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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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Interview with Cody Simms, Techstars LA

socalTECH

Cody Simms: Applications will open in January, on January 17th, 2017, and they will close April 9th, 2017. The program itself will start roughly July 17th, 2017, give or take a day or two. The Demo Day will be in October 2017. Sometimes entrepreneurs ask if we need certain metrics and traction�you don't.

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

Tech.Co

Areas such as Oakland and San Francisco saw rent increases as high as 40 percent between 2015 and 2017. Plenty of workers have had enough: In the final quarter of 2017, according to real estate company Redfin , more residents left San Francisco than any other major U.S. cities in the final quarter of 2017, with 10.4

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Timing and why we’re all VCs

TechCrunch LA

It’s obvious that we can be too late to these decisions of course. If — and it’s a big if of course — they can do that on the cheap, then why should an LP care at all? Ajay Royan told Bloomberg in 2017 that Mithril does not “charge excessive fees.” Some more on metrics design and quantification.

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6 Steps To Empowered Employees And Unstoppable Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

New and better technology is becoming available every day to present dashboards and metrics to show how well processes and empowerment are working, assess workload backlogs, and capture customer feedback and satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/26/2017. Things that are not measured cannot be managed.

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How Future-Proof is Your Company (and Your Career)?

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, nobody really knows all of what tomorrow will bring, in terms of globalization, digital technology, or demographic shifts, but most experts agree that certain elements are already obvious, and things must be done today to get your business ready in time. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/04/2017.

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7 Risks To Avoid In Your Business People Management

Startup Professionals Musings

Data, however, removes guesswork, biases, and anecdotal reasoning that can throw decision efforts off course. Use data analysis and metrics to measure for results. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 12/09/2017. Common sense and emotionally driven decisions are sub- optimal in assessing team members.

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