Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2018

In top current companies, such as Google, Apple, and Netflix, cultural strategies that include greater employee freedom and fostering creativity are the norm. Establish metrics on the culture, as well as the product. These metrics need the same top management attention as customer retention and sales metrics.

Metrics 57

Metrics Startup Netflix Customer 57

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Netflix, which is known for its creative culture, tells employees to “Say what you think, even if it is controversial. A successful business is still all about execution, so you still need clear milestones, checkpoints, and metrics to keep you on track. Granting of autonomy first requires extending trust. Encourage courage.

Company 90

Company Companies Competition Netflix 90

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Why that it is important, is the metrics associated with this is are how scalable it is. Here, we wanted to build a Netflix-like experience for this. Think Dateline, the Discovery Channel, and Netflix. We're basically putting those two pieces together. That's our approach to content, which we think will be highly successful.

Content 150

Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

Jason Nazar

MAY 1, 2016

I’ve been a part of dozens (maybe hundreds) of product launches And in each of these cases I ask my team to put together a simple dashboard of a small set of metrics for our paid and free products that let me know the success of our efforts. For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics.

Marketing 40

Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I’ve been a part of dozens (maybe hundreds) of product launches And in each of these cases I ask my team to put together a simple dashboard of a small set of metrics for our paid and free products that let me know the success of our efforts. For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics.

Marketing 40

Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Netflix, which is known for its creative culture, tells employees to “Say what you think, even if it is controversial. A successful business is still all about execution, so you still need clear milestones, checkpoints, and metrics to keep you on track. Granting of autonomy first requires extending trust. Encourage courage.

Competition 65

Competition Netflix Ideas Metrics 65

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2015

Plan to make it the best experiment that you can, with metrics to focus on the “why,” as much as “what.” Business leaders from Google, Netflix, and others have uncertainty built into their DNA. How can we create the best test, and assume the need for pivot? If we brainstorm in questions, will lightning strike?

Startup 102

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Netflix 102

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2013

Netflix, which is known for its creative culture, tells employees to “Say what you think, even if it is controversial. A successful business is still all about execution, so you still need clear milestones, checkpoints, and metrics to keep you on track. Granting of autonomy first requires extending trust. Encourage courage.

Product 92

Product Competition Netflix Ideas 92

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Plan to make it the best experiment that you can, with metrics to focus on the “why,” as much as “what.” Business leaders from Google, Netflix, and others have uncertainty built into their DNA. How can we create the best test, and assume the need for pivot? If we brainstorm in questions, will lightning strike?

Ideas 58

Ideas Entrepreneur Netflix IBM 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2012

Netflix, which is known for its creative culture, tells employees to “Say what you think, even if it is controversial. A successful business is still all about execution, so you still need clear milestones, checkpoints, and metrics to keep you on track. Granting of autonomy first requires extending trust. Encourage courage.

Startup 100

Startup Competition Netflix Ideas 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2014

Plan to make it the best experiment that you can, with metrics to focus on the “why,” as much as “what.” Business leaders from Google, Netflix, and others have uncertainty built into their DNA. How can we create the best test, and assume the need for pivot? If we brainstorm in questions, will lightning strike?

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Ideas Netflix IBM 94

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2011

Netflix, which is known for its creative culture, tells employees to “Say what you think, even if it is controversial. A successful business is still all about execution, so you still need clear milestones, checkpoints, and metrics to keep you on track. Granting of autonomy first requires extending trust. Encourage courage.

Startup 92

Startup Competition Netflix Ideas 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

Pick a single metric that is the focus for all growth. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Less is more.

Startup 144

Startup Social Media Metrics Customer 144

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Our metrics show that when people watch chips, they increase their tendency to want to watch that feature length film. We've seen the proliferation of streaming through Netflix, Amazon, and others, and as people get into the streaming features business, that income can help make up the income being lost in DVD sales.

Startup 190

Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product. It is Blockbuster video in the dawn of Netflix. Our centralization is their achilles heel.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

Pick a single metric that is the focus for all growth. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Less is more.

Social Media 87

Social Media Metrics Customer Custom 87

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2017

Pick a single metric that is the focus for all growth. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Less is more.

Competition 65

Competition Social Media Metrics Customer 65

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

We narrowed it down to key-metrics. Netflix and other online streaming sites caught studios by surprise. NG: We focused largely on search, which we saw was the fundamental for everything we do at Filmzu. That was one of the biggest challenge Rupert had to do technically. We focused on the main things people are looking for.

Content 81

Content Entertainment Startup Los Angeles 81

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We talked about the analogies between what NetFlix achieved in movies and whether this is relevant to the book market. 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 text book rental service.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217