Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

And if you have a plan but do not share it with your direct reports, then they are acting without motivation toward mutual goals, without metrics to measure their progress toward the goals, and without the leadership that makes great winners. He keeps metrics for each team member to see, including yards gained, passes completed, games won.

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Coach Metrics Training Guide 192

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Use metrics to support judgment in decisions. Metrics should be seen as guides, helping to direct and support good behavior, but not absolute measurements of good or bad judgment and wisdom. Metrics are necessary to acquire knowledge and turn it into action. What gets measured gets done.

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Develop Development Coach Metrics 103

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

So, I’ve developed the three-step dance in order to help form a repeatable method of how to create a great company from an early idea. The iPad probably would have failed before production, had he used feedback and research from past failures of tablets in any previous form as a guide. The three-step dance method.

Product 156

Product Customer Custom Ideas 156

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2021

Usually the real culprit is procrastination, lack of focus, or low productivity and lack of metrics. Smart entrepreneurs know they must deliver a quality product, develop a winning business model, and attract real customers. Wait and hope for a miracle. All that’s left is to commit and deliver.

Startup 164

Startup Class Entrepreneur Coach 164

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. The real question you should be asking is "When I've built this product and show you the following metrics, would you invest?" What The Heck Does “Traction” Really Mean To A VC?

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Metrics Venture Capital News Product 264

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If you want to build and maintain a creative culture in your organization, you need to make sure your operation is guided by these seven critical strategies: Fuel passion. To promote passion, you need to develop a sense of purpose, promote collaboration, and have fun. With a team full of passion, you can accomplish just about anything.

Competition 135

Competition Netflix Ideas Metrics 135

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2022

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. Use data analysis and metrics to measure for results. Bigger organizations should invest in the new “big data” tools.

Tool 121

Tool Statistics Entrepreneur Metrics 121

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

So, I’ve developed the three step dance in order to help form a repeatable method of how to create a great company from an early idea. The iPad probably would have failed before production, had he used feedback and research from past failures of tablets in any previous form as a guide. And most of us are not Steve Jobs.

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Company Companies Startup Customer 229

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Switch your attention from product development to sales. Managing business growth is more than metrics. You can hire the best salespeople, have great products and define good metrics, but without decisive and innovative managers, the sales organization will not reach its full potential. Neither is effective without the other.

Startup 97

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 97

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

I’m just your guide but you’re going to feel great when this is over. Peloton gives you individual coaches that guide you through being your best self and make you want to turn up and do more, do better and do it more often. If you’re not able to identify your bad choices and develop a plan you’re never going to fix them.

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Coach Startup Guide Journal 538

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In my own business career, many years as a business advisor, and mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I have validated the following strategies to practice and guide you. On tough issues, I recommend the use of brainstorming with colleagues, to expand your efforts, and develop a half-dozen alternatives. Then pick the best one.

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Satisfaction Mentor Study Startup 152

TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Enhancing Front-End Product Search We also developed a front-end search tool that revolutionized the way users search for products. This anticipated content then serves as a query, guiding the retrieval of pertinent documents. It's a proactive approach, ensuring that the search mechanism stays a step ahead.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Tool Knowledge Base 346

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Switch your attention from product development to sales. Managing business growth is more than metrics. You can hire the best salespeople, have great products and define good metrics, but without decisive and innovative managers, the sales organization will not reach its full potential. Neither is effective without the other.

Startup 108

Startup Sales Metrics Entrepreneur 108

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

If you want to build and maintain a creative culture in your organization, you need to make sure your operation is guided by these seven critical strategies: Fuel passion. To promote passion, you need to develop a sense of purpose, promote collaboration, and have fun. With a team full of passion, you can accomplish just about anything.

Company 90

Company Companies Competition Netflix 90

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Switch your attention from product development to sales. Managing business growth is more than metrics. You can hire the best salespeople, have great products and define good metrics, but without decisive and innovative managers, the sales organization will not reach its full potential. Neither is effective without the other.

Startup 56

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 56

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

There are CEOs that always seem to guide their companies to the right place at the right time and drive their stock valuations up. 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. Some more on metrics design and quantification.

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Switch your attention from product development to sales. Managing business growth is more than metrics. You can hire the best salespeople, have great products and define good metrics, but without decisive and innovative managers, the sales organization will not reach its full potential. Neither is effective without the other.

