InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! We keep our eye on a handful of metrics, but we’re focused on customer satisfaction. We will be moving into other categories based on customer demand.

Design 208

Design Customer Custom Satisfaction 208

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2017

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in a classic HBR article on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.”

Startup 56

Startup Training Statistics Summary 56

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2014

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in an HBR article a couple of years ago on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.”

Entrepreneur 110

Entrepreneur Startup Training Statistics 110

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! . He met with the editors of the three Mac magazines that his customers read and showed them metrics that confirmed that SuperMac's boards were the fastest on the market. "I and make sure engineering understood those (as well).

Marketing 271

Marketing Startup Sales Customer 271

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

According to a recent Harvard Business Review article , only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively. Social media demands two-way communication, rather than outbound only. Define relevant metrics and measure. What’s the problem?

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 115

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in an HBR article a couple of years ago on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.”

Startup 93

Startup Training Statistics Summary 93

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in an HBR article last year on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.”

Startup 94

Startup Marketing Training Statistics 94

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I acknowledged this in the article. I said both in the article but felt compelled to provide a statement up front for the skimmers. Another firm we saw tried to raise $15 million at a $60 million pre-money with similar metrics. Here’s the problem.

Startup 336

Startup Pricing Technical Review Marketing 336

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2010

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in a recent HBR article on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.”

Startup 78

Startup Training Statistics Summary 78

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” If there was strong market demand for their product then this investment might pay off handsomely. One of them is profitability.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2010

free weekly Infochachkie articles! During the early 1980’s, the popular press discovered baseball card collecting and began to publish articles touting sports memorabilia as a great “investment”. The advent of investors and grading services drove up the demand for near-perfect cards while suppressing the value of all other cards.

Pricing 138

Pricing Advertising Marketing Startup 138

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 7, 2015

From social media marketing that enables you to give out offers in Facebook to conducting content marketing strategies in the form of articles, photos and videos to generate traffic in your website and making use of social media metrics to effectively engage and connect with your customers.

Social Media 40

Social Media Search Engine Optimization Startup Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

Less than a month ago, Snapchat opened custom on-demand geofilters to everyone. Like I said in the beginning of this articles, these geofilters are currently an amazing branding deal. After your filter stops running, you’ll be able to see the results in the “metrics” tab of your account. EVALUATING THE SUCCESS OF YOUR FILTER.

Customer 40

Customer Custom Snapchat Design 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. TechCrunch article. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Metrics: 50mm users (up from 40mm in Dec 2009), -Competition includes: Spotify , Last.fm. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

This article discusses java.util.EnumSet. This is especially true for maps like EnumMap that create their Entry objects on demand. It beats RegularEnumSet in all important metrics: Query speed ( contains(element) , etc.) I referenced these collectors from Guava earlier in this article: Sets.toImmutableEnumSet().

Java 330

Java Class Ideas Writing 330

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was sick of hyperbole articles pronouncing that VCs were “scared or AngelList&# or “it was disrupting VC&# or some other BS exaggeration like that. EcoMom’s metrics improved throughout this process and that’s when I decided to invest. It could be a bubble or better balance of supply and demand.

Startup 292

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Summary 292

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Not the successful companies themselves but the entire b t culture of swash-buckling startups who define themselves by hitting some magical $1 billion valuation number and the financiers who back them irrespective of metrics that justify it. And I read an even better article this weekend. But we should fight smartly. Step 1: No Beer.

Technical Advisors 150

Technical Advisors Startup Writing Blogging 150