SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

Of course, you have to draw the line somewhere. Email Address Almost every startup wants and needs email as a means of notifying users. Take a look at Startup Metrics. In the meantime, I will say that most startups will want to have an email address for users. do not provide access to the email address.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2014

My email back to him was a version of. I got an email recently from a VC who had invested in a company a small amount in a seed round. Of course I ask more politely that than. He called me 15 months later excited to show me his metrics and wanted to talk about his A round. He has a team of 4 other such executives.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Email 333

Berkonomics

AUGUST 1, 2019

But you know that of course. Well, if you have a plan but do not share it with your direct reports, then they are acting without motivation toward mutual goals, without metrics to measure their progress toward the goals, and without the leadership that makes great winners. Your team playbook. What is different about you as a manager?

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Berkonomics

MARCH 1, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] Here is an example, even where your presence without speaking can do harm. The CEO spoke, shared metrics, spoke of issues to be addressed during the coming week, and did a fine job of pointing the assembled troops in the right direction. Sound overstated? It is not, and that is the lesson here.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2022

As a leader, you set the goals, establish the strategies and tactics to get there (with help from others of course) and sell the dream to all your stakeholders. More often, you (the leader) set the goal and push for achievement – hopefully establishing a realistic set of strategies and accurate metrics to measure progress along a timeline.

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Education Metrics Course Resource 156

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 7, 2009

My initial conversations normally focus on the core of the business, important Startup Metrics , probably marketing strategy (ex. SEO for Startups and Negative Customer Acquisition Costs ) and, of course, the product itself. For me, my number one application is email. Well likely it’s email. How does that happen?

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Berkonomics

JUNE 24, 2021

These are not the strategic visionary skills, like leading companies through risky product launches, or steering the course through economic storms where leaders become oversized personalities for their superhuman efforts. There are many types of metrics, some very easy to manage. Second: measure the results of delegation.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 16, 2022

We can invent lots of metrics to measure progress for a leader, including revenue, profit, employee satisfaction, cost containment, percentage of available market, and more. Email readers, continue here…] More importantly, what if you as a leader haven’t a stated goal for your enterprise?

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Resource Satisfaction Metrics Course 156

Berkonomics

APRIL 14, 2016

As a leader, you set the goals, establish the strategies and tactics to get there (with help from others of course) and sell the dream to all of your stakeholders. push for achievement – hopefully establishing a realistic set of strategies and accurate metrics to measure progress along a timeline. But not often.

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Education Metrics Course Resource 120

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

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 I highly recommend Steve's How To Build A Startup online courses. It's not the sharp end of the spear. Lean Startup Lessons - For Free. Share and Enjoy.

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Berkonomics

MAY 2, 2024

The CEO spoke, shared metrics, spoke of issues to be addressed during the coming week, and did a fine job of pointing the assembled troops in the right direction. My lesson learned about this mantra: [Email readers, continue here…] After returning to my office, I received a call from the CEO. I could not have been more pleased.

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Metrics Report Education Course 156

Berkonomics

MARCH 31, 2016

We can invent lots of metrics to measure progress for a leader, including revenue, profit, employee satisfaction, cost containment, percentage of available market, and more. Email readers, continue here…] I prefer a financial goal, such as “achieve $20 million in revenue within five years.”

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Resource Satisfaction Metrics Course 120

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Email readers continue here.] The CEO spoke, shared metrics, spoke of issues to be addressed during the coming week, and did a fine job of pointing the assembled troops in the right direction. Even if not the intent, there is an instant change in dynamic once this line has been crossed. The meeting was tame to say the least.

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Metrics Education Course Email 120

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Please fill in your email. By some metrics, certainly not. Of course, this could change any time – especially when companies with the financial clout of ByteDance have money to throw at it until it does. Get the latest tech news, straight to your inbox. Please fill in your name. Please verify before subscribing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2016

What you Before Sets the Course for How Well the Day Goes Make sure you send your financial and operating metrics no less than 72 hours before the board meeting — even better if it can be a week in advance. Literally stop the meeting, let everybody do their quick emails and then restart with no devices.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

If I’m not mistaken, I may have been the first person to send out an angel “personal intro&# email on AngelList through their new platform when it launched or at least I was one of the first few. But before I sent it I had made 10 private phone calls, sent emails & built support. It worked like a charm.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

Andrwe Bermudez: We were able to get a lot of data using those tools, and then latched onto their email communications. When they saw an email, they could just click here and be done, rather than having to go through the effort of logging into the system. That was a way for us to get compliance, by gamifying the process.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 10, 2016

