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Is Social Media Killing Email

SoCal Tech Calendar

With the seemingly endless reports about the death of email, its no wonder that the commonly-held myth of decreased email usage exists. Combined, these statistics suggest a net of 190f consumers who are using email more often. Youve seen the headlines: 9 Reasons Why Email is Dead.

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If Your Passion Is Saving The Environment, Start Here

Startup Professionals Musings

Al Gore, by just talking about it, still seems to be leading the way in monetization, having amassed an estimated net worth reported recently as around $300 million. Today, statistics find that big trucks are sitting idle or deadheading empty as much as 50 percent of the time. Auto utilization is even lower.

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10 Reasons Why IPO Is No Longer A Good Startup Exit

Startup Professionals Musings

According to an Ernst & Young report , the number of startups that have gone public in the US over the past decade is down about 75% from the previous decade, to about 10% of startup exits. In developing countries, like China and India, the statistics are reversed. Complying with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements is a heavy burden.

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8 Ways To Ensure That Your Website Is Winning For You

Startup Professionals Musings

Even more disappointing are other statistics that show most websites that do exist have a very low “conversion rate,” or ratio of visitors to the site versus ones who meet your goal of buying a product or signing up for a newsletter. Use Net Promoter Score (NPS) to help you turn visitors into raving fans.

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Three Factors Which Intoxicate Venture Capitalists - Why Your Startup Will (Probably) Not Raise Venture Capital Funding

InfoChachkie

Randy Churchill and his team at PricewaterhouseCoopers meticulously prepare a quarterly report detailing the venture landscape, called Shaking The Money Tree. Other than shortening the investor’s quarterly commute to your Board meetings, the net benefits of relocating for many startups are illusory, as I describe HERE.

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When cash is tight – slow its flight!

Berkonomics

I advise all of my companies to use an impressed payroll service, one that takes the taxes from your bank account along with the net payrolls each period. There are statistics that show clearly that the likelihood of payment drops quickly as receivables age beyond terms. I have a story about this for later in this insight.

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Stop managers from gaming the system!

Berkonomics

Financial perspective: financial statement showing key indicators such as revenue, expense, net income or other measures important to success. Customer perspective: Ratings of customer satisfaction, statistics of customer retention, market share and even brand strength. Use the four most important measures of success as the basis.