Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

When you are starting a new business, every resource is precious, including time, funding, and people. Some chaos is normal in every new business, but many wait far too long before they install metrics based on “best practices,” and fail to attack obvious bottlenecks with a vengeance. Use multiple small orders at first.

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Outsource Development Outsource Metrics Technical Review 122

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

Marketing media content from real customers in real time is now commonplace via sites like Yelp, Foursquare, and online reviews. In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. Real customers.

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Marketing Framework Social Media Media 127

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2010

But very few are talking about how to measure your results, and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. Jim Sterne, who has written six books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in his recent book titled " Social Media Metrics."

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Social Media Metrics Media Satisfaction 84

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

For example, I’m not sure the world needs one more social media niche site, or another dating site, or yet another flavored drink alternative. Then you need to set goals and metrics to use as the benchmark for your own results and expectations. Use your passion to get there, not to set the goals.

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Startup Metrics Ideas Entrepreneur 162

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S. Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology.

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Media News 104

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S. Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology.

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Tips Startup Social Media News 161

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2019

But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. Measuring message delivery in social media is a lot like measuring it in classic advertising, so classic metrics apply. Get attention and reach your audience. Project the future.

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Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

Unfortunately, with limited resources, this isn’t possible, and it frustrates customers and the team. Most ecommerce sites highlight this feature. It’s important to define your growth strategy, document it, communicate it to your team, and align metrics and employee rewards to target goals.

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Technical Review Technical Advisors Startup Mentor 160

Berkonomics

JANUARY 28, 2016

Experian looked at three hundred brands and 21 billion emails – a few more than you or I have as a resource for our marketing intelligence. If you have not done so, let Google tell you whether your web site is responsive.

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Email Marketing Web Mobile 120

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Not every new game site is a Club Penguin or Minecraft. Retail or end user web sites do not even receive limited notice without being discovered through a real marketing program, aimed at finding the flywheel effect (the moment. Well-tuned metrics are an absolute must. It doesn’t happen by accident. Here is my list.

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Social Network Metrics Ideas Sites 179

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others. One thing to make clear, StartupRoar is a jump off point.

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Content Startup Social Media IP 175

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen. But it is an important metric for firms in pursuit of explosive growth. Raising capital isn’t the be all and end all of startup success.

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Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2017

But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. Measuring message delivery in social media is a lot like measuring it in classic advertising, so classic metrics apply. Get attention and reach your audience. Project the future.

Social Media 69

Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 69

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2019

Marketing media content from real customers in real time is now commonplace via sites like Yelp, Foursquare, and online reviews. In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. Real customers.

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Media Framework Social Media Metrics 95

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2013

But very few are talking about how to measure your results, and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. Jim Sterne, who has written many books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in his book titled " Social Media Metrics."

Social Media 102

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 102

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I challenge them to think beyond what I call linear extensions to a current trend, such as another “easier-to-use” app for smartphones, a new dating site for pets, or another niche social network. Do you have the resources to build a business? Keep alternative business models on the table.

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Entrepreneur Ideas Resource Examples 126

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 exist ), or another dating site (over 2500 in the US alone). It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Ownership.

Entrepreneur 64

Entrepreneur Coach Metrics Competition 64

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (over 2500 in the US alone). It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Ownership.

Coach 64

Coach Metrics Competition Ideas 64

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

In the media NYC is “hot” right now yet having just spent 6 days in NY I heard many similar stories as I get in LA: not enough VC and hard to get great tech resources. How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children).

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Marketing media content from real customers in real time is now commonplace via sites like Yelp, Foursquare, and online reviews. In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. Real customers.

Advertising 66

Advertising Marketing Startup Framework 66

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2015

Marketing media content from real customers in real time is now commonplace via sites like Yelp, Foursquare, and online reviews. In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. Real customers.

