YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

With their lives perpetually tethered to the mobile web, the rise of these generations of tomorrow’s customers, managers and workers will change how we develop and consume technology. billion) in 2005. 2000 to 2005: CRM, SFA, ERP, Payroll, Analytics, etc. Macro Trend 2: Urbanization. billion) by 2030.

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Technology Singapore Malaysia Indonesia 174

YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2018

It wasn’t a dorm room, but I did start my now multimillion-dollar company in 2005 in a spare bedroom of my house just two years out of college. Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram all can help you spread your message, build your authority and connect with potential customers or clients, Witty says. What metrics will you use?

Social Media 100

Social Media America Metrics Naming 100

Altgate

DECEMBER 17, 2009

it's up to the Board or CEO) One or more financial metrics Balanced scorecard For very early stage startups (e.g.  It is just too hard to see out 12+ months with any certainty to be able to pick meaningful metrics.  Or perhaps you want to have internal performance reviews or customer satisfaction included.

Venture Capital 47

Venture Capital Metrics Startup Software Review 47

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Thanks for sharing a candid view of what went on; I’ve heard Reid discuss the process in 2005 at a conference in the UK. Mostly smartphones + restaurateurs attitude towards viewing the internet as a customer acquisition tool. How to Market Yourself & Your Business on LinkedIn is one of our most popular how-to guides! .

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

decide on success metrics, measure, and then decide if additional investment is warranted. If the innovation is successful, then the metrics should help drive the enhancement into the top/right "agile happy place" quadrant. customer service. (3). ► 2005. (1). I call this scenario "Innovate and Measure". about me. (26).

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Agile Architecture Offshore Software Developers 40

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Since 2005, they have been the two leading investors in Africa, investing $31 billion and $16 billion on the continent, respectively. How easy / possible is it for global customers to buy your product – to purchase your service? • A strong results and metrics-focused approach. In the U.S. Your India strategy? •

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Africa Brazil China India 104

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2019

I’d led the systems integration as CIO of the Gillette company into P&G in 2005, and run multi-billion dollar IT and Shared Services operations in every region of the world. And the success metrics show that. While 99.999999 percent of all takeoffs are successful, an estimated 70 percent of digital transformations fail.

Philippines 124

Philippines Business Model Engineer Operations 124

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

And that was, you know, 2004, 2005 was, I was realizing that it was no longer about working harder. It isn't easy, whether you're starting out or scaling up, HubSpot is here to help your business grow better with a CRM platform that helps put your customers first. And then secondly was the text. It was about working smarter.

CTO 77

CTO Cofounder Networking Operations 77

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2020

Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest aren’t just for keeping up with friends anymore – they are your customers’ first stop for research into your brand and products. They want to see positive reviews, check that you listen to your customers online, and investigate whether you’re quick to respond to their questions or complaints.

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Sales Social Media Channel Technical Review 227

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 5, 2017

Think about what kind of first impression you want your customers to have. Effective design can go a long way in making sure your customers’ first impression is a good one. Use well-established design principles when creating brand assets, websites, or anything else that your customers see. Is it trustworthy? Is it credible?

Design 78

Design Missouri Differentiation Advertising 78

Altgate

JANUARY 17, 2009

You touch a facility and you see data about what is going on there; for example for call centers you see customer support metrics. On a giant wall screen in the main lobby, you see a map of the world with every Fidelity facility. If I were CEO of a large corporation, I would definitely have a “data&# room like this to meet in.

Technical Review 31

Technical Review Technology Venture Capital Social Network 31

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Meanwhile, Micro VC has focused on sweeping changes in technology and consumer internet adoption that have enabled dramatically reduced capital requirements for building new software companies, as well as accelerated access to customers via search, social, and mobile platforms. and no, we didn’t.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Occam's Razor

APRIL 25, 2011

Every presentation I do is customized for the audience in the room. In a world of Like and Follow where every TV ad and billboard is directing customers and prospects to third party destinations it might seem insane to suggest this. " I'd postulated this rule in 2005, it is even more true in 2011. then shut it.

Marketing 126

Marketing Flash Analytics Web 126

Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. The following chart compare the impact of the tsunami in 2005 on the website traffic vs. the viral marketing campaign that they launched in 2007 with Popular Media.

Software Review 48

Software Review Viral Media Marketing 48

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

He is the co-author of Get Content Get Customers. Remember, your customers don’t care about you. Focus on your customers’ pain points and create content around that. Content for your customers is a promise. Find out where your customers are on the web and be active in those communities.

Social Media 41

Social Media Small Business Matching RSS 41

ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2018

But it’s also essential— 89 percent of customers stop doing business with a company after a bad experience. The key is to connect user research to an improved user experience and, in turn, an increase in customer retention, leads, or any other metric for which C-suite members are accountable. You’ll need to do something custom.

Design 111

Design Framework Product Development Technical Review 111

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

"What's happened in the last decade, the cost of launching an Internet product - forget other technologies, we'll focus on Internet - has dropped from $5 million to $500,000 in 2005, to $50,000 today," he continues. Two orders of magnitude. It's still growth, mind you, but it's more efficient, less wasteful, and a bit less self-assured.

