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Entrepreneurial Metrics-Measurements for Success

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 -- Entrepreneurial Metrics-Measurements for Success. Join Pasadena Angels Chairman, Chris Wadden, at this special evening where he will talk about various methodologies that investors use to evaluate entrepreneurs.

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New markets emerge for carbon accounting businesses as cities like LA push proposals

TechCrunch LA

Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software and monitoring technologies to better account for its carbon footprint. Los Angeles has tried to address its carbon footprint in the past, but the efforts weren’t very successful.

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Here’s Why a Booming Tech Market May Fool You into Thinking You’re Successful

Both Sides of the Table

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. ” Case studies get done with ebullient CEO’s espousing the benefits of said software even though their organization was barely using the product. ROI studies were published.

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

But it will be patiently deployed, waiting for a cohort of founders who aren’t artificially clinging to 2021 valuation metrics. So we largely sat out fundings of NFTs or other areas where we didn’t feel like we were the expert or where the valuation metrics weren’t in line with our funding goals. How Does the Industry Really Work?

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7 Key Factors Obscure Your Customer Acquisition Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

As a business consultant and angel investor, I often ask for your own assessment of marketing ROI , or customer acquisition cost (CAC). You must have a strong Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) with a clear strategy for spending, and metrics to gauge results. Are you making the proper investment, and is it paying off?

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How Gigmor Is Looking To Connect Musicians With Gigs, with David Baird

socalTECH

David Baird: I've been a musician since I was five, studying classical piano, and evolved into guitar like so many other people. We're pretty much in every major market, particularly in music strong communities, like Los Angeles, New york, Nashville, and Toronto. What's your background and how did you get into this? and Canada.

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Interview with Matthias Galica, ShareSquare

socalTECH

For this morning's company profile, we thought we'd connect with ShareSquare (www.getsharesquare.com), a newly funded Los Angeles startup focused on QR barcodes -- 3D barcodes -- focused on musicians and entertainers. In that market, there are literally no ROI metrics. The best metrics are estimated impressions.

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