Sales 96

Sales Metrics Startup Entrepreneur 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2015

Usually the real culprit is procrastination, lack of focus, or low productivity and lack of metrics. Smart entrepreneurs know they must deliver a quality product, develop a winning business model, and attract real customers. Wait and hope for a miracle. All that’s left is to commit and deliver.

Startup 116

Startup Entrepreneur Class Coach 116

SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 9:30 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Invest CTO Coach Southern California 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

He tells us: If you’re starting a new internet company, its important to know who your audience is, and to make sure that you don’t let your own experience and that of other Time Poor people guide you wrong. This is an interesting concept and not something Ive seen articulated this way.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 5:02 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

March 14, 2007 10:47 AM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Software 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 12:50 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Networking 150

Networking CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

If you want to build and maintain a creative culture in your organization, you need to make sure your operation is guided by these seven critical rules: Fuel passion. To promote passion, you need to develop a sense of purpose, promote collaboration, and have fun. With a team full of passion, you can accomplish just about anything.

Competition 65

Competition Netflix Ideas Metrics 65

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

However, he quickly discovered the deal data the company was collecting was not just data--but a guide to the best practices on helping brokers close more deals, quickly. We all know that you develop better rapport with someone, cement relationships, and have a lot more commitment to someone when we do that.

Sales 145

Sales Startup Email Tool 145

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2016

Usually the real culprit is procrastination, lack of focus, or low productivity and lack of metrics. Smart entrepreneurs know they must deliver a quality product, develop a winning business model, and attract real customers. Wait and hope for a miracle. All that’s left is to commit and deliver.

Entrepreneur 59

Entrepreneur Startup Class Coach 59

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 2:57 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

MyShape 150

MyShape CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

Southern California 150

Southern California CTO Coach CTO Hire Social Media 150

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2013

If you want to build and maintain a creative culture in your organization, you need to make sure your operation is guided by these seven critical rules: Fuel passion. To promote passion, you need to develop a sense of purpose, promote collaboration, and have fun. With a team full of passion, you can accomplish just about anything.

Product 92

Product Competition Netflix Ideas 92

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2017

For a hands-on guide in developing data-driven people strategies, I found some practical techniques in a new book, “ The Data Driven Leader ,” by Jenny Dearborn and David Swanson. Use data analysis and metrics to measure for results. Bigger organizations should invest in the new “big data” tools.

Tool 53

Tool Entrepreneur Statistics Metrics 53

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2011

Metrics-Guided. He went on to explain a bit about the customer development model from Blanks: State business model assumptions. Lean Approach. Model-Focused. Vision-Driven (You’re definitely going to need a strong vision when those sleepless nights, crying kids, and angry spouse enter the picture).

Startup 86

Startup Santa Monica Los Angeles Custom Development 86

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2012

If you want to build and maintain a creative culture in your organization, you need to make sure your operation is guided by these seven critical rules: Fuel passion. To promote passion, you need to develop a sense of purpose, promote collaboration, and have fun. With a team full of passion, you can accomplish just about anything.

Startup 100

Startup Competition Netflix Ideas 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

And finally, Scott demonstrated his internal management tool for managing the metrics of his business. Money to be used for hiring and additional product development. A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. Includes content mobile guides, ie.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2011

If you want to build and maintain a creative culture in your organization, you need to make sure your operation is guided by these seven critical rules: Fuel passion. To promote passion, you need to develop a sense of purpose, promote collaboration, and have fun. With a team full of passion, you can accomplish just about anything.

Startup 92

Startup Competition Netflix Ideas 92

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

In today's world, people are lonely, and they are really looking for someone to mentor them, to guide them, to hold them accountable. Third, there's ultimately the real opportunity to develop scientific, validated metrics for wellness. It's all about the app, or the computer screen, or the data.

Coach 100

Coach Startup Study Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

So with operations in four key cities and recurring revenue now firmly above $10 million per year and with 10,000+ customers we realized that we needed a proper CFO to guide our growth. Startups are messy and development is seldom linear and up-and-to-the right. They are filled with growth spurts and setbacks.

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. it’s about measuring online influence and I’m big on metrics as a key element of business planning; 2.) Legendary customer support.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248