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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower

A : Activation - What % have a "happy" initial experience? Please write us at blog@techempower.com ! cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas R : Retention - Do they come back & re-visit over time? R : Referral - Do they like it enough to tell their friends? R : Revenue - Can you monetize any of this behavior?

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. Most of them suffer from lack of activity, but it's worth a shot. I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Here's an example of that kind of email. Do you have dollars to pay for development?

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People Management: Startup Teams Should Dip but not Skip

Both Sides of the Table

You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on. But I knew that to be a good decision maker I needed first hand knowledge rather than just a summary from my CTO. But as a CEO you can’t rely solely on this information.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. Maybe this meme will help.

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Moving Analytics | Sitting Kills, Moving Heals

Tech Zulu Event

The reason is this – if you look at sedentary lifestyle the world over and not just in the United States, approximately 2 out of 3 people don’t meet even the minimum requirements of physical activity per day. If you set a moving activity goal for yourself, Movn will adjust itself to help you achieve that goal.

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Entrepreneurs Need to Find the Best ‘Curators’

Startup Professionals Musings

They write and tweet every day, with the single guiding credibility and personality that the new social culture demands. Mark is a serial entrepreneur who is now active in the venture capital community for early-stage startups. But with the speed of the Internet, these have become as old-fashioned as museum curators.

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OpenSocial - Long Way to Go

SoCal CTO

Until sites begin to agree on common patterns for objects like People, Groups, Activities then there's going to be a big barrier to doing a lot of the stuff that we want to do. It will make life better if you are developing applications that you'd like to play in multiple places (write once, integrate/debug everywhere).

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