Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2023

Most business metrics I see compare current performance to your own previous experience, rather than your performance compared to industry standards and competitors. While your initial idea was new and not envisioned by others, it is now out there for others to attack with copies and enhancements.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

amSTATZ is an online community that brings fitness professionals, athletes and fitness events together into one place. Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

He reminded us many times that he is not perfect and 86% of ideas fail. That most of our ideas will not work, but we need to review why each one failed and what we can learn from them in order to progress. Noah has what I believe he called “Thank You metrics”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Although many won’t admit it, true entrepreneurs can’t wait to exit their current startup, and build a new and better one with their next great idea. New startup founders keep all the operating metrics they need in their head. At minimum, you need to get an exit advisor to keep you on course.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Put it behind you by setting your own realistic metrics for success and happiness. Thus it’s clear to me that your journey from corporate America to being an entrepreneur does not begin with just an innovative idea, or an annoying dissatisfaction. Be prepared to experiment. Build the courage to “think different.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

Your favorite investor told you this was a bad idea. Create company measures for success that go beyond financial metrics. You manage what you measure so be careful about having too narrowly defined of performance metrics. It will bring down your overall margins but will produce profitable revenue. I know, I know.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2021

Although many won’t admit it, true entrepreneurs can’t wait to exit their current startup, and build a new and better one with their next great idea. New startup founders keep all the operating metrics they need in their head. At minimum, you need to get an exit advisor to keep you on course.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2022

Analyze market events in the context of emerging trends. You need to solicit diverse and creative ideas from outliers, and people who are willing to take a risk, even if you don’t agree. Put metrics in place to track decision results. Quick decisions and biases can be very costly. For this to work requires trust on both sides.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Strategy must be a process, with an implementation system behind it, rather than just a periodic event. This must include metrics and tracking, with the necessary systems and resources to act, recalibrate, and iterate as required. Replace strategic planning with a change process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2020

This means you set goals, milestones, and metrics, and are able to provide financial projections to support funding requirements. Other people in business judge your character by how major events and influences have shaped your personal development, and will likely impact your response to new situations. Everyone has a story.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2017

Along the way, we've also attracted almost 1,000 talent seekers, from event planners, to venue managers, to talent managers. We're fortunate that we've been able to kickstart the marketplace, by having so musicians and bands already in place. We did not start from scratch on that side, either. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Define metrics to measure what you want to achieve. Respectful conflict surfaces and refines new ideas. Making sure the best idea wins, not the most powerful person, promotes a sense of teamwork and leadership trust from deep within an organization. Granting trust is a strong signal that motivates returning the favor.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It was a great conversation and I thought it would be a good idea to do some visible networking with Aaron to get to know him better. Any thoughts on my recent post Startup Metrics ? The Startup Metrics post is a good example of what I call “holocognics.” Many entrepreneurs have an idea but don’t know how to monetize it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2020

Put it behind you by setting your own realistic metrics for success and happiness. Thus it’s clear to me that your journey from corporate America to being an entrepreneur does not begin with just an innovative idea, or an annoying dissatisfaction. Be prepared to experiment. Build the courage to “think different.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2018

As an advisor to many new venture founders, I often hear their frustration at being told by investors “I love your idea, but come back when you have more traction.” It takes real money to sustain a business, with a margin in the 50 percent range, and some realistic milestones and metrics. Traction is marketing and sales results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2011

A startup begins with a great idea, but all too often, that’s where it ends. Ideas have to be implemented well to get the desired results. That’s why investors invest in entrepreneurs, rather than ideas. Measuring performance may seem self-evident, but many entrepreneurs mistake this task as a point-in-time or a one-time event.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Its interesting to think about how universities might want to have their staff better aligned with moving ideas from the lab to start-ups. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. In my experience, this has been really hard to do successfully. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The Annual TechZulu Startup Forecast is one of our most anticipated events. For a full breakdown of each of our speakers’ backgrounds, visit our event info site ! For those who missed the sold out event, shame on you (just kidding, we’re sorry to have missed you). Let’s Talk Bitcoin. Projection for 2014?

