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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Develop Development Startup SEO 396

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

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. Now is the time to integrate and solidify your brand across all the channels and platforms you have selected. Pick a theme and a team for each and get started.

Marketing 96

Marketing Metrics Social Media Content 96

socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2017

With so many APIs, SaaS ecosystems, and cloud platforms to rely on, a digital product that may have taken five years to get off the ground in 2000 can now be brought to life in a matter of months. Still prioritizing features in a spreadsheet? It means competition is more fierce because formidable new competitors can arrive overnight.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Metrics Ideas Product 100

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?

SaaS 113

SaaS Startup Customer Custom 113

StartUp Beat

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This is because subconsciously when we use social media and digital platforms, we are constantly vetting potential purchases via “ peer ” endorsements, receiving guidance on what is popular, trending, engages constantly refining our tastes and interests. But, running a successful influencer marketing campaign is not easy.

Social Media 40

Social Media Software Review Media Marketing 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2019

A recent high-profile one, Theranos , the blood-testing company, had no trouble getting customers, but promised more than their technology could deliver, Another, Shyp , an early on-demand delivery platform, blamed their demise on premature scaling. Make sustainability a key design objective for every step.

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Startup Demand Training Customer 88

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Given likely market changes, how will we design and build so that the systems can respond to marketplace changes? What other kinds of capabilities such as graphic design, user interaction, product manager, QA will we need? What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost?

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Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach 225

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Open to potential career pivoters and professionals of all levels, the panel consisted of the following panelists, whom entered their positions from backgrounds ranging from business to engineering to design. Jay Stakelon , VP Product Design, Fullscreen. Instead, focus on what metric outputs, more views, more downloads?

Product 87

Product Fandango Design Startup 87

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

We had some investors very interested but wanted us to validate some metrics, so we spent time building things to prove those metrics. It's not just the design, but making it easier to use, making it more stable, and adding tons of improvements around the listening experience.

Software Review 100

Software Review Startup Metrics Content 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Concentrate your efforts on two to three platforms to start. Your plan should include a well-designed web site, events, press releases, and search engine marketing (SEM). Don’t forget the metrics and analytics. Top social networks are Facebook (1.2 billion users). You can’t manage what you don’t measure.

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Quinton Alsbury: The way the application is designed is fairly agnostic to any particular vertical or operation inside a company. The visualizations themselves are designed around data navigation, and the generic concepts and analytics processes that we know people are doing inside companies. How do customers use your product?

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Mobile Oracle Startup Content 170

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 7, 2009

My initial conversations normally focus on the core of the business, important Startup Metrics , probably marketing strategy (ex. if that was my chosen messaging platform. By asking these questions, almost invariably we begin to see the product design in a bit different way…. I talk to a lot of founders of startups.

Web 150

Web Sites Email HTML 150

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

I spent six years in e-commerce, developing e-commerce platforms, and am pretty familiar with that. There were lots of people very intent on the execution of the product, really looking into the details of design and flow. James Chung: My previous background is in software engineering.

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UCLA Startup Ideas Help 256

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

With this in mind, we figured it would be a great opportunity to get a direct look from someone who’s been immersed in the field, and spoke to Chance Barnett, CEO of LA-local investment platform, Crowdfunder. In order to encompass both, they need to build a large platform. ” Platform Focused. CrowdFundX.

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Invest Platform Entrepreneur Paramount 83

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Leftronic is a real-time data visualization platform for startups. We make it trivial to quickly aggregate and monitor your key metrics in real-time! He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. We write and create our own content for the game.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2012

We wanted to bring the beauty of data visualization, of actionable insights to people in a very easy, very fast, very simple but very well designed way. We're working on how quickly we can provision servers, and what those metrics are, and it's been fantastic. Socialtech is an enterprise wiki, social business platform in Palo Alto.

