Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Take accountability for execution by enabling success through resources, attention, and care. Define realistic metrics to keep track of progress. You need metrics to incentivize the right team behaviors. You can provide the discipline and the resources for results. If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

I'm going to be looking at aspects like: Things to consider before building your MVP Features often overlooked when documenting an MVP for developers Understanding important metrics you want to measure Risks and challenges in developing an MVP. Don't be fooled by a Common Misunderstanding in Agile Software Development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2023

Their challenge to me is how to integrate innovation into the thinking and process of every team, and measure the “ risk versus reward ” of resources expended. Resources are allocated across multiple business units, but the bulk of the organization still prioritizes the “day job.” Maturing proficiency with innovation metrics.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 5, 2013

It is most often missed assumptions about the market, the competition, the speed of adoption, or other critical metrics you’ve researched, or selected, or even just guessed at to create your plan. No-one challenged this number, and it became an unattributed source of the metric for market size for years.

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Metrics Startup Marketing Demand 239

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format. In fact, let me provide an important warning: If you create these documents, don't have input from a technical resource, take it to a development shop and they provide you a price. Go find a new technical resource.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2020

Leaseville, the pioneer in the virtual lease-to-own (LTO) space demonstrated strong metrics on its new product this year and is now poised to scale significantly. Conversely, another product launch wasted resources as leadership was so sure of its success that they were slow in monitoring performance for too long before abandoning it.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

However, 10 years after the software was first released, the kanban-based system is getting a major overhaul. The software now offers Timeline, Table, Dashboard, and Calendar views. You'll be able to link cards to external resources such as YouTube videos, Dropbox and Google Drive files as well as Stripe and Salesforce records.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2022

With the latest advances in software technology, it’s no longer cost-prohibitive for business entrepreneurs, who can’t yet afford a human resources department, to take advantage of analytics tools. Use data analysis and metrics to measure for results. Subjectively measuring employee engagement.

Tool 121

Tool Statistics Entrepreneur Metrics 121

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Buffer your projected resource requirements. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young. You will make mistakes.

Search Engine Optimization 103

Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 103

Berkonomics

AUGUST 15, 2013

A good dashboard of relevant real time information is now available for most any business, often created by computer software from data derived from monitoring real time tasks within the business. Earliest warning metrics: What good is information if you can’t act upon it in a timely manner?

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Metrics Software Review Statistics Technical Review 184

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

No matter how passionately you believe that everyone needs one, and positive feedback from friends and early adopters (false positives), before you invest in scaling the business, make sure you set and meet good metrics in cost of customer acquisition, recurring sales, and margin. Gather your resources before scaling the business.

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Technical Review Case Study Mentor Software Review 131

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

Simple metrics and your personal knowledge of the industry can’t keep up with all the relevant competitive forces. Apple pulled ahead of other mobile phones in its early days largely because it cultivated an ecosystem of software developers who created iPhone apps to meet every consumer niche and need.

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Competition Software Review Social Media Custom 142

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), probably won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. But it is an important metric for firms in pursuit of explosive growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Leaders and investors need to know if you have and are tapping into your key sources of relevant data, including web analytics, sales management data, and customer relationship management (CRM) software. You must have a strong Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) with a clear strategy for spending, and metrics to gauge results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Buffer your projected resource requirements. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young. You will make mistakes.

Search Engine Optimization 124

Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 124

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 23, 2009

The technique, “OST” (objective, strategies and tactics), is a very good way to organize your effort to find guideposts and then develop metrics to measure progress. Create a hosted “software as a service” or “on demand” addition to our product line by end of (next) year. Email readers continue here.] What is a strategy?

Organization 159

Organization Metrics Demand Resource 159

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Jim Semick: I’ve been launching and managing software products for 15 years now, going back to when you and I worked together at Expertcity before it was acquired by Citrix. We build product roadmap software – it’s a SaaS company based here in Santa Barbara, California. Who is Mr. Semick and what is ProductPlan all about?

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

I provided a whole set of questions that I go through with founders before Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything. What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? Accounting?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2019

Set target date milestones and metrics to gauge progress. The best are determined to do one thing well, rather than many things poorly, with limited resources. I once worked in a software startup that continually delayed initial shipment to add new features, based on feedback from early adopters and competitor concerns.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. Sam began drawing out plans for a new way to provide storage after he had horrific experiences with traditional storage after the storm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), probably won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. But it is an important metric for firms in pursuit of explosive growth.

Startup 97

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

There are hundreds of consultants out there who will take your money for guidance in this area, but I recommend that you start with some free resources on the Internet, or one of the many recent books on this topic. Check your brand definition against the clarity of this one from Xerox for office software.

Social Media 58

Social Media Media Platform Tool 58

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Buffer your projected resource requirements. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young. You will make mistakes.

Startup 89

Startup Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 89

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Buffer your projected resource requirements. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young. You will make mistakes.

Startup 108

Startup Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 108

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Build an organization-specific baseline by understanding the threat landscape and available resources. 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.

Training 40

Training Outsource Organization Resource 40

Tech.Co

APRIL 30, 2018

The team at Headai creates software bots to help automate everyday intellectual tasks. Lovelytics has utilized many of the resources and benefits Arlington has to offer, which led to early success, new clients, and a growing network of partners and mentos for our team,” said Scott Love, CEO and founder of Lovelytics.

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Startup Tool Platform Metrics 70

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2017

With the latest advances in software technology, it’s no longer cost-prohibitive for business entrepreneurs, who can’t yet afford a human resources department, to take advantage of analytics tools. Use data analysis and metrics to measure for results. Subjectively measuring employee engagement.

Tool 53

Tool Entrepreneur Statistics Metrics 53

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Cashflow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Buffer your projected resource requirements. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young. You will make mistakes.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

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. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. But it is an important metric for firms in pursuit of explosive growth.

Startup 109

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

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. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. But it is an important metric for firms in pursuit of explosive growth.

Sites 59

Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

We've created a compelling way to communicate that data to the manager at 7-11, wh ois not a data analyst--but is powerful enough to use all the way up to the CEO, to track the metrics of the business. The use cases range from sales enablement to human resources, to executive reporting. Or, it can come directly out of a database.

Mobile 170

Mobile Oracle Startup Content 170

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

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. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. But it is an important metric for firms in pursuit of explosive growth.

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2017

Figure out what is working, and put more resources on that. We're trying everything under the sun, and we're keeping very close track on all of those things, so we can very quickly discontinue things that don't work, identify those that work, and put more resources on those things. Fail fast, if you are going to fail.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 29, 2014

Professional athletes in the past (and present) always had the money and resources to measure and gather every bit of information to keep them at pristine shape, but all an average person had was a weight scale and a mirror to help determine if they were heading in the right or wrong direction.

Social Media 83

Social Media Activity Startup Help 83

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Consultants Don’t Pivot, Founders Do - Steve Blank , May 13, 2010 Consultants can help startups leverage their limited resources. You could just outspend. Here’s why. Your Process Doesn’t Work.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

To grow faster businesses need resources in today’s financial period to fund growth that may not come for 6 months to a year. So while the simplest way that people often evaluate stocks is by P/E ratios (price-to-earnings), one also needs to look at other metrics such as the PEG (price-to-earnings-growth). [of Not necessarily.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

We give visibility to the location, status, and history of resources in healthcare. We change the paradigm, and we only do an entire institution, the entire hospital or enterprise--every square foot--anywhere resources can travel. We're software-as-a-service, all of its encrypted, and we're more secure than hospitals.

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