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  • 27 NOV 2009

    Jason Calacanis Interviews Matt Coffin on TWiST #27

    A post by Sean Fenlon as Lead Generation, Marketing, Technology, Uncategorized

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    Sean Fenlon

    This is a fantastic interview video. 

    Jason Calacanis (who is very smart and successful) interviews Matt Coffin (who is very smart and successful) on TWiST #27:

    http://www.blip.tv/file/2852558

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    Matt Coffin was the first to hear the Calacanis/Mahalo pitch and the first investor in Jason’s most recent startup Mahalo — he also sits on their board.  Matt was also the 27th guest on Calcanis’s TWiST. ;-)

    Matt Coffin was still the head of LowerMyBills.com when they began their partnership with DoublePositive back in 2006.

    For those that prefer to just read highlights rather than watch, here are my most memorable Matt Coffin moments:

    Startups are INCREDIBLY DRAINING!

    Startups are also INCREDIBLY ADDICTING!

    Matt recaps the story of LowerMyBills.com through 2007.

    Ideas are a dime a dozen. Execution is EVERYTHING.

    Steve Jobs is the active Entrepreneur/CEO Matt admires most.  “He probably is perfect”

    -Pixar only produces $1+ Billion movies – and it is Steve Jobs’ “SIDE” Business! :-)

    It’s a long video but awesome-ness is front-loaded.  The call-ins are plenty interesting, but only if you can commit another hour or so.

    SPF

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  • 26 NOV 2009

    Average Revenue per Employee

    A post by Sean Fenlon as Uncategorized

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    Sean Fenlon

    My personal favorite business metric is Average Revenue per Employee.

    Compare these businesses:

    Company Revenue ($ MM) Employees Revenue per Employee ($)
    The DIRECTV Group, Inc. 17246 11300 $ 1,526,195.00
    Steel Dynamics, Inc. 8081 5940 $ 1,360,357.00
    Google 21796 20222 $ 1,077,814.00
    Apple 32479 32000 $ 1,014,969.00
    Costco 72483 75000 $ 966,440.00
    Amazon.com 19166 20700 $ 925,894.00
    NVIDIA Corporation 4098 4985 $ 822,038.00
    Dell 61133 80800 $ 756,597.00
    Biogen 3172 4300 $ 737,586.00
    QUALCOMM 11142 15400 $ 723,506.00
    Research In Motion Limited (USA) 6009 8387 $ 716,514.00
    Broadcom Corporation 4658 6853 $ 679,720.00
    Microsoft Corporation 60420 91000 $ 663,956.00
    Lam Research Corporation 2475 3800 $ 651,292.00
    Juniper Networks 3572 5879 $ 607,651.00
    Cisco 39540 66129 $ 597,922.00
    Ebay 8541 15500 $ 551,049.00
    Yahoo! 7209 14300 $ 504,091.00
    Apollo Group, Inc. 3141 17736 $ 177,093.00
    Paychex, Inc. 2066 12700 $ 162,702.00
    Starbucks 10383 172000 $ 60,366.00
    Infosys 4176 103078 $ 40,513.00
    Cognizant 2136 59500 $ 35,892.00

    Happy Thanksgiving all. :-)

    SPF

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  • 20 NOV 2009

    QuinStreet Files for $250 Million IPO

    A post by Sean Fenlon as Industries, Insurance, Lead Generation, Marketing, Mortgage, Technology, education

    Post By
    Sean Fenlon

     

    Rumors of a QuinStreet IPO have been swirling around the space on-again/off-again for years.

    But wow it is official:

    http://secwatch.com/filings/view.jsp?formid=2469864

    I will probably circle back and add more color commentary when I have a few moments, but in the meantime, let me scream BRAVO and CONGRATULATIONS to CEO Doug Valenti and the rest of the QuinStreet team.

    Just a few weeks ago, I forwarded this link of the QuinStreet Milestones out to the DoublePositive management team expressing how inspiring the growth of this business has been.

    DoublePositive has worked with QuinStreet in a number of vertical and hopes the relationship continues to blossom.

    Needless to say, this event is going to ignite the entire Lead Generation Ecosystem.

    Cheers QuinStreet!

    SPF

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