Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

It is what is commonly referred to as “vanity metrics” as in, “Look at how many more followers I got us! Clicks are also a simple measure that you can get from basic link tracking packages. End of story. That’s all “top of funnel” analysis that leaves you flying blind as a marketer.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In terms of employee relations and safety, they want Netflix to recruit trans people, especially BIPOC, for leadership roles, allow employees to remove themselves from previous promotional content like allyship and diversity videos, and eliminate references and imagery of transphobic titles and talent in the workplace.

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Berkonomics

JULY 27, 2023

With a wide track, angled aggressively at the curves, and being told to hug the wall on the straightaways, there was little reference available to a novice driver as to speed. That’s how you would feel if you ran your company without a dashboard containing relevant metrics that drive your company. and great, relevant metrics?

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Structured Data refers to information organized in a defined manner, making it easier to search and analyze. Here's a suggested approach: Ground Truth Creation: Design a test dataset with established answers or recognized documents to serve as a reference point. Strive for a balanced outcome.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Tool Knowledge Base 348

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Imagine the “typical&# deal – somebody comes into a VC’s office, they’ve never met, they’re highly referred by a friend and they’re pitching a product demo and a PPT. And make sure you have some metrics or some way of demonstrating why you believe this is going to be a really big market.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

The study was conducted using historical emissions data and did not include the “scope three” emissions, which refer to the greenhouse gas emissions created by service providers for the city’s operations.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2010

As startup entrepreneurs we all want to work with them because having their name as reference clients makes it so much easier for marketing, PR, selling to other customers, fund raising and even recruiting. Subjective warrants – I also see warrants given out without hard metrics. Large companies can be strange sometimes.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I like to refer back to them when you come by 9–12 months later for your next meeting and I like to see how your strategy, your narrative and your numbers have changed. Sure, I wouldn’t want that in my competitors hands, but in a million years I’d never send that before my first meeting so it shouldn’t affect you anyways.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 22, 2009

For example, I think that looking at Startup Metrics and the implications around that would be a really interesting conversation. What are the objectives / goals: Learning Getting to know each other Helping each other with issues we face Referring business, people, etc. Right now the conversation is about visible networking.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Any thoughts on my recent post Startup Metrics ? The Startup Metrics post is a good example of what I call “holocognics.” Startup Metrics discusses what a Startup needs to consider before “going live.” Right now we have a lot of Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw work that crosses over between the two facets of our firm.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

Take a look at Startup Metrics. A lot of value is derived through being able to reach out in order to convert, retain, refer, etc. Again, I think it makes sense for Disqus – but this complexity may make the simplest form of third party authentication not make sense for most startups.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This isn’t just our opinion - our startup metrics prove it! Maybe those references to TFA sound like bragging, or he thinks “passion for numbers” sounds silly. Everyone struggles with empty text boxes. Populating them can be hard work, especially when the content needs to be just right.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 297

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

In a world where it’s easier to judge the immediate value of a business, I know that metrics like “time on site&# matter. With an open link that refers you there. Get people to your website and never let them leave. That’s what AOL was. A “walled garden.&#. And they will continue to do so. On the open web.

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Social Media Google Media Startup 274

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

If you don't want to use Guava, then wrap the modifiable Enum{Set,Map} instances in Collections.unmodifiableSet(set) or Collections.unmodifiableMap(map) and throw away the direct references to the modifiable collections. It beats RegularEnumSet in all important metrics: Query speed ( contains(element) , etc.)

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

It was obviously a joke and a reference to the supposed Bin 38 meeting. If you do a $1 million angel round at $6 million pre-money and hope to do a Series A round for $2-3 million that’s fine as long as you’re doing awesome against your metric goals and the market continues to be frothy. Price creep hurts investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Alex is a Silicon Valley veteran and Cisco executive, often referred to as the ‘innovation therapist,’ who details his knowledge of many real-world cases and specifics on how to keep up with change and win in the marketplace. Define realistic metrics to keep track of progress. You need metrics to incentivize the right team behaviors.

