Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 1, 2019

He bought into Sharp & Carter in 2013, and the firm has grown from seven people in Melbourne to 120 people across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, Australia. . Anthony recently shared his top tips for employee retention and growth in an EO Melbourne blog post , which has been adapted for this article. . Focus on relationships.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

Every day, 5% of the entire online world (roughly 3.5 We just announced a few more things. Late last year we passed $100M in annual recurring revenue. We’re less than 8 years old so you can do the math on growth rates and figure out that we’re on an elite trajectory. Long-time readers of this (11-year old!!)

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Any reader of this blog for a period of time will know that I’ve been long YouTube for years. We have made 5 online video investments in total – some we will talk about later this year. .” You should be able to convert at least 5-15% of your audience. You must invest in technology. post-script.

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Haystack

JANUARY 20, 2019

That escalation from $25K back in 2013 took a little over four years. As such, I feel like it really took me 4-5 years to internalize how all the aspects of fund management come together. I consciously took that ramp slowly because I found it was easy to trick myself into thinking going faster and bigger would be straight-forward.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

I had one of the biggest mental breakthroughs about what I want to do differently at GRP Partners in 2013. I want to make sure that my sixth year as a VC doesn’t just become an automatic continuation of what I’ve done in my first 5 years. The number of times I’ve had people come to me and say they want to blog more.

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Haystack

JANUARY 12, 2020

For those following this blog and the seed market over the past decade, you may have noticed that every year, we see increases across the board — more investors, newer funds, and funds that get larger. Rather, this short blog is filled only with my own observations from being in the middle of the evolving seed market since 2013.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Surely not I, when my family moved here in 2013. We’re going on Day 5 with no power, heat or internet. The Wall Street Journal reported that SoFi Technologies was cutting around 65 jobs, or about 5% of its 1,300-person workforce. I know, I know — Austin is known for its 100+ degree temperatures in the summertime.

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OurCrowd

MAY 13, 2022

May 13 (Reuters) – Since 2013, Twitter has downplayed the spread of fake accounts on its platform, holding that “false or spam” accounts make up less than 5% of its user base even as independent researchers said the number could be three times higher. Elon Musk wants to know appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In 2013, when I started the company, I wanted to focus on a niche instead of being all things to all people. We knew if we took care of our team, they, in turn, would take care of our clients with 5-star service. When you care about clients, it shows—and it leads to 5-star reviews, repeat business and referrals.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In 2013 it is expected to be around $35 billion. Compare the state of play in 2013 versus 15 years ago. 2013 = $25 billion of which Apples stage is more than $8 billion at > 90% gross margin. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. 33% of the world is on the Internet on average of 3.1 hours / day.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Unless you’re SnapChat, Instagram or similar this is probably 3-5 years into your existence. We also sat down and talked about what the big challenges for 2013-2016 would be for the company and we are in the fortunate position of our major issue being how to handle growth.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 2, 2016

Advertising has seen its share of both series A and seed dollars fall from 15% to 5% in just five years, and indication of how out-of-favor this category of business has become amongst investors, because of the dominant network effects of Facebook and Google. Seed investment is marked blue, and series A investment is marked red.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 5, 2018

In 2013, we announced the sale of that division to an international player at a handsome multiple of earnings. The post What Embezzlement, a Hurricane and the Financial Crash Taught Me About Business appeared first on THE BLOG. Having rock solid credit also helped. This bought us some grace during some tough cash flow periods.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Man, I would go to school at 5:30 AM, come home after football practice or the weight room at 7:00, and I had like an hour and a half after I saw my kids, to actually sit down and build a business. And he realized people were coming to his website and they were reading his blog posts. She got some people reading her blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2021

When I built my first pitch deck in 2013, I had no clue what to include. The post How to build the perfect pitch deck for your business appeared first on THE BLOG. It’s a structure used in most modern films, and you can learn a lot from it that you can adapt for your pitch deck. Follow a known structure. Make it beautiful.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

I have a blog post on that, fundraising advice for founders raising for the first time. There was a sense back in 2012 and 2013 that Bitcoin would also replace, like, Visa and MasterCard, sort of like the payment slayer. And this is recorded forever so we'll see what happens in like 5 or 10 years. Editor's note: 2.5

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. 5/ The Enduring Allure Of Platform Potential: Revenue is important.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 5, 2018

My mother used to call failure a stepping-stone to success, as opposed to the opposite of success,” she recalled in a 2013 Inc. The post How 5 Expert Entrepreneurs View Success and Failure appeared first on THE BLOG. The post How 5 Expert Entrepreneurs View Success and Failure appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. Even tech blogs know this.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. I always wanted to work with Brad for this reason so I started blogging because I figured if transparency worked for Brad I would try the same approach. in 2013 and then reverted back to 4x – a little bit below the historical mean.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 17, 2019

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2012 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2013; Slack in 2014 (after prematurely saying there wasn’t one); took a break in 2015-16, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; in 2017 it was Coinbase ; and last year, 2018, it was Airtable.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

Here’s the gist from his blog: “Those of you who often over-commit or feel too scattered may appreciate a new philosophy I’m trying: If I’m not saying “HELL YEAH!” From 2007-2009 and again from 2012-2013, I said yes to way too many “cool” things. ” about something, then I say no.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

Once you find your USP, include it in your messaging and share it in your marketing assets like your website, blog and marketing campaigns. 5 Reasons Your Digital Ads Aren’t Performing. You can create content in different formats including blogs, infographics , podcasts, videos, etc. Give a personality to your brand.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 30, 2021

Unexpectedly, YC had reached out when they launched their Continuity Fund about 5 years ago. This was 2013, 2014. Instead, I messaged Jeff Jordan and said, ‘You know, I read your blog post about retail, and the transition of retail to online.’ Now, I’m not a founder, but I was very happy in my role at Andresseen Horowitz.

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Impact Hub

JULY 11, 2019

This blog post is part of a wider campaign aiming to share knowledge about environmental challenges within our communities. Since 2013, over 185,000 kg of Netplus materials have been collected across Chilean coastal communities and are ready for repurposing. WWF and Impact Hub join forces for the oceans. Is it really possible?

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over 13 years ago, in March of 2000, I wrote a blog post titled “ The Most Powerful Internet Metric of All. ” In 2013, we are in the midst of a critical platform transition from the browser-based Internet to mobile applications platforms like iOS and Android. Conversion Rate” is a misleading term.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

PitchBook has ranked OurCrowd as Israel’s most active investor each year since we were founded in 2013, with investments in more than 330 portfolio companies. Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter went on hold after the company said that only 5% of its accounts were bots. Top Tech News. Cyabra answers Elon Musk’s query on Twitter bots.

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