Of course we have expectations and KPIs, but any slackers would soon find themselves very uncomfortable surrounded by results–oriented team. It takes trusting management, good metrics, and entrepreneurial employees. Email readers, continue here…] On the contrary, we monitor performance better now that we’re virtual.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2021

Of course, any highly emotional and unmanaged conflict can certainly lead to chaos and a dysfunctional organization. Discussing tough issues in person is always better than sending text messages or emails. Your challenge as a leader is to encourage and reward healthy conflicts, while managing them to productive and innovative results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Of course, there are no guarantees, but I still see otherwise smart entrepreneurs taking shortcuts in their hiring, or jumping into business relationships based on emotion or low cost. Examples abound of startups who had to pivot for success, including Twitter moving from podcasts to social commentating, and Yelp moving from email to online.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Of course articles like these are going to inflame people because not everybody who is running their own business (or aspires to) wants to believe that you need to go all out to compete and win on a global scale. I was on an airplane 2-3 times / week meeting potential customers, investors, employees, business partners and the press.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Don’t use the same message on Twitter you developed for email blasts and postcard blitzes. Define relevant metrics and measure. Of course, if you found this blog though your own initiative, I have to give you credit for being ahead of the pack. If you are in consulting, you are the business, so use a professional headshot.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

Don’t use the same message on Twitter you developed for email blasts and postcard blitzes. Define relevant metrics and measure. Of course, if you found this blog though your own initiative, I have to give you credit for being ahead of the pack. If you are in consulting, you are the business, so use a professional headshot.

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Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

Don’t use the same message on Twitter you developed for email blasts and postcard blitzes. Define relevant metrics and measure. Of course, if you found this blog though your own initiative, I have to give you credit for being ahead of the pack. If you are in consulting, you are the business, so use a professional headshot.

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Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2012

They all offer a list of requirements that might take 50 pages to address, but of course they ask you to write concisely. A final important element is not even in the executive summary, it is the paragraph you use in the email that introduces your company and has the executive summary attached. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

They all offer a list of requirements that might take 50 pages to address, but of course they ask you to write concisely. A final important element is not even in the executive summary, it is the paragraph you use in the email that introduces your company and has the executive summary attached. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

Don’t use the same message on Twitter you developed for email blasts and postcard blitzes. Define relevant metrics and measure. Of course, if you found this blog though your own initiative, I have to give you credit for being ahead of the pack. If you are in consulting, you are the business, so use a professional headshot.

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Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 88

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

They all offer a list of requirements that might take 50 pages to address, but of course they ask you to write concisely. A final important element is not even in the executive summary, it is the paragraph you use in the email that introduces your company and has the executive summary attached. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

Of course, eventually, these filters will be ruined by marketers the same way everything else is. Lastly, you can’t include URLs, handles or email addresses in your filter , so if you’re trying to create a filter as a call to action to get more followers, you’ll need to be creative. And submit! It will tell you uses and views.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. Of course, one of the best ideas around this is to have Negative Customer Acquisition Costs.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] And of course sometimes that requires a large amount, far beyond the capability of small companies looking for its initial audience. Well-tuned metrics are an absolute must. Dave’s syndicated cable show: The Berkus Report. Second: channels. Fourth: measurement.

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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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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

If you look at the structure of the travel industry above – of course we know that the hotel industry is fragmented while the airline industry is reasonable consolidated. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product. If you’re not successful then who cares.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

Email readers, continue here…] Second: channels. And of course, that could easily require a large amount, far beyond the capability of a small company looking for its initial audience. Well-tuned metrics are an absolute must. Sometimes, it is just the right idea to brand your product inside that of a known presence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2023

Managing marketing metrics and the sales pipeline. Effective marketing requires converting ideas to real content, creating programs to educate channels, and managing metrics to see what works and what needs to change. Communication to the team suffers, and productivity is low. Maintaining professional relationships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2020

Managing marketing metrics and the sales pipeline. Effective marketing requires converting ideas to real content, creating programs to educate channels, and managing metrics to see what works and what needs to change. Communication to the team suffers, and productivity is low. Maintaining professional relationships.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Startup IBM 122

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2015

Managing marketing metrics and the sales pipeline. Effective marketing requires converting ideas to real content, creating programs to educate channels, and managing metrics to see what works and what needs to change. Communication to the team suffers, and productivity is low. Maintaining professional relationships.

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