Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2019

But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. If you don’t have a clear idea of why you are there, anything you measure will be useless. Social media is the realm of public opinion and customer conversations.

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Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 98

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2023

There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the leading edge (bleeding edge). Or you may decide that your dream was not really the great idea that you thought it was. Many of the major business successes started this way.

Social Media 92

Social Media Study Research Satisfaction 92

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2020

There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the leading edge (bleeding edge). Or you may decide that your dream was not really the great idea that you thought it was. Many of the major business successes started this way.

Startup 157

Startup Social Media Study Research 157

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2020

He speaks from a wealth of personal experience in private equity, as well as top executive positions at American Express, Sears, and Citigroup. Focus on two or three pertinent metrics in any situation. Unbundle projects into smaller elements, and personalize the top couple of metrics for each team. by Steven D.

Social Media 128

Social Media Metrics Customer Custom 128

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues. Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young.

Search Engine Optimization 124

Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 124

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

However, to be a great VC you have to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. They might be ideas they hatch internally (via a Foundry) or a founder who just left SpaceX and raises money to search for an idea. On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational.

Venture Capital 471

Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2017

But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. If you don’t have a clear idea of why you are there, anything you measure will be useless. Social media is the realm of public opinion and customer conversations.

Social Media 69

Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 69

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2013

But very few are talking about how to measure your results, and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. Jim Sterne, who has written many books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in his book titled " Social Media Metrics."

Social Media 102

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 102

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

There were no metrics. Him: On metrics. If we priced it based on any metrics your company would likely be worth less than 7 figures at your A round. “But lawyers will charge much more for equity.” Try doing THAT with equity. Is there ever a situation where a convertible note is a good idea?

Venture Capital 417

Venture Capital Capital Pricing Doc 417

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2018

He speaks from a wealth of personal experience in private equity, as well as top executive positions at American Express, Sears, and Citigroup. Focus on two or three pertinent metrics in any situation. Unbundle projects into smaller elements, and personalize the top couple of metrics for each team. by Steven D.

Social Media 96

Social Media Metrics Customer Custom 96

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues. Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young.

Startup 89

Startup Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 89

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues. Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young.

Startup 108

Startup Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 108

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

He speaks from a wealth of personal experience in private equity, as well as top executive positions at American Express, Sears, and Citigroup. Focus on two or three pertinent metrics in any situation. Unbundle projects into smaller elements, and personalize the top couple of metrics for each team. by Steven D.

Social Media 99

Social Media Metrics Customer Custom 99

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2017

We sold that to a very large private equity company. You have to make sure your cost of acquisition, retention rates, and conversion metrics are all in place. Scott Cannon: I had to go back, and really get operating metrics in place to know how to look at the business. Scott Cannon: I ran an international logistics company, MNX.

Startup 174

Startup Metrics Customer Custom 174

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the leading edge (bleeding edge). Or you may decide that your dream was not really the great idea that you thought it was. Many of the major business successes started this way.

Startup 65

Startup Social Media Study Research 65

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Cashflow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues. Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2014

There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the bleeding edge. Or you may decide that your dream was not really the great idea that you thought it was. Most equity investors tend to avoid truly disruptive technology startups, since they take longer and more money to scale.

Technology 103

Technology Entrepreneur Study Research 103

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Greathouse: How did you come up with the idea for ProductPlan? Semick: It wasn’t our first idea. We both had a laundry list of potential ideas and went through a validation on those ideas and eventually picked this opportunity of ProductPlan, because, based on our market validation, it has so much potential.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Berkonomics

JANUARY 16, 2014

Example: salary, equity, joint venture, etc… Can the business afford it? Clarify operation responsibilities and metrics used to measure performance. These include premature rejection of ideas by the other partner, prematurely judging others, one-sided financial consideration, and not sticking to core values.

Technical Review 204

Technical Review Startup Examples Metrics 204

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2016

There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the leading edge (bleeding edge). Or you may decide that your dream was not really the great idea that you thought it was. Many of the major business successes started this way.

