Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2020

Primary learnings for the fellows include: Originating investment opportunities Conducting due diligence Syndicating transactions Executing transactions Supporting founders and portfolio companies.

Technical Review 104

Technical Review Due Diligence Syndicate Syndication 104

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2016

Additionally, it is critical to make sure to syndicate out descriptions rich with keywords. With just 5 minutes a day, you can have a rock star reputation and drive repeat revenue. Syndicate Content Out, Build Links In. Fewer companies have direct access to change the directory information in real-time, which is recommended.

Search 100

Search Fractional CTO Small Business Syndication 100

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Well, 1M/1M is focused on helping businesses generate $1M in annual revenue, whatever be the nature of the business. But our goal is to make sure that these businesses are sustainable, have customers, revenues, and profits. We do not and will not have any particular focus on non profits that are dependent upon funding from charities.

India 116

India Green Silicon Valley Massachusetts 116

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 16, 2014

Apps are increasingly becoming a vital part of how businesses deliver services and goods to consumers, in fact Gartner predicts that by 2017 apps will generate more than $77 billion in revenue and be downloaded more than 268 billion times. Founder and CEO of Appsbar, Scott Hirsch, is a noted entrepreneur and expert in mobile marketing.

Developer 162

Developer Application Development Syndication Syndicate 162

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

We are also seeing more investors try to be a part of syndicated A rounds for companies that are raising $5M or more and are really not what most would consider “seed” stage. As the venture capital industry has evolved, more and more seed investors are passing on traditionally “seed stage” startups because there isn’t enough traction.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 18, 2012

With resources like virtual assistants and crowd sourcing there is no reason to “go it alone” Determine your top 3 revenue producing activities and YOU focus on them; delegate the rest. Thanks to Kenny Jahng of Big Click Syndicate LLC. Do you track your revenue? Thanks to Monica Shah of Revenue Breakthrough.

LLC 166

LLC Non-Compete Revenue Hiring 166

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

Success often comes from doing a few things extraordinarily well and noticeably better than the competition and is measured in customer feedback, product engagement, growth in usage and ultimately in revenue growth. They’re doing how much in SaaS revenue? I offer the same advice for many of my friends who are newer VCs.

Software Review 150

Software Review Turkey Portfolio Syndicate 150

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Stacked Marketer turned a free newsletter into a six-figure revenue generator by staying actionable, convenient, and entertaining. How market share and revenue have grown. You only have to look at top brands to see this in action: Apple’s sleekness, Coca-Cola’s playfulness, Disney’s magic. Consistency is equally critical for startups.

Campaign 149

Campaign CTO Marketing Social Media 149

K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

I helped introduce the company to various angels and lead the effort to form a syndicate for their fund-raising round. Modista had only had modest revenue to date (~5K) and had by no means gotten to the point where it was having an impact on the revenues of Like.com.

Software Review 134

Software Review Technical Review IP Finance 134

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Startups with large, lifecycle VCs included in the seed round syndicate did not reach Series A faster than those who did not. If a lifecycle VC was involved in the seed investor syndicate, the Series A was noticeably larger, at a $5.9M Generate Real Revenue. Another approach to raise Series A is to drive meaningful revenue.

Syndication 333

Syndication Syndicate Seed Stage Startup 333

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

There are many additional variables that the inexperienced marketer may not even think to consider: competition and positioning strategies, budgeting, match types, search and content syndication, and ad copy testing, as well developing the best ad wording and layouts. Tracking and performance reporting. Marty Zwilling.

Search 385

Search Engineer PPC Widget 385

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad. Flexible VC: Revenue -based. Of the Inc.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

If they can’t, then we want to know more about the existing investor syndicate, so we’re not the only ones at the table. Traction and revenue? Typically, the gross margins aren’t there compared to software, so revenue isn’t quite as important in the early stages of getting to market. Business model?

Term Sheet 120

Term Sheet Equity Startup Seed Stage 120

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 6, 2024

Josh Elledge is a keynote speaker, writes a syndicated newspaper column to 1.1 You could choose our system to move from vendor to trusted advisor, attract only ideal clients, and confidently present your strategies to build monthly recurring revenue. That's what I write my syndicated newspaper column about.

Lead Generation 91

Lead Generation Networking PR B2B 91

ConversionXL

MARCH 20, 2019

While it doesn’t publish prices publicly, an interview with the Demandbase CEO in 2017 claimed that the average revenue per customer per month was $20,000. While it offers content syndication, reviewers noted that where that content ends up is not fully disclosed. G2 Crowd confirms that it’s a high-cost option.

Software Review 117

Software Review Software Marketing IP 117

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Research from Optimove shows that young, fast companies derive 30% of revenues from existing customers. As those companies become more established, that increases to around 90% of revenues. Ensure every recommended product helps the customer solve a problem or drive more revenue. Focus on value. So, what does this tell us?

B2B 129

B2B Email Sales Acquisition 129

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Summit CPA is now a company with over $5M in annual revenue and our team is fully distributed throughout the United States. Little did I know that the simple and cathartic act of writing would lead me to become not only an author of several more books, but also a nationally syndicated radio host and patient safety speaker and trainer.

Naming 157

Naming Entrepreneur CPA Software Review 157

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 15, 2022

4:32] Is that was that the initial vision was to just make it easier to get those shows syndicated? [5:48] Is that, was that the initial vision was to just make it easier to get those shows syndicated. [2:54] What does the podcast media company look like today, and what was your idea for starting it? [4:32] Now there's Patreon.

