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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower

The metrics, and how they relate, are captured in his slide: Note the relationship between retention/referral efforts and lifetime value. Please write us at blog@techempower.com ! R : Retention - Do they come back & re-visit over time? R : Referral - Do they like it enough to tell their friends?

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 As I write these words I’m aware that I could practically change the words AOL and Facebook for much of this section and with a few factual tweaks it might not be noticeable to the reader which of the firms I was talking about.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0 Forum December 9th Lineup - Startup Houston , November 27, 2010 When to step on the gas and go for it?

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