Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2019

From meager beginnings selling books online back in 1994, Amazon is currently the largest e-commerce retailer and cloud computing platform in the world, and now dominates even the giant Walmart. Institute deep metrics measuring all aspects of the customer experience. Everyone wants to grow and innovate like Amazon these days.

Commerce 89

Commerce Artificial Inteligence Cloud Computing Platform 89

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Competition: Gilt Groupe , Ideeli , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , OneKingsLane , department stores like Saks and Neiman Marcus. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2016

I am much more attracted to technical product teams than to new business concepts or commerce types. At heart I’m still a tech nerd from childhood and I love to see how technology is changing business and society. Innovator’s Dilemma. I know investors who are great at this (including several of my partners) — but that’s not me.

Invest 254

Invest Writing Pricing Metrics 254

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Live Shopping is an integral part of the “social commerce” phenomenon – a general term for ecommerce experiences within which customers don’t even have to leave social media platforms to buy items – but other tech companies like Meta, as well as TikTok, have struggled with it in the US and Europe so far.

Social Media 132

Social Media Startup Commerce News 132

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

I spent six years in e-commerce, developing e-commerce platforms, and am pretty familiar with that. The site looks to be very well executed, where did you get the technology expertise to pull off the site? James Chung: My previous background is in software engineering.

UCLA 256

UCLA Startup Ideas Help 256

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards. Just make sure you can fill in all the details.

Tips 161

Tips Startup Social Media News 161

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

It’s important to define your growth strategy, document it, communicate it to your team, and align metrics and employee rewards to target goals. I’m sure that you have all seen how quickly business momentum can shift, as from MySpace to Facebook, or more recently in the explosive growth of Amazon and e-commerce compared to retail.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Technical Advisors Startup Mentor 160

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This isn’t just our opinion - our startup metrics prove it! Everyone struggles with empty text boxes. Populating them can be hard work, especially when the content needs to be just right. Even with the pop-up suggestions, we saw significant drop-off during user onboarding. Drop-off on the first page of an application is bad news.

Generative AI 297

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 297

InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2014

We combine e-commerce and the shared economy with the bridal industry to bring an age-old tradition into the 21st century. We keep our eye on a handful of metrics, but we’re focused on customer satisfaction. John Greathouse: Kelsey, for the uninitiated, what is Vow To Be Chic all about?

Design 208

Design Customer Custom Metrics 208

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2021

You can get started by visiting your local Chamber of Commerce and attending the next Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Build a marketing plan with deliverables and metrics. Cold calls to strangers and email blasts are not so productive. Passion is necessary, but not sufficient for survival.

Technical Advisors 154

Technical Advisors Tips Marketing Case Study 154

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

We also make some e-commerce revenue, because some people are ranking products, so we can make affiliate revenue or lead revenue on clicks on things like cars. Our traffic metrics have been growing, and we're now up to over 2 million monthly uniques, and 7 million monthly page views. How long has the site been up and running?

Startup 195

Startup Sites Platform Java 195

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

For example, most e-commerce platforms today offer millions of products, with a changing mix daily and a changing market, such that it’s virtually impossible to manually predict a strategy for mapping customer demographics to products displayed online. Record live data in full for all internal business elements.

Artificial Inteligence 84

Artificial Inteligence Metrics Commerce Software 84

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2019

Over fifty percent of our founders are already revenue generating when they apply and pitch, and one of the factors that seems to make a company stand out and indicate they are bound for success, is their understanding of the metrics of their particular market, and what they need to compete versus competitors.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Metrics Los Angeles IP 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny. There are lots of ad-tech companies, which don''t have lots to differentiate themselves, and e-commerce isn''t super differentiated, but we are also getting lots of more truly technology companies, around video, analytics, and things like that.

Southern California 124

Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. Define relevant metrics and measure. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start.

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 115

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. Define relevant metrics and measure. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start.

Social Media 106

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards. Just make sure you can fill in all the details.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media News 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. Define relevant metrics and measure. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start.