Marketing 100

Marketing Social Media Framework Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2013

A great resource for all is a new book by Drew Williams and Jonathan Verney, “ Feed the Startup Beast: A 7-Step Guide to Big, Hairy, Outrageous Sales Growth.” Focus your resources to convert prospects to customers. Use social media in concert with a web site and offline media. The planning is done, and now it’s time to execute.

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Sales Startup Metrics Customer 105

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Marketing media content from real customers in real time is now commonplace via sites like Yelp, Foursquare, and online reviews. In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. Real customers.

Media 101

Media Marketing Startup Framework 101

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The day after we shut down the site, we got an email from this company, saying they had a big opportunity they'd like to talk to us about. We had some investors very interested but wanted us to validate some metrics, so we spent time building things to prove those metrics. We had a lot of reasons we had to do a lot of things.

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Software Review Startup Metrics Content 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Social media is now one of the key marketing tools, but not the only one, so the challenge is to manage the resource tradeoffs effectively by constantly assessing payback versus cost. Your plan should include a well-designed web site, events, press releases, and search engine marketing (SEM). Don’t forget the metrics and analytics.

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Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a new book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S. Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology.

Startup 61

Startup Social Media News Tool 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2019

That means providing the tools and resources to do the job, without defining and micro-managing the exact process. Annual bonuses tied to production metrics are nice, but these will not generate the long-term trust and loyalty you need to set the culture. Empower teams to build their own work processes.

Customer 92

Customer Custom Mentor Training 92

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The best CEOs realize that they must transition from being individual contributors to team builders and adjudicators who settle conflicts of “resource allocations.” The best CEOs realize that they need to build organizations and hierarchy and delegate decision making while still holding their teams accountable.

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

If you don’t engage users with comprehensive and valid content the moment they enter your site, they are not likely to return. You need metrics to show dominant penetration of the relevant customer demographic, added value over existing media, and real customer testimonials of value. Business founders need deep pockets for this model.

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Advertising Content Social Media Satisfaction 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2015

Set your own metrics and rewards to map to results. Most startups don’t have the time or resources to send team members to formal training classes, either in-house or off-site. A common refrain I hear from team members in over their heads is how many hours they work and how busy they are. This doesn’t work in a startup.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2009

Our startup interview this morning is with Josh Stomel , founder of ResumeBucket (www.resumebucket.com), a new web site that is focused on helping people share their resumes with the world. Stomel--who is bootstrapping the startup from his recruiting firm, NeoHire--explained the site to us. What's the idea behind the site?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2015

In the state's eyes, merchants with nexus uses state resources like roads, which justifies collecting sales tax from buyers within their state. That may sound like a lot, until you consider that the metric is gross revenue, not profit. Sounds reasonable, right? In theory, the concept of nexus makes sense. Sadly, this is not the case.

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Sales Customer Custom Metrics 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Assess and commit the resources required. Implement metrics and analytics. Finally, remember that it takes time to establish and optimize your presence on social media sites. At this point you need executive buy-in, decide what you do personally, assess your staffing and out-sourcing requirements, and commit the budget.

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Social Media Media Startup Blogging 95

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. The real reason to build an MVP is to do early tests of key Startup Metrics for the business. " Once you have the metrics defined, it focuses your effort. To prove/disprove a hypothesis.

Technical Review 338

Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Crowd Seats is the only Group Buying/Daily Deals site for sports fans. has created a simple to use, online application for your business to create a mobile site and secure its mobile presence. The end user, regardless of the mobile device from which the website is being accessed, will see a mobile version of the your site!

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. Consultants Don’t Pivot, Founders Do - Steve Blank , May 13, 2010 Consultants can help startups leverage their limited resources. it’s about measuring online influence and I’m big on metrics as a key element of business planning; 2.) Here’s why. What should I do?’.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Matthew Graczyk is founder of angel-backed Zubican (www.zubican.com)--saw a problem, which was the difficulty of finding suppliers for products for businesses--and decided to solve the problem, with a site specifically targeted at helping B2B buyers and sellers connect. What's the Z-Score you have on your site?

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