Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. While many tech startups do this intuitively (say, SnapChat thinking it would be much better if our photos out partying disappeared) it still happens. It’s worth a quick read. My argument is pretty simple. Rebelling is simply a form of snobbery.

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APRIL 4, 2011

Only one guy in the room knew – their tech lead. Once you churn a user due to stability or performance problems it can be hard to get them back. For example, I highly recommend a set of board metrics that the CEO communicates to board members at every meeting. How many through SEM? How many adds came through organic SEO?

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

The ad includes two coupons, under the heading “Mail One Coupon Today – Give the other to a Friend”, an example of old-school viral marketing. Yet when a child attempts to sell such mis-priced items, the experience is often discouraging, due to the poor cost / value equation associated with such fundraising products. Boys To Men.

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APRIL 26, 2016

So if you paid $100 for a customer who converted via a Facebook ad or Google search ad (SEM) that is not your CAC. So it might actually be more productive for you to improve your conversion than to improve your ad buying, for example. One big, beginners mistake people make in LTV is to measure revenue.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

In the example above, you may find that although radio listeners cost $50 more than your average cost per customer, they may correspondingly have a longer life and thus a higher lifetime than your average customer. Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly.

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MARCH 25, 2016

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. Yet I can’t help thinking there are many predictable failures that come from a lack of basic planning.

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