IPO 115

IPO Stock San Francisco Lean 115

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Additional features like customization, personalization, small extra benefits are not included in MVP. Increase customer loyalty. Up till 2005, Thefacebook was a network for students, but it expanded beyond Ivy League, and even beyond the U.S. You’ll know exactly what value you provide to customers. Predict demand.

San Francisco 106

San Francisco Audience SMS Demand 106

Growthink Blog

JULY 23, 2012

Since 2005, they have been the two leading investors in Africa, investing $31 billion and $16 billion on the continent, respectively. How easy / possible is it for global customers to buy your product – to purchase your service? • A strong results and metrics-focused approach. Your India strategy? • How can they find you?

Africa 76

Africa Brazil India China 76

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

One that reflects the customer expectations of 2013. Or Ford (it is amazing that in 2013, for such an expensive product, it looks so… 2005). Start investing in creating the world's most beautiful, functional, brand-enhancing, customer joy inducing website! I have a higher standard for who our customer is.

Analytics 165

Analytics Marketing Channel Metrics 165

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

You (think) you have product-market fit with real customers and real revenue and need money to grow and expand. What most founders don’t realize is: Every stage of a startup requires a different set of metrics and milestones and founder skills. What was a Series A round in 2005 is now a pre-seed or seed round. Business Model.

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Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 431

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 4, 2014

In 2008 Wal-Mart asked customers if they would like less cluttered stores, and the answer was “Yes, please.” Customers said they loved the change. Listening to people is a good idea, but you have to pay attention to the metrics. This is Amazon in 2005: Yes, different – but not radically different.

Conversion 124

Conversion Technical Review Design Framework 124

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, we achieved positive operating cash flows of $0.3 million for 2005, $3.0 While the Salary.com numbers are strong ( read the S-1 here), they are not close to those metrics. million, $0.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively, and used $0.7 million for 2004, $1.9

IPO 60

IPO Investment Bankers Demand Revenue 60

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

Chris Andrasick, CEO of Tacit Knowledge , believes that the mom-and-pop advantage extends beyond customer loyalty, and that there is in fact a logistical advantage, as well. The metrics from SumAll show online retailers the real-time metrics that are having the biggest impact on their bottom line. Remarketing.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Since the launch of the original launch of Google Analytics in 2005, Google has rolled out 4 iterations of the most widely used analytics platforms on the web. GA1 : Urchin, 2005. GA4 offers a host of new features for marketers, including many that were previously available only to GA360 customers. GA2 : Classic, 2008.

Analytics 117

Analytics Web Mobile Video 117

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In 2005, we launched all three products — in the order of listings, subscriptions, then ads — eventually discovering two surprising insights: The principal market for our listings and subscriptions products became the recruiting space, instead of business development and networking. Identify the right metrics for success.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

You can find the 2005 version here. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

Open Source 107

Open Source San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean 107

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

While the aforementioned example may not fit every startup, regardless, you need to have an actionable, scalable business model with measurable metrics (downloads, customers, etc.) Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. in place before you expand.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

By 2005, it became clear that more people were reading GigaOm than they were reading my then employer, Business 2.0. We spend money on things that help in improving the experience of our customers, our readers. But that is the real metric of success as far as I am concerned. We put roots down at Pier 38, then Pier 1.5,

Founder 80

Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80

www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

While this is indeed the metric that matters most to shareholders, its not terribly useful as a measure of productivity, especially daily or hourly productivity. Sleepy Medical Interns Called a Road Hazard , Los Angeles Times, Karen Kaplan, January 13, 2005. Copyright © 2005 Evan Robinson. emphasis mine — ER ].

Software Review 90

Software Review Technical Review Widget Los Angeles 90

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

This metric is called x-height, and you want more of it on a screen font: Has the right personality. This is no doubt why, at least as far back as 2005, users were overwhelmingly voting for small fonts as the #1 web usability problem. The lack of contrast makes it difficult to read even for fully-sighted customers. Conclusion.

Web 48

Web Design Vertical Technical Review 48

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Inform Your Customers. If your website is hacked and knocked offline, your customers will become frustrated. Plus, potential customers who find your site via organic search, referral traffic, or social networks will probably not come back if they see an error message or a blank screen.

Small Business 100

Small Business Security Software Cloud 100

Austin Startup

AUGUST 18, 2010

I propose the following metric: inclusion at the South by South West (SXSW) Conference ! Starting in 2005 with 300 attendees from a variety of backgrounds (research, academia and entrepreneurs), this past conference had 1200 attendees from large enterprises, government and a lot more startups and entrepreneurs. Mainstream for whom?

Semantic 86

Semantic Web Wiki Guatemala 86

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 19, 2010

to drive a continual improvement of the online experience of your customers and prospects, 3. Every single company, regardless of size, will require multiple tools to understand the performance of its website, happiness of its customers and glean key context from competitors and ecosystem evolution. Actually let me rephrase that.

Analytics 135

Analytics Web Non-Compete Campaign 135

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I have a few contractors to do the technical side of my work and a customer support person, but that’s it. I didn’t have that contractor doing customer support. You already have a way to make money through your business, and you just want more customers and more leads. I don’t actually have any employees. Increase traffic.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

In other words, it isn’t just about choosing native apps or choosing the mobile web — it’s also about looking at who your customers are and what devices they use. Mobile websites that aren’t optimized for touch or for larger screens can make customers confused, and again, unlikely to purchase.

Mobile 90

Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90