socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In a move to convert that huge pile of data into something much more meaningful, Los Angeles-based Ninja Metrics (www.ninjametrics.com) launched a new predictive analytics product for the industry. Explain what Ninja Metrics is doing? Talk about how your research led to this startup? This is a whole new kind of thinking.

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Metrics Software Review Research Startup 166

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Tell me about the business. What are your key Startup Metrics ? Wireframes?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Tell me about the business. What are your key Startup Metrics ? Wireframes?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

For a hands-on guide in developing data-driven people strategies, I found some practical techniques in the classic book, “ The Data Driven Leader ,” by Jenny Dearborn and David Swanson. Employees are often ineffective because they don’t care about their work or because they don’t possess the skills to contribute.

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Metrics Tool Statistics Entrepreneur 98

SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2010

I’ve talked before about initial conversations with founders and the questions I’m likely going to ask Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything. Part of those questions are around Startup Metrics. Good founders will have ideas about all of these at a fine grain.

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Metrics Search Engine Optimization Startup Ideas 159

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 9, 2009

I just had an all-too common conversation with the founder of a startup who had spent more than a year working with a software development company who had produced a mess. The mess really comes from a developer who was willing to get started on a product that was not fully thought out. Tell me about the business. Administrators?

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Software Development Develop Development Startup 292

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In a move to convert that huge pile of data into something much more meaningful, Los Angeles-based Ninja Metrics (www.ninjametrics.com) launched a new predictive analytics product for the industry. Explain what Ninja Metrics is doing? Talk about how your research led to this startup? This is a whole new kind of thinking.

Metrics 113

Metrics Software Review Research Startup 113

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. I’ll address the specifics of what this Founder Developer Gap looks like below.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In a move to convert that huge pile of data into something much more meaningful, Los Angeles-based Ninja Metrics (www.ninjametrics.com) launched a new predictive analytics product for the industry. Explain what Ninja Metrics is doing? Talk about how your research led to this startup? This is a whole new kind of thinking.

Metrics 100

Metrics Software Review Research Startup 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

No blog post about how Tiger is crushing everybody because it’s deploying all its capital in 1-year while “suckers” are investing over 3-years can change this reality. But it will be patiently deployed, waiting for a cohort of founders who aren’t artificially clinging to 2021 valuation metrics. So it’s about 20%. It’s just math.

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Venture Capital Marketing Technical Review Seed Funding 416

Berkonomics

AUGUST 1, 2019

From experience and from information about the competition, a coach creates a playbook that contains detailed plans for actions or plays that the entire team must know without question and execute without pause in order to win games and advance toward the playoffs. What is different about you as a manager? But you know that of course.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it. Thanks Ben.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2015

Most business managers preach that the key to success is holding employees accountable for actions, but I have found that successful entrepreneurs are all about holding themselves accountable. Usually the real culprit is procrastination, lack of focus, or low productivity and lack of metrics. Wait and hope for a miracle.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Investors I know highlight this problem with the mantra that they fund founders and teams who can execute, rather than ones who just talk about their great ideas. The first challenge is to overcome the natural human tendency to equate talking about an idea with actually taking action. Use metrics to support judgment in decisions.

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Develop Development Coach Metrics 103

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

Whether we are talking about startups or corporations, innovation requires a leader who can inspire others to step into the unknown. It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Business risks are not just development risks.

Coach 137

Coach Metrics Competition Ideas 137

Berkonomics

JULY 9, 2020

I’ve developed four criteria for use in creating and evaluating your dashboard. Earliest warning metrics: [Email readers, continue here…] What good is information if you can’t act upon it in a timely manner? Find metrics that will be “leading indicators” of trouble to come. And how about projecting cashflow?

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Metrics Software Review Statistics Technical Review 156

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In addition to defining the problem, she makes concrete suggestions on how to change work for the better, taking advantage new technologies, and new thinking brought about by this new era. A key to success is for you take the initiative and make the conversation about the other person. Be curious about work items you don’t understand.

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Satisfaction Metrics Competition Examples 108

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? About 18 months ago, the entire group began to mention that they were having more difficulty finding good developers. Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics.

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Los Angeles CTO Hire CTO Coach Develop 150

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

From experience and from information about the competition, a coach creates a playbook that contains detailed plans for actions or plays that the entire team must know without question and execute without pause in order to win games and advance toward the playoffs. What is different about you as a manager?

