SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

I'm going to be looking at aspects like: Things to consider before building your MVP Features often overlooked when documenting an MVP for developers Understanding important metrics you want to measure Risks and challenges in developing an MVP. Correct your course quickly. Learn how to test and possibly use testing and load tools.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. Most of us are still searching for the combination of monetization devices that work best for us.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

A great CFO will make sure you’re accurately measuring your CAC (along with a great marketer, of course) and your LTV. The full financial details and metrics were in the deck. So my time was freed up to call board members in advance and walk them through our metrics and understand any concerns. HR & Legal.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

And of course you could add up impressions by counting your the followers of everybody who had retweeted plus your own. It is what is commonly referred to as “vanity metrics” as in, “Look at how many more followers I got us! Of course it’s valuable to know how many clicks you drive.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Today’s higher education is responding by making more courses online and available to people outside of physical boundaries. ” But I pointed out a professor at HBS ( Tom Eisenmann ) who teaches a course where blogs are a part of the classroom reading material. “Online education is truly going to kill us.”

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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. Of course, that’s the really fun, interesting, challenging work. Who are the other stakeholders involved? Other types of users? Administrators? How will you be taking this to market? What channels will you use (e.g.,

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Oh, and if you didn’t guess, the title, “if you don’t have a discrete hypothesis you are incapable of failing” is, of course, an Eric Ries quote. 48:30 Vanity metrics. 52:00 Actionable metrics. And make sure to pick up a copy of his book. There are many in this episode. Check it out. 00:45 Intro to Eric.

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Social Media Startup Metrics Media 301

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Data, however, removes guesswork, biases, and anecdotal reasoning that can throw decision efforts off course. Use data analysis and metrics to measure for results. Common sense and emotionally driven decisions are sub- optimal in assessing team members. Working on the wrong problem or assumption.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon. Having a great early investor provides downstream capital with a “signal” that you are a company worthy of being paid attention to even if you haven’t scaled your metrics. I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

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. Third: support.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

But it will be patiently deployed, waiting for a cohort of founders who aren’t artificially clinging to 2021 valuation metrics. Of course our execution against the strategy has had to change but the strategy has remained constant. discipline & focus. In 2009 we could take a long time to review a deal.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

He had always read all of the materials, gone through the metrics, done pre-calls with the CEO and was always respectful in how he walked through the challenges of the company and our remedies. Of course Kleiner has had a difficult couple of years. He’s one of the truly nice guys in venture: buttoned-up and prepared. Conclusions?

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Of course, I have an advantage because I organize the LA CTO Forum. Of course, since you know those questions, you can just collect up the answers and provide them to your developers. What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? Gap closed, right?

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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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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Content, of course, is the same!]. 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. Metrics: 50mm users (up from 40mm in Dec 2009), -Competition includes: Spotify , Last.fm.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

As a company you need to invest in ROI calculators (spreadsheets) that are easy for sales reps to plug in basic customer metrics and pop out with an expected benefit. You’re more expensive than competitors – “Of course we are. Even better if that customer is referenceable! We’re a premium product.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

In a funding round with 1 or 2 VCs and 15-20 angels or 4-6 seed funds if you gave every investor you financial information and performance metrics your proprietary information would increase in its probability of leaking out. There is a reason for this.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2014

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. His fund is > $500 million and I guaranfuckingtee he ain’t calling me if that company is crushing it. I don’t blame him – that’s his job. But I always ask. Fair enough.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Creating metrics. Farming out tasks beyond your core, and of course, much more. New forms of metrics for your business. Purchase the complete collection of all eight books with 20% discount by clicking HERE. STARTING UP! How to plan. Setting goals. Creating strategies. Developing your vision. Kindle eBook: $2.99 (click here).

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Berkonomics

MARCH 1, 2018

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 chairmanship carried unstated power even if not overtly demonstrated, since the CEO reports to and is accountable to the board, and of course its chair.

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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

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

We had worked together for six years before starting MergeLocal, which came about on the golf course. We will be opening up a a round of funding soon, as soon as we have some metrics and have been live in the market, and hope to raise some money and capital in the next thirty days. We're also funding it out of pocket.

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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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Organization Coach Metrics Training 156

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

It’s a form of accountability but of course it’s all just in your own mind. There’s so much conflicting advice, everybody has an opinion and of course if you’re starting a new journey it’s really hard to tell other people that you’re going to do it because you don’t want to fail and look stupid. You got this! And say you did it !!”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2021

Of course, no business wants to be the next Blockbuster , which kept charging straight ahead despite subtle clues that the Internet was changing everything. Establish and evaluate metrics at multiple levels. As times change, you may need new metrics, such as total experience, web site hits, and social media complaints.

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Marketing Social Media Metrics Customer 162

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2016

Of course I also have to the concept. I think I’m better at the product stage of a business and helping with strategy, marketing, pricing, feature sets and so forth than I am at evaluating later-stage businesses based on financial results and business metrics and priced accordingly. It’s not enough to love the founding team.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Don noted that, "I always believed that metrics and accomplishments can outrun bigotry, sexism, racism or any ''ism'' that might otherwise hold you back. It''s not perfect, of course. If you are interested in his compelling story, you can watch him tell it in this brief video.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Of course, that means a mindset willing to give up much more equity, and taking on a whole new level of risk. Explosive growth to an enterprise normally requires a scalable sales model, a well-documented process with incentives, training, and metrics for tracking and management. Switch your focus from product development to sales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Create an action plan with metrics. You spend the months influencing the influencers.

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Social Media Framework Media Metrics 135

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. There are many roads to Rio, so they say. But there is one overwhelming method of appraising the effectiveness of a business leader.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2013

And of course you must also get your board administration done. Schedule 1:1 calls 1 week before the meeting to walk each board member through the key issues / performance metrics in the business. Have the maximum amount of time in person dedicated to discussing the most important topics. Ideal Board Meeting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2020

Of course, it could be your level of experience, or the quality of your team, but the difference is often more related to the lifecycle stage of the market you are trying to enter. Of course, getting money doesn’t assure success. Established company process rules and metrics now characterize the leaders in this market stage.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

If your culture rewards those who seek the truth, your team will be prone to objectively identifying tactical course corrections. But we do it anyway, because we believe that the short-term metrics probably aren’t indicative of the long term.”. Obsess About Customers, Not Colleagues Or Competitors. “We

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

So while the simplest way that people often evaluate stocks is by P/E ratios (price-to-earnings), one also needs to look at other metrics such as the PEG (price-to-earnings-growth). [of of course there are MUCH more sophisticated financial tools than either of these, but PEG is a short-hand many people use]. Investors value growth.

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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

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2020

Set up training courses that highlight agility, and adopt agile working practices. You need to maintain explicit C-suite and Board buy-in for constant transformation through effective communication, highlighting the struggles of peer businesses, and establishing the right metrics.

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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. Another firm we saw tried to raise $15 million at a $60 million pre-money with similar metrics. Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below.

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