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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower

These two questions/answers can help define the early proof points for your company. channels (search, social, viral, new media), cost-efficient distribution We often reference Dave’s work when talking to innovators. Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) How much money will your business generate from each converted customer?

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Demand Media's Rosenblatt On IPO, Exits

socalTECH

Richard Rosenblatt , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Demand Media said today at the Twiistup conference in Los Angeles, that he sees an IPO as a possible opportunity for the firm. Rosenblatt had suggested earlier this year at the Web 2.0 Tags: demand media exit content. conference the firm was looking at exit optioins.

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Why Did I Invest in the Company Pose?

Both Sides of the Table

I always try hard to make this blog a place where you can learn lessons rather than an advertisement for portfolio companies. He quit the MRF and quietly amassed nearly $100,000 in angel investment to build a company. When I was an entrepreneur I had a term sheet with True Ventures (my second company) and thought highly of them.

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DIY Marketing, Make It Work Style

Eric Greenspan

People often ask me why we’ve built an extensive Media division to support our computer repair company, Make It Work. Make It Work (MEDIA) is not just a radio show! It’s a media bomb…which includes: a 2-hour terrestrial radio show complete with iTunes podcasts.

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Best Friday Reads: Social Media Rules Us All, and Mints Billionaires

Xconomy

While the evolution from hunched primates to homo sapiens took tens of millions of years, we needed only about a decade to develop an arched neck that is perennially looking down at a smartphone—presumably one with a social media app open. It’s important to take some time to review a selection of the most.

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Livestrong.com: 1.5M Registered Users, 4.2M Uniques

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Livestrong.com , the online, fitness site run by Demand Media and the Lance Armstrong Foundation, reported Monday that the firm has more than 4.2 The site--which features Web 2.0-style The site--which features Web 2.0-style million unique monthly visitors and now has over 1.5

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Startup Metrics

SoCal CTO

This is a great presentation and one that I'm going to point out to startup / early stage company CEOs. This kind of a simple model also helps: Define the early proof points for the company. channels (search, social, viral, new media), cost-efficient distribution He also points a fair bit to Eric Ries – The lean startup.

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