Social Media 104

Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 104

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. I'm working quite a bit with startups who are leveraging social media, but I'm finding it hard to predict success and metrics.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2019

Don’t forget the local Chamber of Commerce and local business executives. Set target date milestones and metrics to gauge progress. Take the initiative to join recognized new business support groups and the local chapter of relevant industry associations to meet people you can help, as well as people who can help you.

Ideas 99

Ideas Slides Writing Startup 99

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2020

Leaseville, the pioneer in the virtual lease-to-own (LTO) space demonstrated strong metrics on its new product this year and is now poised to scale significantly. Two companies stand out: 17Hats, a leader in the freelance CRM space made painful but critical choices and now are very well poised for meaningful 2020 growth.

Capital 100

Capital Southern California SoCal SaaS 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

In seed stage funding, we’re often told that the investments are ultimately about the people/teams, and not necessarily the metrics. Shippo is changing the game for e-commerce shipping. They’re going to be huge for private e-commerce retailers. Rapt.FM – Rap battles over live chat. Look out for this company.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. Define relevant metrics and measure. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start.

Social Media 88

Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 88

socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2016

The number one metric we are targeting with Gatsby, is the pre-conversion and abandonment rate. With my background at Box, I could see that was not a scalable business model, but it would be, if we used the same concept and applied it online for e-commerce. What is your background?

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Network Examples Startup 100

Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I’ve been a part of dozens (maybe hundreds) of product launches And in each of these cases I ask my team to put together a simple dashboard of a small set of metrics for our paid and free products that let me know the success of our efforts. For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics.

Marketing 40

Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

Jason Nazar

MAY 1, 2016

I’ve been a part of dozens (maybe hundreds) of product launches And in each of these cases I ask my team to put together a simple dashboard of a small set of metrics for our paid and free products that let me know the success of our efforts. For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics.

Marketing 40

Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2010

With goals in place, your metrics have so much more meaning and the time you spend analyzing data will drive more informed decisions geared at improving your conversion rates. Erica Forrette, Online Marketing / E-commerce with a stealth startup (moderator) www.linkedin.com/in/ericaforrette. to buy my eBook”. Track your inbound traffic.

Google 68

Google eBook JavaScript Mahalo 68

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

Spencer Price: The customer experience with e-commerce has become less and less human, as algorithms on digital platform replace human interaction. Some of th epilots have made it far enough to have some metrics, to the point we're having conversations about integration. What was your decision to focus on food?

Pricing 113

Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards. Just make sure you can fill in all the details.

Startup 61

Startup Social Media News Tool 61

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

but businesses spend 18 trillion a year, but very few companies are trying to facilitate that kind of commerce. it combined the metrics of how a company is rated, if a company has taken control of their profile, how much data we have, and how recently it was updated, and how often that profile is used by users.

SEO 100

SEO Advertising Gogii Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2016

Heightened Security – While cloud computing, global e-commerce technologies, and mobile marketing has made it a wide open marketplace, these same technologies also increase the risks of being hacked or attacked from anywhere in the world.

Marketing 40

Marketing Social Media Social Network Technical Review 40

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Instead, focus on what metric outputs, more views, more downloads? Steve currently manages Fandango’s web and mobile commerce platforms. Playing devil’s advocate: Ignore the users. Identify in your business how to get the needle moving instead of focusing on user feedback so heavily.

Product 87

Product Fandango Design Startup 87

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 7, 2015

And then fast forward to the 1990s-2013, we enter into the digital culture or e-commerce frontier. The Consolidation culture from 1970-1990 or what we call the Big Box stores had allowed its players to create value players, club stores and category killers. This move drove a lot of smaller local merchants away.

Social Media 40

Social Media Search Engine Optimization Startup Media 40

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. For startups, this is an engagement opportunity worth billions of dollars.

Startup 126

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 126

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. For startups, this is an engagement opportunity worth billions of dollars.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. For startups, this is an engagement opportunity worth billions of dollars.

Technology 97

Technology Social Media Startup Entertainment 97

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. For startups, this is an engagement opportunity worth billions of dollars.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 99