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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower

Proving your Business Model Works - Build, Define, and Review But how do you prove your numbers? Next, define what you need from a metrics and reporting standpoint. Finally, review the numbers with your partners. Don’t overcomplicate things with reporting tools. Don’t worry about scaling just yet.

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

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They were stark in that he had just sold his company to Microsoft for a reported $1.2 David encourages entrepreneurs to stay away from the big tech firms (such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple) because they are hard to compete with. We once thought Microsoft was a monopoly on the Internet due to IE. Laughable now.

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11 Quick Tips to Get More Value out of Your Board

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Management teams whisk through slides trying to get through a presentation to share how great things are going and they are eager to get through the meeting so they can get back to their real jobs. The board’s job is to review the company’s financial performance and strategy and help provide counsel to the executive team.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

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some came from our customer service, some were to improve performance / scalability from tech ops, some were bug fixes, etc.) They attended property management association meetings in Oregon outside of the technology echo chamber of California to get a sense for people’s daily problems. I rarely see the tech team do this.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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Well … I have had many late nights and I really didn’t contemplate writing many blog postings this month because I spent November in this interesting venture capital / fund raising dance involving lots of late night sessions reviewing legal documents, rewriting business plans and preparing for pitches. Slides, please.” I was wrong.

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American Immigration: The Invisible Wall to Innovation

Tech Zulu Event

A look around technology industry, perhaps the heart of the global revolution, shows a happily working international community all pushing for the common goal of innovation. With this, Silicon Valley has decided to speak out about the stifling affect of immigration law and the impacts that have caused crippling of the American tech industry.

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The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong

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The New York Times recently ran an article titled, “ Tech Companies Leave Phone Calls Behind.” ” It’s hard to really find fault with the reporting. Tech Companies most certainly do take calls. Of course tech companies with free products don’t want to take a phone call from end users.

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