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Coach Metrics Training Guide 192

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 18, 2022

The alternative protein space is hot, hot, hot as evidenced by both the number of companies developing products and the venture capital going into the space. In fact, he notes that consumers see less than 2% of alternative meat products that are currently being developed.

Software Review 187

Software Review Metrics Startup Technical Review 187

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We operate at scale and speed unprecedented in human history.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 So in our earliest stages we’re about 70% seed and 30% pre-seed. dot-com bonanza.

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Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

What metrics will you use to fairly evaluate each direct report? There are those who are passionate about tossing out the formal review process completely and just providing feedback when warranted, positive or negative. How about reviewing the CEO? In terms of value…well let’s examine that. Our conclusion.

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Metrics Report Email Pricing 120

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This isn’t just our opinion - our startup metrics prove it! If having an LLM write the whole blurb seems like too much, we could also fill our empty textbox with a writing prompt: I know writing about yourself can be tough. State Your Career Goals: You're passionate about guiding young minds in mathematics.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 295

SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Yesterday, I was talking to a startup founder about their MVP and they said something that finally got me to write this post: "I have a few investors interested but they want to see a product." 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.

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Metrics Venture Capital News Product 264

Berkonomics

MAY 20, 2021

Enterprise time, as opposed to personal time management, is the sum total of resources available to a company expressed in terms of time – time to develop, to debug, to produce, to deploy, to respond to issues, and to make changes in plans that are not working. Again, it’s about you at the center of this firestorm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

Whether we are talking about startups or corporations, innovation requires a leader who can inspire others to step into the unknown. It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Business risks are not just development risks.

Coach 144

Coach Metrics Social Network Competition 144

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2022

How serious are you about really listening to customer feedback, your own teams, and participating in industry forums? Make sure you are fostering people development to their full potential, for them and for your business. Adopt some key metrics to measure your change agility. Be proactive rather than reactive to market change.

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Competition Metrics Demand Customer 148

Berkonomics

MAY 5, 2016

Another leadership development bit? Skip or stay, but think about your balance in leadership either way. You should be involved in development and review of the tactics to achieve those strategies you’ve mutually created. But if you have no time or are impatient, here are the three levels: visionary, strategic and tactical.

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Metrics Ideas Conference Email 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2021

Most business managers preach that the key to success is holding employees accountable for actions, but I have found that successful entrepreneurs are all about holding themselves accountable. Usually the real culprit is procrastination, lack of focus, or low productivity and lack of metrics. Wait and hope for a miracle.

Startup 164

Startup Class Entrepreneur Coach 164

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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CTO Hire Startup Metrics eHarmony 175

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2023

It’s all about contributing and being connected to team and company values for improving the lives of customers, or possibly a higher-level purpose, such as saving the environment. Another important driver of meaning at work is how the work relates to your career or personal development. Be clear about expectations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Weinfurter, talks about making the leap a couple of times himself, and the perspective he gained from many years of consulting with other companies who have done the same. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Separate marketing from sales for further leverage.

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Sales Metrics Guide Startup 147

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

Socially distant hiking in Sedona (we drove there) I recently wrote about my weight-loss journey over the past 18 months where I lost 65 pounds without a fad diet and returned to my college weight. I separately wrote about some food plans I use. I mostly talk about startups, technology & venture capital.

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Coach Startup Guide Journal 538

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Idea people often don’t get funded as entrepreneurs, because a new business is all about results, not just ideas. This work requires market feedback, managing trials, and working with the sales team as well as developers. Galvanizing: rally a team and customers for action. Assess your satisfaction and ability for this type of work.

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Activity Satisfaction Metrics Startup 108

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Unit costs are important, but don’t forget about the cash flow hit, extra storage costs, and the probability of obsolete inventory due to necessary updates or pivots. Yet I still see expense budgets based on traditional channels, with no strict metrics on cost of customer acquisition by channel, or lifetime customer value.

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Outsource Development Outsource Metrics Technical Review 122

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Implicit in effective marketing of yourself and your solution are a set of skills that every professional needs and can develop over time in business, whether their focus is on career advancement, or starting your own company. Maintaining an insatiable curiosity about change. Using metrics to measure results and commitments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Develop metrics with which to measure yourself and use these to incrementally expand and improve your offering as fast as the market and capital will allow. (validate your business model) Continuous improvement. Don’t stand still. Emeril Lagasse is always ready to “kick it up a notch!”

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