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7 Short-Term Business Mistakes Can Limit Your Impact

Startup Professionals Musings

Yahoo has been an example of a company which expanded in all directions through 53 acquisitions, to the point where most customers were confused, and it was overtaken by Google as your main search engine. Hypermetricemia – metrics for everything. To know what to measure, you need to remember what you’re actually trying to achieve.

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Topspin Backs High Def MP3 Format

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Topspin's software is being used by such artists as the Beastie Boys, David Byrne, Paul McCartney, The Doors, Janis Joplin, Arcade Fire, Eminem, Linkin Park, Trey Songz, Peter Gabriel, Carly Simon and Metric. Rogers was the former GM of Yahoo Music, and Topspin has raised funding from the Foundry Group and Redpoint Ventures.

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Los Angeles Tech Launched - Hot List

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So here's the Hot List for 1/1/2009 - 1/15/2009 Top 5 Posts The 7 Ways to Get Traffic on the Web Why You Need To Lead A Tribe - Seth Godin LA Gets Dugg, Hammered, Screwed How To Get The World Excited About Your Business –The James Siminoff Interview Viral analytics and metrics - go viral young startup Top 20 Keywords SEO Metrics Marketing Social Media (..)

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magnify360 Launches Advertising Optimization Tool

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magnify360 said its new Google Cost Optimizer automatically synchronizes with AdWords accounts, and provides campaign performance metrics to users about return on investment in individual keywords, cost per click, conversion rates, and other information.

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Interview with Josh Stomel, ResumeBucket

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We also provide the consumer a slew of tools, that will help them upload their resume and manage their online identity, plus we also have a resume builder function, detailed metrics on exactly who is viewing their resume, and the ability to create and manage multiple versions of their resume. Are those resume public or private?

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7 Ways To Keep Your Focus On Execution After The Idea

Startup Professionals Musings

Google , for example, was not the first Internet search provider (think Yahoo!, Set business goals and milestones, and use metrics to track performance. A good execution requires a plan and the right people, combined to create operational excellence and exceptional customer value. Companies that do this best become market leaders.

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How Startups Can Figure Out Sales: Amos Schwartzfarb, TechStars

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I opened up an office for them, doing early stage selling, then I built a client services department for HotJobs, and then after Yahoo acquired them, I moved back into sales, in Sales Management, and I helped manage and rebuild a team in San Francisco. Amos Schwartzfarb: To the degree that it's possible, always use quantifiable metrics.

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