Audio 85

Audio SMS Technical Review Advertising 85

Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

As a Content Marketer, your content piece can be syndicated across all these top publisher sites, for a very nominal Cost-per-Click thereby increasing the reach of your post. The platform’s claim is that their publishers make the highest RPMs (Revenue-per-Thousand-Impressions) through their platforms, as compared to competitors.

Advertising 100

Advertising Distribution Marketing New York City 100

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

It aims to fuel your sales pipeline , shorten the sales cycle, and generate revenue. In other words, it boosts revenue by delivering the right information to the right people at the right time so that they can make confident decisions. ROI on marketing-sourced revenue. Deciding between LBM and ABM.

Demand 91

Demand Lead Generation PPC Leadership 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

Groups of angels may syndicate multiple individual amounts, but if your total request exceeds $1 million, you need to focus on the venture capital alternatives. To be fundable, fifth year revenue projections need to be in the $20-$100 million range. Thus, angel investments from across the country or internationally are rare.

Search 317

Search Accredited Investor Angel Investor Venture Capital 317

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2020

Typically, individual investments will be less than $100K, but a group of angels may syndicate multiples. Since they know that most startups fail, their target return is ten times investment, so be prepared to talk cost vs revenue and product life. Angels spread their risk by making multiple smaller investments.

Angel Investor 322

Angel Investor Valuation Syndication Syndicate 322

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. While commercial software houses have the luxury of targeting a specific platform for a revenue-generating commercial app, business developers have to satisfy business requirements.

Mobile 90

Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

More connections means more business, more investors, more revenue, and more growth. One state — one Accelerator When Capital Factory opened our space in Austin in 2012, we were able to create a true center of gravity and then use that to connect together entrepreneurs, investors, customers, talent and press in meaningful ways.

Texas 97

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 97

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Mass Relevance today announced that it has been selected by Twitter (blog post) as the first curation partner officially licensed to re-syndicate Twitter content. Through this partnership, companies will be able to move beyond engagement and create new revenue streams around curated and integrated experiences into TV, [.].

Syndicate 85

Syndicate Syndication Partner Naming 85

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The parts of digital marketing we can track— email marketing , paid social, content syndication—are the tip of the iceberg. These are the channels where your buyers are, and every other company isn’t doing well there, which creates a massive opportunity for you.” – Chris Walker, CEO of Refine Labs [via Revenue Champions ].

B2B 103

B2B Social Media Channel Audience 103

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors. To that end, companies will offer enterprise-ready software that comes with additional features, services and support.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

There are many additional variables that the inexperienced marketer may not even think to consider: competition and positioning strategies, budgeting, match types, search and content syndication, and ad copy testing, as well developing the best ad wording and layouts. Tracking and performance reporting. Marty Zwilling.

Search 226

Search PPC Widget SEO 226

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Groups of angels may syndicate multiple individual amounts, but if your total request exceeds $1 million, you need to focus on the venture capital alternatives. To be fundable, fifth year revenue projections need to be in the $20-$100 million range. Thus, angel investments from across the country or internationally are rare.

Accredited Investor 265

Accredited Investor Venture Capital Syndication Syndicate 265

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

So, lots of content combined with an engaged audience (contributing and participating in consumption), driving great branding and real world revenue. When I have a choice, I now buy Prudential. Because of YouTube. Surely every brand in the world is totally killing it on YouTube? Not even close. The YouTube problem: What is YouTube?

Analytics 151

Analytics Marketing Audience Channel 151

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2024

You could choose our system to move from vendor to trusted advisor, attract only ideal clients, and confidently present your strategies to build monthly recurring revenue. But they don't want to change if they don't have to because it could end up affecting their advertising revenue. It's time to transform your approach.

SEO 91

SEO Search Generative AI Engineer 91

Genuine VC

MAY 29, 2014

Yet even today, whether or not to take a (relatively) small check in a seed round syndicate from a multi-hundred million or even billion dollar fund is still a decision which takes quite a bit of consideration and sometimes consternation. So there is an element of (positive) selection bias in the larger VC syndicate cohort companies.

Syndicate 166

Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Valuation 166

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

There are many additional variables that the inexperienced marketer may not even think to consider: competition and positioning strategies, budgeting, match types, search and content syndication, and ad copy testing, as well developing the best ad wording and layouts. Tracking and performance reporting.

Search 225

Search Engineer SEM Widget 225

Pascal's View

JULY 9, 2017

In contrast, there is limited benefit for being the 2 nd investor or the 10 th investor joining the syndicate of a priced round, so it is common for investors to wait to see “who else is involved”. The CEO/founder often has leeway to influence or negotiate the cap value (especially when the headline cap is softened by a discount).

Post-Money Valuation 49

Post-Money Valuation Valuation Cap Table Covenant 49

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

We are also seeing more investors try to be a part of syndicated A rounds for companies that are raising $5M or more and are really not what most would consider “seed” stage. As the venture capital industry has evolved, more and more seed investors are passing on traditionally “seed stage” startups because there isn’t enough traction.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Content Syndication Don’t be shy—let your content flirt with other platforms. Syndicating your posts on sites like Medium or LinkedIn can introduce your work to a broader audience. This can provide a continuous revenue stream while extending the reach of your work to new audiences who can benefit from it.

Syndication 158

Syndication Syndicate Social Media Audience 158

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 22, 2019

Search engines like Google are the biggest conduit for discovery on the web; if you can get higher rankings for queries relevant to your target audience, you’ll get more traffic, and therefore generate more revenue. Improving your site speed is good for SEO, but is also simply good for your users.

SEO 186

SEO Marketing Startup Syndication 186