Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

If entrepreneurs answer these questions for their startup, they will definitely stay ahead of most of their competitors in the startup world: What is the “secret sauce” that my startup brings to the problem? Define hard (data) and soft (anecdotal) metrics on the change, as well as on the quality of your leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2018

What is the definition of traction for a business startup today? Unfortunately, your personal assessment that you have traction probably won’t be convincing to potential investors and partners, so it’s important that you create and track your progress against some metrics. Define metrics on customer feedback and user counts.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

I'm going to be looking at aspects like: Things to consider before building your MVP Features often overlooked when documenting an MVP for developers Understanding important metrics you want to measure Risks and challenges in developing an MVP. It should be a fun evening with lots of interesting conversation. What's going to go wrong?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Venice-based Topspin , the music marketing and software firm headed by Ian Rogers, said today that it has inked a deal with Technicolor to distribute its music catalog in a new, high definition, MP3 format. Tags: topspin mp3hd high definition content music retail software technicolor fraunhofer. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

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. Managing business growth is more than metrics. That’s where I see too much entrepreneur burnout, growth plateaus, and founders being replaced, to their chagrin.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2015

Tastemade said it commissioned Nielsen to evaluate the effectiveness of its sponsored original content for two advertisers on key advertising metrics (brand recall, brand affinity, purchase intent, and brand perception), comparing its content with 30-second pre-roll and TV ads.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A better definition of a problem always leads to a better solution. Make sure that you implement a metric with each solution, to prevent the issue from recurring, and check for side effects and follow-on side effects. Don’t oversimplify – most issues have a scope greater than one dimension. Put the fun back into your work.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

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. Growth markets have a way of fooling us all. Most importantly – YOU need to care.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 7, 2016

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. Create milestones : Make them public, easy to identify when reached, and follow progress toward each, again publicly posting the progress and achievement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different. hits all the right points from my perspective: There are risks as well as benefits.

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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. Data – Define a handful of key metrics to free you from managing personalities, egos, subjective issues, emotions, and intangibles. Instead of controlling the business, the business is controlling you.

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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. Startups provide introductions and Tony and fellow panelists provide feedback in real-time.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

By definition?—?I’m The market definition has changed but what we do mostly hasn’t. One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? Are we in a bubble?” That used to be called A-round investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2015

So you need to really know what to measure as a definition of success. His point is that you should figure out the metrics that TRULY matter in your business and hold yourself accountable to these. His point is that you should figure out the metrics that TRULY matter in your business and hold yourself accountable to these.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Me : Product definition, use cases, feature list, wireframes, comps, really whatever you have. For example, if you are trying to determine viral coefficient (see Startup Metrics ), then the focus should be around those aspects of the MVP. Founder : Ummm. what do you mean? Founder : Umm. I'm never trying to embarrass someone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2022

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? It’s difficult to measure the planet and people accounts in any quantifiable terms, compared to profits. Starting and running any business is hard work, so the last thing you need is “success” with no satisfaction.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 9, 2009

What are your key Startup Metrics ? If you are finding that your system definition is changing as the result of this conversation, then it means that more homework is needed. Iterate until you have a stable definition. Who are the other stakeholders involved? Other types of users? Administrators? What channels will you use (e.g.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2021

As a counter, here are some situations where it definitely makes sense to short-circuit the traditional approach: The market won’t wait for your planning cycle. The ready-fire-aim approach makes sense here, but it should be combined with metrics to learn from feedback, and make pivots as required.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This must include metrics and tracking, with the necessary systems and resources to act, recalibrate, and iterate as required. In my experience, the steps outlined here will definitely increase your odds of success and survival. Strategy must be a process, with an implementation system behind it, rather than just a periodic event.

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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. Do your homework before you begin.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2013

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different. ROI entrepreneur startup metrics social media business' Marty Zwilling.

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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

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. Managing business growth is more than metrics. That’s where I see too much entrepreneur burnout, growth plateaus, and founders being replaced, to their chagrin.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2019

One of the keys to a successful customer-centric strategy is understanding and measuring your customers lifetime value (CLV), since customers are definitely not all the same. What are the implications if the best customers are the least healthy? Lifetime value is not intended to relate to length of life.

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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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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Why that it is important, is the metrics associated with this is are how scalable it is. There was definitely some work to get all of the technology folks, who had not worked in content production, working with the people in production. We're basically putting those two pieces together.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2014

If entrepreneurs answer these questions for their startup, they will definitely stay ahead of most of their competitors in the startup world: What is the “secret sauce” that my startup brings to the problem? Define hard (data) and soft (anecdotal) metrics on the change, as well as on the quality of your leadership.

Startup 108

Startup Resource Metrics Technical Review 108

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

First of all, a definition. Obviously this definition is generic, so my first recommendation is that you take the lead in defining traction metrics for your startup, and then selling your results convincingly to investors. In the consumer world, groups like Consumer Reports , will give you similar credibility, if positive.

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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

APRIL 13, 2019

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different. hits all the right points from my perspective: There are risks as well as benefits.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It was definitely challenging to make something like that happen in an academic environment. Any thoughts on my recent post Startup Metrics ? The Startup Metrics post is a good example of what I call “holocognics.” Startup Metrics discusses what a Startup needs to consider before “going live.” What are you working on now?

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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? It’s difficult to measure the planet and people accounts in any quantifiable terms, compared to profits. Starting and running any business is hard work, so the last thing you need is “success” with no satisfaction.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Hamet Watt: There is definitely a gap between the Series A and B today. That might be overused, but it''s an important metric. You don''t want your venture partner also thinking about things as purely a transaction, especially with startups, because not all of the metrics are crystal clear early, and things change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Check your brand definition against the clarity of this one from Xerox for office software. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2013

If entrepreneurs answer these questions for their startup, they will definitely stay ahead of most of their competitors in the startup world: What is the “secret sauce” that my startup brings to the problem? Define hard (data) and soft (anecdotal) metrics on the change, as well as on the quality of your leadership.

Startup 101

Startup Resource Metrics Technical Review 101

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. Managing business growth is more than metrics. That’s where I see too much entrepreneur burnout, growth plateaus, and founders being replaced, to their chagrin.

Startup 108

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