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

After the event, we caught up, Parker Thompson , Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) charged with leading Batch 8. There’s just something about being able to to connect to a startup that is at the same stage as you are, to come up with ideas and solutions together.” First, A Look Inside 500 Startups. ” Demo Day.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Although many won’t admit it, true entrepreneurs can’t wait to exit their current startup, and build a new and better one with their next great idea. New startup founders keep all the operating metrics they need in their head. At minimum, you need to get an exit advisor to keep you on course.

Startup 98

Startup Entrepreneur Metrics Acquisition 98

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

At the same time, when I saw an old colleague at an event at UCLA a few weeks back, we both were discussing how hard we felt it was to predict success in this kind of venture. But even if you came to me with that idea, Im not sure I would have bought it. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events.

CTO Coach 150

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

Every black book comes with a passcode system (thankfully), a dashboard that tracks total rendezvous over time (an important metric for the analyticals in life), date, locations, and details of each encounter. The idea came about after founder, Jonathan Eppers, found himself constantly fending off questions from friends about his adventures.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

If anyone has ideas on how to reach into to find candidates or other ways to find good people, I would love to hear it. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. in Computer Science. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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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.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 20, 2012

Last week, I attended an event hosted by The Los Angeles User Experience Meetup at Cross Campus in Santa Monica. I had a brief interview before the event got started with the very sweet and funny, Mr. Reiss. Reiss doesn’t agree with people that are separating one idea into two different subject matters.

Social Media 101

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

The evening will consist of a series of live stage demonstrations guaranteed to impress and inspire new ideas among all in attendance. This way we keep the questions fresh and up to date with current events. We make it trivial to quickly aggregate and monitor your key metrics in real-time! Event Details. to 10:00 p.m.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Nevertheless, it was fantastic showcase of new ideas and a glimpse into the future of tech. Alex Taub – Social Rank , Twitter metrics and engagement tool. Micki Krimmel – Creative District , combining idea makers with creative professionals. The brainchild idea of our very own live stream and PR wiz, Justin Sewell.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Take a look at other sites: [link] But the overall idea is to provide branded search in order to get merchandise from your artist, star, etc. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. I actually think this is a pretty innovative model. in Computer Science.

CTO Coach 150

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Put it behind you by setting your own realistic metrics for success and happiness. Thus it’s clear to me that your journey from corporate America to being an entrepreneur does not begin with just an innovative idea, or an annoying dissatisfaction. Be prepared to experiment. Build the courage to “Think Different.”

Entrepreneur 100

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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?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Most are not event addressing it, and even in the instances they are, the typical format is to have a specialist come in for a workshop, to train just small percentage of an organization. Why that it is important, is the metrics associated with this is are how scalable it is. It's the idea of bringing a modern web experience to this.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Put it behind you by setting your own realistic metrics for success and happiness. Thus it’s clear to me that your journey from corporate America to being an entrepreneur does not begin with just an innovative idea, or an annoying dissatisfaction. Be prepared to experiment. Build the courage to “Think Different.”

Satisfaction 57

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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.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Making ideas reality : dependency. ” SOME ANECDOTES AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES: Jen expresses her playful chagrin towards users when she’s been told they had no idea there was a new update/feature/product. Instead, focus on what metric outputs, more views, more downloads? Empathy, breath, communication : focus.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

VaynerMedia used it for a number of event-based activations. So far, I’ve seen brands use them for events they host. For a ballpark figure of what that looks like, I targeted a city block in Austin, Texas for a book event just last week. The event lasted for four hours, and in total I spent $32.44. Now, anyone can do it.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2014

I looked at and thought I can take that basic concept and develop my own idea. Also, many other health monitoring devices do provide other metrics, but require you to wear all day as well. That was born out not only of my own desires but also my patients’ who were having problems.”.

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