SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How will you be taking this to market? What are your key Startup Metrics ? Often this ties to marketing support. Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? What about reporting and moderation? Email - are you sending out emails periodically?

Develop 396

Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How will you be taking this to market? What are your key Startup Metrics ? Often this ties to marketing support. Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? What about reporting and moderation? Email - are you sending out emails periodically?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

TikTok is struggling to make a dent in the world of US and European ecommerce , and has now enlisted the help of a number of startups to try and reverse that trend and bring the Live Shopping craze sweeping Asia to other markets. Please fill in your email. By some metrics, certainly not. Please fill in your name.

Social Media 151

Social Media Startup Commerce News 151

Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

From its start in 2015, the number of registered users has “suddenly” climbed from 45 million in 2017 to a reported 300 million by the end of 2020. That compares with a reported 330 million for Twitter which had a nine-year head start and so much more free press from famous users over the years. Well-tuned metrics are an absolute must.

Sites 156

Sites Product Social Network Press 156

Berkonomics

APRIL 7, 2016

Here’s a formula for success… Let’s say you have been told by your board, by your chairman, CEO, or direct leader to solve three problems you identify and report back within a month showing progress – or that you have solved these three. Increase marketing effectiveness? Increase marketing effectiveness?

Metrics 120

Metrics Report Email Sales 120

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Live, right there in front of us, he opened his private admin dashboard with the stats from AppSumo and revealed what marketing campaigns failed, how much those cost as well as which ones succeeded and how much revenue those brought in. Their first few weeks in business we’d have brainstorming sessions on how to market.

Metrics 87

Metrics Email Startup Technical Review 87

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

We all know that funding markets have changed for startups. I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about. What is less understood are the consequences of these changes.

Venture Capital 352

Venture Capital Seed Funding Email Blogging 352

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Retail or end user web sites do not even receive limited notice without being discovered through a real marketing program, aimed at finding the flywheel effect (the moment. Dave’s syndicated cable show: The Berkus Report. Email readers, continue here.] Well-tuned metrics are an absolute must. Second: channels.

Social Network 179

Social Network Metrics Ideas Sites 179

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

With the power of the Internet, and the impact of the recent pandemic , the world of business services, such as accounting and marketing, have gone more and more remote. Generalized email blasts and social media ads may be great for finding interest in your services, but these are not enough to close and maintain new clients.

Services 121

Services Technical Review Social Media Case Study 121

Berkonomics

MARCH 31, 2016

We can invent lots of metrics to measure progress for a leader, including revenue, profit, employee satisfaction, cost containment, percentage of available market, and more. But there is one overwhelming method of appraising the effectiveness of a business leader.

Resource 120

Resource Satisfaction Metrics Course 120

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Anyone who has worked in a large company further knows that timing a product launch or a new marketing strategy has more to do with internal politics than reading market forces. When should you start a company?

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” He is not alone, according to a recent study , which concludes that only 47% of companies use social media today for marketing, despite the fact that 78% of executives polled feel it’s critical for success. What’s the problem?

Social Media 104

Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” According to this study from last year, over 65% of existing small businesses still ignore social media for marketing, so he is still the rule rather than the exception. Develop a marketing strategy specific to this media.

Social Media 88

Social Media Media Marketing Startup 88

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

David Loo: Ultimately, at the C-level, the CIO requires data metrics and intelligence, in order to compete and make decisions and take actions to further a company's agenda. The third part we're trying to help get into this is the service provider market. What specific problem were you seeing? So, it's quite new.

SaaS 113

SaaS Startup Customer Custom 113

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

But, what they could do, is if they provided a report on their progress, a weekly report or every other week, they would accumulate deal credit, which would enable them to get another deal. Andrwe Bermudez: We were able to get a lot of data using those tools, and then latched onto their email communications. It worked well.

Sales 145

Sales Startup Email Tool 145

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

So how do you use financial projections as valuation metrics when you know the odds of those being accurate predictors of the future are so very unreliable? As for listed elements, a medical device startup might replace “marketing risk” with “FDA approvals risk.”. Today, for me, that hurdle number is $20 million.

Startup 120

Startup Examples Metrics Marketing 120

InfoChachkie

MARCH 23, 2015

A company''s Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a beloved metric slavishly tracked and reported by product marketing and customer support executives of both established and nascent enterprises. However, rather than obsessing on a single metric, entrepreneurs should focus on improving their Net Profit Score.

.Net 100

.Net Startup Satisfaction Technical Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

When my friend’s small business was struggling a while back, I suggested he add some social media marketing initiatives, and his answer was that he was “too busy.” According to a recent Harvard Business Review article , only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively.

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 115

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

When my friend’s small business was struggling a while back, I suggested he add some social media marketing initiatives, and his answer was that he was “too busy.” According to a study of 1700 CEOs last year, only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively.

Social Media 106

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

MBO is very metrics driven, and their shareholder reports are dense with detailed, disciplined reporting that remind you that Rick is former Naval officer. They have 1 million registered users, and have not spent a dime on marketing. Marketing expense? $0. This is a company for the long haul.

Customer 97

Customer Custom Software Review SaaS 97

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

However, mobile devices have not only revolutionized the world of the consumer--they've also made inroads into the corporate market, changing how companies provide access to important information and data to their partners and employees. The use cases range from sales enablement to human resources, to executive reporting.

Mobile 170

Mobile Oracle Startup Content 170

Steve Reich

AUGUST 15, 2015

MindBody (MB on Nasdaq), just went public with a $500mm market cap, and they had a significant number of Pasadena Angel as investors. Take the time to shoot them a “what’s up” email monthly, and serious financial reports quarterly. Send that email. It’s good work if you can get it! The bad news?

Angel 40

Angel News Pasadena Angels Seed Funding 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Still, my wife had seen a report that almost all sun blocks for kids had a chemical known to be dangerous to kids. If I’m not mistaken, I may have been the first person to send out an angel “personal intro&# email on AngelList through their new platform when it launched or at least I was one of the first few.

Startup 292

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Summary 292

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Analysis on viral marketing, user experience, game design, and online ads. Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

We take a moment to discuss the investing world at large as Chance clears up some misnomers and provides surprising tidbits: “Media sources love reporting on large, sexy startup deals. The need for capital there, Chance reports, is much more dire. Clearing the Air. There’s also a diferent fluency in people who invest.

Invest 83

Invest Platform Entrepreneur Paramount 83

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

All it takes is an email address to start receiving our exclusive deals for sports tickets to your favorite teams in your city. We make it trivial to quickly aggregate and monitor your key metrics in real-time! Demeter Interactive is a digital marketing and communications firm based in Los Angeles, California. Diamond Sponsor.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91