Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2013

They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O. As I mentioned, this framework is powerful, but none of these elements are free. In any case, reframing the conversation from paid media marketing to the new framework requires a balance, and measurements along the way to better manage return on investment.

Media 101

Media Marketing Startup Framework 101

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2017

An example was Rob Thomas, the Producer of Veronica Mars, where we helped him partner with Kickstarter to help fund the Veronica Mars movie. I come from the agency business, where we're all about making deals, and the metrics that matter are revenue. In particular, the entertainment industry is not as metrics focused as a startup.

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Startup Content Metrics Platform 140

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

We're in the space, and leading the thought process on what needs to be combined, for example, CRM with ITSM tools, to create meaningful results that you can act on at the C-level. The company is all about data solutions which combine meaningful application frameworks together. How did you get into this?

SaaS 113

SaaS Startup Customer Custom 113

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Create an action plan with metrics. You spend the months influencing the influencers.

Social Media 62

Social Media Media Metrics SEO 62

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2013

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Create an action plan with metrics. You spend the months influencing the influencers.

Social Media 102

Social Media Media Product Metrics 102

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2014

For example, early adopters may be easily sold, but new technology product success really hinges on adoption by certain demographics, perhaps more influenced by celebrities or mommy bloggers. Define hard (data) and soft (anecdotal) metrics on the change, as well as on the quality of your leadership. How do I measure success?

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Startup Resource Metrics Technical Review 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2012

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little though given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Create an action plan with metrics. You spend the months influencing the influencers.

Social Media 91

Social Media Media Metrics SEO 91

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2013

For example, early adopters may be easily sold, but new technology product success really hinges on adoption by certain demographics, perhaps more influenced by celebrities or mommy bloggers. Define hard (data) and soft (anecdotal) metrics on the change, as well as on the quality of your leadership. How do I measure success?

Startup 101

Startup Resource Metrics Technical Review 101

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Our third-party seller business is an example of that. But we do it anyway, because we believe that the short-term metrics probably aren’t indicative of the long term.”. The framework I found which made the decision incredibly easy was what I called – which only a nerd would call – a ‘regret minimization framework’.

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Tips Startup Framework Custom 279

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

“There was no real framework for a $15 million fund at the time so I had to make one up … it was really sort of an experiment … I invested across Funds I & II in 90 companies” Jeff then raised $55 million in 2010 and $85 million in 2014.

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Venture Capital Startup Invest Cloud Computing 150

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

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. There is a huge amount of money sloshing around, and very few deals that are in that sweet spot between obvious and highly risky.

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2017

After learning from a board member about the Jobs To Be Done framework, the board and leadership team agreed that this approach, which explores what causes someone to hire or fire a product or service, could provide even more actionable insights. This work only took them so far, however.

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Research Organization Help Product 140

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Focusing on the metrics that ultimately drive the business, often the bottom line, has provided a reality check, a counter-weight to the desire to consume all new technologies. Vanilla node.js, MongoDB, Cassandra, and Apache Cordova for example. It's a fun and funny business to be in. But we're not going to put a client on Meteor.js

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Web Platform Technology JavaScript 200

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Klout Puts Metrics Into Social Media Management - Tim Berry's Blog - Planning Startups Stories , May 21, 2010 I really like klout.com for three good reasons: 1.) it’s about measuring online influence and I’m big on metrics as a key element of business planning; 2.) What should I do?’. Where Do You Fit? they released a new 2.0

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

While we entertain startup strategies such as being lean or agile, it’s impossible to ignore that, for example, LA has a culture of entertainment , Nashville that of music , New York, a culture of finance and fashion , and Silicon Valley, indeed, a culture of disruptive innovation. Natural language merchandiser Compare Metrics.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Once you build it, they will now ask you about the key metrics that they need proven in order to see if you really are a good investment. Examples might be a recommendation engine, search engine, matching engine or something with a complex interface. " Once you have the metrics defined, it focuses your effort.

Technical Review 338

Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

For example it includes the following kinds of things that a CTO should be addressing, but that may not be part of the expectation, time allocation, etc. What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? Accounting?

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CTO Coach CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop 231

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2016

Every entrepreneur needs a strategy, and some metrics to measure what’s working and how much it costs. He offers a framework I like with lots of practical guidance on how to evaluate possibilities, overcome obstacles, and generate measurable results: Identify alternatives that make sense for your business.

Marketing 58

Marketing Startup Social Media Newsletter 58

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

We're all using enum types here and there, we're all using the collections framework. The EnumSet.allOf(elementType) method is a great example. Take RegularEnumSet.equals(object) for example. It beats RegularEnumSet in all important metrics: Query speed ( contains(element) , etc.) Iteration speed Space consumed.

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Java Class Ideas Writing 330