TechEmpower
JULY 24, 2023
” Of course, it’s more complicated than just checking boxes on a question list. What are your key Startup Metrics ? Analytics/Metrics What key startup metrics will you need to track? What metrics will you need for future funding rounds or operations? How will you be taking this to market? Send messages?
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 26, 2016
There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial metrics or even how to think about which ones are healthy. This is how much you spend to get a new customer.
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 13, 2022
Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 The list goes on and on.
SoCal CTO
JANUARY 26, 2010
Of course, I have an advantage because I organize the LA CTO Forum. I provided a whole set of questions that I go through with founders before Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything. Of course, since you know those questions, you can just collect up the answers and provide them to your developers.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 25, 2015
Or app companies that went viral due to spammy friend requests to download in an app store only to have a community backlash and subsequent crash. And of course it’s true in personal productivity apps, SMB apps, B2B software and so forth. Not vanity metrics. Push yourself hard to be honest with yourself.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 24, 2022
Leaders and investors need to know if you have and are tapping into your key sources of relevant data, including web analytics, sales management data, and customer relationship management (CRM) software. You must have a strong Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) with a clear strategy for spending, and metrics to gauge results.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 9, 2019
Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 The list goes on and on.
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