Customer Demand Metrics Writing 
TechEmpower
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
This isn’t just our opinion - our startup metrics prove it! Profile Blurbs and Writing Prompts Let’s look at our job matching site in more detail. An empty textbox, demanding to be filled with a concise, compelling summary to impress potential employers is daunting. Which means better conversions and happier customers.
SoCal CTO
MARCH 11, 2013
Yesterday, I was talking to a startup founder about their MVP and they said something that finally got me to write this post: "I have a few investors interested but they want to see a product." If you do build the MVP and show it to them, they will ask you about your metrics. They really want metrics, not a product.
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 27, 2011
41:00 Transitioning from software to writing. 48:30 Vanity metrics. 52:00 Actionable metrics. 57: 00 How do you rectify company mission and customer demand. 48:30 Vanity metrics. 52:00 Actionable metrics. 57: 00 How do you rectify company mission and customer demand.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
In my experience, the key steps I look for always include the following: Testing the idea against customers who have money to spend. I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
seed and they are writing $1.25m of it you can expect them to require a board seat) The competitive landscape (If you have several sources of capital you can likely politely decline the board request or can grant them a seat but ask for it to be “common appointed” and those revokable if you need in the future). But it’s quite rare.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” If you had huge customer growth but just didn’t focus on revenue that’s a different story. One of them is profitability.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. After a year in the market, MakeSpace was growing rapidly and our biggest issue was CAC (customer acquisition costs) relative to payback period (when we get our marketing investment back) and relative to LTV (lifetime value).
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