Tom Tunguz

MARCH 19, 2013

William Gibson, quoted in The Economist, December 4, 2003. These are the same four challenges startups must solve to succeed. And these needs actually determine the structure of most startups. These four limits align well with the four major parts of a startup: Awareness is Marketing. Cost is Engineering.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

For many of these startups, revenue hasn’t been able to keep pace with rising serving costs. Is the drought of consumer investment capital experienced by the internet monoliths common to earlier startups? Since the bottom in 2003-2004, consumer deals have increased their share of venture dollars growing by 250% to about 25%.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 20, 2014

Google had grown from $220k in revenue in 19aw99, to $19M in 2000, to $86M in 2001, to $347M in 2002, to $961M in 2003, and would record $3.2B More importantly, I hope more founders and leaders of startups will post their values publicly and use them to inspire their employees to build great, enduring and unconventional companies.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 16, 2019

Ep 257: Justin Welsh is the former SVP Sales @ PatientPop, the startup that offers the first all-in-one practice growth platform that’s HIPAA-compliant and is proven to grow your practice. I graduated school in 2003 and my dad had been in sales for 41 years. And today we touched on some more personal elements of scaling SaaS companies.

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Valuize Consulting

JUNE 10, 2020

Eventually, the movement made its way to the tech industry with 2001’s agile software development framework heavily inspired by lean principles and books like The Lean Startup published in 2011 by Eric Reis. Applying lean to the design of customer success processes is an evolution that has precedent.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Startups in the fundraising process and are looking to scale fast or even change core features of their product should also take caution here. eCommerce startups – Entrepreneurs that are starting new brands or drop shipping will also benefit from the quick end to end set up that Shopify offers. #4 of all websites.

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SaaStr

MAY 8, 2019

Over the years, Dug has been an advisor to many startups from Mu Dynamics, Olark and Tech Brewery to Trace and Stratos Card. Dug Song founded Duo Security in 2019 and grew the company as CEO until it’s acquisition in October of 2018. The Ann Arbor, Michigan based company was acquired for $2.35B in cash.

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SaaStr

APRIL 25, 2019

With one startup acquired by Yahoo in 2005, another acquired by Google in 2007 and a background as an M&A lawyer, Craig’s perspective on M&A is insightful for any startup founder looking to acquire another company. What advice do you have for founders who maybe looking to go out to acquire startups themselves?

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The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

If you’re a startup, then get on the path to sharing and starting those conversations early on. Urban legends tell the tale of the origins of the TLDR dating back to as far as 2003, which for modern day tweens are ancient times. Standuply is a prime example of how humble beginnings and failures along the way.

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Outseta

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In 2003 we realized that CMOs were really struggling with the auction-based nature of media buying in Search and we knew that was a math problem we could solve in a way that would tie directly to their business success. Soren: This was 2003, and I was working as Head of Business Development for a web engineering company in Boston.

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SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

Notable mentions that have helped the Asian SaaS space are 500 Startups, Y Combinator, Sequoia, Matrix Partners, Eight Roads Ventures and Intel Capital. Cyberport Hong Kong is an ICT hub and a digital community whose aim is to enable network services for startups and founders. Founded: 2003. SaaS Investments: Ezetap, and others.

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SaaStr

JUNE 11, 2019

Lloyed : Startup-. Keith : The other thing someone said to me that really resonated and has become an important lesson is you can raise the odds of success at any startup from the very early days from something like the proverbial one to 10 percent that people talk about to probably 30 to 40 percent just by changing the team composition.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 24, 2019

Mike has been in and around startups for the better part of three decades: as a consultant, as a co-founder and now as the Managing Director of Salesforce Incubator, which propels new startups into the marketplace. He joined me for a chat that ranged from the role of AI to how they choose startups to incubate. Short on time?

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SaaStr

JUNE 23, 2019

Lloyed : Startup-. Keith : The other thing someone said to me that really resonated and has become an important lesson is you can raise the odds of success at any startup from the very early days from something like the proverbial one to 10 percent that people talk about to probably 30 to 40 percent just by changing the team composition.

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Outseta

OCTOBER 16, 2017

So today I want to talk about early stage startups and what they can do to build a customer success oriented culture and customer success into the DNA of their business from the get-go. It's really across the board the kinds of companies that we service but it's all very specifically focused on helping their customers self serve.

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SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

He also discusses all the trials, errors and successes he had throughout all of his previous startups. But then after joining them, and we sold that startup to another startup NICU, I went home to Pittsburgh in 1999 which led to the inspiration for starting our first business. And by 2003 we were almost out of business.

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Kellblog

JULY 11, 2020

For example, say it’s 2003 and you’re at CRM leader Siebel Systems. in annual revenue minimized Salesforce (who did a mere $65M in the first 9 months of 2003, the year they went public ) and, to the extent they would have used a framework like this, would have picked the wrong challenge and gotten the wrong strategy as a result.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Lessons Justin learned from a career in startups. Lessons Learned from Startups [9:45]. I came out of school in 2003 and really for the first six years of my career, I was pretty much what you would label a complete failure. Lessons Learned from Startups [9:45]. Stuff in really high growth startups are breaking.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Net Promoter Score was first developed by Fred Reichheld, Bain & Company and Satmetrix in 2003. From Zero to 100: How to Scale Customer Support and Customer Success at Your Startup. Breaking Down the Ultimate Question – NPS (Net Promoter Score). First, let’s start with the very basics- what is a Net Promoter Score ?

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Kellblog

JUNE 7, 2020

I was talking to an old friend the other day who’s marketing chief at a successful infrastructure startup. “Congratulations,” I said, “I know it was a long slog, but after about a decade of groundwork it looks like things have really kicked in.

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User Pilot

APRIL 27, 2023

Whether you’re a startup or an established company, this guide will provide you with the knowledge and tools to improve your customer experience and drive business growth. Net Promoter Score, often abbreviated to NPS, was first devised in 2003. Create NPS surveys with Userpilot!

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SaaStr

APRIL 16, 2023

In a kind of analogous way, everyone uses the Internet now, which wasn’t true certainly, when we started Flickr, in late 2003. You set up Google Apps if you’re a new startup. We started development in early 2004. ” You start going. It’s not a decision that you consciously make.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Founded in: 2003. Since its inception in 2003, Splunk has been at the forefront of data solutions. Founded in: 2003. Workday is a software startup that focuses on assisting businesses in streamlining their management procedures and improving workflow. Service Now is yet another popular SaaS company based in the USA.

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