Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A better definition of a problem always leads to a better solution. Of course, this all has to start with you having the confidence and conviction that there is at least one solution to every problem, and that you can find it. Don’t oversimplify – most issues have a scope greater than one dimension. Then pick the best one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2021

Of course, experiences and failures are the best teachers, but I find that learning from other people’s experiences is a much faster and less painful approach. By definition, the world of startups today is one of rapidly changing unknowns, where the inputs you receive will often conflict. It’s very frustrating.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

Of course back then it literally was sold in a package and stored on a shelf! Poorly implemented this category was the definition of shelfware. Create company measures for success that go beyond financial metrics. You manage what you measure so be careful about having too narrowly defined of performance metrics.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 9, 2009

What are your key Startup Metrics ? Of course, we’ll also discuss the details of the product itself. If you are finding that your system definition is changing as the result of this conversation, then it means that more homework is needed. Iterate until you have a stable definition. Other types of users? Administrators?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2015

And of course it’s true in personal productivity apps, SMB apps, B2B software and so forth. So you need to really know what to measure as a definition of success. His point is that you should figure out the metrics that TRULY matter in your business and hold yourself accountable to these. Not vanity metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

Of course, nothing is totally free, and I have heard the horror stories of relatively small companies finding thirty or more employees spending most of their time scanning and using social media for promotions, or engaging high-priced consultants who never seem to be able to show any real return for all of their efforts.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

That's what we do over the course of our two year contract. Why that it is important, is the metrics associated with this is are how scalable it is. There was definitely some work to get all of the technology folks, who had not worked in content production, working with the people in production.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It’s obvious that we can be too late to these decisions of course. If — and it’s a big if of course — they can do that on the cheap, then why should an LP care at all? Startups either get three dozen term sheets or none at all, since every firm is walking around with the same frameworks and metrics in their head.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2015

Of course, experiences and failures are the best teachers, but I find that learning from other people’s experiences is a much faster and less painful approach. By definition, the world of startups today is one of rapidly changing unknowns, where the inputs you receive will often conflict. It’s very frustrating.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

Investors will impatiently expect a winning business model, customer segment definitions and volume projections. Of course, these should never be in a customer pitch, but investors expect an overall strategy with specific budgets, milestones and metrics. Competitor positioning and sustainable competitive advantage.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

Well, obviously if you knew that in advance it would be big of course that would be true. And of course there are always outliers. Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below. Another firm we saw tried to raise $15 million at a $60 million pre-money with similar metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2016

Of course, experiences and failures are the best teachers, but I find that learning from other people’s experiences is a much faster and less painful approach. By definition, the world of startups today is one of rapidly changing unknowns, where the inputs you receive will often conflict. It’s very frustrating.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Clinton Foy: That depends on your definition of big. You're also seeing of course, the PC makers, people like Alienware, Dell, and Nvidia, supporting these. Medium and long term, I am excited to see how this involves into a true sport, bigger on every scale and metric than the NBA or NFL. That's what's exciting about this.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 4, 2014

It provides key metrics that allow you to have a better understanding of your tweets. And of course, see how photos, videos, and links affect your tweet engagement. Companies and brands are definitely looking into these data being provided by Twitter Analytics for their marketing efforts. Improve Your Marketing By Tweeting.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

I’ve definitely thought to myself “take me back” multiple times. To cap off our 6th year at SXSW and follow up on last year’s amazingly successful Trend Lounge , we knew this year had to be bigger, better, more engaging, and of course, even more fun. Setting the Stage : The Indiegogo/TechZulu Tech Cafe.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

That pace has definitely slowed down a little bit. For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny. I think, of course, that we''re miles behind the valley, and probably behind event New York, but there''s no question this will be a highly vibrant ecosystem, and already is. Now we have it.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

On the SEO side of things, I'll definitely want to get your feedback on Browse My Stuff. I'm working quite a bit with startups who are leveraging social media, but I'm finding it hard to predict success and metrics. And how can an early stage company think about social media relative to important startup metrics (see [link] )?

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

Brands and businesses should definitely take advantage. Of course, eventually, these filters will be ruined by marketers the same way everything else is. After your filter stops running, you’ll be able to see the results in the “metrics” tab of your account. But enough about Snapchat; what does it mean for you, a user?

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? " There are definitely cases where the lead developer grows into a CTO. This can take the form of a local university, online courses, going through relevant books, etc. This is likely your bigger gap.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2013

Proactively sets metrics and track goals. Effective business people work hard to align everyone in the organization toward key metrics. Others commit to stay the blind course, and will probably fail. Of course, entrepreneur evaluation, as well as opportunity evaluation, is a highly subjective process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2012

Proactively sets metrics and track goals. Effective business people work hard to align everyone in the organization toward key metrics. Others commit to stay the blind course, and will probably fail. Of course, entrepreneur evaluation, as well as opportunity evaluation, is a highly subjective process.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

Of course, you probably are going to provide more of a feature list. Ideally, you would have had a technical advisor, had better up-front definition, had more iteration, then you would not be in this situation. Provide the metrics you are trying to achieve. Maybe even something like small, medium, large, Xlarge.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

Of course, you have to draw the line somewhere. The fact that Disqus provides a means for me to authenticate quickly and easily using Facebook Connect or Twitter Oauth is great stuff and definitely increases the likelihood that I’ll leave a comment. Take a look at Startup Metrics. More on this below.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Oh, and of course I shoot all of my videos at the ThisWeekIn studios which are located in the Mahalo offices. EcoMom’s metrics improved throughout this process and that’s when I decided to invest. Naval says valuations are definitely going up, but isn’t completely sure why. EcoMom Makes a Breakthrough in its Search for Funding.

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