Berkonomics

DECEMBER 5, 2013

It is most often missed assumptions about the market, the competition, the speed of adoption, or other critical metrics you’ve researched, or selected, or even just guessed at to create your plan. No-one challenged this number, and it became an unattributed source of the metric for market size for years. Or cost estimation.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 5, 2018

” For the company’s customers, MetaCX provides a dashboard that includes outcomes, the collaboration, metrics tracked as part of the relationship and all the metrics around that are part of that engagement layer,” says McCorkle. . “It is API embeddable and we have a full user experience layer.”

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Email readers, continue here…] Making the effort to gather metrics from the field in any form and then ignoring it, takes guts and determination – and in most cases a measure of stupidity. So, why not design your product using your real and potential customers as consultants? And most of us are not Steve Jobs.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

Convertro said it has been working with Media Design Group , a direct response TV advertising agency, to help measure the efficacy of broadcast marketing. Media Design Group has been working with Dollar Shave Club to measure how well TV advertising is working for the company.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

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. Cases Where a Mockup is Not Enough There are a few cases where mockups or clickable prototypes may not be enough: Usability, interaction design, etc. It won because of interface, ease of use.

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Metrics Venture Capital News Product 264

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What are your key Startup Metrics ? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user. Who are the other stakeholders involved? Other types of users?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Stroh, which details the principles and metrics to follow for fostering innovation in any organization. Normally the best innovations come from the people on the front line, rather than a top manager or designer. Getting innovation to happen this regularly requires some real disciple and processes. by Patrick J.

Metrics 102

Metrics Startup Organization Demand 102

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What are your key Startup Metrics ? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user. Who are the other stakeholders involved? Other types of users?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Creativity and innovation are applied to increasing output and lowering costs rather than solution design and building a viable business model. Implement metrics and set objectives for every organization. Now the experiments are over, and high productivity is the objective. You can’t manage what you don’t measure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. A well-designed service delivery process will make you easy to do business with. Make your service deliver process “happy.”

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. Great stuff. How Unique Is A Unique Visitor? -

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

In fact, the first challenge is to build a strategy, put together a budget, and define measurement metrics. Set specific objectives, budgets, and metrics for each one. As an advisor to many entrepreneurs and small businesses, I often get asked where to start, and how to proceed. Pick a theme and a team for each and get started.

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Marketing Metrics Social Media Content 96

Berkonomics

AUGUST 16, 2010

Many early stage CEO’s believe they can delegate design and creation of metrics, flash reports, analytical reports and more to their bookkeepers. To expect a bookkeeper to provide analytical planning is to ask for something they often cannot provide, except in a cursory way. Why the discussion?

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Metrics Training Report Tool 136

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2023

Make sure you know what is really happening, through metrics and feedback from others. With the right leadership and the right organization design, there is already a significant body of research to prove that remote work makes more employees happier, reduces stress, enhances work-life balance, and increases job control.

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Frank Addante

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Today, we are working on a prototype of a new measurement metric that we call ROP (Return on Productivity). This metric will help us determine what works, what doesn’t, and why. At the end of the day, everything we do is designed to make our most important (and most expensive) assets as productive as possible.

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Product Metrics Company Companies 99

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Making the effort to gather metrics from the field in any form and then ignoring it, takes guts and determination – and in most cases a measure of stupidity. So, why not design your product using your real and potential customers as consultants? And most of us are not Steve Jobs. Take feedback seriously.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 4, 2016

Steve Jobs, who was known to be in charge of each detail in design. Elon Musk, who obsesses with metrics and constantly asks for employees to feed him their concerns but makes bold moves on his own. It is a very thin line between abdication of responsibility and participative leadership. The world loves bold leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Yet, in the interest of full disclosure, and an honest intent to save future entrepreneurs some grief and money, I would remind you that starting any business has key dependencies on at least five major elements, including product design and delivery, the right people on the team, adequate funding, a sizable market opportunity, and marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

Clients need to feel comfortable that you expect quality work from your team and technology, and have metrics, modern tools, and controls in place to make it happen. Every business service, from logo design to tax preparation, means something different to business owners in different stages of growth.

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Services Technical Review Social Media Case Study 121

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2021

It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. A well-designed service delivery process will make you easy to do business with. Make your service deliver process “happy.”

