Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

My background was 8 years of telecoms & mobile and 8 years of cloud computing & SaaS – so these two themes were a given. Nordstrom sales reps are trained to do this to, but of course they can’t know every customer that walks around the store. To be clear, that is excluding the sales uplift from the calls.

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

In a world where the economy only heads in one direction (read: 2009-2014) most investors & entrepreneurs forget to pay attention to gross burn. This is why investors really like SaaS software companies where you have recurring revenue and your largest customer accounts for < 5% of your revenue and your renewals rates are > 90%.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

It’s been high tide since 2009 so an entire batch of entrepreneurs don’t know what low tide even looks like. In revenue terms our first two years of sales were $2.1 We sold the company when we hit $36 million in bookings and $16 million in SaaS GAAP revenue. ” How’d that turn out in the late 90′s?

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review 390

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

We formed the company in 2007, came out with our first product in late 2008, and began selling in earnest in 2009. In 2009, we immediately approached the law firm market because we knew it so well, and because we had lots of relationships from over the years. It's been really fantastic, and we've really enjoyed it.

Software 100

Software Report Startup IBM 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

If one entered between 2009-2015 he or she is no doubt in the “hazard” phase where one need to be careful about thinking he know more about the industry than perhaps he do. It’s kind of a truism for life and certainly our industry. I see it in many young pups. They enter the industry knowing that they know nothing.

Funding 150

Funding Venture Capital Startup Marketing 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales. Imagine if, say, Autodesk had purchased it in 2009 for $100 million? This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. Maker Studios?—?sold

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Startup 363

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. What is Laughstub? So, how long has the company been around?

Ticketmaster 140

Ticketmaster CTO Hire Tech Coast Angels Social Media 140

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Amy was named one of the “Bay Area’s Most Influential Women” in 2008 & 2009 by the San Francisco Business Times, and inducted into the “Forever Influential” hall of fame in 2010. As CRO at iFundWomen, Concetta oversees sales, marketing, analytics, and revenue management.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

SaaS for Cloud application lifecycle management. Joel worked with Steve Jobs on special projects at Apple and invented the cheapest prosthetic knee on the market, one of the top 50 inventions of 2009 as ranked by Time magazine. Sales Huddle Group. A SaaS Platform to help online stores in Brazil create their own loyalty program.

Startup 40

Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

Invoca had grown steadily and consistently since 2009 and by 2015 SaaS companies with scale had become hot – trading at a median of 7.3x forward sales with some as high as 12x sales. As I mentioned, at the start of the process median SaaS multiples were around 7.3x FOMO was NOMO. As in no more.

Funding 150

Funding Startup SaaS Venture Capital 150

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales. . In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, Entrepreneurism, SaaS. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization music, Revenue, Sales. . Sales of mobi. The constrai.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69