TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” Who are the customers? Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? will you leverage?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Hidalgo recommends a focus on engagement stage indicators including customers by channel, conversion ratio, and cost per revenue. You need to track what content is resonating with your prospective customers, through metrics including submit rate by content offer, elasticity, velocity, cost, and ultimately revenue by content program.

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Metrics Marketing Demand Paramount 101

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Creating a gerat company in a relative vacuum is an exercise in complete trust that the entrepreneur knows what’s best for the customer, perhaps even without interaction with such a customer. The first step : Involve potential customers early. The first step : Involve potential customers early. Take feedback seriously.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This isn’t just our opinion - our startup metrics prove it! So instead, we fill it with a completely custom blurb, written just for him: Hello! Thanks to his custom blurb, instead of closing his browser and feeling inadequate for the rest of the day, Mark completes his bio and becomes a happy customer.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 297

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2020

Hidalgo recommends a focus on engagement stage indicators including customers by channel, conversion ratio, and cost per revenue. You need to track what content is resonating with your prospective customers, through metrics including submit rate by content offer, elasticity, velocity, cost, and ultimately revenue by content program.

Marketing 174

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Interview potential customers, hold focus groups, meet with existing customers. Email readers, continue here…] Measure the results of your changed program in as many ways as possible. The title of this insight helps us find a formula: LALA. Memorize your use of “LALA”. Hire consultants. But listen!

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Marketing Metrics Education Resource 156

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I know that you can use an email system with this to track my open rate, whether I forwarded the email, the IP address where I read it, whether I was on a mobile device or a wired computer and you can tell who else read the document. What should not be in your deck?

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Funding Venture Capital IP Email 239

Berkonomics

JULY 27, 2023

That’s how you would feel if you ran your company without a dashboard containing relevant metrics that drive your company. and great, relevant metrics? Email readers, continue here…] Metrics should be created by you and your managers to measure near real time progress of your enterprise. The post Go ahead!

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

Many of the factors are not obvious and include building mystery to drive margin, why boring B2B companies often win but are challenging in other ways, how bootstrapping wins, integrating metrics from the start and many other similar lessons. What is our lifetime customer value and how can we drive that up?

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CTO Hire Startup Metrics eHarmony 175

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Steve's first question was, “Who are our customers?" I) took the 300 latest cards, personally wrote a questionnaire and called 300 customers. SuperMac's main customer base were color desktop professionals. All of a sudden I now had customers telling what market, how to reach them and what applications are important.

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Marketing Startup Sales Customer 271

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Email delivery platform SendGrid , which has significant operations in Orange County, said today that it has launched a new app on the iPhone and iPad. SendGrid said the app allows users access to their Sendgrid account and metrics. sendgrid email delivery software iphone ipad mobile smartphone' READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Email Metrics Platform 100

Berkonomics

JANUARY 30, 2014

What happens to careful planning, sure-fire metrics, quality test scenarios, market research, a good business plan – all in place before pulling the trigger of a new opportunity. Email readers, continue here.] So why do so many business-book authors stress the opposite behavior? Ready, FIRE, aim. And who is right here?

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Metrics Ideas 189

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

This post was prompted by an email exchange I had with a young entrepreneur. That might work for $50-100k but less likely for $3m unless you’re a seasoned entrepreneur, known to the VC, have some metrics that work in your favor or have built something the VC believes to be truly unique. And VC’s are tough customers.

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Startup Venture Capital Invest Slides 360

Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

This is not an article about the high moral purpose and the nobility of listening to your customers. It is an article about how to make your company worth a fortune by listening to your customers. It gives the best customer experience of any phone. Listen to your customers and grow rich. Why does Google dominate search?

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Customer Custom Software Review SaaS 97

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Creating a new product in a relative vacuum is an exercise in complete trust that you know what’s best for the customer, perhaps even without interaction with such a customer. The first step : Involve potential customers early. The third step: Reiterate and return to customers for comments. Involve your customers early.

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Product Customer Custom Ideas 156

Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2022

And that includes potential customers as well as executives and employees. 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. Can unmanaged growth ever happen? But not often. So, which one is actionable?

Education 156

Education Metrics Course Resource 156

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2018

Hidalgo recommends a focus on engagement stage indicators including customers by channel, conversion ratio, and cost per revenue. You need to track what content is resonating with your prospective customers, through metrics including submit rate by content offer, elasticity, velocity, cost, and ultimately revenue by content program.

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Metrics Demand Marketing Paramount 57

InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2014

The gowns are then dry cleaned and readied for the next customer, in the spirit of the emerging sharing economy in which goods are communally used multiple times. We keep our eye on a handful of metrics, but we’re focused on customer satisfaction. We will be moving into other categories based on customer demand.

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Design Customer Custom Satisfaction 208

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Some make big mistakes, such as Webvan expanding too fast with a huge infrastructure, and Pets.com , trying to grow the business with a negative margin, under the mistaken assumption that winning customers is more important than making a profit. Actively listen to customer feedback, and don’t be a one-trick pony.

