July 31, 2011
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30% of the registered users or number of downloads (if its a mobile app) will use the service each month
10% of the registered users or number of downloads (if its a mobile app) will use the service each day
the max number of concurrent users of a real-time service will be 10% of the number of daily users
(Full Story: A VC: 30/10/10 Rule)
June 7, 2011
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“Markets that don’t exist don’t care how smart you are.”
(Full Story: The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 4: The only thing that matters)
June 6, 2011
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Graham calls everyone’s attention to the whiteboard, where a timeline labeled “The Process” depicts the steps that every entrepreneur must navigate on the way to building a successful startup. It looks like a mountain range, climbing and falling as it enumerates a series of small victories and crushing setbacks: The TechCrunch of Initiation, Wearing Off of Novelty, Trough of Sorrow, Releases of Improvement, Wiggles of False Hope, and finally an upward slope climbing to the Promised Land, where Acquisition of Liquidity awaits.
(Full Story: Y Combinator Is Boot Camp for Startups)
April 22, 2011
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Adding all this up gives us a cost in the range of $3.1M – $5.8M per month….At this much lower profitability level, Dropbox will need between 852,000 and 1.6M paid users, or a conversion rate of 3.4% and 6.3% respectively. Running this calculation at a paid usage somewhere in the middle results in a required conversion rate of 1.8% to 3.4%
(Full Story: The Economics of Dropbox)
April 8, 2011
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Learning Management + Social NetworkingSchoology is a free web-based learning management system (LMS) built on a social network. Schoology leverages the familiarity of popular social media tools to improve communication and collaboration.
(Full Story: Schoology – Your Digital Classroom)
March 17, 2011
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Imagine K12 is looking to invest time, experience, energy and resources in entrepreneurs who have a passion for education and the technical chops to create their vision. Over a three month period, we will draw on our extensive entrepreneurial experience, understanding of the Silicon Valley ecosystem, and knowledge of the education industry to give your idea and energy a far greater shot at success.
(Full Story: Imagine K12 – ycombinator for ed startups)
