TechEmpower
JULY 31, 2023
Next, define what you need from a metrics and reporting standpoint. Startup Metrics with Dave McClure Dave McClure has a great presentation on Startup Metrics where he points to some additional metrics that are useful to consider: A : Acquisition - Where / what channels do users come from?
SoCal CTO
OCTOBER 8, 2009
A post by Fred Wilson pointed me to Dave McClure's Startup Metrics presentation. Define what you need from a metrics and reporting standpoint. Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp, Sept 2009) View more documents from Dave McClure. You only build what you need to prove that model.
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 6, 2010
That might work for $50-100k but less likely for $3m unless you’re a seasoned entrepreneur, known to the VC, have some metrics that work in your favor or have built something the VC believes to be truly unique. Because management is so important I always tell people to make the bio slide the first in your deck.
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JUNE 12, 2010
Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Metrics: 50mm users (up from 40mm in Dec 2009), -Competition includes: Spotify , Last.fm. Competitor: Slide. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
The deck itself was produced by a committee of functional team lead who were asked to do 5–7 slides each for an update. Each section head reads his / her 5–7 slides. If you put up 5 slides on “what should we order for lunch today” the board will spend 30 minutes debating that. There are too many pages. It passes the weight test.
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MARCH 21, 2010
Have minimums but a sliding scale. If 1% of your stock for year one equals 50,000 shares then you might give 10,000 shares when they hit $50,000 in sales and a sliding scale between $50k-$200k. Subjective warrants – I also see warrants given out without hard metrics. I believe that PBW’s should have hard metrics.
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MAY 14, 2018
There are a million ways to make graphics lighter or resize your file without a huge impact on the quality of the slides?—?after Frankly, it should be your goal to build your deck in a way that it isn’t more than 10mb or you’re doing something wrong. after all you aren’t presenting this at TED. What should be in your deck?
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