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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower

The metrics, and how they relate, are captured in his slide: Note the relationship between retention/referral efforts and lifetime value. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas R : Retention - Do they come back & re-visit over time? R : Referral - Do they like it enough to tell their friends?

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Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

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Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. The terms “CTO&# and “VP Engineering&# have such stigmas associated with what they are that I’m sure some people will feel uncomfortable with the definitions I’ve put forward. Experience.

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What Should You Send a VC Before Your Meeting?

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If you have another 15–20 super detailed slides they should either be in an appendix after you get through the main presentation or in a separate deck that you may or may not get out. These additional slides are often called “pocket slides” as in you have them in your pocket in case you need to pull them out. Don’t send these?—?go

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I've talked about that in lots of other posts, so you can visit some of these to help determine what you specifically need: Startup CTO or Developer Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything Key ingredients in the equation are: How complex is the system? Do you have dollars to pay for development?

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Mobile Internet Apple Facebook

SoCal CTO

The report consists of: The Mobile Internet Report Summary Slides – a 92-slide presentation that provides highlights on the key themes The Mobile Internet Report Key Themes – a 659-slide presentation that drills down a bit more The Mobile Internet Report – a 424 page report which explores 8 major themes in depth and includes the two aforementioned (..)

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI

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You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal. I said (out loud), “I sure wish that some of the time that went into these PowerPoint slides would have gone into meetings with the COO, CFO or CMO of [Elephant Customer].&#

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. I started by trying to think I could explain my concept without having to patronize everybody with artificial PowerPoint slides. All I kept thinking was, “if you made me send the slides in advance then why the fuck am I now going to spend 10 minutes talking you through them?”