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Technical Review Metrics Resource Software Review 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2020

Even if you don’t have previous businesses to reference, relate examples of your problem solving ability and determination in other contexts. Many aspiring entrepreneurs are so focused on their technology, that they display no interest or credible understand of the financials and metrics of growing a business.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

He had always read all of the materials, gone through the metrics, done pre-calls with the CEO and was always respectful in how he walked through the challenges of the company and our remedies. Here is some help for the young ones if you don’t follow my old school reference ;-)). Conclusions?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

They've got some nice metrics behind them. That said, and most venture guys say this, but I'll say it again--it is best to have a warm introduction and to be referred in. Verve we coinvested with the Associated Press, and they're up and running and aggressively growing the de-facto, standard mobile CMS for the newspaper industry.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 3, 2013

CRM companies like Salesforce.com used to refer to themselves as Sales Force Automation (SFA) companies. I often describe the similarities between what the automated advertising industry is doing and how CRM developed. Let’s start with the first form of CRM. Sales reps, however, were resistant.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We actually approached him for a referral, and when he saw the work we were setting out to do, he referred himself. Why that it is important, is the metrics associated with this is are how scalable it is. Robin knew Dan from his previous entrepreneurial ventures, and we needed someone with Dan's background.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

He was just trying to collect more data for his startup on what was happening on real estate deals that the company had been referring to brokers. After refining their metrics even more, they doubled their performance, and then quadrupled it. We ran that for 90 days, and within 45 days, their performance doubled.

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Sales Startup Email Tool 145

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Here are ten key questions you should ask in selecting any recruiter or firm: What are your search successful completion metrics? This is often referred to as the “stick” rate for new hires. Competent recruiters should be willing to share the percentage of searches that they actually complete.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2017

The behaviors that people refer to as “perfectionistic” range from a healthy inclination to get things done very well to never-complete behaviors based on unrealistic standards and dreams. Deadlines and results are just two of the many metrics you must use in business to measure yourself and others on motivation and productivity.

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Satisfaction Startup Metrics Product 53

Jason Nazar

JUNE 1, 2016

Have your slides there, reference the key points as needed, but keep the focus on each other — not a slideshow. Communicate these metrics in the first five minutes of your meeting. Why have investors focused on your computer instead of you? Expect to Be Interrupted. There are no awards for the best-prepared speech.

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Slides Startup Entrepreneur Metrics 49

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

And through this process, by function of connecting with experienced entrepreneurs, you’ll build up relationships and find people who can refer you to resources and/or investors. It will allow you to throw the learn quick mistakes out, things that make investors say no thanks. As an entrepreneur, this is a terrible and common mistake.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

MW: It’s a geeky reference to a type of sequel statement where you’re doing a “left join”. That portion we call data aggregation where you are looking at one metric across a lot of different data sources. We will be releasing actual mobile apps down the road, but right now we have device-friendly HTML 5 web applications.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2015

Examples of milestones: traction as measured by user numbers and user engagement; financial metrics such as cash flow and revenue. include reference and link to article about milestone fundraising]. This will set you up for step function increases in valuation when you hit those milestones. Choose lead investors with deep pockets.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

If your business name is anywhere in it or it references a business whatsoever, choose business and make sure your business logo is easily visible. After your filter stops running, you’ll be able to see the results in the “metrics” tab of your account. And submit! It will tell you uses and views.

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Customer Custom Snapchat Design 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

Your historical trading information including financials and a “customer file” which shows the history of your transactions so that investors can run “cohort” analyses Customer reference, personal references, key team members, compensation, cap table, stock option plan, etc. Reference Calls I do the exact same for reference calls.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Email 336

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit. What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost?

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 23, 2015

A company''s Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a beloved metric slavishly tracked and reported by product marketing and customer support executives of both established and nascent enterprises. However, rather than obsessing on a single metric, entrepreneurs should focus on improving their Net Profit Score. Shots On Goal.

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.Net Startup Satisfaction Technical Review 100

InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

In particular, references from senior executives at the investor’s portfolio companies are especially effective. If you are deploying a freemium business model, test your upsell strategy on a portion of your users to establish concrete free-to-paid conversion metrics.

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Venture Capital Capital Research Customer 236

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2022

There is no substitute for location visits, reference checks, and other due diligence before signing contracts. Use metrics on key deliverables to assure quality results. The result is low productivity, mistakes, and poor customer experiences. Your business image will spiral downward. Big growth takes big investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2012

This refers to the often extended period of consideration, negotiation, and decision to purchase, during which far too many transactions fall through. You need a reliable system of metrics to measure your performance here. You have to create customer preference at this moment or the customer will vanish – probably forever.

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Customer Custom Startup Competition 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

This refers to the often extended period of consideration, negotiation, and decision to purchase, during which far too many transactions fall through. You need a reliable system of metrics to measure your performance here. You have to create customer preference at this moment or the customer will vanish – probably forever.

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Customer Custom Competition Metrics 88

InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2015

Lifestyle businesses are typically looked upon with derision by investors, as they generally do not have economic metrics that lead to large exits. According to Wardog, “We registered the domain www.standuppaddlesurfing.com on October 21, 2005, before the sport was even referred to as ‘standup paddle surfing.’”

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