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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

What are your key Startup Metrics ? Registration Do you plan to support Google Sign-In, Facebook Connect, or similar 3rd-party authentication? Analytics/Metrics What key startup metrics will you need to track? What metrics will you need for future funding rounds or operations? How will you be taking this to market?

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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

Both Sides of the Table

There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial metrics or even how to think about which ones are healthy. Payback Period!!!”

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Google Maps Mobile

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Its works great.

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8 Growth Practices That Every Startup Needs To Follow

Startup Professionals Musings

Pick a single metric that is the focus for all growth. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Less is more.

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5 Steps To Strategy Tuning Through Machine Learning

Startup Professionals Musings

With the speed of change and volume of market feedback today, as well as the advances in machine learning, Amazon, Alibaba, and others have proven the value of software driven strategy decisions. Only smart software can plow through the volume of live data, recognizing trends, customers, and match offerings to reality.

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Be Honest About Whether Your Product Really Makes a Difference

Both Sides of the Table

” I have seen many companies move rapidly up-and-to-the-right by Google search rankings only to crash when they rewrite the algorithm or start competing by offering the same service directly on the SERP. It’s ok to live-and-die by Google early. Not vanity metrics. Push yourself hard to be honest with yourself.

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Driving User Engagement With FEM's Video Recommendations

socalTECH

Can software algorithms help drive more user engagement and video views for publishers? Rachel Payne , the CEO and one of the co-founders of FEM, is a veteran of Google, and is taking her experience there and applying it into the video recommendations and engagement area. The metrics are very solid.

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