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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

Having a set of metrics that you watch & that you feel are the key drivers of your success helps keep clarity. And the more public you can make your goals for these key metrics the better. You will likely have multiple sets of metrics you keep depending on the company’s stage, one’s function in the company and level.

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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

Both Sides of the Table

There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial metrics or even how to think about which ones are healthy. And of course ultimately on profitability.

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6 Keys To Thriving In This New Era Of Remote Services

Startup Professionals Musings

I still find too many service organizations that ignore or discount online reviews and satisfaction surveys. It pays to invest more in building remote relationships with these site owners, or spending quality time with podcasters and popular blog influencers. Make sure clients know how you manage your business.

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Doing the Right Thing > Doing Things Right

Both Sides of the Table

Sounds simple but in practice I promise you most organization fall into the latter trap. So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc.

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Southern California Tech Central

SoCal CTO

I am excited to be participating in and announcing the of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal.

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Los Angeles Tech Launched - Hot List

SoCal CTO

This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community. The goal is to create a place where it's relatively easy to find current content and highly relevant content surrounding Los Angeles Technology.

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Members Hire Associations, Members Fire Associations

socalTECH

This means organizations will require new and different external research to understand what tools they must provide in order to help their members make progress. The process has been “an integral part of how the organization delivers increasing value to Club Management Professionals at each stage of their careers.”.

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