Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

For example, if you see a TV spot for Toyota, and then Google it, or you see a display ad on CNN and then open up a tab in your browser, talk about it on Facebook, or even walk into the dealership, we're able to quantify, very specifically, what combination of what kinds of media drove that sale and how that activity interacted with each other.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 12, 2017

For instance, we ask what makes your solution special and, in another question, ask you to specifically drill down into your competition and how you are better. You don’t need to list your competition in both places. We want hard data and metrics – we want proof. I Googled that claim and didn’t find anything.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we call that a TAM (total addressable market) and I’m sure you can even Google methods for calculating a TAM. If you look at the structure of the travel industry above – of course we know that the hotel industry is fragmented while the airline industry is reasonable consolidated. Let me be very direct.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. of course there are MUCH more sophisticated financial tools than either of these, but PEG is a short-hand many people use]. It allows you many more exit opportunities.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Google and Yahoo aren''t going to buy them, AOL has already made its bet, and your only real path to an exit is an IPO for any kind of liquidity. For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny. There''s many $100M plus revenue companies, and no one wants to buy them or has the wherewithal to buy them.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

To cap off our 6th year at SXSW and follow up on last year’s amazingly successful Trend Lounge , we knew this year had to be bigger, better, more engaging, and of course, even more fun. Noor Siddiqui – Remedy On Glass , helping doctors collaborate using Google Glass. Setting the Stage : The Indiegogo/TechZulu Tech Cafe.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Content, of course, is the same!]. Google Analytics vs. Facebook’s new analytics tool. Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Online video: is Hulu’s inventory really “sold out” as they often claim?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. And of course the funding problem coincided with the stock market correction that took away most exit options for years to come. The Exit Problem. Today’s Normalization.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2021

Then I found my next set of metrics to take me to the next level. It pushed me harder, it became my own little competition with imaginary people I was riding against and with myself. More results a better mindset and of course better and better results on the scale. On May 31st the competition ended. His advice was this.

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