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The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue to The New Venture Landscape

K9 Ventures

Another thing I noticed was that I was now referring companies that I had invested in at a “pre-seed” (capitalization intentional) stage over to folks who would previously be considered my peer venture funds doing Seed-stage investments. Pre-Seed is the New Seed. If it doesn’t have the product fully baked yet?

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Building Metrics / Usage Reports / KPI 3. Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. 10) Metrics.