Technology 57

Technology Startup Study Research 57

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

He believes that one of the financial metrics taught at business schools and reinforced by Wall Street has accelerated offshoring of industries. ” Money is not debt or equity but a “license to use their capital.” We also spoke about technology systems in the perspective of global competition. Stay Out of Jail.

Venture Capital 403

Venture Capital Education Offshore Outsource Development 403

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2010

I’ve heard the following so many times that it still makes me scratch my head, “if those guys are going to get rich off of our backs then we’re going to look like fools if we don’t have equity.&#. I’ve already made clear that I think raising equity from “strategic money&# is an oxymoron.

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Startup Sales Slides Metrics 298

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. First of all, any good business plan should demonstrate that you have done the homework to be an expert in your industry, and in what it takes to build a successful business from your idea.

Competition 113

Competition Metrics Startup Invest 113

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Mithril is struggling to compete against ferocious competition in the growth-stage equity market. 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. Alas, no $100 catered lunches.

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. First of all, any good business plan should demonstrate that you have done the homework to be an expert in your industry, and in what it takes to build a successful business from your idea.

Competition 116

Competition Metrics Startup Sales 116

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2015

You don’t raise as a way to test your idea. Expect to be diluted by 20-25% with each equity round. They’re typically issued at a 10-20% discount to equity depending on the timeframe; higher range is for longer timeframes. The bottom line is that you should raise to accelerate growth and in order to optimize market timing.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Equity Funding 40

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

However, on the other hand, some ideas are more sensitive than others especially in the development phase, and an entrepreneur should be careful to disclose the idea only to those in whom he/she has a reasonable level of trust and who are genuinely in a position to help the company. Sounds like a great group. How did you do that?

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

WordPress, by way of $15M via North Bridge Growth Equity in WPEngine. The idea is hard to refute; The United States is the economic powerhouse that it is because of a culture of innovation, entrepreneurs, and the “can do” attitude that makes it so distinct. Natural language merchandiser Compare Metrics.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. First of all, any good business plan should demonstrate that you have done the homework to be an expert in your industry, and in what it takes to build a successful business from your idea.

Invest 74

Invest Tips Competition Metrics 74

socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

What's the idea behind Maple Media? A lot of what we've been looking at are the metrics. They're an elite private equity firm, and what's even better is I can literally walk from my house to their office. We caught up with co-founder Clark Landry to chat about his new startup, which he co-founded with Michael Ritter.

Media 153

Media Mobile Startup Acquisition 153

CEO Flow

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

By Connie Loizos, of peHUB (Thomson-Reuter’s private equity blog). In the meantime, though I agreed not to identify the people gathered, I thought I’d share just some of the ideas and advice that surfaced during their get-together. “A New Support Group for CEOs Emerges&#.

Sales 40

Sales Metrics Organization Customer 40

CEO Flow

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

By Connie Loizos, of peHUB (Thomson-Reuter’s private equity blog). In the meantime, though I agreed not to identify the people gathered, I thought I’d share just some of the ideas and advice that surfaced during their get-together. “A New Support Group for CEOs Emerges&#.

Sales 40

Sales Metrics Organization Customer 40

CEO Flow

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

By Connie Loizos, of peHUB (Thomson-Reuter’s private equity blog). In the meantime, though I agreed not to identify the people gathered, I thought I’d share just some of the ideas and advice that surfaced during their get-together. “A New Support Group for CEOs Emerges&#.

Sales 40

Sales Metrics Organization Customer 40

SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

It’s generally a good idea to go through each of these line items to try to better understand what’s involved, especially for the ones that are bigger or that don’t seem to line up with your understanding of complexity. Provide the metrics you are trying to achieve.

Develop 280

Develop Development CTO Coach CTO Hire 280

SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

The short story is that he received 400+ responses and goes through how he categorized/vetted the responses: 300 Didn’t Fit – Outside expertise/interest, pushing for immediate funding assistance, too many ideas (not focused), looking for sales agents. see When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

Technical Review 170

Technical Review Technical Advisors CTO Coach Startup 170