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Six ways to make your site-app-product go viral.

Berkonomics

From its start in 2015, the number of registered users has “suddenly” climbed from 45 million in 2017 to a reported 300 million by the end of 2020. And of course, that could easily require a large amount, far beyond the capability of a small company looking for its initial audience. Well-tuned metrics are an absolute must.

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Developing Leadership Skills: What You Need to Know

Startup Professionals Musings

These days, with the many Internet articles and new courses available, most new professionals readily cross the gap from lack of business knowledge to knowing, but many never make it over the knowing versus doing gap. Use metrics to support judgment in decisions. Metrics are necessary to acquire knowledge and turn it into action.

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8 Problem-Solving Practices Give Startups Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Make sure there are metrics for problem counts, resolution time and revenue impact. Of course, problem-solving is required for scaling and continued business growth. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/23/2015. Remember the old adage that you get what you pay for. Analyze issues to prevent similar problems.

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6 Keys To Proving A Viable Startup Business Model

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, that has be a repeatable event, with enough revenue to sustain the business. Decide early where and when money will come from, set some milestones and metrics, and work to a plan, or be caught short. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 4/10/2015. Word of mouth is not adequate for marketing and sales.

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8 Ways An Investor Pitch Differs From A Product Pitch

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, these should never be in a customer pitch, but investors expect an overall strategy with specific budgets, milestones and metrics. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/29/2015. In my experience, the team's credentials are more important than the product.

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Report: The Bay Area Isn’t Bleeding Tech Workers After All

Tech.Co

In 2015, a worker in the San Francisco Bay Area earning $100,000 a year would need to put their entire post-tax salary into renting a three-bedroom apartment. Areas such as Oakland and San Francisco saw rent increases as high as 40 percent between 2015 and 2017. But, you’d be wrong, according to a new report out from LinkedIn.

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The Loneliness of Success that Nobody Talks About

Both Sides of the Table

Mark Suster (@msuster) July 19, 2015. Of course that’s true. Every $10 million financing only puts more pressure on the founders to figure out how to hit the metrics to get to the next milestone and every company that raises $25 million puts a ton of pressure on their 10 competitors who haven’t.

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