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Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media Metrics 134

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

What happens to careful planning, sure-fire metrics, quality test scenarios, market research, a good business plan – all in place before pulling the trigger of a new opportunity. On the other hand, if a new free app has bugs, they can be corrected in the next automatic update, and probably without much customer noise. Ready, FIRE, aim.

Artificial Inteligence 156

Artificial Inteligence Metrics Ideas Email 156

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] Another is to fail to complete a contracted service for one customer and to do so multiple times, until many customers begin screaming for attention, drawing away all available talent from new, income earning tasks. There is the flip side to making efficient use of time.

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Resource Outsource Development Metrics Customer 176

Berkonomics

MAY 5, 2016

Many times it is a customer, an employee, or an industry conference that sparks the idea that drives you to create and express your vision of the future for your company or product line. Email readers, continue here…] Then comes the strategic thinking and planning that leads to what must be done to achieve the vision.

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Metrics Ideas Conference Email 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2020

Some make big mistakes, such as Webvan expanding too fast with a huge infrastructure, and Pets.com , trying to grow the business with a negative margin, under the mistaken assumption that winning customers is more important than making a profit. Actively listen to customer feedback, and don’t be a one-trick pony.

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Search Engine Optimization Startup Social Media Metrics 131

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2021

If customers don’t know you exist, you can’t solve their problem, they won’t buy. Getting customer attention often takes more innovation today than solving the tough technical problems. Talk to real live customers in addition to marketers. Cold calls to strangers and email blasts are not so productive.

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Technical Advisors Tips Marketing Case Study 154

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Email readers, continue here…] You are not alone. Elon Musk, who obsesses with metrics and constantly asks for employees to feed him their concerns but makes bold moves on his own. Doesn’t sound tough or forceful enough for you? . It is a very thin line between abdication of responsibility and participative leadership.

Satisfaction 156

Satisfaction Metrics Resource Email 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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Web Sites Email HTML 150

Berkonomics

APRIL 14, 2016

And that includes potential customers as well as executives and employees. push for achievement – hopefully establishing a realistic set of strategies and accurate metrics to measure progress along a timeline. Sometimes growth happens without a leader envisioning it, living it daily, evangelizing it to anyone who will listen.

Education 120

Education Metrics Course Resource 120

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2017

From a customer standpoint, though, it's pretty clear. So, from the customer side, it was much easier. You have to make sure your cost of acquisition, retention rates, and conversion metrics are all in place. Scott Cannon: I had to go back, and really get operating metrics in place to know how to look at the business.

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Startup Metrics Customer Custom 174

Berkonomics

MAY 20, 2021

Email readers, continue here…] One way to fall into the time bankruptcy trap is to release a product too early and pay the price by forcing the architect and most skilled developers to drop off their important tasks to put out fires in the field and fix problems one at a time. An easy way to fall into time bankruptcy.

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Resource Outsource Development Metrics Customer 156

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I was on an airplane 2-3 times / week meeting potential customers, investors, employees, business partners and the press. I stayed up late every night after a day of meetings doing email until 3am so that I didn’t feel out of touch with our product and sales pipelines. I scheduled runs with teammates and even with customers.

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Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Conference 308

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Live Shopping is an integral part of the “social commerce” phenomenon – a general term for ecommerce experiences within which customers don’t even have to leave social media platforms to buy items – but other tech companies like Meta, as well as TikTok, have struggled with it in the US and Europe so far. Please fill in your email.

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Social Media Startup Commerce News 132

Berkonomics

JANUARY 16, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] Research and talk to existing and past customers. Clarify operation responsibilities and metrics used to measure performance. Most of the important benefits for partnering include: Combining of complimentary skill sets. Access to new markets. Addition of new services or product lines.

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Technical Review Startup Examples Metrics 204

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2018

According to most investors I know, traction is some clear evidence that the “dogs are eating the dog food” – usually meaning that you have at least one customer paying full price for your solution. Another term often mentioned is “momentum,” or growing visibility and advocacy within your customer set.

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Tips Metrics Technical Review Customer 79

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

We now have over 400 customers of our product, and a good majority of the Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 using it to put a completely new face on their important data, and using it to get that out into the hands of their employees. How do customers use your product? Or, it can come directly out of a database.

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Mobile Oracle Startup Content 170

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

That, plus I love the space of high-customer-service, focused eCommerce for moms worried about what their kids eat & wear.&#. 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.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Summary 292

Berkonomics

AUGUST 4, 2016

Elon Musk, who obsesses with metrics and constantly asks for employees to feed him their concerns but makes bold moves on his own. Email readers, continue here…] In technology–based enterprises, the question of leadership vision becomes mixed with leadership style. The world loves bold leadership.

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Satisfaction Metrics Resource Email 120