2018 Design Metrics Technical Review 
socalTECH
DECEMBER 20, 2017
Using product metrics to build the right features in the right way Avoid the biggest pitfall of using product metrics… “Focusing your team’s efforts around a high-level business metric like churn is a bit like a general who sends troops into battle after voicing the strategy: ‘Let’s win the war!’” That just about does it!
socalTECH
AUGUST 28, 2017
Unlike Yelp and listings sites that are focused on user-generated reviews or things like that, we're really a portfolio sharing site, and a tool of professionals. He introduced me to Wavemaker, also in LA, and also Halogen Ventures, which is led by Jessie Draper, which invests in women-run technology companies.
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Many companies don’t reach the next phase either because their leadership doesn’t adapt as an organization or because they don’t design processes that lead to scaled outcomes.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 22, 2023
Design the full stack, not just a new software element. Even here, Elon Musk faced this issue with Tesla, needing a support ecosystem as well as new technology. With a singular focus on building unicorns, very rapid growth has been a key metric. In Silicon Valley’s classic model, startups must start “asset light.”
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 1, 2020
Design the full stack, not just a new software element. Even here, Elon Musk faced this issue with Tesla, needing a support ecosystem as well as new technology. With a singular focus on building unicorns, very rapid growth has been a key metric. In Silicon Valley’s classic model, startups must start “asset light.”
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