Social Media 203

Social Media Startup Tool LAMP 203

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

After refining their metrics even more, they doubled their performance, and then quadrupled it. After we launched our first, paid pilot, we had 100 percent adoption of the platform, which is pretty impressive. We ran that for 90 days, and within 45 days, their performance doubled. How's the startup funded?

Sales 145

Sales Startup Email Tool 145

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

Famebit is the world’s first full service platform to connect brands and marketers to Youtube content creators. Their solution is ingenius in its design. In seed stage funding, we’re often told that the investments are ultimately about the people/teams, and not necessarily the metrics.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

Such cultures, those industries, are what drives investment, talent, and success to those locations, as the entire ecosystem is designed to foster growth therein that very culture. 0, eCommerce platforms: Volusion and BigCommerce (which raised $40M last year with Steve Case). Offline engagement platform EyeQ.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

NG: Filmzu is a matchmaking platform for people to connect with each other and to also engage fans and other talents to be discovered and collaborate on various projects. Is it kind of like social media platform? We narrowed it down to key-metrics. Is Filmzu a national matchmaking platform or is it global as well?

Content 81

Content Entertainment Startup Los Angeles 81

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Matt Weghorst: Cojoin is a data integration platform. We find that there’s all this really specialized software, software as a service, certain platforms, and different places you can do marketing; all of those have their own sets of data. Is it only a web-platform or will there be a mobile-version? What are your next goals?

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Startup Southern California Mobile Software 85

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

In case you’re just getting into Snapchat, a geofilter is like a normal Snapchat filter: a design you can overlay onto a photo you take in the app. The value of your branding impression compared to impressions on any other platform is insanely high. You want a design that adds value to their snaps, not just promoting yourself.

Customer 40

Customer Custom Snapchat Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2015

Designate a point person to handle the relationships. Examples of milestones: traction as measured by user numbers and user engagement; financial metrics such as cash flow and revenue. Angels (invest their own money) and super angels. These usually come into play at the seed stage. Choose lead investors with deep pockets.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Equity Funding 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Storage is what’s known as “highly fragmented,” meaning easier for a new entrant to get traction if it could design a better product / service / experience. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product. The top 5 players combined control less than 25% of the market.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Well, thanks to a fantastic partnership with the good people at crowd fun ding platform, Indiegogo , we were able to do just that! Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing. Alex Taub – Social Rank , Twitter metrics and engagement tool.

Entertainment 99

Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

It is what is commonly referred to as “vanity metrics” as in, “Look at how many more followers I got us! But if you want to be able to repeat your success on your next campaign you need to know more about how you drove those clicks: Which social platform were they published on? Or Likes – LIKES!

Marketing 307

Marketing Technical Review Startup Tool 307

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Analysis on viral marketing, user experience, game design, and online ads. First, let me recommend reading a previous blog, called omg I’m just a startup, I can’t do those fancy metrics. Design-wise, here are some things to consider: What’s your “event&# hierarchy and what level of granularity do you want?

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

Design the full stack, not just a new software element. With a singular focus on building unicorns, very rapid growth has been a key metric. Facebook’s market value tumbled many billions in 2018 due to users’ decreased confidence in the platform. In Silicon Valley’s classic model, startups must start “asset light.”

Capital 138

Capital Marketing Ideas Venture Capital 138

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

Design the full stack, not just a new software element. With a singular focus on building unicorns, very rapid growth has been a key metric. Facebook’s market value tumbled many billions in 2018 due to users’ decreased confidence in the platform. In Silicon Valley’s classic model, startups must start “asset light.”

Ideas 124

Ideas Venture Capital Software Review Technical Review 124

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Metrics availability. They ignore/disrespect the platform. You Shouldn’t Have to Pay to Talk To Your Own Customers - Austin Startup , July 12, 2010 Andy Meadows is the founder and CEO of Bearhug , an Austin-based customer engagement platform launching today. and tips for buyers looking for logo design. Not so bad.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217