Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. And we can offer investors metrics to play Moneyball – with the Investment Readiness Level. We think we can do better. Here’s how.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

In the early days, my belief was that blogs (or as I called them micro-pubs back in 2002) would grow really fast and it would allow me to aggregate large subsets of audiences around specific niches. But that is the real metric of success as far as I am concerned. And so we built our company. Back to the top.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

The next wave of internet will come from companies aggregating these various data sets and leveraging them to provide more value to the user. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? The idea is that all your personal data captured when you browse and transact on the web today is held in silos (Amazon, Netflix, Google.)

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ConversionXL

JULY 11, 2016

The quote first surfaced in 2002. “Umbrella terms” are when you aggregate multiple features and benefits under one vague term, like “powerful” or “easy-to-use.” Create Calculated Metrics (CLV, CPS, Non-Bounce, CAC). Mature your metrics. ” But he never actually said that.

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