Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2022

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Lots of people are trying to help, with new twists on the age-old model of free-market capitalism that has driven businesses for the last 500 years. Making a profit does not imply greed.

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APRIL 7, 2016

So you identify the three most critical issues, perhaps with the help of the group. Define success : Think of what an ideal outcome would look like and find metrics to measure progress along the route. Simplify the process: Reexamine the definition and milestones. Here comes the important part.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

” It helps to have seen the way down twice before to know many of the signs. Poorly implemented this category was the definition of shelfware. Create company measures for success that go beyond financial metrics. You manage what you measure so be careful about having too narrowly defined of performance metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2021

By definition, the world of startups today is one of rapidly changing unknowns, where the inputs you receive will often conflict. You can’t build a great company without help. Data – Define a handful of key metrics to free you from managing personalities, egos, subjective issues, emotions, and intangibles. It’s very frustrating.

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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. He ends by looking at how this might help startups in the room.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Recast Pilots as the first phase of a multi-phased, definitive agreement. However, we found that we consistently had to re-sell our value prop in order to convert pilot relationships into definitive agreements.". The key to accelerating revenue generation in a phased agreement is to document the success metrics of the landing phase.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

How do you create a tool to help address unconscious bias in the workplaceand why would you create a new startup in that area? I call that providing habitsmonthly habitsto help individuals do better, make better decisions, and who need strategy and strategic implementation of this on regular basis.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

They also have a very smart and efficient approach to creative development that was critical to helping us scale,” she wrote. (If Have you worked with a talented individual or agency who helped you find and keep more users? Respond to our survey and help other startups find top growth marketers they can work with!

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Hire more help than helpers. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

It definitely pays to get some help with your first step into social media, since first impressions often become lasting ones. Jumping in haphazardly with poorly a focused message is definitely non-productive, and may harm your business. Use business metrics and tools to tune your efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2021

Every startup should start with a set of values that would fit the definition of a good cause. Plan to make it the best experiment that you can, with metrics to focus on the “why,” as much as “what.” Asking the hard questions early will force more thinking outside the box, and improve the potential for real breakthroughs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2019

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Lots of people are trying to help, with new twists on the age-old model of free-market capitalism that has driven businesses for the last 500 years. Making a profit does not imply greed.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

There are definitely lots of people from the LA area, looking for tech opportunities, but we are also seeing that it's easy to get people to move to Los Angeles, and people who are willing to relocate to Los Angeles. Definitely, basic software engineering is the most popular role. Terence Chiu: We see both. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It was definitely challenging to make something like that happen in an academic environment. We have a number of startups (or pre-startups) that we are helping get launched. Any thoughts on my recent post Startup Metrics ? The Startup Metrics post is a good example of what I call “holocognics.” That's great.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2015

While every state has a slightly different definition of nexus, it is generally defined as, "a physical presence, employee, or products stored in the state." That may sound like a lot, until you consider that the metric is gross revenue, not profit. Does Congress Think Nexus Is A Shampoo? Sounds reasonable, right?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Hire more help than helpers. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2016

How do you help online brand owners both reduce the abandonment of a shopping cart by online shoppers�and also get the word out about their brands? To help them convert more visitors, we allow brands to give visitors a discount, and we make that discount intelligent. We're doing that before the transaction. Finally, What's next?

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Startups either get three dozen term sheets or none at all, since every firm is walking around with the same frameworks and metrics in their head. With ample late-stage capital keeping more companies staying private for longer, looser rules from the SEC and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange may be on the way to help entice more IPOs.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

I also know what I need to do, as an investor, to support a company, whether that''s strategic support, coaching, or providing encouragement to help build a great company. Hamet Watt: There is definitely a gap between the Series A and B today. That might be overused, but it''s an important metric.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Lots of people are trying to help, with new twists on the age-old model of free-market capitalism that has driven businesses for the last 500 years. Making a profit does not imply greed.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Well, Los Angeles-based KarmaGoat (www.karmagoat.com) has figured out a way to help people get rid of those unwanted items they have--and provide those proceeds to charity. That gift of livestock can help families out of extreme poverty. Did the experience at Anderson help you with starting the company?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Hire more help than helpers. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2013

This entrepreneur gets out there and actively looks for people who can help make an idea into a business, including potential customers, suppliers, employees, investors, friends and peers. Proactively sets metrics and track goals. Effective business people work hard to align everyone in the organization toward key metrics.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

MakeSpace (as he named it) would help you get your excess goods into low-cost warehouses. The process of “systematizing” a business quite literally involves building systems that help you to achieve scale. An example of the systems companies build are pricing & revenue management tools to best help to optimize yield.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2017

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Lots of people are trying to help, with new twists on the age-old model of free-market capitalism that has driven businesses for the last 500 years. Making a profit does not imply greed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Hire more help than helpers. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2013

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Lots of people are trying to help, with new twists on the age-old model of free-market capitalism that has driven businesses for the last 500 years. Making a profit does not imply greed.

Entrepreneur 98

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Can software algorithms help drive more user engagement and video views for publishers? However, I definitely see value in video discovery beyond what''s already been built. The metrics are very solid. Other people have worked on content recommendation before, how are you different? Rachel Payne: That''s a great question.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2015

By definition, the world of startups today is one of rapidly changing unknowns, where the inputs you receive will often conflict. You can’t build a great company without help. Data – Define a handful of key metrics to free you from managing personalities, egos, subjective issues, emotions, and intangibles. It’s very frustrating.

Entrepreneur 111

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2015

By definition, every startup is predictably unpredictable, since new solutions have no proven track record, startups are usually building a new market, and the world around them is changing faster than ever. Smart entrepreneurs have metrics for assessing their progress against milestones and regularly communicate new insights to the team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Based on my own many years of experience as both an employee and an executive, here are my key recommendations to improve your business productivity, traction and momentum: Implement business metrics, and tie incentives to results. Don’t burn yourself out, or let your employees feel like work is a forced march with no end in sight.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2012

This entrepreneur gets out there and actively looks for people who can help make an idea into a business, including potential customers, suppliers, employees, investors, friends and peers. Proactively sets metrics and track goals. Effective business people work hard to align everyone in the organization toward key metrics.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

I guess this is the ultimate definition of implementing a business model when you’re not clear on strategy! Sometimes they rush to raise cash because they don’t have a well articulated product / market fit and they think having more money will help them have more time to prove the business. ” True.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Will it be able to help brands market themselves better in social media? It provides key metrics that allow you to have a better understanding of your tweets. In the world of content marketing and digital marketing, analyzing your tweets can help you gauge if your marketing efforts conducted in Twitter is effective or not.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2015

Every startup should start with a set of values that would fit the definition of a good cause. Plan to make it the best experiment that you can, with metrics to focus on the “why,” as much as “what.” Asking the hard questions early will force more thinking outside the box, and improve the potential for real breakthroughs.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Clayton Lewis: What Arivale does, is we help our participants optimize their wellness. There's a lot of debate about BRCA1, however our objective at Arivale is to give you your genetic dispositions and wellness state, to help you understand how to optimize wellness and so you stay healthy, not to diagnose disease. What is Arivale?

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