the biggest problem in 2017 was major revenue misses in their Power business.) During Jeff Immelt’s tenure GE’s stock-market value fell by about half. of the company.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2023

Venture studios create startups by incubating their own ideas or ideas from their partners. These studios have different metrics than startup studios whose limited partners are private family offices or venture capitalists. Unlike an accelerator, a venture studio does not fund existing startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Find a strategic partner to accelerate growth. Opportunity and revenue projections based on deep market and customer analysis are a smarter risk. Risk is more manageable with subscriptions and even freemium pricing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Get support from credible industry groups and partners. You need a stable customer base with an automatically renewing revenue stream, such as the subscription model. Customers line up to believe and buy from people who are viewed as leaders or experts relative to a specific solution. Focus on a solution that is scalable world-wide.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

In addition, research shows that companies that fail to align their marketing and sales departments have less ROI, and lose 10% or more of their revenues per year. Outside partners and channel impacts are complex. Of course, you need work with partners and channel to quantity their costs and contributions and normalize total results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Find a strategic partner to accelerate growth. Opportunity and revenue projections based on deep market and customer analysis are a smarter risk. Risk is more manageable with subscriptions and even freemium pricing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2022

Partner with others to create unique solutions that might benefit your brand, product, or solution. Choose an agency partner who is pushing the envelope and remember to consider technology, media, and creative opportunities. Partner with agencies that are willing to put skin in the game and get paid only if they deliver results.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

Its employees and investors don’t depend on an existing revenue stream. If they select a business model that targets industry incumbents, they don’t have to worry about upsetting existing customers, partners or distribution channels. Every Airbnb rental is a lost night of revenue for hotels that hate it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

This may require you selling exclusivity, doing channel development, or alliances with new partners. Premium products may have high feature value, but may push you to a new level of customer, and prevent mass market appeal. Another approach is to expand your scope geographically. Even in the face of real value, customer change is hard.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2019

Partner with others to create unique solutions that might benefit your brand, product, or solution. Choose an agency partner who is pushing the envelope and remember to consider technology, media, and creative opportunities. Partner with agencies that are willing to put skin in the game and get paid only if they deliver results.

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View from Seed

JUNE 13, 2019

The company launched in 2011 and then was acquired by PetSmart for over $3 billion in 2017 (PetSmart itself owned by PE firm BC Partners), but Chewy is now preparing for life as a standalone public company. revenue business still growing >50% YoY? I’ll break down Chewy’s business based on their recent S-1 filing here.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 5, 2024

Consider Partnering with Self-Storage Management Companies Running a successful self-storage facility requires expertise in various areas, from marketing and tenant relations to financial management and legal compliance. They also assist with revenue management by analyzing market trends and optimizing rental rates.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Client work serves as an additional source of revenue to form new startups. This outside work provides a valuable source of revenue able to be used to fund operations. Over time, this revenue reduces the dependency on outside venture capital sources. It also provides critical domain experience in a variety of business sectors.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

After years of trying to persuade Kara Nortman to become a partner at Upfront Ventures I can officially announce now that she’s joined us effective immediately. It is rare to find somebody who matches exactly what I’m looking for in a partner so when you find it you act: Academic rigor (Princeton undergrad, Stanford MBA).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Others have seized on the opportunity to restructure their business for the future, eliminate marginal processes, and find new growth partners. Now is the time to reach out to satisfied existing customers for repeat business, as it is less expensive to generate more revenue from your past customers than it is to land new ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

In the short term you need customers to find you at any price, and in the longer term you need revenue, profit, and return loyalty. Explore partners and M&A to solidify your strategy. Every one of you has had to deal with the conflicting requirements of optimizing your business in the short term versus the long term.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2020

The norm for entrepreneurs is to be optimistic on revenue projections, and miserly on funding needs. Just don’t take the “shortcut” of not doing your due diligence on aspiring team members, strategic partners, investors, or vendors. Cheaper in the beginning can be more costly in the long run.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

billion gamers worldwide will help the global games market generate revenues of $189.3 billion in revenue last year. According to Ark Invest’s research , revenue from virtual worlds will compound 17% annually from roughly $180 billion today to $390 billion by 2025. Fortnite alone made $1.8 Twitch stats in 2020.

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TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

Finally, review the numbers with your partners. R : Revenue - Can you monetize any of this behavior? We need to make sure we have these numbers. Quite often the goal is to get them into a spreadsheet in a form that allows people to easily play with them. Don’t overcomplicate things with reporting tools.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2022

However, nonprofits can’t generate revenue through conventional means due to their nature. These influencers are more likely to partner with your nonprofit if they believe in your cause. Nonprofits should look to partner with entertainment venues in their communities. Credit: Alexander Suhorucov via Pexels. Entertainment Events.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

especially if the startup already has a product and revenue? To reduce the impact of dilution, the expectation is that startup valuation should more or less double between the pre-seed to the seed, and seed to series A (ideally backed by reasonable traction/ revenue multiples). A founder asked me what makes a $2M round “pre-seed”?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation. Look for examples of similar companies and revenue multiples achieved from acquirers. When did this effort really start, including pivots?

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deal architect

DECEMBER 7, 2018

I beg to disagree – compared to revenues Apple has generated for its partners and itself from its iOS store and Amazon with its. Ask about who has had a successful platform strategy, and most people will point to Salesforce.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Companies need the same service on partner and acquisition candidates, even vendors. 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. Customer retention with churn modeling.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 20, 2020

I recently was in an email thread where a Black founder had a powerful and clear response to the question from one of her corporate partners. The question was: How can our (the corporate partner’s) team better support diversity in our work, particularly in our sourcing, diligence, and onboarding efforts?

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2024

Expanding a business through exports can open up new opportunities for growth and increase revenue. Partnering with local influencers or using localized marketing campaigns can also enhance your brand’s visibility. Consider visiting your partners or inviting them to your facilities to strengthen the connection.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

I should also say a huge thank you to my partner Greg Bettinelli, as Ring was amongst the first deals he ever funded and along with GOAT, thredUP and some of the other great deals he’s led for us?—?his Having recurring revenue allows you to keep the original purchase price down, which in turn increases sales.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

We help founders through difficult moments, we help coach, we act as sparring partners, we help them resolve conflicts when they’re fighting with co-founders and we help them deal with adversity as well as successes. The role of VC is sparring partner. It has grown recurring revenue by more than 500% and deal-size by 276%.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Toya is a female-led studio partnering with the biggest platforms in the gaming industry to develop and promote games that reflect equal opportunities, diverse characters, and more dynamic storylines across the gender spectrum. It takes a LOT of courage to say no to potential revenue, especially in the very early stages of a startup.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 9, 2020

by Karen Hayward, Chief Outsiders Managing Partner and CMO, and author of “ Stop Random Acts of Marketing: Deliberate & Practical Growth Strategies for Mid-Market CEOs “ Middle market companies are ambitious to grow, and they need the right marketing strategy that can guide the whole enterprise to new heights.

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