Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2020

Define success metrics, and measure progress regularly. Too many entrepreneurs I know burn themselves out as this burden grows, and they are hesitant to use available tools or outsourcing non-critical tasks to allow scaling. If you have completed four out of five milestones, we can both see success in your future.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

What do we build in-house or outsource? What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? Technologies you use, how much will it cost, future capabilities, scalability, in-house vs. outsourced all intersect. What other kinds of systems will we likely need?

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

For example, does the team spend too much time pulling data and formatting reports, or managing IT tickets? Metrics, such as time-to-completion on individual tasks and workload balance, can provide a clearer understanding of how your resources are deployed, and how effective they are at certain tasks.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

What do we build in-house or outsource? What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? Accounting?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

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