SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Interesting Model for University President Saw a post by Paul Kedrosky pointing us to Graeme Thickins on How Stanford Does It. Its interesting to think about how universities might want to have their staff better aligned with moving ideas from the lab to start-ups.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it. Thanks Ben.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. “They’re probably a little ahead of their time,&# she said.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Stanford Podcasts - eHarmony - Greg Waldorf I was just pointed to a set of great podcasts done by Stanford B-School and particularly, I just listed to the podcast by eHarmonys Greg Waldorf. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive I recently met with The Hive a new incubator in Orange County. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Where LinkedIn Works for Me Ive been a long time user of LinkedIn , but only recently have started getting the benefits I always expected. Im sure that many of you have read Guys article Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

► 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. ► 03/07 - 03/14. (1). State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment. ► 02/21 - 02/28. (1). A funny perspective on Google innovation. ► 01/10 - 01/17. (1). Happy New Year 2010!

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DECEMBER 28, 2006

Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. ► 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Thursday, December 28, 2006. Being a San Francisco-Menlo Park commuter, I spend an average of 90mn per day on the road. Save the planet!

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2010

link] fnazeeri That’s absolutely correct, although we can look at other metrics like “step up in subsequent rounds&# on which I hopefully will be able to post more soon. Perhaps the are other tell-tale metrics like time required to raise money vs. number of founders…need to think more on that.

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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.  But today I got an interesting question the answer I wanted to share here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. January 2, 2009 8:54 AM mancjew said. January 2, 2009 8:57 AM Abbas said. Abbas February 22, 2009 3:33 PM cwillu said. I will come back for more.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Hyundai’s Assurance program, which debuted during the 2007–08 financial crisis, is a great example. De Beers made such an investment, even though a brand campaign could only soften the decline in sales during the 2007–08 crisis: Ally faced a different challenge. recession in 2009.”. What does a thoughtful campaign look like?

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

To win in business you need to follow this process: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act. We are far too enamored with data collection and reporting the standard metrics we love because others love them because someone else said they were nice so many years ago. That metric is tied to a KPI.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

Since the field’s estimated beginnings in 2009 , subsegments like “feminomics” and “inclusive finance” have spun off, but at it’s core gender lens investing is: incorporating gender as a factor to guide investment strategies. The movement’s objective is to look at the entire financial and social system, not just at women.”

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

► 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. . ► 03/07 - 03/14. (1). State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment. ► 02/21 - 02/28. (1). A funny perspective on Google innovation. ► 01/10 - 01/17. (1). Happy New Year 2010!

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Altgate

OCTOBER 1, 2010

What do you think, is this the right way to score these metrics? We decided (so far) that if, for example, a company had 4 executives while there peers had 5, we would “reward&# them in their score for being people efficient.

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

► 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. . ► 03/07 - 03/14. (1). State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment. ► 02/21 - 02/28. (1). A funny perspective on Google innovation. ► 01/10 - 01/17. (1). Happy New Year 2010!

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 7, 2009

Wednesday, January 07, 2009. Happy New Year 2009 and thank you for your continued readership! ▼ 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard. Happy New Year 2010!

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Tuesday, December 01, 2009. ▼ 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Happy New Year 2010!

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

So, here is the first edition, including the recent Q4 2009 earnings and the updated 2010 forecast. However, despite healthy Q4 results (most companies were at or above plans) few have increased their 2010 guidance and the median moved only from 15% (same as 2009) to 17%. ► 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10).

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

► 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. . ► 03/07 - 03/14. (1). State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment. ► 02/21 - 02/28. (1). A funny perspective on Google innovation. ► 01/10 - 01/17. (1). Happy New Year 2010!

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Tuesday, November 10, 2009. and the second SaaS public transaction in history behind the acquisition of Webex by Cisco in 2007 for $3.2B. On the IPO front, LogMeIn made the news, being one of the few tech IPO on the NASDAAQ in 2009. ▼ 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10). Cracking The Code. ► 03/07 - 03/14. (1).

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Friday, February 27, 2009. 26 Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, today announced the closing of a $350 million supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007. 2009 Bessemer Venture Partners. ▼ 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10).

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Austin Startup

JULY 2, 2021

Chargify’s new BI tool has taken our speed-to-calculate and accuracy of MRR and financial metrics and reduced it down to a mere dashboard refresh with 100% accuracy,” said Jenny Leman, President of CareerPlug. About CareerPlug Since 2007 CareerPlug has worked to make hiring easier for over 12,000 growing companies in the U.S.

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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. FCAT , and my review is F’n-A! FCAT was formed about 10 years ago with a mandate to transform business through technology.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

► 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. . ► 03/07 - 03/14. (1). State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment. ▼ 02/21 - 02/28. (1). A funny perspective on Google innovation. ► 01/10 - 01/17. (1). Happy New Year 2010!

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Thursday, October 08, 2009. ▼ 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Laughing Out (c)Loud.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Friday, October 09, 2009. However, as the second graphs shows, some companies such as Constant Contact, Vocus or Salesforce do start to show a stabilization or an improvement in their productivity metrics. ▼ 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 10, 2009

Friday, July 10, 2009. ▼ 2009. (9). ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. ► 03/07 - 03/14. (1).

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