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 9, 2019

Create A Prototype – Decades before AutoCAD, the McDonald brothers spent hours designing their restaurant’s layout by drawing each workstation on a tennis court. They tested each design iteration by having dozens of teenagers walk through the motions of rapid food preparation. Laurie Anderson, American Musician.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Using product metrics to build the right features in the right way Avoid the biggest pitfall of using product metrics… “Focusing your team’s efforts around a high-level business metric like churn is a bit like a general who sends troops into battle after voicing the strategy: ‘Let’s win the war!’” Read more… ??

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

For example, your quality problem may well have both design as well as manufacturing elements. 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. Search for the multiple dimensions of a problem.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2014

Kelsey Doorey: "Vow To Be Chic is the first company to offer designer bridesmaid dress rentals. How will you balance designer dresses that wear out quickly with sturdy, fashion-unfriendly apparel? That said, we are working with our designers to create dresses in fabrics and styles that are more durable and will have a longer life.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

For example, if you are trying to determine viral coefficient (see Startup Metrics ), then the focus should be around those aspects of the MVP. Send across any graphic designs you currently have. Towards An Integrated Approach to UX Design You should definitely look at Steve Blank's book and review his blog.

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Develop Development Technical Review CTO Coach 354

socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2017

They know that every photo will be linked back to the caterers, planners, design companies, and venues that produced the events. The last thing, is you really need to understand what your business metrics are, and make sure you are looking at the most important metrics.

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Technical Advisors Technical Review Metrics Startup 100

TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Here's a suggested approach: Ground Truth Creation: Design a test dataset with established answers or recognized documents to serve as a reference point. Precision and Recall Metrics: Define a process to assess the precision (the relevance of retrieved documents) and the recall (how many of the relevant documents were fetched).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

In their recruiting process, they actually have a key insider designated as a “bar raiser” involved in ever interview, to make sure that the bar is never lowered due to any bias or pressing business urgency. Incorporate AI-powered data and metrics systems. They help hiring managers raise the bar for every interview.

Marketing 123

Marketing Technical Review Custom Customer 123

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2020

Creativity and innovation are applied to increasing output and lowering costs rather than solution design and building a viable business model. Implement metrics and set objectives for every organization. Now the experiments are over, and high productivity is the objective. You can’t manage what you don’t measure.

Startup 125

Startup Training Entrepreneur Organization 125

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2021

Don’t let it be just a conflict over graphic design. After-the-fact communication and documentation are also important, with a clearly defined resolution, follow-on action plan, and metrics to assess progress. Evaluate conflict win-lose versus win-win potential. Most business issues have some negative implications, as well as positive.

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Activity Organization Examples Metrics 145

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2020

Stroh, which details the principles and metrics to follow for fostering innovation in any organization. Normally the best innovations come from the people on the front line, rather than a top manager or designer. Getting innovation to happen this regularly requires some real disciple and processes. by Patrick J.

Startup 138

Startup Organization Customer Demand 138

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 23, 2013

marketers now have the power to create social media campaigns with no development or design skills required - just drag and drop. Digging deeper behind the scenes we are presented with a powerful analytics solution enabling marketers the ability to track success metrics down to the minute. With PromoJam 2.0,

Platform 99

Platform Metrics Social Media Marketing 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2019

The marketing metrics covers support as part of experience. If your marketing metrics and budget ignore the fact that you have call center queues thirty minutes long, or no coverage of online reviews or social media, your customer service is not keeping up with competitors. Customer experience starts with user-centric product design.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

For today's interview, we sat down and spoke with David Loo , the founder and CEO of Perspectium (www.perspectium.com), a startup which is developing service management applications designed to help connect different, enterprise service management software products together. What specific problem were you seeing?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

His challenge is to focus on one market, with a specific design, cost, and price. Create a written plan, with target milestones and metrics. For example, I have a friend with a Ph.D. in Physics who talks passionately about starting a business producing nuclear powered batteries. Yes, there are a lot of bridges to cross.

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Ideas Writing Examples Outsource 126

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 23, 2009

The structure combined the listing of the goal with a series of strategies and then tactics, each designed to support each other, each measurable and made public throughout the organization. Email readers continue here.] What is a strategy?

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